IGN.com|AskMen.com|Rotten Tomatoes|GameSpy|FilePlanet|TeamXbox|CheatsCodesGuides|GameStats|Direct2Drive

RottenTomatoes.com

Register | Log In | What is RT?
It's our 10th birthday, so you get presents!
Home Movies DVD Celebrities News Critics Photos & Trailers The Vine Forums
RT Search Powered by Google
 
CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
LEAH MCLAREN
PUBLICATION(S)
Globe and Mail

BIOGRAPHY
Globe and Mail contributor.
more...

STATS
Total Reviews: 32


SECTIONS
Home
About
Movie Reviews
Fresh Films
Rotten Films
Unquoted Reviews/Articles
 

RT Spotlights



Celebs:

HOME ABOUT MOVIES FRESH ROTTEN
LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES
  Sort by  
  RATING  
  Sort by
  ADD DATE (default)
Sort by
TITLE | YEAR
Sort by
T-METER
/
1/4
 
"A seventies' revenge movie with a woefully unconvincing patina of intellectual justification, The Brave One is the sort of genre movie that gets more credit than it deserves."
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
The Brave One (2007)44%
/
1/4
 
"This movie is a bad showcase for its actors and for the talents of the filmmaker herself. It's a bad investment for the CFC. And it's bad for the critics who have to suffer through it."
Posted Aug 19, 2005
 
Show Me (2005)60%
/
3/4
 
"July is without a doubt a brave new talent in the creatively beleaguered world of American cinema."
Posted Jul 22, 2005
 
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)83%
/
3/4
 
"It's a film that deals with childhood sexual abuse in an original and dry-eyed manner rarely seen in our culture today."
Posted Jun 10, 2005
 
Mysterious Skin (2005)83%
/
2/4
 
"A limping string of laboured sight gags and sentimental clichés."
Posted May 13, 2005
 
Kicking and Screaming (2005)43%
/
2/4
 
"Trachtenberg gives a sweetly compelling performance as Casey, as does the wonderfully kooky Cusack as her mother, but their charms can't save this painfully unoriginal movie from coming out of a triple toe loop and landing flat on its bottom."
Posted Mar 18, 2005
 
Ice Princess (2005)53%
/
3/4
 
"A delightfully freakish comedy."
Posted Mar 11, 2005
 
Phil the Alien (2004)67%
/
3/4
 
"What is silly about Bride is also what makes it special. That and its leading lady, the luminous Aishwarya Rai."
Posted Feb 25, 2005
 
Bride and Prejudice (2005)66%
/
1.5/4
 
"You can just picture the meeting: A few guys in Prada suits sit around an L.A. boardroom table going, 'The Matrix meets The Exorcist, huh . . .? With Keanu? I like it. No wait - I love it.'"
Posted Feb 19, 2005
 
Constantine (2005)45%
/
3/4
 
"Never once does this film sacrifice its moral ideas or complexity of character on the cheap altar of sentimentality."
Posted Jan 21, 2005
 
The Sea Inside (2004)82%
/
1/4
 
"Uh oh, pull over, I think I'm gonna be car sick."
Posted Jan 21, 2005
 
Are We There Yet? (2005)12%
/
2/4
 
"That she is in fact a hired assassin on a $2-million contract killing is charmingly offset by the fact that she wears no makeup and ties her (albeit ridiculously) long brown hair back in a ponytail."
Posted Jan 15, 2005
 
Elektra (2005)9%
/
1/4
 
"It's sad to see a comic veteran like Cosby pimping out his own franchise for a quick buck. But perhaps a rich old guy can't live on Jell-O pudding ad residuals forever."
Posted Dec 23, 2004
 
Fat Albert (2004)21%
/
1/4
 
"Christine is a dipstick, a trait that the vapid, but pretty-voiced Emmy Rossum brings across with effortless, blank-eyed aplomb in this similarly idiotic film."
Posted Dec 22, 2004
 
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)34%
/
3/4
 
"An unapologetically cerebral movie of ideas."
Posted Dec 3, 2004
 
Primer (2004)72%
/
2/4
 
"This movie is about the opposite of political correctness. It's about rooting for the bad guy and the black ending, and shouting at the screen whenever you feel like it. If you like that sort of thing, go see it. If you don't, then don't."
Posted Nov 14, 2004
 
Seed of Chucky (2004)30%
/
2/4
 
"Her character, a self-deprecating blend of accidental insight and unapologetic girlish emotion, has gone from idiosyncratic to flat-out idiotic."
Posted Nov 12, 2004
 
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)26%
/
3/4
 
"Not only is this a rollicking cartoon joy ride for all the little Olivias and Spencers in your life -- it's a solid film in its own right."
Posted Nov 5, 2004
 
The Incredibles (2004)97%
/
1.5/4
 
"It will be interesting only to die-hard hip-hop enthusiasts."
Posted Nov 5, 2004
 
Jay Z - Fade to Black (2004)65%
/
2/4
 
"Inventive, but ultimately flawed, film."
Posted Oct 29, 2004
 
Saw (2004)46%
/
2.5/4
 
"About as swashbuckling as a history lesson gets."
Posted Oct 22, 2004
 
Luther (2003)44%
/
3/4
 
"Great, gooey, hot-fudge sundae of a love story."
Posted Oct 22, 2004
 
Head in the Clouds (2004)15%
/
1/4
 
"The film suffers from a syndrome I'll call the Pop Princess's New Clothes. Hilary can't really sing, and neither can Terri, so you can't help but wonder, what's the big whoop?"
Posted Oct 8, 2004
 
Raise Your Voice (2004)16%
/
2.5/4
 
"Ham & Cheese is a three-joint movie: The more chemically mood-enhanced you happen to be when you see it, the more amusing the experience will be."
Posted Oct 6, 2004
 
Ham & Cheese (2004)n/a
/
1/4
 
"The kind of sentimental cash grab that can make a red-blooded gal feel cynical and depressed not just about Hollywood, but America in general."
Posted Oct 1, 2004
 
Ladder 49 (2004)40%
/
2/4
 
"For all its clever antics, this movie leaves the audience out of the central joke for way too long."
Posted Sep 24, 2004
 
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)61%
/
3.5/4
 
"It's intelligent, funny and utterly disgusting all at once."
Posted Sep 24, 2004
 
Shaun of the Dead (2004)91%
/
2/4
 
"The movie fails to pull off all its trick moves."
Posted Aug 20, 2004
 
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2003)81%
/
2.5/4
 
"Personally, I like French movies, but this one was a lot to take, even for me."
Posted Aug 20, 2004
 
Intimate Strangers (2004)87%
/
4/4
 
"Provides a moving critique of the heroin trade as well as a powerful portrait of an unjust global economy in which the lives of the poor are exploited and often discarded for the recreational purposes of the rich."
Posted Jul 30, 2004
 
Maria Full of Grace (2004)97%
/
3/4
 
"The Bourne Supremacy not only lives up to the promises of the novel by Robert Ludlum, but in many ways manages to improve on the first film."
Posted Jul 23, 2004
 
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)81%
/
3/4
 
"Amuses and delights far more than it fails to surprise."
Posted Jul 16, 2004
 
Touch of Pink (2004)37%

* Sort by Rating: Sort results by this critic's rating. This option is only available for critics with a rating system (4 star, letter grade, 1-10, etc.)
* Sort by T-meter: Sort results by the Tomatometer (percentage of critics recommending a certain movie)


Advertisement
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | ModCenter | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2008, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.