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2.5/4 |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"Fans of the late sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick may rejoice at the news that Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly is the most faithful adaptation of one of his stories to reach the screen. Unfortunately, the story is one of Dick's least cinematic." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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A Tout de Suite (2005) |
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"Le Besco's vulnerability draws us into her predicament." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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A/K/A Tommy Chong |
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"Even those unimpressed with [Cheech and Chong's] genially lowbrow work will be intrigued by the political tenor of this portrait." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2007) |
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"Canadians Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim's spellbinding documentary focuses on the relentless search for the truth by Megumi's parents and families of other abductees." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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4/4 |
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About Schmidt (2002) |
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"One of the best, most understated performances of [Jack Nicholson's] career." | |
Jami Bernard | |
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2/4 |
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Accepted (2006) |
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"Like its underachieving protagonist, Steve Pink's teen comedy Accepted flashes just enough charm to get by but is too lazy to really make anything of itself." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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2.5/4 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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"The movie is no more than an interesting experiment and a rarity among movie musicals in that even if you enjoy it, you won't want to hear it again." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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Acts of Worship (2001) |
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"For better and worse, Rosemary Rodriguez's directing debut feels just like what it is -- a drama about addiction made by a recovering addict." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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2/4 |
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Adam & Steve (2006) |
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"Co-stars Parker Posey and Chris Kattan offer minor diversions, but the humor never rises to the quality any New Yorker, regardless of sexual orientation, would expect." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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Adam's Apples (2007) |
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"Designed to elicit as many gasps as laughs, Anders Thomas Jensen's pitch-black comedy offers an audaciously skewed take on good vs. evil." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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Adored - Diary of a Porn Star (2004) |
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"A vanity project so preposterous it deserves to become an instant camp hit." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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Adrift in Manhattan (2007) |
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"Adrift is a small film with great humanity and deserves a broader audience than it's likely to get." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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1.5/4 |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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"The low-tech film looks like a kid's crude drawing, plays like entry-level Game Boy, and is about as nourishing as a Tootsie Pop." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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1.5/4 |
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Aeon Flux (2005) |
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"In the dystopian future, apparently, women will be bendable Barbies in leather scanties, and everyone will speak like brain-dead robots." | |
Jami Bernard | |
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2.5/4 |
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After Innocence (2005) |
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"A powerful indictment of a judicial system too anxious to close cases, and then close ranks when someone tries to reopen them." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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After Midnight (2004) |
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"A loving tribute to the moving image." | |
Robert Dominguez | |
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3.5/4 |
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After the Life (2002) |
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"We're treated to two smashing performances from Morel and Blanc." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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1.5/4 |
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After the Sunset (2004) |
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"When the movie can tear itself away from Lola, it's more of a buddy comedy than a heist film, and a bad one at that." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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After The Wedding (2007) |
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"The characters may suffer once the bride walks down the aisle, but [director] Bier, [writer] Jensen and their first-rate cast work together like a match made in heaven." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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Against the Ropes (2003) |
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"As a boxing movie, Against the Ropes is perfunctory... As a biopic, it's likewise uninspired stuff." | |
Jami Bernard | |
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2.5/4 |
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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
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"With lots of cool gadgets, plenty of silliness and a clever concept guaranteed to appeal to preteens, this should be an unflagging, high-octane romp." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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The Aggressives (2005) |
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"In a movie that deals with controversial sexual, racial and class issues, the boldest observation is the most basic: that we each have the right to define our own realities, and live comfortably within them." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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2.5/4 |
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Agnes and His Brothers (2006) |
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"Whenever he takes the time to line up his toxic arrows, usually with the help of a compellingly squirmy Bleibtreu, he hits the bull's-eye." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
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"The filmmaker's ego and ethics aside, there's no denying the power of Wuornos' behavior here." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2/4 |
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The Air I Breathe (2007) |
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"I can't fault any of the actors for anything other than bad judgment. Their performances are fine, but a good fortune cookie might have told them to stay away from this." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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"... Palmer -- and J.J. Villarreal, as her unflappable fellow contestant and first-blush romantic interest -- makes it all go down very easily." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
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"But Kerry did not win, and for Franken fans, the target audience here, the memory of that event may hurt too much to laugh." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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Al Otro Lado (2006) |
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"We're left unable to get the music -- and the musicians -- out of our heads." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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3/4 |
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The Alamo (2004) |
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"Alamo buffs will be delighted, and everyone else will be treated to something that feels like Old Hollywood crossed with new sensibilities." | |
Jami Bernard | |
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2/4 |
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Alex and Emma (2003) |
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"Wan humor, no spark." | |
Jami Bernard | |
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2.5/4 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
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"It's one thing to imagine ordering a shaken martini; it's another to be handed a Shirley Temple." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2/4 |
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Alexander (2004) |
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"Farrell plays all this as if he means it, but he seems slight in the role and without great physical presence." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2/4 |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"The major difference between the two movies is that Caine's Alfie represented a threatened breed of opportunistic man, while Law's comes off as a typical commitment-challenged bachelor." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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Alice's House (2008) |
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"Some stories, Teixeira is wise enough to realize, are best left unadorned." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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1/4 |
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Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
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"The actual fights between the predators and the serpents are too silly to contemplate. Both shiny and metallic, they look like kitchen appliances fighting it out." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
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"We're treated to more intramural banter and golly-gee chatter among the crew than we can use, and are not given enough scientific information." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2/4 |
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All The King's Men (2006) |
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"Failures on the scale of writer-director Steven Zaillian's All the King's Men are as rare as falling sequoias, and they make a noise even if no one's in the woods to hear them." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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Almost Peaceful (2004) |
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"It may appear to be the ultimate non-action movie, but in the context of these lives, it is the highest kind of drama." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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1/4 |
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Alone in the Dark (2005) |
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"Alone in the Dark is no better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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Alone With Her (2007) |
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"Alone With Her has the kind of high ick factor that leaves you squirming -- not because Doug is so diabolical a creation, but because what he does to satisfy his pathology is so practical." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2/4 |
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Along Came Polly (2004) |
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"Tame and predictable, with the gastric-distress sound-effects machine working overtime." | |
Jami Bernard | |
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2/4 |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"Who would have thought that a real-life tale of sex, drugs and murder could be so instantly forgettable?" | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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1.5/4 |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
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"Oh, come on. Do you really care? And even if you do, you shouldn't." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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2/4 |
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An Amazing Couple (2002) |
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"Can be easily skipped." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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3/4 |
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Amazing Grace (2007) |
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"Michael Apted's compelling and highly informative Amazing Grace is an apt celebration of America's Black History Month, even though its story takes place in England." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
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"Even if [Schwartzberg's] choices feel somewhat clichéd, there's no doubting the spirit of his subjects, who seem genuinely proud to share their thoughts and feelings for a few, too brief moments." | |
Elizabeth Weitzman | |
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2/4 |
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American Blackout (2006) |
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"The movie includes a postscript about [McKinney's] loss, blaming it on more dirty tricks. That may be true, but it doesn't put the steam back in the film." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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1.5/5 |
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American Cannibal - The Documentary (2006) |
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"What's here is a glimpse not into how far people will go to win a reality-TV show, but how far greedy writers and producers will go to degrade, debauch and enrich themselves." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
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"The devilishness of satire is in the details, and [Paul] Weitz's script just isn't as funny or as consistently sharp as it should be." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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2.5/4 |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"This is Washington's movie as much as it is Lucas' story, and he is as entertainingly evil here as in his Oscar-winning performance as a bad cop in Training Day." | |
Jack Mathews | |
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