Rotten
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
Adjectives such as "beautiful" and "breathtaking" have been thrown at Avatar, and they're apt. But I'll throw in a third B: Boring." — Washington City Paper Posted Dec 22, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
Subtract the involvement of a historic figure and it's just another sports flick." — Washington City Paper Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 72%
| The Road (2009) | "
Mortensen and Smit-McPhee may deliver intense, often gut-wrenching performances, but their journey is too mysterious and soaked in one-note misery to keep you rapt." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2010) | "
Fails to demystify the man bearing the film's title." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 85%
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | "
This time, it's not Nicolas Cage's fault: Werner Herzog has lost his mind." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
Being cast as Edward, the Hawtest Vampire of Them All, has, ironically, done Robert Pattinson no favors." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
Pretentious, explicit, and, at times, unequivocally ridiculous." — Washington City Paper Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 24%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
A ridiculous, white-collar Saw." — Washington City Paper Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 84%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
One man's woe is the audience's tedium." — Washington City Paper Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| My One and Only (2009) | "
A generic road-trip/coming-of-age/up-by-your-bootstraps hybrid." — Washington City Paper Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Play the Game (2009) | "
The scene in which Alzheimer's is played as a dating dealbreaker is as stunningly tasteless as Fienberg's zooming-in on Joe's face when he receives his first blowjob." — Washington City Paper Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
More ridiculous than thought-provoking." — Washington City Paper Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
Ephron has crafted a movie that is bursting with butter and sweets yet ends up completely bland." — Washington City Paper Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Paper Heart (2009) | "
A maddeningly meta blend of documentary and fiction that begs you to admire how precious it is." — Washington City Paper Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| Shrink (2009) | "
Third act brings lazy storytelling, both too clean and too cute. It'd have the pre-redemption Dr. Carter running for his stash." — Washington City Paper Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 79%
| Humpday (2009) | "
There's more overanalysis here than in a week's worth of The View." — Washington City Paper Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) | "
Ever wish for a cinematic slushie of Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the cheesiest vampire movie ever made? Welcome to Blood: The Last Vampire." — Washington City Paper Posted Jul 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| The Girl From Monaco (2009) | "
The film's love triangle and subsequent tonal 180 is a head-scratcher that renders it neither a comedy nor drama. What it feels like instead is a trifle -- and not one compelling enough to recommend." — Washington City Paper Posted Jul 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 78%
| $9.99 (2009) | "
Unless you're a fan of Keret's, you likely won't get much out of this odd, R-rated trifle." — Washington City Paper Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Will insult your intelligence, hurt your eyes, and offend your sense of decency until you worry that your skull might explode while your brain trickles right out of your ears." — Washington City Paper Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
There are spit-takes and lies; small dogs and mishaps. And, to cap it off, an impassioned dash to the airport. Seriously." — Washington City Paper Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| The Merry Gentleman (2009) | "
A slow build to nowhere." — Washington City Paper Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 77%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
Unless you find the man-infant Galifianakis appealing, you%u2019ll surely spend The Hangover wistfully remembering the days when Will Ferrell made good movies and Luke Wilson was still relevant." — Washington City Paper Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
Without a compelling drama, an ounce of humor, or even a character to sympathize with, Terminator Salvation may as well be the next Transformers." — Washington City Paper Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
The amount of muscle on display is the film's most remarkable aspect, unless you count how unforgivably dull it is." — Washington City Paper Posted May 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 66%
| Is Anybody There? (2009) | "
You'll either find [it] hilarious or excruciating." — Washington City Paper Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| Lymelife (2009) | "
Another not-terrible yet not-exactly-clamored-for glimpse into American Dream%u2013driven dystopia." — Washington City Paper Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| Fighting (2009) | "
The first rule of fight flicks? For God's sake, don't be boring." — Washington City Paper Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 11%
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) | "
[Art] is as passive as Benjamin Button minus the freak-of-nature excuse." — Washington City Paper Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Consumer America and flashers? Both ripe for laughs. But in Hill's hands, they're sad and frightening instead." — Washington City Paper Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Spinning into Butter (2009) | "
Crash was a master class in subtlety compared to Spinning Into Butter." — Washington City Paper Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | "
Less of a race than a slog." — Washington City Paper Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Watchmen's every carefully calibrated minute bellows 'Worship me!' while simultaneously sucking your air." — Washington City Paper Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 17%
| An American Affair (2009) | "
Turns out An American Affair needed more than a name change to save itself from embarrassment." — Washington City Paper Posted Mar 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 91%
| Gomorrah (2009) | "
Reading about a film should never be more exciting than watching it." — Washington City Paper Posted Mar 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Fanboys (2009) | "
The bulk of the humor is inoffensive -- save for Fogler's constant humping -- but largely weak." — Washington City Paper Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Cherry Blossoms (2009) | "
If you believe that Trudi's silence about Rudi's illness is unethical, you'll want to throttle instead of console her." — Washington City Paper Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | "
The offenses of Confessions of a Shopaholic are legion, but worst is its portrayal of women as easily crazed, irrational dopes." — Washington City Paper Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | "
Please don't give Martin any more of your money." — Washington City Paper Posted Feb 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) | "
Compared to its sister films, the storytelling is stellar, remarkable not because there's a whole lot going on -- in fact, you'll likely leave the theater thinking, "That's it?" -- but because what little does happen makes sense." — Washington City Paper Posted Jan 28, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
The few closing-credit title cards that give details about the real Bielskis' fate are more engaging than most of the film itself. Now that's sad." — Washington City Paper Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
Pitt's Benjamin is colorless, gawping, and passive." — Washington City Paper Posted Dec 30, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| War Child (2008) | "
War Child, like Jal's music, is nearly critic-proof: Its noble intentions and horrific subject matter insist that you pay attention and then gush about how inspiring it is." — Washington City Paper Posted Dec 6, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 66%
| Save Me (2007) | "
A be-true-to-yourself message prevails, one that can be safely stretched to it's-OK-to-be-gay. But the film never definitely takes the stand that homosexuals can't be 'converted.'" — Washington City Paper Posted Dec 6, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Nobel Son (2008) | "
An undignified mess that should embarrass Rickman and everyone else involved." — Let's Not Listen Posted Dec 6, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
There's a sense throughout that this movie, stuffed script and all, means something. It's art! Only toward Australia's heavy-handed end do you realize that no, it's not art. It's a bloated cheesefest that will likely bomb at the box office." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Twilight (2008) | "
Twilight is not Bram Stoker's Dracula...because, ew, who'd want a hottie who weakens or combusts in sunlight when he could just, well, sparkle instead?" — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| My Name is Bruce (2008) | "
Campbell may do a great job of playing himself, but both the character and the actor deserve a better project." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
Kaufman's other works at least weaved a thread of hope within all their bends; here, the lack of it is glaring and sinks the viewer's spirit along with the film itself." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 9, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Another Gay Sequel (2008) | "
A juvenile test of one's stomach and patience." — Washington City Paper Posted Nov 2, 2008 |
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