Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| The English Patient (1996) | "
This is the real thing, and real things don't come along very often, so you'd better snap them up when they do." Posted Feb 10, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| The Third Man (1949) | "
Welles gives Harry a mask of irony that turns all moral judgment back on itself. He turns a mass murderer into a wry rogue, and makes his villainy all the more horrifying because we rather like him." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 54%
| Endurance (1999) | "
I found the film engrossing, missing only the opportunity to spend more time with the mechanics of distance training and, perhaps through that, to learn how Gebrselassie became the world's best at what he does." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 90%
| Show Me Love (1998) | "
Dahlström and especially Liljeberg are first-rate." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| You've Got Mail (1998) | "
Mail may not be as romantic as Sleepless, but it's wittier." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Magnolia (1999) | "
All the work is top-notch." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Waking Ned Devine (1998) | "
Completely delightful movie." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Notting Hill (1999) | "
An exceptionally guy-friendly chick flick." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Open Your Eyes (1997) | "
If you're the type who doesn't mind jigsaw puzzles unassembling themselves as you assemble them, if you enjoy enigmas and don't need explanations, the film just might work for you." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Being John Malkovich (1999) | "
It is hard to mix moods -- the film is manic, subtle, comic and vaguely sad -- but [Jonze] does it masterfully." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Shakespeare in Love (1998) | "
It's a literary burlesque, remarkably clever and quick on its feet. It is ardently romantic but is at its best when it is funny. And it's funny." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 56%
| The Rugrats Movie (1998) | "
Although it works on two levels, one thing makes it work for any age: the sense of the id unloosed." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | "
Kubrick, exactly in character, has left us as the unchallengeable champion of the enigma." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Tarzan (1999) | "
Simply a smashingly well-done example of animated storytelling." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Nights of Cabiria (1957) | "
What makes the character so poignant is that her final fortification is not her street wisdom -- that's all surface -- but her innocence. Her ultimate protection is our sympathy for her." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 31%
| The Waterboy (1998) | "
The film is amiably goofy." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| An Ideal Husband (1999) | "
Parker has made a sensible cinematic translation of Wilde's play, intercutting scenes which would have been played consecutively on the stage." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| Big Daddy (1999) | "
Funny-sweet, understand, not bleccchh sweet." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Besieged (1998) | "
This is a deeply engrossing, often exquisite film by someone who knows visuals. It's sensory, sensual, handmade." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Autumn Tale (1998) | "
The film is delightfully unpredictable, warm, nuanced. It's civilized entertainment." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| The Prince of Egypt (1998) | "
The handsomely animated Prince of Egypt is an amalgam of Hollywood biblical epic, Broadway supermusical and nice Sunday school lesson." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Rear Window (1954) | "
The deliciousness of watching the film as it's intended to be seen is that the big screen gives Rear Window back its claustrophobia." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) | "
If there is sacrilege afoot, I'm not enough of a scholar to spot it." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 26%
| Doug's 1st Movie (1999) | "
The film hasn't much entertainment value for those much over the age of 10. There's not a thing in the world wrong with that." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Das Boot (1982) | "
The film reaches right out to grab us by the neck and squeeze hard." Posted Feb 2, 2002 |
Fresh
| Rotten 12%
| Batman & Robin (1997) | "
If you like 'em busy, this sequel is for you." Posted Jul 24, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| La Promesse (1996) | "
The film is entirely within the caught-on-the-run tradition of cinema verite, which makes it all the grittier and its conclusion all the more wrenching." Posted Feb 21, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| 2 Days In The Valley (1996) | "
This produces some rather nasty-funny surprises." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Air Force One (1997) | "
Air Force One gets the job done." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| American Beauty (1999) | "
I can't remember the last time I've seen a mainstream, big-studio release this well-acted." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Amistad (1997) | "
Halfway into Amistad comes the point where Steven Spielberg pulls the lever, and the stink and horror and bestialities of slavery spill around our ankles. We can't look away." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Antonia's Line (1995) | "
Odd feminist fun." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Anywhere But Here (1999) | "
Anywhere But Here brought me to tears often, but it was not that often when something sad happened." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| As Good as It Gets (1997) | "
The film is hugely entertaining." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Beautiful Girls (1996) | "
Portman was memorable as the little girl in The Professional, but her work here throws off an eeriness in its revelation of such huge talent in one so young." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Big Night (1996) | "
It will paste a big, sloppy smile on your face from its opening moment. Good luck at dislodging it." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Boiler Room (2000) | "
Boiler Room is a new film that will yank anyone who's ever gotten a cold call from a chop shop." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Bowfinger (1999) | "
The movie's funny enough. But you can't help thinking it might be funnier." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Breakdown (1997) | "
Breakdown gets the job done." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Bringing Out the Dead (1999) | "
This is a film of great beauty, which is found not in its face but in its heart." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 9%
| Celtic Pride (1996) | "
Does De Cerchio have a future at Disney or what?" Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Chasing Amy (1997) | "
As funny as the observational outrage humor of Clerks, but Smith is working harder." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Chungking Express (1994) | "
It's interesting enough to watch for most of its length because of Wong's incisive camera work and his intense immersion of the Hong Kong night culture." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| City of Angels (1998) | "
An old-fashioned, big-hearted movie." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 49%
| Conspiracy Theory (1997) | "
What makes Conspiracy Theory interesting beyond its cleverness and currency is how the filmmakers manipulate our feelings about its protagonist, Jerry, a New York City cab driver." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Contempt (1964) | "
This one has too much forced intellectualism to it, even though it is an engrossing time capsule." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Critical Care (1997) | "
Lumet moves with confidence between satire and intriguing, heightened-reality spirituality." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Das Boot - The Director's Cut (1982) | "
Das Boot is the best war film I've ever seen." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Deep Blue Sea (1999) | "
A gross, flagrant, in-broad-daylight violation of the Law of Billing." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| Dick (1999) | "
One of the cleverest comic premises of recent memory!" Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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