Tomato |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"The characters look as though they have been flattened inside a glass slide, a perfect visual reflection of their political and psychological binds." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"Le Besco has an amazingly shaped face that, alone, takes you through most of the movie." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"It's one of those rich girl/bad boy things that defy understanding and leave you on the outside. Fascinated, but on the outside." |
Stephen Hunter |
Splat 2.5/5 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Its heart is in the right place. But the intelligence behind the rest of the movie is, well, a little too artificial." |
Desson Thomson |
Splat 2.5/5 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Fascinating, if uneven and ultimately rather silly." |
Stephen Hunter |
Splat |
Abandon (2002) |
"Consider the title your best advice. These 99 minutes roll by like 99 years." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
ABC Africa (2002) |
"A gorgeous and surprisingly profound meditation on a place and its people." |
Ann Hornaday |
Tomato |
ABC Africa (2002) |
"Will do nothing to advance or detract from the reputation of the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker." |
Michael O'Sullivan |
Tomato |
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2007) |
"It sounds like something out of a Robert Ludlum novel, but it's heartbreakingly true, as the documentary makes clear by looking at the phenomenon not from the top down or the outside in, but from the bottom up and the inside out." |
Stephen Hunter |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Aberdeen (2001) |
"Difficult to watch, but it's also impossible to take your eyes off the screen." |
Michael O'Sullivan |
Tomato 4/5 |
Aberdeen (2001) |
"Clean and transparent, with no movie director tricks." |
Stephen Hunter |
Tomato 5/5 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"A hip, whip-smart entertainment." |
Ann Hornaday |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Hilarious, touching and wonderfully dyspeptic." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"Nicholson ... produces the most understated -- and one of the most powerful -- performances of his career." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"The pleasures of About Schmidt are what might be called Midwestern pleasures: a sly sense of humor, sturdiness, self-discipline, solidarity." |
Stephen Hunter |
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Above the Law (1988) |
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Desson Thomson |
Splat |
Above the Law (1988) |
"Woefully short on originality, intelligibility and anything resembling taste." |
Hal Hinson |
Splat |
' Above the Rim (1994) |
"A stultifying cliche of a movie -- even by sports-flick standards -- this basketball allegory doesn't get anywhere near the rim." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
Absolute Wilson (2006) |
"Does a good basic job of recapitulating the highs and lows of a career filled with restless energy and an outsize drive to achieve." |
Peter Marks |
Tomato |
Absurdistan (2008) |
"Writer-director Veit Helmer creates a wildly imaginative world worthy of Gabriel Garca Mrquez at his most playful, drenching it in vivid color and a Slavic sense of bleak humor." |
Ann Hornaday |
Tomato |
The Abyss (1989) |
"The human stuff is more than worth the descent." |
Desson Thomson |
Splat |
The Abyss (1989) |
"I'd sooner believe that Moby Dick could swim up the drainpipe." |
Rita Kempley |
Splat |
Accepted (2006) |
"A fluffy teen comedy, Accepted gets annoying fast." |
Adriane Quinlan |
- |
The Accompanist (1993) |
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Desson Thomson |
- |
The Accompanist (1993) |
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Hal Hinson |
- |
The Accused (1988) |
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Rita Kempley |
- |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) |
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Desson Thomson |
- |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) |
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Rita Kempley |
- |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) |
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Splat |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Across the Universe, in which Taymor shoehorns, contorts and otherwise bullies some of the Fab Four's greatest hits into a vapid Hollywood musical, is the kind of project that must have looked great on paper. On screen, eh, not so much." |
Ann Hornaday |
- |
Action Jackson (1988) |
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Rita Kempley |
Tomato |
Adam (2009) |
"At its best, Adam makes the viewer understand the frustration of living in a world in which everyone is a stranger." |
Dan Kois |
Splat |
Adam & Steve (2006) |
"Adam & Steve strikes an unsatisfying balance between serious romantic texture and outright farce." |
Desson Thomson |
Splat |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"Was Punch-Drunk Love only a dream?" |
Ann Hornaday |
Splat |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"Isn't appropriate for any innocent child." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Adaptation may not be the first movie to examine the creative process. But it's the most playfully brilliant." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Adaptation is simply brilliant." |
Stephen Hunter |
Splat |
The Addams Family (1991) |
"An otherwise very funny scene featuring Thing amounts to an extended ad for Federal Express, and the rap beats from Hammer's new album boom from passing cars in several scenes -- nothing will date this movie faster." |
Joe Brown |
Tomato |
The Addams Family (1991) |
"More than merely a sequel of the TV series, the film is a compendium of paterfamilias Charles Addams's macabre drawings, a resurrection of the cartoonist's body of work. For family friends, it would seem a viewing is de rigueur mortis." |
Rita Kempley |
Splat |
Addams Family Values (1993) |
"A thinner, airier reunion." |
Desson Thomson |
Tomato |
The Addiction (1995) |
"Macabre and provocative, yet wonderfully restrained." |
Desson Thomson |
Splat |
The Addiction (1995) |
"Unfortunately, it's so dark -- and impenetrable -- that it shuts us out." |
Hal Hinson |
- |
The Adjuster (1991) |
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Rita Kempley |
Tomato |
Adoration (2009) |
"Adoration is a delicate rumination on how innocence and truth evolve in the aftermath of catastrophe, as people stake emotional ownership in tragedy." |
Dan Zak |
Tomato |
Adventureland (2009) |
"Thanks to an exceptionally deft touch, Mottola manages to capture the absurdity and anguish of young adulthood, while never sacrificing meaning on the altar of crude humor." |
Ann Hornaday |
- |
Adventures in Babysitting (1987) |
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Rita Kempley |
- |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
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Desson Thomson |
- |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
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Hal Hinson |
Tomato |
The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999) |
"The direction of Gary Halvorson and screenplay by Mitchell Kriegman and Joseph Mazzarino keep Elmo's adventures sparkling." |
Jane Horwitz |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Adventures of Felix (2001) |
"It has a personable character in Felix." |
Desson Thomson |