Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 70%
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | "
Guy Ritchie combines his kinetic direction with the limitless charms of Downey Jr and Jude Law to come up with terrific entertainment that's equal parts brains and brawn." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 64%
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) | "
A shambling, lovable mess of a movie that never manages to keep its boundless imagination in check." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 15%
| Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) | "
It's hard to imagine why you'd want to pay to be talked down to and coddled like a baby." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 49%
| It's Complicated (2009) | "
Self-righteous and obnoxiously condescending." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
Avatar is as old-fashioned and romantic as Titanic, and thrillingly, just as wonderful to watch." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
The movie works, maybe because of all the easily digestible lessons of racial tolerance and sports movie cliches." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Crazy Heart (2009) | "
Bridges inhabits Bad fully, and cleverly uses our decades of fondness for him as an actor to give us a way to connect to his troublesome character." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| Brothers (2009) | "
Brothers sometimes feels unnecessarily Hollywood, but there's a surprising amount of truth in there as well." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 46%
| Everybody's Fine (2009) | "
Pretty much the Marley and Me of this holiday season, except in the place of an adorable yellow lab there's adorable Robert De Niro." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 40%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
The film is a triumph of visual imagination over any story or substance, over-directed and over-acted and completely absent a beating heart." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| Ninja Assassin (2009) | "
It's brisk and exciting and exuberantly obvious filmmaking, but it knows how to light up every bloodthirsty pleasure center in your brain, and does so with gusto." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 6%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
There's something in the way that Old Dogs is brazenly, proudly lazy that makes it truly reprehensible" — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
It's all about the action." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 28%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
Weitz's efforts result in a movie that's a little less insular and self-involved, though in the end, still probably one only the true fans could love." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
A soothing bath of Hollywood tropes and cliches." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
Fantastic Mr. Fox is Anderson's best film since The Royal Tenenbaums, and perhaps his funniest ever." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
No amount of Clooney mugging or priceless Spacey glowering can fill in the gaps left by this meandering screenplay." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
The film escapes its own grimness and becomes truly astonishing thanks to the performances." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
The Hesses could not be bothered to separate the wheat from the chaff, presenting a movie that's a jumble of ideas and pastiches, none of them paying off." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
Even without the glitzy appeal of Jackson, there's a story about artistic collaboration in there that's worth seeing." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 21%
| Amelia (2009) | "
A cast full of actors who seem to believe that playing people who lived in the past requires affectations that make them all sound like newsreel announcers." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 41%
| New York, I Love You (2009) | "
Not every story is cliche, of course, just as not all are bad, but the rotten apples have a tendency to spoil the bunch." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 24%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
A movie with no use for logic, or realism, or basic rules of what is and is not possible within our world." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
All of the beautifully executed moments of love or anger or joy never come together as any kind of whole." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
An Education is the rare period piece that has a real heart beating underneath it." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Barrymore has given the world something wonderful-- a brazenly feminist film that's a tremendous amount of fun." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
The Coens are at their oddest, most inscrutable, and perhaps most elegant with A Serious Man." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
What director Oren Peli manages to accomplish with moving sheets, baby powder tracks and a swinging chandelier is truly remarkable." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
Half-baked and generic, Surrogates is entertaining enough for what it is, but a bland take on what could have been truly special." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 22%
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) | "
In a world in which The Hangover exists, there's no purpose to this movie whatsoever." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
It's not just clever writing, but the kind of ballsy, caricature-pushing animation that the Warner Bros. shorts mastered decades ago. Chuck Jones would probably be proud." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
The brains are there, and even if Jennifer's Body turned out a little muddled and lifeless in parts, it's a good thing that it's out there at all." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 62%
| Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) | "
Newcomers willing to go along for the ride may be surprised at how good it feels to be spoonfed all this hope and love." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 30%
| Gamer (2009) | "
A dull slog of endless action and sex, trying so hard to push the pleasure centers on the brains of its adolescent male audience that it wears itself, and the audience, out" — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 6%
| All About Steve (2009) | "
An interminable series of gags based around the shrillest, most obvious characters imaginable." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 49%
| Taking Woodstock (2009) | "
A gentle and largely enjoyable way to tell a story, but also one that never leaves much of an impression." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Big Fan (2009) | "
In its lack of big moments, of soliloquies explaining deep hurts and connections between characters who never understood each other before, Big Fan feels refreshingly real." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
There's a twinkle of hope lurking behind the dark misery of World's Greatest Dad" — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 9%
| Post Grad (2009) | "
A classic turkey, the kind of movie you'll look back on at the end of the year and realize you've forgotten about entirely." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Shorts (2009) | "
Shorts jumps right over the line between energetic and frenzied and zooms right on by." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
A loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid that's full of fantastic visuals and genuine whimsy, but a little lax when it comes to plot logic or meaningful themes." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| Paper Heart (2009) | "
The quirk occasionally walks right up to the line of unbearable, but it's Paper Heart's unabashedly bared soul that saves it in the end." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
Occupies some strange middle ground for people in the mood for not much thinking and a little action, but not too much." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
The single best reason to see the film is Streep and Tucci together, turning their Devil Wears Prada rivalry into a funny, deeply romantic marriage, full of quips and sex and lots of amazing food." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
Neill Blomkamp's visceral and thumping debut presents a fascinating and effective vision of the future, and of humanity itself." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
Sweet without being overbearing, boasting delectable visuals and a strong pair of lead performances, Adam is much better than what it could have been but still not quite a home run." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
It's impossible to relate to George Simmons' crisis of being too rich and too famous for his own good." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
Mike has proven that all his dating theories, which treat women as easy-manipulated magpies, are correct. That's the ugly truth this movie is selling." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Scenes slide in and out, musical montages lift your heart, and the frequent witty jokes and well-timed edits earn some of the most genuine laughs of the summer." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 15%
| I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | "
I've got no sympathy for Panettiere, who dives into her first star vehicle with minimal charm or effort." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
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