Rotten C-
| Rotten 48%
| Frozen (2010) | "
It wants to be a real chiller, but comes out curiously lukewarm." Posted Feb 4, 2010 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 68%
| District 13: Ultimatum (2010) | "
So long as it sticks to the stunts, it's fun. Unfortunately, when it delivers its masses-against-the-man message, it stumbles. And that's far too often." Posted Feb 4, 2010 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 78%
| Killing Kasztner (2008) | "
Tells a fascinating story in an unwieldy way...a pity the structural flaws undermine its impact." Posted Feb 4, 2010 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 29%
| Dear John (2010) | "
More gloppy romantic sap from the Nicholas Sparks tree...it proves that Sparks is the modern Fanny Hurst." Posted Feb 4, 2010 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 33%
| From Paris With Love (2010) | "
A buddy-spy thriller that exudes Euro-trashiness from first frame to last." Posted Feb 4, 2010 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 96%
| La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009) | "
Challenging as well as informative...a strong addition to an already impressive body of work." Posted Jan 31, 2010 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 17%
| When in Rome (2010) | "
Even in the avalanche of terrible Hollywood romantic comedies, this one is particularly inane." Posted Jan 28, 2010 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 55%
| Edge of Darkness (2010) | "
A dark, brooding 'Death Wish'-style melodrama that aims for the complexity of a good political thriller but doesn't quite achieve it." Posted Jan 28, 2010 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 31%
| To Save a Life (2010) | "
As far as proselytizing Christian films go, this one is better than most, even if it's rather like an after-school special drawn out to inordinate length." Posted Jan 25, 2010 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 18%
| Legion (2010) | "
The goofiest plundering of the Bible since Christopher Walkin's 'Prophecy' pictures...a combination of horror movie cliche and pseudo-religious mumbo-jumbo that proves a pretty fetid brew." Posted Jan 22, 2010 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 22%
| The Tooth Fairy (2006) |
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Rotten C-
| Rotten 15%
| The Tooth Fairy (2010) | "
One can only hope it doesn't serve as a precedent for, let's say, John Cena following up 'The Marine' with a fantasy in which he plays the Easter Bunny." Posted Jan 21, 2010 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 30%
| Extraordinary Measures (2010) | "
Plays as though the Lifetime Network were being pumped into the theatre. Unfortunately, there's no remote to change the channel with." Posted Jan 21, 2010 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 96%
| 35 Shots of Rum (2009) | "
A gently affecting study of the relationships among a group of friends and family...made up of small but telling details." Posted Jan 21, 2010 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 45%
| The Book of Eli (2010) | "
A wacky piece of pseudo-religious twaddle dressed up as a solemn, silly post-apocalyptic action flick." Posted Jan 13, 2010 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 8%
| The Spy Next Door (2010) | "
As matinee fodder for desperate families, it could be worse. But not much." Posted Jan 13, 2010 |
Rotten D
| Fresh 66%
| Daybreakers (2010) | "
A movie about too many vampires that only proves there are too many movies about vampires." Posted Jan 9, 2010 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 21%
| Leap Year (2010) | "
The scenery is beautiful and the stars are ingratiating, but while more palatable than many rom-coms, the movie is basically the same old blarney in a pretty package." Posted Jan 8, 2010 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 71%
| Youth in Revolt (2010) | "
Despite Cera's consderable charm, the alternately scruffy and diffident tone that Arteta and Nash bring to the material leave it feeling both forced and limp." Posted Jan 6, 2010 |
Rotten D+
| Fresh 66%
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) | "
Another of those failed Gilliam fantasies in which anything goes but nothing matters." Posted Jan 5, 2010 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 70%
| The Last Station (2009) | "
Notable primarily as a platform for a thespian tour de force by Plummer and Mirren, and they're not to be missed." Posted Jan 4, 2010 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 86%
| The White Ribbon (2009) | "
Evocative and suspenseful, it's both a masterful recreation of a past age and a remarkable rumination on the constants of human frailty and societal brutality." Posted Dec 31, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 49%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
Very hard to watch, and in the end it's doubtful it's worth the effort. But it has moments you won't forget, however much you may want to." Posted Dec 31, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 36%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
A fussy, artificial piece of work drained of emotion and humanity by extravagant effects and directorial flamboyance." Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 58%
| It's Complicated (2009) | "
Not much more than an American version of a bad French bedroom farce...it's a depressing commentary on the state of American comedy that one as crass and clumsy as this will probably be called sophisticated." Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 68%
