Tomato 8/10 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Spielberg should thank the heavens that Haley Joel Osment exists. The movie's success entirely depends on his performance, and his performance is incredible." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Both Grant and Hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed, assured of the wrong things, and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"Funny and yet depressing, Schmidt's bemused observations of his world made me laugh, but the exposure of that world's lack of warmth made me want to cry." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"I'll go ahead and say it: I'm embarrassed by how much I liked this movie." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 10/10 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Great movie. It's hilarious and mind-boggling." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"If there's ever any evidence that originality and predictability aren't necessarily absolute elements by which to judge a movie, Akeelah and the Bee is it." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"Even if a 'realistic' approach had to be taken, better to show the roots of such legends, rather than spend so much time making them ordinary." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"I got the feeling [Reiner] auto-piloted himself through this project; so much of it is corny and panders to its target audience." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
Ali (2001) |
"Had a chance to be a joyous celebration of this special athlete, but for much of the running time the atmosphere was funereal." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 2/10 |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"Took a premise rife with potential and created perhaps the most boring story possible to accomodate the two sci-fi races." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Possesses what any attempted 'prestige picture' should dread: a conspicuous sense of self-importance." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"Isn't likely to win over the romance audiences who look for fluffy distractions ... [but] will please those who like their relationship movies honest, realistic, and understated." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Amelie (2001) |
"'Cute' is the primary word to describe this film." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"Disappointment comes from the sense that the picture started off with the promise of being something different, maybe even something scathing, but then settles for something rather routine." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"Sure we've seen this sort of thing before. But every time we see it, we're entertained." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"It's all about sex again, but, like the first movie, it handles it with a sense of balance between the lewdness and the awkwardness of the subject." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 10/10 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Makes a good case for the constructiveness of working out the questions, issues, and problems one faces in life through the output of art." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"Not only is Stifler taking over this [movie], he's also engaging in one ridiculous experience after another, most of them humiliating." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"The biggest strength of Amores Perros is its display of humanity at its worst when it is driven by primal attachments." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Isn't as strong as Dodgeball or Starsky and Hutch primarily because the satire inherent in these flicks isn't paid as much attention to this time around." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"If you loved the show, you'll likely love the movie; if you detest the show, you'll hate the movie. Personally, I fall closer to the middle." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"Goldsworthy's approach to his art speaks volumes to me ... [his] works find their value in the changing moments of their existence." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"Viewers are going to feel pretty cheated if they walked in hoping to bite their nails and then left realizing they should've brought a hanky instead." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 6/10 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Comes across as a less contemplative, more motion-driven version of its predecessor, The Da Vinci Code." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Nothing in the film comes close to the glorious potential its poster teases us with, featuring Sandler and Nicholson, forehead to forehead, screaming at each other." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Animatrix (2003) |
"The Animatrix may be commercial in its purpose, but it's also rapturously artistic in its execution." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 3/10 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"These aren't characters, these are character templates, and the story they've been cut-and-pasted into couldn't be more cornball." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 10/10 |
Annie Hall (1977) |
"I love how honest this movie is. It's raw, it's awkward, and it's ugly, but it's all right there and right on." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"If we have to use insects to teach the value of cooperation, how about switching to bees for a change?" |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"An uplifting drama ... What Antwone Fisher isn't, however, is original." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Just enough to satisfy its undiscriminating intended audience, but it'll be neither here nor there for anyone else." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"Trippy, goofy, and nearly senseless concoction [is] one of the more entertaining cases of 'What-in-the-heck?' out there." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Ashes of Time (1994) |
"Leave it to Wong Kar Wai to take a straightforward martial arts tale and weave its characters into one of his movies about soul-searching, love, isolation, and longing." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) |
"It carries with it the spirit of those old science fiction stories." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Audition (2001) |
"No movie before this one literally made me quake." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 6/10 |
August Rush (2007) |
"Its almost desperate earnestness actually turns out to be its greatest appeal -- August Rush does believe in fairy tales, it does it does it does!" |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 6/10 |
Australia (2008) |
"It's a bit overloaded, though I love Luhrmann's obvious enthusiasm." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"This is a really wrenching film, and all the better for it." |
Jeffrey Chen |
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