Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 10%
| Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008) | "
It shows us bogus security files, as if some cabal is spying on everyone. It shirks the facts. And it madly edits images to equate Darwin with Hitler, and Ben Stein with -- yes -- Ronald Reagan. Typical of all propaganda, it also distorts language." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 52%
| Romance & Cigarettes (2007) | "
Was it mass hysteria? Were they all hypnotized? Did they lose some dreadful bet?" — Newhouse News Service Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 13%
| Shottas (2006) | "
Shottas has everything a bad music video should have -- close-ups of foreign sports cars, women with painful-looking implants stepping in and out of hot tubs, ugly men with gold teeth waving around automatics." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Nov 10, 2006 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 0%
| They're Just My Friends (2006) | "
A film to stand alongside the best of Ed Wood." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 42%
| The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2006) | "
Stripped of all its lurid backstory, the fictional tale is revealed onscreen to be a mere catalog of horrors, an ugly grafting together of Dickens and America's Most Wanted." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Mar 10, 2006 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 6%
| Doogal (2006) | "
The titular canine hero has all the appeal of a talking bathmat. The animation is ugly, and the American re-write -- which, in typical Hollywood fashion, confuses topicality with humor, as if simply namedropping is enough -- adds nothing." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Feb 27, 2006 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 6%
| Gigli (2003) | "
Such an utter wreck of a movie you expect to see it lying on its side somewhere in rural Pennsylvania, with a small gang of engineers circling and a wisp of smoke rising from the caboose." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Aug 1, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
As the movie repeatedly insists, it’s only presenting this information; it’s up to you to decide what to believe. Well, I believe this was a waste of about an hour and a half." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 26%
| Shrink (2009) | "
Full of fake moments and 'Deep Thoughts' sentiment. It's the kind of film in which people stare regretfully into mirrors a lot." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
It's all pretty numbing." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 15%
| Year One (2009) | "
Has neither wit nor wisdom nor charm nor beauty." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 47%
| Battle for Terra (2009) | "
A cheap and tiresome outer space cartoon aimed at restless children, desperate parents and people who'll watch anything in 3-D." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Informers (2009) | "
The film is as flat as the Hollywood sign, with beautiful young people, all blonde, mostly naked, trying desperately to get up the energy to order something else from room service." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 4%
| Miss March (2009) | "
When the movie was going to come out a month ago, it was called Miss February. Then the release date changed, and so did the title. Now it's Miss March. Miss This would have been more helpful." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 23%
| Fired Up (2009) | "
Excuse me, I hear someone at the gates. Must be the barbarians, here at last." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 12%
| The Unborn (2009) | "
Unless we trudge up the aisle prematurely, we're stuck there, with nothing to do but count Oldman's changing accents or mourn that this is the best gig actresses like Alexander or Gugino can get." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 13%
| Delgo (2008) | "
There isn't enough action for older children, or silly humor for younger ones; even at an hour-and-a-half, the film feels padded, and it's going to feel even slower to audiences amped up on blood-red Icees and molar-cracking Nonpareils." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 67%
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) | "
Sorry. Started to doze off." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 16%
| Hounddog (2008) | "
The latest wallow in regional cliche and stereotype." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 53%
| Mamma Mia! (2008) | "
Even minor elements like sound editing and makeup are botched, a sure sign of carelessness, or cluelessness. Early scenes show characters forgetting to lipsynch to their prerecorded songs." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 20%
| Chapter 27 (2008) | "
All their efforts can't elevate this material above the arty exploitation that it is." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Mar 28, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 51%
| Funny Games (2008) | "
Michael Haneke hates you." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 9%
| 10,000 B.C. (2008) | "
Yabba-dabba-don't." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Mar 7, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 15%
| Hitman (2007) | "
A lousy picture." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Nov 21, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 54%
| Across the Universe (2007) | "
Across the Universe doesn't have a story so much as a sloppy collage. It drops in character names from the lyrics and shoves in a new song whenever possible. But it only manages to do all that by mangling ideas and misreading the music." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 7%
| Captivity (2007) | "
When, in the last few minutes, Cuthbert finally slipped her bonds and began looking for her tormentors, I knew exactly how she felt." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 14, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 38%
| Hollywood Dreams (2007) | "
