Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
...an intriguing set-up that's generally employed to compelling effect by Goldthwait..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| N/A | Hooking Up (2009) | "
...an amateurish, pervasively unwatchable "comedy" that feels as though it were shot and edited over a weekend..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
...a thoroughly agreeable piece of work..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 9, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 40%
| Visioneers (2009) | "
...a seriously oppressive and downright unwatchable piece of work." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 51%
| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | "
A warm, unabashedly sentimental drama..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 27%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
As superficial and melodramatic as one might've expected..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| Brothers (2009) | "
...a slightly above-average movie-of-the-week." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 77%
| The Informant! (2009) | "
...nothing less than a colossal misfire..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 6, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 31%
| Ninja Assassin (2009) | "
Rarely as fun as its title suggests..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
Robert Zemeckis' infatuation with the motion-capture animation process has officially gone too far..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Rotten .5/4
| N/A | Santa Buddies (2009) | "
...immediately establishes itself as a pointless and downright interminable family comedy that's almost entirely lacking in elements designed to appeal to older viewers." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| N/A | Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) | "
...a fairly worthless piece of work." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) | "
...an entirely needless piece of work..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 53%
| Red Heat (1988) | "
...a plodding, downright generic buddy-cop thriller that's simply unable to sustain the viewer's interest for more than a few minutes at a time." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Great New Wonderful (2006) | "
...The Great New Wonderful boasts a pervasively aimless atmosphere that slowly but surely wears the viewer down and ensures that the film's overtly positive elements are ultimately rendered moot." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| Big Fan (2009) | "
...the movie boasts a rough visual sensibility that's mirrored in both the performances and the meandering narrative..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 44%
| The Box (2009) | "
...writer/director Richard Kelly effectively evokes the feel of a '70s paranoia thriller by stressing images and sequences of an increasingly unsettling nature." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| N/A | Stepfather 3 - Father's Day (1992) | "
...hopelessly anti-climactic (and downright needless)..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | Stepfather 2 - Make Room for Daddy (1989) | "
...a tiresome sequel that boasts little worth recommending aside from Terry O'Quinn's expectedly electrifying performance." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| The Stepfather (1987) | "
...ultimately manages to overcome its almost aggressively uneven atmosphere to establish itself as a solid little '80s thriller." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 11%
| The Stepfather (2009) | "
...yet another toothless and entirely needless horror-movie remake." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 39%
| Wild Child (2009) | "
Mildly entertaining and utterly innocuous..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 16%
| Spread (2009) | "
...worth a look primarily for Kutcher's magnetic central performance..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 31%
| Nights in Rodanthe (2008) | "
...the film ultimately earns a place for itself within the pantheon of effectively stirring romantic tearjerkers." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 72%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
...an affable (if entirely unremarkable) piece of work..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| N/A | Prisoner (2007) | "
...an uninvolving, downright oppressive piece of work for the bulk of its running time (which, given that the movie runs a scant 75 minutes, is really saying something)." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| N/A | How to Be (2008) | "
An astonishingly irrelevant piece of work..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
...a watchable (yet undeniably forgettable) endeavor." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 0%
| Kinjite - Forbidden Subjects (1989) | "
...the meandering storyline [is] ultimately exacerbated by an almost excessively deliberate pace." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 25%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
...the film boasts a pervasively puerile sensibility that's reflected in virtually all of its attributes..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| Roxanne (1987) | "
...an entertaining yet undeniably forgettable romcom that benefits substantially from the stars' charismatic work." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 14, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
...2012's relentless emphasis on destruction ensures that most viewers will inevitably walk away satisfied." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 14, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 46%
| Vice Versa (1988) | "
An inoffensively entertaining '80s comedy..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
...a mildly diverting yet thoroughly uninvolving romantic comedy..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 14, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| Crank High Voltage (2009) | "
...an agreeable companion piece to its admittedly superior predecessor." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 25%
| The Collector (2009) | "
...a gritty and downright brutal horror-movie endeavor..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 84%
| Breach (2007) | "
...a slow-paced character study that benefits substantially from Chris Cooper's downright astounding performance..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 55%
| My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) | "
...a consistently underwhelming horror endeavor that seems to exist for no reason other than to serve the current 3D fad..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
...The Fourth Kind clearly would've benefited from a more conventional approach..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
...the filmmaker's inability to draw the viewer into the unabashedly spare storyline is exacerbated by an almost egregiously uneventful opening half hour..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
...an intriguing look behind the scenes at Jackson's attempts at staging a series of farewell shows..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
...viewers with even a passing interest in science fiction will find something worth embracing here." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| Them (2007) | "
...a sporadically affecting yet undeniably uneven exercise in horror." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 1, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 26%
| Pandorum (2009) | "
An unusually unpleasant and unwatchable sci-fi endeavor..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 1, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
...the movie possesses a stagnant feel that inevitably diminishes its overall impact." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 45%
| Saw VI (2009) | "
A clear improvement over its two most recent predecessors..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Nov 1, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 49%
| Conspiracy Theory (1997) | "
...a marginally engrossing thriller that ultimately comes off as something of a disappointment..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 24%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
Pervasively absurd yet generally entertaining..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| N/A | Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2006) | "
...a hopelessly unfocused and undeniably aimless piece of work..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| Edward Said: The Last Interview (2004) | "
...the movie has been geared primarily towards viewers with a previously-established interest in Said's work..." — Reel Film Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2009 |
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