Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 56%
| The Polar Express (2004) | "
Climb on and you'll experience one of the great joys of moviegoing: seeing something that's like nothing you've ever seen before." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Nov 10, 2004 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 15%
| Head in the Clouds (2004) | "
The story becomes a long slog because Duigan doesn't define his characters and because he's determined to touch too many of the familiar '30s European bases." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Nov 5, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 49%
| Alfie (2004) | "
The supporting cast of females (and Epps) is fun to watch, and the film boasts three original songs by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Nov 5, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 47%
| Saw (2004) | "
Neither a deep, psychological thriller nor a mindless slasher flick, this is one skillfully made, if admittedly superficial, creepout." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Ray (2004) | "
Foxx helps us to truly understand how much Charles' blindness allows him to achieve, especially when combined with an innate wiliness." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 39%
| Birth (2004) | "
Possibly, this idea would have worked as comedy. Say, if the kid had said something like, 'I am dead people.'" — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| The Final Cut (2004) | "
This premise sounds like the sort of a screwy, non-idea that a young film student might dream up while editing a documentary. And according to the press notes, that's just what happened." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 48%
| Shall We Dance? (2004) | "
The central idea -- that losing yourself in a small, private world can help you to better engage the larger world -- isn't lost in translation." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 86%
| Monster Road (2004) | "
A documentary that doesn't always seem to be sure what it's documenting." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 12, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 33%
| Rockets Redglare! (2003) | "
The film goes on too long, repeats itself and has a reality-TV tendency to wallow in the tawdry." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 8, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 52%
| Code 46 (2004) | "
Amid the white walls and slick surfaces of this film, the characters seem more like lab rats than human beings." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 8, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 11%
| Taxi (2004) | "
Has there ever been less chemistry between the stars of a 'buddy' movie?" — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 6, 2004 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 65%
| We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) | "
We Don't Live Here Anymore is, you might say, a movie for adults who are, perhaps, a smidge too impressed with being adults." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 51%
| Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004) | "
For victims of abuse, watching this film may be a cathartic experience. For most moviegoers, it is, at its best, a sober look at a problem that is at last getting some of the attention it has always deserved." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 34%
| Shark Tale (2004) | "
A briny, buoyant offer that you can't refuse." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Mean Creek (2004) | "
A low-key, low-budget thriller that reminds us just how cruel young people can be." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 66%
| Bright Young Things (2004) | "
If you yearn for a Brit fix, this is your flick. If not, think twice before checking it out." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 9%
| First Daughter (2004) | "
Not even Holmes can elevate this pap." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Shaun of the Dead (2004) | "
Zombies or no zombies, this is the funniest film of the year." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Forgotten (2004) | "
You could wind up with whiplash watching this film, and that's a compliment." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 41%
| Zhou Yu's Train (2004) | "
Zhou Yu's Train has its strengths, but it's clearly no bullet train." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 17, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 54%
| Danny Deckchair (2004) | "
Balsmeyer may remind you of the guy at the party who, after one too many shots, puts a lampshade on his head. It's funny for maybe a moment -- until you realize, to your horror, that he doesn't know when to stop." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 17, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| Gozu (2004) | "
There is something compelling about the way this film sneakily taps into our collective psychosexual fantasies." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 10, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 44%
| Evergreen (2004) | "
Observant, touching, funny and smart." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 10, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 73%
| The Hunting of the President (2004) | "
What comes across most strongly is how utterly trivial so much of this story now seems. Can we really have spent all that time, money and energy chewing over a land deal and worrying about a presidential dalliance?" — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 3, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 63%
| The Blonds (2004) | "
After watching this chilly film, you won't cry for Argentina so much as you'll be scratching your head about it." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 3, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 49%
| Vanity Fair (2004) | "
[Nair] clearly loves these characters, the kind and unkind alike. And the proof of this is that she makes them all so marvelously vivid." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Sep 1, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Intimate Strangers (2004) | "
What's at stake in Intimate Strangers is something quite small: The relationship between two lonely people. We care because Leconte helps us to understand their isolation, and we end up sharing their thirst for human contact." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 27, 2004 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 27%
| Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) | "
After watching this film you feel that you've aged a thousand years." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 27, 2004 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 11%
| Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) | "
Plenty violent. And bloody. And gory. What it isn't -- not really -- is scary." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 23, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Garden State (2004) | "
Cleverly written, sensitively directed and very well-acted." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 20, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 15%
| Without A Paddle (2004) | "
This is the kind of comedy in which the aim is to make the audience cringe." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 20, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| Benji Off the Leash (2004) | "
Parents ... are more likely to experience the film as a blend of clumsy slapstick and mind-numbing bathos." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 20, 2004 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 49%
| A Home at the End of the World (2004) | "
Despite some very good acting in most roles, the people on the screen seem like types with labels." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 13, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Shaolin Soccer (2002) | "
May be the funniest out-and-out comedy of the summer." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 13, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Carandiru (2004) | "
We're served up meaty, often spicy, slices of sadly wasted lives." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 13, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 26%
| Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) | "
So lame." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 11, 2004 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| Collateral (2004) | "
Yet another lackluster late-summer thriller." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 6, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| Little Black Book (2004) | "
One of those annoyingly coy romantic comedies in which people try to improve their relationships by deceiving and investigating each other." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Aug 6, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Before Sunset (2004) | "
A richer experience than the original." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 30, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 19%
| Thunderbirds (2004) | "
Aside from possibly launching a Ben Kingsley line of cosmetics, Thunderbirds seems destined to leave no lasting mark." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 30, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 73%
| Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) | "
Crude, tasteless, sophomoric and crass. It is also, sometimes, funny." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 30, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Superstar in a Housedress (2004) | "
An affectionate biographical documentary." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 23, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 78%
| The Mother (2004) | "
It challenges you to figure out how you feel about the people on the screen -- emotionally, intellectually, morally." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 23, 2004 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 10%
| Catwoman (2004) | "
Arguably the worst superhero film ever made." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 23, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 96%
| The Return (2004) | "
A quiet film." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 16, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004) | "
While it isn't always easy to get used to the slower natural rhythms this film celebrates, its cumulative effect is undeniable." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 16, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 49%
| De-Lovely (2004) | "
Porter's songs keep much the film afloat when, otherwise, it would have sunk. No matter how turgid or murky the movie becomes, when the music starts, you're flying." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 16, 2004 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 10%
| A Cinderella Story (2004) | "
This witless little comedy takes the classic fairy tale and turns it into a Hilary Duff vehicle about popularity, e-mail and cell phones at a San Fernando Valley high school." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 16, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 15%
| Sleepover (2004) | "
If the pre-adolescents in your life don't have anything better to do than watch this movie, maybe the time has come to teach them hopscotch." — Orlando Sentinel Posted Jul 9, 2004 |
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