— | Fresh 60%
| Vanished Empire (2009) | No article or quote available Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) | No article or quote available Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
— | Fresh 87%
| Humpday (2009) | No article or quote available Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 14%
| I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) | "
You might blame Nora Ephron, whose screenplay for When Harry Met Sally established the formula that I Hate Valentine’s Day runs into the ground. Compared with this, Ms. Ephron is Chekhov." Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Tony Manero (2009) | "
More than an indelible portrait of a sociopath with the soul of a zombie, Tony Manero is an extremely dark meditation on borrowed cultural identity." Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Lion's Den (2009) | "
Although it is not a comedy, Lion’s Den is suffused with sense of life lived in the present. Even the grimmest moments are not exploited to instill fear and loathing." Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Afghan Star (2009) | "
The movie uses the talent show Afghan Star as a prism through which to examine the fragmented tribal culture of Afghanistan as reflected in the backgrounds of four finalists (two of them women) and the public responses to their performances." Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 33%
| Local Color (2009) | "
Beneath its layers of sentimentality Local Color means what it is says." Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 56%
| The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) | "
The Stoning of Soraya M. thoroughly blurs the line between high-minded outrage and lurid torture-porn." Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Under Our Skin (2009) | "
Scary enough to make the faint of heart decide never to venture into the woods or to lie on the grass again without protective covering." Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 20%
| The Narrows (2009) | "
Until it implodes with preposterous plot manipulations, The Narrows can be appreciated as the film equivalent of a reasonably palatable pasta dish concocted from a familiar recipe and served in a no-frills restaurant." Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 79%
| The Windmill Movie (2009) | "
The Windmill Movie is a version of the autobiography of Richard P. Rogers that might have been." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 81%
| Sex Positive (2009) | "
The movie jolts you with the realization that the AIDS epidemic and the public debate about such issues have retreated so far under the news radar as to be half-forgotten." Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 35%
| Tennessee (2009) | "
Tennessee is an earnest, increasingly preposterous road movie about unhealed family wounds and fraternal bonds." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 12%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
With stale 1970s-style sitcom humor, My Life in Ruins has none of the homey authenticity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 85%
| Unmistaken Child (2009) | "
Unmistaken Child documents the four-year search of Tenzin Zopa, a gentle, baby-faced 28-year-old Nepalese monk." Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Pontypool (2009) | "
A small Canadian horror film that makes the most of its minuscule budget." Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Laila's Birthday (2009) | "
Rashid Masharawi’s film is a fleet, dark urban comedy that registers outrage in glancing jabs of absurdist observation." Posted May 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Pressure Cooker (2009) | "
Pressure Cooker belongs to the honorable genre of inspirational films dedicated to the proposition that one passionate teacher can make a difference in the lives of students." Posted May 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 79%
| Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight (2009) | "
May leave you with the impression that the spirit of modern New York was conjured out of thin air by its subject." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 27%
| Dance Flick (2009) | "
Its belly laughs leave you feeling liberated and not guilty; I repeat, not guilty." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 50%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
In its cold-eyed assessment of the English aristocracy Easy Virtue has none of the lurking Anglophilia found in Merchant-Ivory movies." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Big Shot-Caller (2009) | "
This minuscule indie variation of Saturday Night Fever moves only in fits and starts." Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| Management (2009) | "
If it isn’t half as good -- or as funny -- as its forerunners, it maintains its integrity as a small, sweet-natured comedy that refuses to obey the commercial dictates of Hollywood by allowing its characters to determine their own zany destinies." Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 62%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Beyond that your response to the movie, which takes too conspicuous a delight in its own cleverness, is likely to be a shrug and a "so what?"" Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Adoration (2009) | "
Adoration is a profound and provocative exploration of cultural inheritance." Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| Objectified (2009) | "
As sleek and handsome as any of the new and improved household items it exhibits." Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| The Window (2008) | "
Portentous dreams infiltrate the Argentine director Carlos SorÃn's film The Window." Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| Home (2009) | "
It's a collection of beautifully acted fragments that leave you longing for a story to connect them." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 8%
| The Skeptic (2009) | "
I'll take a bunch of teenagers terrorized by chain-saw-wielding zombies any day." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 64%
| Eldorado (2008) | "
A road movie that poignantly juggles absurdism and melancholy." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 18%
| Obsessed (2009) | "
Obsessed, a clanking, low-rent imitation of Fatal Attraction, lacks both the original film’s imagination and moral ambiguity." Posted Apr 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Throw Down Your Heart (2009) | "
When Ms. Sangare sings a heartbreaking lament of “a worried songbird” searching for her father, you don’t need to know the language to be gripped by the force of her cry." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Il Divo (2009) | "
As operatic cinema, it ranks alongside the best of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| The Lemon Tree (2008) | "
Lemon Tree is a wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Is Anybody There? (2009) | "
What balances the movie is Mr. Caine's exceptional portrayal of old age as the accumulation of a lifetime's experience. In his performance the child, the youthful rogue and the forgetful codger all live at once." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| American Violet (2009) | "
American Violet, which is based on real events that took place in late 2000, has the quasi-documentary feel of a well-made television drama." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 38%
| Gigantic (2008) | "
With its off-center dialogue and upscale industrial settings, Gigantic strains to be original. But beneath its indie affectations it is really another contemplation of generational misunderstanding." Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 97%
| The Song of Sparrows (2009) | "
As unabashedly sentimental as The Song of Sparrows often becomes, this simple fable of a righteous man’s relationship to his family, his community and most of all his faith has the force of conviction." Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 52%
| American Swing (2009) | "
Although American Swing pointedly goes out of its way to include positive testimonials from several women who patronized the club, it leaves you feeling queasy." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 17%
| Spinning into Butter (2009) | "
This movie adaptation of Rebecca Gilman's play is a methodical, not to say mechanical and plodding, exploration of identity politics and language." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 73%
| The Country Teacher (2009) | "
The film’s portrayal of farm life as a rugged pastorale lends The Country Teacher a foundation of visceral truth." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 76%
| Shall We Kiss? (2008) | "
The matchmaking games in Emmanuel Mouret’s romantic comedy Shall We Kiss? may backfire, but nobody is seriously hurt." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| The Great Buck Howard (2009) | "
The Great Buck Howard is an agreeable show business satire with a warm heart." Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) | Watching Valentino: The Last Emperor is a little like gorging on chocolate and Champagne. Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Carmen and Geoffrey (2009) | "
Leaves you wondering why its subjects are not widely recognized as national treasures." Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| The Cake Eaters (2009) | "
Superior acting elevates a small, overcrowded ensemble piece set in rural upstate New York into something a little deeper." Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 58%
| Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) | "
It leaves you frustrated and annoyed." Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| 12 (2007) | "
In 12, the elements of the modest courtroom classic 12 Angry Men have been enlarged to operatic dimensions." Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| An American Affair (2009) | "
Subscribes wholeheartedly to the history-as-pornography school of thinking, in which all will be revealed if you can figure out who is sleeping with whom, when and where and what they do in bed." Posted Feb 27, 2009 |
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