Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Bruno is a one-joke character in a one-joke movie, and it’s a joke Baron Cohen beats into the ground." — Associated Press Posted Jul 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 44%
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) | "
Even the antics of little Scrat fall flat this time. The rodent whose pursuit of an elusive nut was the highlight of the first movies are tired and strained here." — Associated Press Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
The director shoots Depp in close-ups that accentuate the actor's handsome features -- those warm, brown eyes, sharp cheekbones and soft lips -- and verge on idolatry." — Associated Press Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| Cheri (2009) | "
The film itself, though, is all dressed up with nowhere to go." — Associated Press Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 44%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
My Sister's Keeper is a shameless weepy, one of the most manipulative and fundamental of genres, but it also raises some surprisingly difficult and thought-provoking ethical questions." — Associated Press Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
Its insights and reach extend far beyond what's happened there over the past several years." — Associated Press Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Everyone is overcaffeinated, everyone screams their lines, perhaps so they can hear each other over the explosions and the thunderous score." — Associated Press Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 17%
| Year One (2009) | "
Somehow, despite the presence of those reliable actors and the highly advanced skills of comic veterans Harold Ramis and Judd Apatow behind the scenes, Year One manages to be a dud." — Associated Press Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Food, Inc. (2009) | "
Kenner presents an even-tempered but nonetheless horrifying dissection of the U.S. food industry." — Associated Press Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 46%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
All the romantic comedy conventions are shamelessly on parade in The Proposal, trampling on our brains and turning them into mush." — Associated Press Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| Tetro (2009) | "
The heavy symbolism of binding family ties becomes too much to bear." — Associated Press Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Moon does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over." — Associated Press Posted Jun 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
The prevalence of technology also makes the crime itself seem rather archaic. This is the way a criminal mastermind steals millions of dollars today, by hijacking a subway train?" — Associated Press Posted Jun 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 43%
| Imagine That (2009) | "
It's based on a clever premise and it makes good use of Murphy's comic strengths." — Associated Press Posted Jun 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
Away We Go rejects those cliches and instead takes an honest, humorous and ultimately moving look at the prospect of a family growing from two members to three." — Associated Press Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Director Brad Silberling can't seem to decide whether he's making fun of the show's cheesy visuals or seizing on its sense of roughhewn adventure." — Associated Press Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 11%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
It feels like an uncomfortable parade of Borscht belt gags and lame stereotypes." — Associated Press Posted Jun 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
A comedy that stays weird and wild for the first two-thirds, only to disappoint in the final act." — Associated Press Posted Jun 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Up (2009) | "
The title is deceptively simple, which is fitting, because the latest achievement from Pixar Animation is deeper and more complex on every level than it would initially appear." — Associated Press Posted May 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| The Limits of Control (2009) | "
Paint drying. Photosynthesis. Rush-hour traffic. All these activities would be more entertaining to watch -- and probably speedier -- than Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control." — Associated Press Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Summer Hours (2009) | "
Berling, Binoche and Renier all play off each other effortlessly, and Summer Hours makes you feel comfortable spending time with their family, too." — Associated Press Posted May 21, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
So many new characters have been added to the ones who appeared in the original film, and director Shawn Levy flits between them at such a zippy pace, no one gets much of a chance to register. And that's a huge waste of the comic talents amassed [here]." — Associated Press Posted May 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
There's not much here in the way of way of humanity, even with the strong feminine presence of actresses including Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood and Jane Alexander. It seems the machines have already won." — Associated Press Posted May 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| Rudo and Cursi (2009) | "
While it may seem obvious which brother is responsible and which is the flake, both Rudo and Cursi are equally flawed, one of the film's realistic charms." — Associated Press Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Ruffalo and Brody bring weight and a tinge of melancholy to the otherwise frivolous proceedings, though, by wisely underplaying their roles." — Associated Press Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Its twists, turns and revelations are just as ridiculous as those in the first film -- perhaps even more so -- and it breezes through arcane details with just as much dizzying speed." — Associated Press Posted May 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| The Garden (2009) | "
