Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 24%
| Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) | "
While this recently rediscovered screenplay won't rank with the best of Williams, the script does possess a poignancy that remains frustratingly out of reach onscreen." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 50%
| It's Complicated (2009) | "
Actually, Hollywood, it's very simple: If you're lucky enough to rope pros like Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin into a formulaic comedy that's clearly beneath them, you rise to the occasion." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 74%
| The Young Victoria (2009) | "
A biography that is quite enjoyable to watch, and a bit too easy to forget." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 37%
| Nine (2009) | "
The numbers are flashy enough to entertain, and the cast appealing enough to appreciate. Just don't expect to fall in love." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 38%
| My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009) | "
Herzog fans will love it." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 33%
| The Slammin' Salmon (2009) | "
Thirteen-year-old boys big enough to sneak into R-rated movies are presumably the prime audience for this witless comedy from the Broken Lizard troupe." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| A Single Man (2009) | "
A Single Man -- the striking directorial debut from fashion designer Tom Ford -- is so unusually beautiful it would be easy to dismiss it as superficial." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 69%
| The Last Station (2009) | "
Though all the actors try to expand their underwritten roles, Mirren is most successful." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 0/5
| Rotten 0%
| Breaking Point (2009) | "
Both visually and emotionally ugly from start to finish, this empty crime thriller doesn't have a moment that's genuinely worth watching." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 20%
| The Strip (2009) | "
If one of your non-filmmaker friends watched Office Space a few too many times, this is probably the movie he'd make." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
A lovely Hollywood romance that floats buoyantly along on a sea of sadness." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| Crude (2009) | "
One has to wonder if oil industry executives are concerned about the release of Joe Berlinger's damning documentary." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
— | Rotten 6%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
Travolta, who delivers an impressively enthusiastic performance, seems to have no idea that he's stuck in one of the year's worst movies. The perpetually pained expression on Williams' face, however, suggests he knows otherwise." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
Surprisingly conventional by director Richard Linklater's standards, this pleasant, low-key dramedy is most memorable for the discovery of co-star Christian McKay." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 25%
| Staten Island (2009) | "
DeMonaco deserves credit for wanting to do something different. But what starts out as a witty tweak on tired mobster movies eventually collapses into those very same clichés." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| Broken Embraces (2009) | "
Pedro Almodóvar's latest is perfectly titled: it's a big, swoony kiss that doesn't quite connect with the passion he intends. But fans of the Spanish auteur--or his muse, Penélope Cruz--will find plenty to love." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
Writer-director John Lee Hancock has turned Oher's remarkable life into a Hollywood fable that trades difficult truths for easy clichés." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 28%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
Weitz takes a looser approach than the series’ last director, Catherine Hardwicke, did. He has a better sense of humor, too." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
A somber drama about intimate wartime tragedies, Oren Moverman's debut feels more respectful than real." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
I could fairly describe the 2012 plot as follows: The highest-paid members of an indifferent cast survive the massive floods and giant fireballs that cause our planet's destruction." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
A visual treasure that successfully blends deadpan quirkiness with a wry realism rarely seen in any film, let alone one for children." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 80%
| Collapse (2009) | "
It would have been helpful had Smith put his words into some sort of context, allowing others to assess his theories. Instead there's simply Ruppert, talking, raging and warning, as if his very life depended on it." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 44%
| The Box (2009) | "
Some directors, it must be said, only have one really good movie in them. We're starting to worry that Richard Kelly may be among this select group." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
Daniels is not a subtle director, and he encourages Mo'Nique's powerful expansiveness. But it's much harder to act quietly than loudly, as Sidibe must do, and her still grace should not be mistaken for blankness." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
Hess wrote and directed "Dynamite," and here's proof we shouldn't have rewarded him. The hollow Broncos is even more cruelly disdainful, designed primarily to scorn the pathetic lives within." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) | "
