Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 36%
| The Slammin' Salmon (2009) | "
Intolerable, aimless" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 77%
| Invictus (2009) | "
Neither biopic nor civil-rights melodrama, Invictus is a rich study of how wisdom, intellect and history are often most influential when they are sold with a price of admission" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 79%
| Before Tomorrow (2009) | "
neither Ivalu nor Cousineau have the light, deft touch it takes to merge cultural fiction and social realism in a seamless manner" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
a densely constructed, immensely entertaining 114 minutes" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 67%
| Missing Person (2009) | "
neither the existential 70s crime thriller it wants to be nor the apocalyptic fever dream it could have been" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
As the lonely, complex and friendly Stone, Harrelson evokes the experience of The Messenger as sturdily as a freshly pinned medal of valor." — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
one of this year's must-see films" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 45%
| The Box (2009) | "
as it was with Kelly's last film, the widely despised, decade-defining Southland Tales, The Box never allows you to get your hands completely around it" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| The House of the Devil (2009) | "
skims away so much of the noisy and excessive clichés of today's terror flicks that it feels like a breath of fresh air" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| Night and Day (2009) | "
touches on such diverse subjects as religion, North Korea, and the world of dreams" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 25%
| Motherhood (2009) | "
gets stuck in the starting gate, unsure of what kind of film it wants to be." — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
There's nothing innovative about The Damned United, but it does exactly what it sets out to do with a clear sense of character and purpose, helped immeasurably by Morgan's rich dialogue and crafty structure" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 34%
| St. Trinian's (2009) | "
indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 26%
| Shrink (2009) | "
It's an impressively convoluted piece of writing, but it loses it shine when it becomes clear that neither Moffett nor Pate know where they are going with these stories" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Yes Men Fix the World (2009) | "
The Yes Men are dissidents of such fearless ingenuity that you want to believe them at face value" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Moore's most personal film since Roger & Me: a lone, passionate man's hopeful search for answers to the very root of all of our socioeconomic problems" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| Bronson (2009) | "
animalistic" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Burning Plain (2009) | "
transitions so fluidly from an unremarkable multi-narrative to abhorrently over-sentimentalized trash" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
a smart, visual dialectic on the ease of showing certain creative processes and the impossibility of documenting others." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
about as formidable and entertaining as a case of blue balls." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| 35 Shots of Rum (2009) | "
This deep devotion to physicality and wordless expression has been part of Denis' repertoire for some time but it has never been so soulful and seductive." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 33%
| The Painter Sam Francis (2009) | "
Perkins' film doesn't form as fluidly from its parts but it is, for the most part, far less interested in gazing at its subject as a tortured genius or a hero of the art world" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 57%
| 9 (2009) | "
In its first half, 9 pulls you in with the promise of discovery and the thrill of action but its endgame becomes muddier as it trudges along." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Liverpool (2009) | "
comes off as indecisive" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| American Casino (2009) | "
an angry film for an angry country" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| We Live in Public (2009) | "
may not say enough about modern life on the web and on camera, but ignore what it does say at your own peril." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 74%
| Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) | "
comes off as somewhat heavy-handed, if not outright pointless." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| A Woman in Berlin (2008) | "
evokes the meaninglessness of trying to find morals in war" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) | "
Simultaneously absorbing and alienating" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 59%
| The Headless Woman (2009) | "
I have seen the film three times now and each time I find myself concentrating more closely" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Taxidermia (2009) | "
Pálfi's fascination with the body -- its daily excretions and emanations -- borders on obsession" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 18, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| Disgrace (2009) | "
a slight, crude metaphor for South Africa's shame." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
comes from a great line of Miyazaki heroines" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | The Reckless Moment (1949) | "
a rather original take on what is usually a very pedestrian setup" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | Seven Days to Noon (1950) | "
an odd and upending entertainment, one that concludes that those on the opposite side of the world are nothing compared to those at home" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Yasukuni (2009) | "
It's impossible to watch Ying's film and not think of our own monuments towards heroism, which also come at the expense of blood" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| I'm Gonna Explode (2009) | "
captures the danger, uncertainty, and overwhelming vitality of youth complicated by an inability to react to the world with anything but intense emotions" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | Hell is a City (1960) | "
harkens back to the pulp serials where noir was birthed" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| I Sell the Dead (2009) | "
Who knew you could make graverobbing boring?" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Beeswax (2009) | "
surpassingly fascinating" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
inarguably Kaufman Lite, but I'm not sure if that's something to bemoan" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Johnny Guitar (1954) | "
A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 82%
| Thirst (2009) | "
Overlong by a half-dozen blood spurts and tonally frantic" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Lorna's Silence (2009) | "
feels like a summation of the Dardenne's work so far" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Cove (2009) | "
Self-aware and just a little too coy" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 48%
| Dog Days (2002) | "
lewd and lurid" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 59%
| Set It Off (1996) | "
Despite Gray's galvanic ability with action sequences, there are very few surprises to be found in Set It Off" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| You, the Living (2009) | "
Andersson is, at heart, an expert absurdist; to him, there is meaning in the meaningless and salvation in the ridiculous" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| Deadgirl (2008) | "
It's a tasteless film but it doesn't seem to even enjoy any of the politically correct totems it so openly sprays its bodily fluids over" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Answer Man (2009) | "
about as memorable as the proverbial stock picture that came with the frame" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
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