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2.5/4 |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"Aesthetically interesting as it is, the film leaves you feeling somewhat blank and detached, sort of like the main character." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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3/4 |
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Abouna (2004) |
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"While it doesn't tell a story that satisfies most Western eyes, in some ways that's part of the strength of Abouna." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1/4 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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"Across the Universe doesn't have a story so much as a sloppy collage. It drops in character names from the lyrics and shoves in a new song whenever possible. But it only manages to do all that by mangling ideas and misreading the music." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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3/4 |
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Adam & Steve (2006) |
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"One of the most fundamental rights of man is the right to simply have a frivolous good time. And that's a rainbow flag that Adam & Steve proudly waves high." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1/4 |
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Aeon Flux (2005) |
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"The picture climaxes with the crashing of a blimp, an image that encapsulates the Hindenburg scale of its failure." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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After the Sunset (2004) |
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"At its best, After the Sunset still isn't much more than a bauble." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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3/4 |
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After The Wedding (2007) |
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"A deceptively unadorned movie that ends in huge, untidy and enormously satisfying emotions." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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Against the Ropes (2003) |
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"Gives Meg Ryan lots to do -- if, by lots, you mean wear a different trashy outfit in every scene, talk tough and follow a character arc which requires only that she learn a trite lesson." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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The Agronomist (2004) |
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"A sad, and sadly necessary primer on [Haiti's] troubles." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
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"Even if she skirts the big questions, Wuornos is a riveting presence -- affable and articulate one minute, twitchy and petulant the next." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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2/4 |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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"Akeelah and the Bee won a screenplay contest a few years ago, and it reads as if its writer studied too many screenplays first." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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The Alamo (2004) |
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"Comes off like a stodgy lecture rather than a rousing saga." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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Alex and Emma (2003) |
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"The book-within -the-film is a bad light comedy inside another bad light comedy." | |
Bob Campbell | |
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2.5/4 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
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"Just when you start to get caught up in the action, one of the supporting actors shows up, mugging and breaking the tension." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"Alfie is a star in search of a vehicle." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
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"This is a sad end for two profitable Hollywood franchises, which now seem to be at an end. The movie bills itself as some sort of ultimate hunt. Instead, it's merely a mercy killing." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1.5/4 |
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All The King's Men (2006) |
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"Crawford showed us a man who sold his soul to do good and then, soulless, found himself incapable of resisting evil; Penn gives us a smart actor tearing into an awards-baiting role." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1/4 |
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Alone in the Dark (2005) |
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"Ultra-violent, hyper-mindless and bruisingly loud, Alone in the Dark makes its video game predecessors look like Masterpiece Theater." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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Along Came Polly (2004) |
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"You can sense the lack of imagination." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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2/4 |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"Alpha Dog may have some of Larry Clark's territory, and even some of Tarantino's markings. But it's still a mutt. And no matter how much it marks its territory, it never finds its own way home." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
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"America's Heart & Soul is as one-sided as Fahrenheit 9/11 -- just minus Moore's occasional humor and constant passion." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1.5/4 |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
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"It's a disappointing effort from witty writer-director Paul Weitz (American Pie, In Good Company). He tries to weave a subversive tapestry a la Nashville but only tells a story full of holes." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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2.5/4 |
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American Hardcore (2006) |
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"If it all goes by too fast, and leaves you with a headache when it's done -- well, wasn't that the point all along?" | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1.5/4 |
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An American Haunting (2006) |
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"There's thunder and lightning and wall-to-wall music. But it still doesn't add up to much of a movie." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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American Splendor (2003) |
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"Its arty style and note-perfect performances delight you." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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American Wedding (2003) |
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"Even suckers for the first two American Pie courses will find this third helping indigestible." | |
Bob Campbell | |
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2.5/4 |
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The Amityville Horror (2005) |
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"The startling thing about the remake is that it's one of the better horror films to hit screens in recent months, thanks to its refusal to take itself too seriously." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
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"Coiled in cliché it may be, but the film offers a reasonably good time for audiences, and it boasts a few cast members with promise, both human and primate." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
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"The celluloid equivalent of a throwaway summer pop anthem, the sort of catchy-yet-agitating tune that has you humming in spite of yourself." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
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"It's not an unpleasant way to spend two hours in a theater." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1.5/4 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
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"If you want something more from musicals than a single syrupy hit, though -- and have fond memories of the Phantom as our most romantic of monsters -- then seek out the old Lon Chaney silent instead, and put on your own darn music." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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2.5/4 |
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Angel-A (2007) |
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"Nice as this quietly philosophical mood may be for Besson, it's a little wan for moviegoers, and following on the heels of Arthur and the Invisibles, Angel-A seems less like a detour in his career than the beginnings of a wrong turn." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1/4 |
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Annapolis (2006) |
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"The film is part boxing saga, part military recruiting ad and 100 percent cliché." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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2/4 |
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The Ant Bully (2006) |
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"While the picture has the star power of Nicolas Cage and Julia Roberts voicing insects in love, they're not nearly as interesting a couple as Woody Allen and Sharon Stone in Antz." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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Anything But Love (2003) |
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"The thin story -- a 32-year-old woman who lives at home with Mom, sings in the bar at an airport motel, and lives in a fantasy world of musicals -- feels less romantic than pathetic." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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1.5/4 |
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Apocalypto (2006) |
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"The movie doesn't leave you pondering the mysteries of a lost civilization. It leaves you pondering the psychopathology of the director." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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3/4 |
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Appleseed (2004) |
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"A cross-pollination of eye-popping combat and provocative ideas." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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2.5/4 |
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Apres Vous (2005) |
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"The story crash-lands in contrivance, losing its way in the third act." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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2/4 |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
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"It's one thing to catch Aqua Teen in 15-minute increments on TV, but sitting through a feature-length onslaught is an endurance test even for devoted viewers." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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1.5/4 |
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Aquamarine (2006) |
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"Girls deserve a fun time at the movies, but they also deserve movies with a better message than Fib, Flirt and Shop." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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2.5/4 |
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Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
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"For all his scowling bluster, Ice Cube long ago turned into a bit of a teddy bear. (Is this really the guy who rapped on N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton'?)" | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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Are We There Yet? (2005) |
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"Delivers on some pretty basic childhood fantasies -- chiefly, kids seeing themselves in control, and watching adults in comical pain. And it does it too quickly and competently for their grown-up chaperones to mind much." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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3/4 |
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The Aristocrats (2005) |
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"There's something fascinating in its experiment of giving 100 comics the same joke to tell. Something provocative in what it has to show us about good humor and bad taste and taboos." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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3/4 |
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Army of Shadows (1969) |
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"The cast of characters is small and well-drawn by an ensemble of veteran actors." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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Around the Bend (2004) |
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"It's a shame we only get a hint of substance at the close of the story, and have to sit through so many lame jokes and so much labored symbolism to get there." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
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"A journey worth taking." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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2/4 |
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Art School Confidential (2006) |
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"Every teacher is a burn-out, every student is a fraud and experimental artists are the worst burn-outs and frauds of all." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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2/4 |
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Ask the Dust (2005) |
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"The hard-boiled prose is translated into a schmaltzy movie with too much sap and not enough grit." | |
Lisa Rose | |
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4/4 |
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
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"...an epic film that's part literary treatise, part mournful ballad, and completely a portrait of our world, as seen in a distant mirror." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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2.5/4 |
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
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"There's little here to make his movie truly dramatic, or even different from those that have gone before." | |
Stephen Whitty | |
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