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | "
Precisely the sort of mindlessly revved-up, high-octane thing one expects from Guy Ritchie...a desecration rather than an updating." Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 81%
| Broken Embraces (2009) | "
A homage to past masters like Hitchcock and Sirk, done up in irresistible Almodovar style...as a directorial love-letter to films and filmmaking, it's an absolute winner." Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 37%
| Nine (2009) | "
Part homage, part recreation, part innovation--but, happily, mostly engaging...[there's] a good deal to enjoy here." Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 21%
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) | "
Isn't much worse than the original, but unfortunately it's no better." Posted Dec 22, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 75%
| The Young Victoria (2009) | "
It works as an old-fashioned wallow in nineteenth-century British royal romance and parliamentary infighting." Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 82%
| Avatar (2009) | "
The technical wizardry is at the service of a recycled plot and a script rife with cardboard characters...and dialogue that sounds as though it had been lifted from the pages of a third-rate comic book." Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 13%
| Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) | "
Might have been called Witless Protection, if that title hadn't already been taken (damn you, Larry the Cable Guy!)." Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 93%
| Crazy Heart (2009) | "
An utterly familiar but mostly satisfying character study of a man rescued from the brink of self-destruction, attuned to the rhythm of an eye-catching star performance." Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 83%
| A Single Man (2009) | "
Surprisingly moving...the style constantly threatens to overwhelm the substance, but winds up contributing to it instead." Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 77%
| Invictus (2009) | "
Formulaically uplifting. More hagiography than biography, it winds up an inspirational tale told in an uninspired way." Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 85%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
A pleasant but undistinguished addition to the Disney animated canon,...an agreeable throwback to a type of animation one doesn't see much of anymore." Posted Dec 8, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 42%
| Armored (2009) | "
The heist goes awry, but not as badly as the movie." Posted Dec 5, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 58%
| Brothers (2009) | "
Those...who've seen the Danish original can't help but feel that some of the power and depth have been lost in translation." Posted Dec 5, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 48%
| Everybody's Fine (2009) | "
As obvious and contrived as the original...[with] Robert De Niro in one of the 'regular guy' roles he occasionally takes on--only to prove that he isn't suited to them." Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 90%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
Smart, sexy, funny and poignant...flies high on the old-fashioned virtues of intelligence, wit and cleverness--with a dollop of seriousness added to the mix." Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 83%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
An agreeable divertissement, easy to take--and equally easy to forget." Posted Nov 28, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 26%
| Ninja Assassin (2009) | "
No prize, [but] at least it barrels ahead without trying to humanize its comic-book characters or deliver a ludicrous V for Vendetta-style political message." Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 6%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
[A] sorry mess, a mangy, flea-bitten comedy of Daddy Day Care caliber." Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 89%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
A magnificent achievement...both fascinating and fun--so good, in fact, that after watching this cut you just might to search out the director's original 280-minute version." Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Fresh 76%
| The Road (2009) | "
A grim, tedious slog that goes nowhere emotionally [and] never manages to be either viscerally affecting or intellectually insightful." Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 28%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
A lugubrious Harlequin romance with fangs and paws instead of bosoms and bodices." Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 85%
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | "
Outrageously enjoyable...turns the genre conventions on their head to often uproarious effect." Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 23%
| Planet 51 (2009) | "
A movie so flat and derivative that it seems to have been cobbled together from other, better pictures." Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 70%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
If you're looking for an uplifting sports story, this one, familiar as it is, manages a winning score." Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 91%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
One of the most powerful and moving films about the human cost of the Afghan-Iraq war and about those of war in general to appear in years." Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
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