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C |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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"The film is neither too cold nor too sentimental for its own good, and its ambitions remain fitfully engaging while its promise goes mostly unachieved." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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A |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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"Its greatest fans will treasure it, and its detractors might even be willing to reevaluate it someday. If that isn’t the mark of a great piece of art, I don’t know what is" | |
Jason Clark | |
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C- |
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ABC Africa (2002) |
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"Better to just call it ABC Kiarostami. For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery." | |
Joe McGovern | |
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C |
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About a Boy (2002) |
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"Like its lead character, About a Boy exists in a stale vacuum of time-killing routine." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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B+ |
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About Adam (2001) |
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"A vigorous exploration of yearning that is as liberating as it is fulfilling." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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B |
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The Adventures of Felix (2001) |
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"I can’t even begin to imagine what a crude American director would choose to do with it, and don’t want to." | |
Jason Clark | |
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D |
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
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"A dreadfully unfunny hybrid of recycled science fiction and Eddie Murphy mugging." | |
Nick Schager | |
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
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"Roger Rabbit, what did we do to deserve this?" | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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C+ |
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
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"A movie that is certainly light and earnest enough to recommend -- but those adjectives should say more than enough to keep the die-hard fans away." | |
Joe McGovern | |
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C |
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The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1999) |
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"A ponderous, uneven portrait of disaffected youth." | |
Jason Clark | |
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D+ |
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
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"A crass, often ridiculously misguided period drama that spells everything out in nice, big block letters so even a small child could comprehend it." | |
Jason Clark | |
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C- |
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
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"The movie borders on parody even before its utterly clueless script is taken into account." | |
Joe McGovern | |
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B- |
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Affliction (1997) |
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"Chilly, despite some remarkable components" | |
Jason Clark | |
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A- |
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After Life (1998) |
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Click here to see the review. | |
Joe McGovern | |
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Agnes Browne (1999) |
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"A rare movie that inspires no reaction whatsoever." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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B |
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Agnes Browne (1999) |
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Click here to see the review. | |
Joe McGovern | |
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Ali (2001) |
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"An intimate, personal film, not a lumbering, mass-market paperback distribution of dates and names." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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A- |
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Ali (2001) |
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"The supreme accomplishment in Mann's career." | |
Jeremiah Kipp | |
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A+ |
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All About Eve (1950) |
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"It is, unquestionably, one of America¡¯s proudest moments, and before you line up for tickets to the new Adam Sandler vehicle, you may want to remind yourself of what movies used to be able to accomplish." | |
Jason Clark | |
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B |
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All About My Mother (1999) |
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"With its emphasis on uniquely female relationships and conflicts, the film gives us a taste of the freshness for which we look to foreign film in the first place." | |
David Nemetz | |
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B |
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All About My Mother (1999) |
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"Affecting, wonderfully acted, but oddly quaint drama" | |
Jason Clark | |
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A- |
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All or Nothing (2002) |
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"The Southeast London working class housing estate of Mike Leigh's All or Nothing becomes a melting pot for issues that this most humanistic of directors has continually returned to over the years: parents, children, secrets, love, resentment..." | |
Jeremiah Kipp | |
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All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
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"A film of infinite possibility that somehow got reduced to tangible mediocrity." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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B |
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All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
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"The movie's fighting spirit is still there as well as Thornton's noble intentions, and in this year of crassness, I'll take a noble intention over shady condescension anyday." | |
Jason Clark | |
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3/5 |
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Alligator (1980) |
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No article available. | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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C |
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Almost Famous (2000) |
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"A relentlessly shallow film that approaches its subject matter with all the subtlety and grace of a sitcom." | |
Joshua Vasquez | |
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C |
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Along Came a Spider (2001) |
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"No worse than the average police thriller, a silly but inoffensively bromidic flick." | |
Joshua Vasquez | |
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Amelie (2001) |
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"Amelie’s only major crime is how dull it can often be even while being so deliberately elaborate." | |
Jason Clark | |
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D+ |
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Amelie (2001) |
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"Meant to be postcard-perfect, it rings false." | |
Jeremiah Kipp | |
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C- |
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America's Sweethearts (2001) |
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"A hypocritical purveyor of the same schlock nonsense it pretends to lampoon." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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America's Sweethearts (2001) |
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"The fact that this movie contains some of the most annoying, mannered actors on film today and still remains painless is quite a feat." | |
Jason Clark | |
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C |
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American Beauty (1999) |
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"It wants to be an original beauty so much that it doesn't realize just how plain and ordinary it really is." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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American Beauty (1999) |
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"When all is said and done, doesn't really offer anything new." | |
Jason Clark | |
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B |
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American Movie (1999) |
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"The hook of the film is that it presents the ragtag Borchardt, a cantankerous, often disagreeable sort with the kind of freshness missing from most documentaries." | |
Jason Clark | |
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B+ |
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American Movie (1999) |
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Click here to see the review. | |
Joe McGovern | |
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American Pie (1999) |
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"Repulsive filmmaking that shows nothing but a nasty, clear contempt for its viewers." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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B |
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American Pie (1999) |
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"It may not always be easy to watch, but only because we know how true it really is." | |
David Nemetz | |
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D |
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American Pie 2 (2001) |
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"The fact that every principal cast member managed to find the time to come back is a commentary both depressing and euphoric." | |
Joe McGovern | |
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C+ |
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American Pimp (1999) |
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Click here to see the review. | |
Jason Clark | |
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short |
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American Psycho (2000) |
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"Decidedly out of date." | |
Chuck Rudolph | |
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B- |
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American Psycho (2000) |
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"It is entertaining and often very funny, even when you hope that director Harron will next find a subject that is truly worthy of her considerable talents." | |
Jason Clark | |
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B- |
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An American Rhapsody (2001) |
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"A heartfelt movie; honest and straight from the heart." | |
Jason Clark | |
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B+ |
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Amores Perros (2001) |
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"Directed with energy and ferocity by eye-opening newcomer Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu." | |
Jason Clark | |
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B+ |
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Amores Perros (2001) |
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"While frequently hard to watch due to the brutality of its subject matter, Amores Perros benefits nonetheless from its own rip-roaring chaos." | |
Joe McGovern | |
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Analyze This (1998) |
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"This one does nicely for a fitfully funny rental." | |
Jason Clark | |
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D |
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Angel Eyes (2001) |
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"After enduring about 30 minutes of this near-deadly romantic drama, you begin to wonder where the radiant star of Selena and Out of Sight has gone to." | |
Jason Clark | |
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D |
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Angel Eyes (2001) |
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"More a merchandized product than an actual film, it trivializes everything it touches." | |
Joe McGovern | |
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C- |
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Angela's Ashes (1999) |
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"A dreary, ultimately punishing adaptation of Frank McCourt's memoir, where every other scene has somebody either getting sick, puking or dying." | |
Jason Clark | |
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C+ |
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Angela's Ashes (1999) |
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Click here to see the review. | |
Joe McGovern | |
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B |
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Animal Factory (2000) |
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"It confirms that Buscemi is a director that's here to stay." | |
Jason Clark | |
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