The only truly ugly side to this self-consciously grimy movie is the streak of Neanderthal humor. Operatic overacting is funny. Racist and homophobic jokes? Not so much." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 69%
| (Untitled) (2009) | "
Because Parker is so determined to expose the art scene's pretensions, he neglects other areas, like dialogue, plot and character. And what's the point in making a shallow satire about shallow subjects?" — New York Daily News Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 47%
| Ong Bak 2 (2009) | "
Jaa, who co-directs, has only one thing in mind: a series of increasingly complex fight scenes in his characteristically wide-ranging style. If movie theaters allowed you to fast-forward past the filler, your life just might be complete." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 48%
| Astro Boy (2009) | "
David Bowers' retro-cool update on the titular icon looks so great, it may take a while to notice it's a clunky political parable wrapped in a tonally confused fairy tale." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
While Twilight will make more money and get more attention, the darkly comic Cirque du Freak boasts the shaggy charm of the natural underdog." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh 1/4
| N/A | The Ministers (2009) | "
Does John Leguizamo need a better manager, or does he just have terrible taste in scripts? Because aside from voicing the Ice Age movies, he wastes too much time on misfires like this one." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| Black Dynamite (2009) | "
The details are perfect, from the particle-board sets to the porn-ready score. (And dig those polyester suits.) But just like the movies it parodies, this one feels over long before it's actually done." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 95%
| The Maid (2009) | "
Just when her Chilean employwers wonder if she's sociopathic, Saavedra suggests that Raquel's behavior is, in fact, perfectly rational." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 41%
| New York, I Love You (2009) | "
Where's the ethnic diversity? The cultural overflow? The dirt, the chaos, the cramped quarters, the people who look like us, rather than movie stars?" — New York Daily News Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 34%
| St. Trinian's (2009) | "
Anyone with a fondness for the midcentury cartoons and films that inspired this scrappy comedy will appreciate the latest trip to the titular British boarding school." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| Free Style (2009) | "
Bleu remains one to watch, but only real fans will want to watch this." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 24%
| Adventures of Power (2009) | "
It's not the rough edges that bother here; it's the desperate attempt to capture Napoleon Dynamite's success by relying on oddball characters and off-the-wall scenarios." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 94%
| Good Hair (2010) | "
Whether you have good hair or not, there's plenty to appreciate in Chris Rock's rollicking documentary about what goes on when African-American women hit the salon." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
Just as a great player can take an average team to surprising heights, Michael Sheen turns an ordinary sports movie into an unexpected winner." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 12%
| Couples Retreat (2009) | "
Ever go on a vacation where most of the people around seem to be having more fun than you? Then you already know what it'll feel like to visit Couples Retreat." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| As Seen Through These Eyes (2009) | "
Though Maya Angelou is enlisted as the solemn narrator of Hilary Helstein's Holocaust documentary, the survivors here need no help expressing their own tragedies." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 73%
| More Than a Game (2009) | "
The footage is terrific, and all the guys make for charismatic heroes. But Belman barely addresses the stories happening off the court." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Whip It (2009) | "
It's that happiest of surprises: a multiplex movie that genuinely respects its young audience." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
Since everyone is turned into such a caricature, the answers feel optional. It's hard to forget that Larry's fate is being controlled not by God or luck or even his own worst instincts, but by the Coens." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 41%
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) | "
Actor John Krasinski deserves credit for having the ambition to adapt material as difficult as David Foster Wallace's short stories." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 0/5
| Rotten 22%
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) | "
You could get angry that a guy like this even got a chance. Or you could just forget about him, and move on to something worthwhile." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 65%
| Coco Before Chanel (2009) | "
Visually attractive and moderately diverting." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Boys Are Back (2009) | "
What you can't see with your mind's eye, however, are the performances, which save the movie from a treacly inevitability." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
If robots had to make a movie without human help, Surrogates is what they might come up with. All the parts are visible, but there's no soul to be found." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
So what could be better than an endless supply of jellybeans and ice cream? Only a multiplex permanently stocked with smart, sweetly silly family films like this one." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
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