Scott Hamilton Kennedy's plucky, powerful storytelling makes this a worthwhile experience." — Associated Press Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Either you'll go with it or you won't. Regardless, based on Abrams' ambition and scope in rejuvenating the franchise, it's clear it still has plenty of room to live long and prosper." — Associated Press Posted May 5, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
You can count the jokes that work on one hand; the rest is pratfalls and predictability." — Associated Press Posted Apr 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
The Soloist takes all those innately engaging details and turns them into what is essentially a made-for-Lifetime movie, albeit one populated by Oscar winners and nominees." — Associated Press Posted Apr 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Sin Nombre (2009) | "
Sin Nombre is at once subtle and intense, familiar but refreshing, intimate even as it tells a story untold numbers have endured." — Associated Press Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| State of Play (2009) | "
Despite the quaint depiction of a packed newsroom bustling with activity, the debates about quick online hits vs. hard-hitting investigations, between selling papers with fluff vs. offering actual substance, feel relevant and real." — Associated Press Posted Apr 14, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
The idea of going back to high school is so overdone, there was even an entire episode of Family Guy that parodied it." — Associated Press Posted Apr 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 46%
| Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) | "
Resistance is futile." — Associated Press Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
A series of hit-and-miss non sequiturs in which his characters mostly humiliate and injure themselves and others." — Associated Press Posted Apr 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Noise, noise, noise. Crunched metal and shattered glass. More noise. Revving engines. Vin Diesel's giant head. Hot chicks in tight miniskirts. Even more noise. The end." — Associated Press Posted Mar 31, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Adventureland (2009) | "
[Mottola] doesn't always find the right tone in trying to cover such varied terrain, but you have to admire him for trying inject some substance into what can be a predictably mindless genre." — Associated Press Posted Mar 31, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | "
Creaking floorboards, slamming doors, flickering lights -- you've seen it all before, and it's all here again." — Associated Press Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
Classic creatures from the 1950s get a high-tech makeover, with a healthy amount of attitude, in the 3-D animated Monsters vs. Aliens." — Associated Press Posted Mar 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
Roberts looks great in her return to leading-lady status after a few years off -- strong, curvy, formidable -- and Owen drops the steamy glower he's adopted of late and almost seems to have a twinkle in his eye this time around." — Associated Press Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
The beauty of it lies both in the details of the relationship and the larger chemistry Rudd and Segel share." — Associated Press Posted Mar 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | "
All noise and action, overedited shootouts with blaring music." — Associated Press Posted Mar 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Sunshine Cleaning (2009) | "
The overall lack of sentimentality in first-timer Megan Holley's script and straightforward direction from Christine Jeffs keep the film from becoming too predictably feel-good; at the same time, the strong performances help elevate among similar fare." — Associated Press Posted Mar 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) | "
Writer-director Daniel Barnz manages to achieve a true and delicate balance for much of Phoebe in Wonderland, his first feature, but ultimately undermines himself with heavy-handed and rather hackneyed whimsy." — Associated Press Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Gomorrah (2009) | "
It upends everything you think you know about the mob and mob movies." — Associated Press Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Yes, I've read Watchmen... It moved me, too. And still -- or, rather, because of that -- I found director Snyder's adaptation hugely disappointing, faithful as it is to the 1986 graphic novel." — Associated Press Posted Mar 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009) | "
We learn nothing about who they are or where they come from -- they may not even have parents, for all we know, since the adult accompanying them is usually their bodyguard." — Associated Press Posted Feb 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| Bats (1999) | "
A movie that's too unintentionally funny to be scary." — Associated Press Posted Feb 24, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Fired Up (2009) | "
More tolerable than it ought to be." — Associated Press Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Under the Sea 3D (2009) | "
Even about halfway in, even having settled into your seat with those plastic glasses nestled on your nose, you'll still find yourself dazzled again and again by the impossibly breathtaking beauty of the IMAX adventure Under the Sea 3D." — Associated Press Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
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