Rotten
| Rotten 29%
| Serious Moonlight (2009) | "
The problem is clearly the screenplay. Unfortunately for the cast and director Hines, the script was obviously sacrosanct. And that sinks the movie." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Brothers (2009) | "
Feels contrived,rather than organic. It's like a cynical attempt to make movie version of a downbeat Bruce Springsteen song." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 46%
| Everybody's Fine (2009) | "
One of the few Robert De Niro roles in recent memory that doesn't equate acting with histrionics...one of the quietest performances of his career, yet one of the most moving." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Dec 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
With this deft, witty, smart and soulful film, Reitman establishes himself as a modern purveyor of the same cinematic tradition as Frank Capra and Preston Sturges." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
A headlong story to go with its brilliantly imaginative and fanciful visuals and bright, upbeat score by Randy Newman, who covers a lot of ground." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) | "
This story of unpredictable second and third acts is a treat, a smart drama with flashes of comedy that keep you guessing...Wright's comic timing is adept." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| The Road (2009) | "
A film that takes a bleak, harrowing story and makes it tender and compelling...deserves to be in the Oscar hunt for the shattering performance by its star, Viggo Mortensen." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
The movie that proves that Zac Efron is a real actor, not just a teen star...The real find here is McKay, who has the music of Welles' voice tuned perfectly." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 85%
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | "
Cage acts, at times, as though his head is about to explode. And not the character's head; it's Cage himself who seems in danger of self-immolation." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Broken Embraces (2009) | "
Like a well-crafted novel, Broken Embraces takes its time revealing its true intentions...an emotional time bomb, packed with passion, color, romance and tragedy." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
Ultimately, race has nothing to do with the truth of the emotions this film elicits from an audience. It's a solid movie, whether you're color blind or not." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
Blazes across the screen with a sweep that most movies can only dream of. It's nice to see a master like Woo at the height of his powers, after slipping Hollywood's shackle." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 42%
| Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon (2009) | "
Mazzio feels the beating heart of the striver and, as a result, Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon never drags, even as it offers an important message to audiences." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 30%
| Women in Trouble (2009) | "
The most jeopardy these women confronted was the day they said yes to Women in Trouble." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Pirate Radio (2009) | "
Enjoyable in a lazy way, it feels a bit trifling. Given his apparent passion for the period and the subject, it's disappointing that all Curtis can come up with is this film." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
Is Fantastic Mr. Fox a film for kids or adults? Well, yes %u2013 and each will come away with something different." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
As powerful and restrained a drama as you could wish for...a film of both great sadness and great redemption." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Uncertainty (2009) | "
It's a fascinating experiment that also happens to be an interesting and highly watchable movie." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 45%
| The Box (2009) | "
A movie whose reach far exceeds its maker's grasp of where this story is going or what it's really about. The longer it goes on, the less sense (or suspense) it has to offer." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
Precious is a powerful social drama telling a gripping personal story. It will put you through the wringer and take your breath away." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
Thankfully, this Christmas Carol is Scrooge-centric...and, thanks to an unusually layered performance by Jim Carrey, that mostly saves the day for this film." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| That Evening Sun (2009) | "
Complex and fulfilling...a beautifully etched slice of a life that's always compelling." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
A delicious and funny trip through the powers of the mind ... You couldn't ask for a better cast of actors for this offbeat and frequently hilarious tale." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
Not that it ever gets beneath the surface - but that surface was so multi-faceted and exciting, at least in this context, that it makes this film impossible to ignore." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Skin (2009) | "
A powerful and compelling drama based on a true story that still resonates." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
This is a world of freaks, who exist to be laughed at - except there's nothing funny about them but their looks." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 87%
| The House of the Devil (2009) | "
That's the problem with this sort of homage: Unless you've got a startling new take, you wind up with a movie that's been done hundreds of times before, to much better effect." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Amelia (2009) | "
A movie so generic that it could have been about anyone...like sitting through an endless series of story conferences, in which the life is slowly sifted out of the material." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
While it doesn't say "To be continued" at the end, it might as well, except the probable audience's response may turn out to be, "Why bother?"" — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 47%
| Ong Bak 2 (2009) | "
No, Ong Bak 2 isn't a great movie ... But if you love the pure kinetics of a well-shot martial-arts film, Tony Jaa is the most exciting figure to come along in years." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 25%
| Motherhood (2009) | "
Motherhood is a deceptive film that seems to be one thing when it starts %u2013 and then turns a corner and becomes something else, something deeper and more perceptive." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
Somehow, a shovel seems a more appropriate implement for dealing with Lars von Trier's Antichrist than any sort of writing utensil." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| (Untitled) (2009) | "
A laugh-out-loud satire with a dry-martini wit ... consistently surprising and funny without pandering for laughs." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| New York, I Love You (2009) | "
Some films accumulate power as they go on. A film like New York, I Love You stops and starts without accruing much of anything." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| The Maid (2009) | "
Should be required viewing for anyone who's ever managed an unhappy employee, and will ring loud bells for anyone who's ever been one. Which is most of us, right?" — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
Its utter simplicity masks layers of complexity. Some will see it as a movie about nothing, when in fact it is a movie about everything." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Good Hair (2009) | "
Provocative and funny at the same time...a window into a world most white people (or most people in general) know nothing about, one that is not quite what it seems to be." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| Peter and Vandy (2009) | "
Touching and insightful, a film that understands what that first whoosh of emotion in a relationship feels like %u2013 and how quickly love can change and vanish." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Mulligan gives a performance of dazzling nuance, full of feeling without being splashy or overly emotional. She mixes toughness, fragility, intelligence and naiveté." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
Sheen, so wonderfully restrained as Tony Blair and deliciously self-aware as David Frost, finds a kind of mania that sends sparks shooting from Clough's eyes." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 56%
| Trucker (2009) | "
Michelle Monaghan gives a wonderfully rounded performance, reminiscent in its depth and heart of the one Melissa Leo gave in Frozen River." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
I came away wanting more comedy and less gratuitous splatter. Still, you can't dismiss a movie with as many big laughs as this one packs." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
The problem of The Invention of Lying isn't the single joke %u2013 it's the lack of others to flesh it out...Consider this one a swing and a miss." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| The Horse Boy (2009) | "
A fascinating examination of parental love and the blind faith that sometimes is required in what otherwise seems like a cold and cruel world." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| More Than a Game (2009) | "
Teamwork, not victory: That's the message of More Than a Game and it's a worthy one that makes for exciting filmmaking." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Page is ill-served by Barrymore, whose only directions apparently were shrieks of "Cuter! No, even cuter!"...turgid, predictable and not particularly funny." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Sep 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
A Serious Man is the Coens at their best: wonderfully odd, darkly comic and just plain weird," — Hollywood & Fine Posted Sep 28, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| The Boys Are Back (2009) | "
Scott Hicks' film never confuses sentimentality for genuine feeling. Owen brings a range to this role that that he hasn't previously had much opportunity to reveal." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
A scathing indictment of modern America's "me first" approach to the social contract...an urgently important piece of work." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Sep 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 35%
| Blind Date (2009) | "
A well-written and insightful drama built around two beautifully modulated performances by Tucci (who directed) and the always-marvelous Patricia Clarkson." — Hollywood & Fine Posted Sep 21, 2009 |
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