Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 49%
| It's Complicated (2009) | "
Nancy Meyers clearly enjoys making sitcom movies. We'd all enjoy it if she stopped." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
A 14-year-old girl is raped and murdered by a pedophile in The Lovely Bones -- not quite the feel-good film of the year, but a powerful one." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 28%
| Serious Moonlight (2009) | "
If cruelty, bad-sitcom humor and shameless excess make you giddy, then by all means, check out Serious Moonlight." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
Disney evolves with The Princess and the Frog, which features a little less belle of the ball and a little more bayou." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 27, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
Would it kill Roland Emmerich to make a halfway decent movie?" — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
"It's just another day for you and me in paradise," according to Phil Collins. This film puts an exclamation point at the end of that sentence." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 54%
| The Boat That Rocked (2009) | "
Pirate Radio is entirely stale and doesn't seem to know it, like a guy at a modern party busting into the Macarena on the dance floor." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
Suddenly, death by bloody neck doesn't seem so unappealing." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
The plot is far from unfamiliar, but Scherfig's chic direction and Hornby's breezy script make it feel like a tantalizing new cuisine rather than yesterday's leftovers." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Drew Barrymore has left her fingerprints all over the film, which means you'll want to hug it and smack it simultaneously." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
Demons and high school and blood thirst -- oh my!" — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
Though he's no stranger to violence and retribution, Inglourious Basterds, with its Jews-Gone-Wild spin, just may be Quentin Tarantino's most badass movie yet." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 38%
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | "
There's enough manipulative pap in The Time Traveler's Wife to make even Nicholas Sparks roll his eyes." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
This is a movie about legume-resembling souls and transcendental storage, so it should be a laugh riot from start to finish. It's not." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Aug 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
Autism speaks and has plenty to say in Adam, the sweet-natured, atypical romance from writer/director Max Mayer." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
The film relies entirely on the chemistry between Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, though he could likely have sparks with a lamp post." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
"You should know up front, this is not a love story," the narrator warns in 500 Days of Summer, a beautiful film that will resonate with both the hopeless romantics and the cold, hard cynics." — Show Business Weekly Posted Jul 20, 2009 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 0%
| Homecoming (2009) | "
This lobotomized, CW version of Misery will leave you begging to be put out of yours." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jul 16, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Move over, Borat -- Sacha Baron Cohen's latest film is an exercise in flamboyant foolishness." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jul 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
John Krasinski eases into his role like a runner into his favorite pair of worn-in sneakers, embracing the hippie-like ways of Burt along with the unkempt facial hair." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 93%
| Summer Hours (2009) | "
Olivier Assayas' artsy family drama Summer Hours is easy on the eyes, but good luck keeping them open." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 47%
| Battle for Terra (2009) | "
Tries really hard to put on a serious face but instead plays like a third-rate MADtv parody about careless humans in space." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Apr 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
When it comes to the March movie slump, Love really is all you need." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 23%
| Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | "
Grating comedy shows that racking up extreme credit card debt isn't cute or charming -- who knew?" — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 44%
| He's Just Not That Into You (2009) | "
Fine for a night out with the gals but fails to revamp the running-on-empty romantic comedy genre." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) | "
Mike Leigh's ode to optimism revolves around Poppy, a London teacher who loves life almost as much as I love this movie." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jan 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
Christopher Nolan's gothic epic is heightened by the maniacal flair of Heath Ledger (R.I.P.) and the notable absence of Katie Holmes." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 28, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 70%
| Last Chance Harvey (2008) | "
It's Before Sunrise for the older, less intellectually-demanding crowd." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 28, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 68%
| Revolutionary Road (2008) | "
A commanding story that plays like the petulant love child of Mad Men and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 21, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | "
Since it's a Ron Howard film, easily his best since A Beautiful Mind, rest assured there's nothing that will fly over the heads of the politically clueless." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 4, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
'It's an epic in the style of Out of Africa or Gone with the Wind,' Luhrman told the press. Not quite -- more like Pearl Harbor, the Down Under version." — Pop Syndicate Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 50%
| Twilight (2008) | "
Beware the mesmeric power of the Twilight zone." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 20, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
Role Models never reaches its full potential, but cinematic man-children are all the craze nowadays." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 65%
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) | "
After an exhausting dry spell, Kevin Smith finally scores with Zack and Miri." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Oct 30, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 58%
| The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | "
The Secret Life of Bees is this year's Kite Runner, and that's not a compliment." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Oct 14, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 54%
| Choke (2008) | "
Choke is as appealing as the partially digested food propelled from Victor's throat." — Show Business Weekly Posted Sep 29, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 47%
| Towelhead (2008) | "
The trouble with Towelhead, if the title doesn't sound enough of an alarm, is its sheer lack of boundaries." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Sep 22, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 50%
| Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) | "
The fab four return, at last, for the big-screen version of the chicer-than-Chanel HBO series. But it feels strangely out of style." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jun 1, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 40%
| 27 Dresses (2008) | "
If there's a blushing bride anywhere in 27 Dresses, it's clearly out of embarrassment." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jan 17, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Juno (2007) | "
The vibrant, wildly quotable indie gem boasts a super-catchy soundtrack and establishes the careers of screenwriter Diablo Cody and actress Ellen Page." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Jan 14, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 42%
| The Bucket List (2007) | "
In Rob Reiner's first tolerable (read: not excruciating) film in eons, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two cancer-struck men who get busy living in their final moments." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 29, 2007 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) | "
Disjointed tale of a Scottish lad and his beloved sea pet can't decide if it wants to be uber-preachy or just plain creepy. So it aims for both." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 24, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 85%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
The most twisted, deranged and blood-splattering film of the year has arrived at last, and it's every bit as wonderful as you might expect." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 20, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 82%
| Atonement (2007) | "
Joe Wright's core-shaking romantic epic makes all the right moves and has something for just about everyone. Finally, a new love story worth falling in love with." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Dec 4, 2007 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 52%
| Margot at the Wedding (2007) | "
Noah Baumbach's latest may prove too distasteful for some, too plotless for others, but even with its parade of unpleasantries it taps into something truthful and uncomfortably funny." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Nov 25, 2007 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 81%
| Lars And The Real Girl (2007) | "
In this oddly appealing yet not-fully-satisfying film, Ryan Gosling stars as a stunted twentysomething who opens his heart to the one least likely - a sex doll." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 41%
| Feast of Love (2007) | "
The most recent effort by director Robert Benton is riddled with good intentions and heartfelt musings - it's just too bad that it all seems like a charade, romance by way of a Hallmark card." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Sep 24, 2007 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 65%
| The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) | "
You don't have to be an Austen junkie or even a woman to enjoy this endlessly charming film about six people bound together by literary love." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Sep 18, 2007 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 54%
| Across the Universe (2007) | "
What makes Across The Universe stand out (since its basic premise has been done to death, reincarnated, and done to death again) is that it's one of the most ambitious movie musicals in years." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Sep 17, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| Into the Wild (2007) | "
The stranger-than-fiction tale of Christopher McCandless springs to life in Sean Penn's meditative film Into The Wild, a fantastic voyage you won't soon forget." — Big Picture Big Sound Posted Sep 12, 2007 |
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