Amateurishly put together and reverently self-referential it's hard to imagine this movie having much appeal for anyone beyond its own cast and crew. Given the apparent size of its budget, though, that's probably enough to make it profitable." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted May 25, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 17%
| Georgia Rule (2007) | "
A murky blend of melodrama and comedy." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted May 11, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 15%
| Turistas (2006) | "
Turistas doesn't have much going for it beyond its xenophobic subtext about trusting young Americans and crude and crafty foreigners. The action scenes are so dark as to be unfathomable. The characters are so alike as to be indistinguishable." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Dec 1, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 7%
| Conversations with God (2006) | "
What He does want, according to Walsch, is for us to have jobs we really like, and to make money. Lots of money." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Nov 1, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 27%
| Tideland (2006) | "
Ugly and misjudged." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Oct 13, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 13%
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) | "
No character, no commentary. Just slice-and-dice, pare-and-scare, scream-and-run and fall-and-die." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Oct 6, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 61%
| Jackass: Number Two (2006) | "
A solid hour-and-a-half, plus outtakes, of gratuitous violence and endless stupidity." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 43%
| Checking Out (2006) | "
If this is a good example of the sort of long-forgotten plays that movie producers are unearthing, maybe theater critics need to start digging those graves a little deeper." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 19%
| 10th & Wolf (2006) | "
A mix of the first half of Donnie Brasco, the last 20 minutes of A History of Violence and a couple of episodes of I Love the'90s." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 4%
| Zoom (2006) | "
The only noteworthy thing about the movie, in fact, is a sort of casual racial insensitivity." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Aug 12, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 66%
| Brothers of the Head (2006) | "
All the artiness on hand can't conceal the familiar raucous sound of the carnival barker outside." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Aug 4, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 54%
| Mini's First Time (2006) | "
Mini's First Time is not about taking an honest look at adolescence. It's not even really about teens, or high-school life, or upper-class marriages. What it's about is an unpleasantly pervy adult male view of teenage girls." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 14, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 21%
| The Oh in Ohio (2006) | "
Sometimes a flop is simply a case of a movie taking a wrong step. In the case of The OH in Ohio, it's a case of never taking a right one." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 14, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 55%
| Dead Man's Shoes (2006) | "
A poor fit for anyone. And that includes even the undiscriminating gorehounds looking for yet another bloody slice of payback." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted May 12, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 49%
| The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | "
The Hills Have Eyes is the latest revision to reach theaters, and it's one of the ugliest." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Mar 10, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 27%
| What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole (2006) | "
With a schlockmeister's showmanship, the directors have simply taken the old film, cut in other footage and outtakes, and re-released it as a different picture." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Feb 3, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 48%
| Hoodwinked (2006) | "
Bit by bit, we fall asleep." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jan 13, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 4%
| BloodRayne (2006) | "
'You don't know the meaning of pain!' our heroine hisses at one point. Oh, honey, believe us, we do." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jan 9, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 45%
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) | "
This isn't a movie. It's a miscarriage of cinema." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Sep 9, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 17%
| Now & Forever (2005) | "
A story told with all the subtlety of an old country song." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Aug 19, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 25%
| 9 Songs (2005) | "
There's no greater point to this footage, no connection to the characters or the theme; just top bands playing great songs. It looks like a collection of music videos, just as the rest of the film looks like a connection of porn loops." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 27, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 59%
| Last Days (2005) | "
After an hour and a half of this, you may feel as if you're on drugs yourself. Or wish you were." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Jul 22, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 50%
| Death Of A Dynasty (2005) | "
Half home movie, half product placement, and almost completely worthless." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Apr 29, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 43%
| Palindromes (2005) | "
Solondz has said he wanted to play with conventions of audience identification and sympathy, but the whole gimmick is about as playful as a bucket of water poised over the theater door." — Newark Star-Ledger Posted Apr 13, 2005 |
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