Splat 2/4 |
W. (2008) |
"Timid, toothless and tepid, this episodic comedy-drama suffers from the one shortcoming I never thought I'd encounter in Stone's work -- failure of nerve." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Wackness (2008) |
"A generous-spirited study of characters in pain." |
Colin Covert |
- |
Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1/4 |
Waist Deep (2006) |
"If the daydreams of a teenager playing Grand Theft Auto could be made into a music video, the result would resemble Waist Deep." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Waiting... (2005) |
"An ugly piece of work." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Waitress (2007) |
"A blissfully daft ensemble comedy." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Waking Life (2001) |
"For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"Writer-producer Judd Apatow, star John C. Reilly and director Jake Kasdan eviscerate the genre gleefully." |
Colin Covert |
- |
A Walk On the Moon (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Walk on Water (2005) |
"This movie already has enough topics on the table. As a result, none gets the attention it deserves." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 4/4 |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"There's no mistaking the sound of Johnny Cash, and Walk the Line gets it just right." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Walker (2007) |
"Written and directed with elegant finesse by Paul Schrader, the film is a character study wrapped in a story of political and corporate misconduct." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Walking Tall (2004) |
"The film is thankfully free of the nasty aftertaste that accompanied the Death Wish and Dirty Harry revenge fantasies of the '70s." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
WALL-E (2008) |
"Continuing a string of successes that pit Pixar films against only other Pixar films in terms of quality animation, WALL•E makes the count nine masterpieces in a row." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"W&G remain as lovable as ever." |
Jeff Strickler and Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Wanted (2008) |
"Working a niche somewhere between the black comedy of Fight Club and the ultrafashionable mayhem of The Matrix, Wanted is an experience that's hard to defend as a whole but mesmerizing in a highway-accident rubbernecking kind of way." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
War (2007) |
"Not so much a narrative as a barrage of violent images designed to beat the brain into abject surrender." |
Colin Covert |
- |
War Dance (2007) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2008) |
"While the film is intensely skeptical of the power elite, it has a refreshing faith in democracy." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Spielberg seems to have resigned himself to the fact that he'll never match the impact of the radio show, but he's making no bones about going after that FX Oscar." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 4/4 |
The War Tapes (2006) |
"A riveting firsthand look at the conflict on the battlefield, in the barracks, and on the home front, unfiltered by any partisan prejudice." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The War Within (2005) |
"A penetrating, provocative, tautly suspenseful character study." |
Colin Covert |
- |
War Zone (1998) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
War, Inc. (2008) |
"Only occasionally hits the target." |
Colin Covert |
- |
Washington Square (1997) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2/4 |
Wassup Rockers (2006) |
"Makes you wish Clark had quit trying to cook up adventures for his cast and made a straight documentary instead." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
Watchmen (2009) |
"Watchmen bites off more than a single film can chew, and chokes on its gluttony." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Water (2006) |
"Packs a punch that is difficult to parry." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) |
"The film is what family entertainment ought to be, but so rarely is: a ripping good adventure, a parable about childhood and maturity, and a romp." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Water Lilies (2007) |
"First-time writer/director Celine Sciamma focuses exclusively, empathetically and insightfully on her protagonists' coming-of-age experiences." |
Colin Covert |
- |
The Way Home (2002) |
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Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Way We Laughed (2001) |
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Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"May be noted as the one that flipped McConaughey from underachieving movie idol to terrific character actor." |
Colin Covert |
- |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato |
Weapons of Mass Deception (2004) |
"Whatever your ideology, if you believe that democracy depends on getting the truth from your government and your press, WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception is required viewing." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"David is pathetic, something that fans of Cage's macho adventures might have trouble accepting. But he's intriguingly pathetic, a state that raises some interesting issues." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Weather Underground (2003) |
"A remarkable journey." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Wedding Bell Blues (1996) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"Even with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn doing all they can to keep us entertained, this farce starts to run out of steam as soon as the writers start to run out of jokes." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2/4 |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"Scenes don't build momentum, and I don't think I've ever seen a feature where so many lines of dialogue were delivered by actors hovering off-screen or standing with their backs to the camera." |
Colin Covert |
- |
A Wedding for Bella (2001) |
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Colin Covert |
- |
The Wedding Planner (2001) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1/4 |
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) |
"Modestly budgeted and massively dumb, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins belongs to the sassy sistas and blinged-out playas school of comedy (maybe it's a preschool, come to think of it)." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) |
"Welcome to Mooseport can't decide if it wants to be a political farce or a romantic comedy. It's a bit of both, but not enough of either." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
"Wendy and Lucy, a minimalist character study starring Michelle Williams, is a deft, compact piece that makes every shot and moment count." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Were the World Mine (2008) |
"This high school reworking of A Midsummer Night's Dream never really takes flight, but neither is it the preening misfire the first half promises." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Whale Rider (2003) |
"A story that J.K. Rowling fans young and old will savor." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
What Happens in Vegas (2008) |
"By being a smidge smarter than the average date movie, it makes the first-time meeting, the battle of the sexes and the bumpy course of true love entertaining despite overfamiliarity." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
What Just Happened (2008) |
"In What Just Happened, we get a loving tribute to the movie business filled with disdain for the ethics of the people who work in the business." |
Colin Covert |
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