Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| The Acid House (1998) | "
What the three stories do share are solid ideas all dressed up with nowhere to go." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 1, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| American Pimp (1999) | "
There's a built-in staleness to American Pimp that the Hughes Brothers are never able to overcome." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 4, 2006 |
— | Fresh 97%
| Blood Simple (1984) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Apr 8, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| A Night at the Roxbury (1998) | "
The rest of the film is on autopilot, with comic material that's spread thinner than the lone brain cell the Butabis share." — Film Journal International Posted Sep 9, 2002 |
Fresh
| Rotten 38%
| No Looking Back (1998) | "
Despite its thinness, No Looking Back is a step forward for Burns. Let's hope he takes the title to heart." — Film Journal International Posted Sep 9, 2002 |
Rotten
| N/A | Non-Stop (1996) | "
Non-Stop ends in a flurry of ill-defined thugs pointing guns at one another in flimsily established face-offs, and none of it supports the story the film wants to tell." — Film Journal International Posted Sep 9, 2002 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| The Faculty (1999) | "
A moviegoer looking for an empty-headed waste of time could do worse." — Film Journal International Posted Jun 18, 2002 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Blood Simple: Director's Cut (2000) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Oct 30, 2001 |
— | Fresh 95%
| Eternity and a Day (1998) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Oct 30, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Rat Race (2001) | "
Feels all too much like a tiring run." — Film Journal International Posted Aug 27, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 93%
| Cure (2001) | "
Too shallow to enthrall, and it lacks the visceral energy to sustain itself as a genre piece." — Film Journal International Posted Aug 15, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Kiss of the Dragon (2001) | "
It's not often in an action flick as big and loud as this that the most intimate gesture between the male and female lead is a gracious offering of brightly colored shrimp chips." — Film Journal International Posted Jul 30, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 44%
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) | "
The characters in Final Fantasy are truly artificial in more ways than one." — Film Journal International Posted Jul 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| Simon Magus (2001) | "
Despite its fine cast, this first feature by British writer-director Ben Hopkins is more clumsily realized than many a misfire in recent memory." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 29, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Spy Kids (2001) | "
Well before the 80 minutes are up, most parents will probably tune out, but the little kids will surely feel like they are inside one fantastic candy store." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 29, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Sweet November (2001) | "
Emotional subtlety and narrative logic were never quite in the cards for this movie to begin with." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 5, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| An Everlasting Piece (2000) | "
It's unpretentious almost to the point of indifference, and thus never quite wrangles enough passion or conflict to fuel the story forward." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 7, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| One (2000) | "
Screenplay also telegraphs the fates of both characters from very early on, a decision that sucks out a great deal of potential suspense and drama." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 7, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| A Bug's Life (1998) | "
The densely boisterous, richly colorful, organically amazing world created here is a relentless joy to behold." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| A Simple Plan (1998) | "
A surprisingly effective piece of work." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Analyze This (1998) | "
After a very funny first half-hour into Analyze This, it becomes painfully apparent that it's really just a skit masquerading as a feature film." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 48%
| Any Given Sunday (1999) | "
Never transcending the cliches and predictability of its genre, but also maintaining a level of excitement with its likeable, engaging characters." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Autumn Tale (1998) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| Babe: Pig in the City (1998) | "
Grounding all the mayhem in emotional priority is the little pig that could." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996) | "
Little more than a series of innocuous adventures that just happen to be inhabited by the same character." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 77%
| Beloved (1998) | "
If Beloved, for all its individual moments of power and grace, does not ultimately add up to much, it's because Demme and the screenwriters can never find the means to get underneath the skin of the story's dread." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Beyond the Mat (1999) | "
Surprisingly candid, comprehensive and, most of all, emotional exposé of the wrestling business." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
— | Rotten 38%
| Black and White (1999) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
— | Rotten 13%
| Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Breakfast of Champions (1999) | "
With so many satirical targets and such a mad, busy stage, getting through this shrill, tiresome film is another story altogether." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Bride of Chucky (1998) | "
What turns out to be the scariest thing about Bride of Chucky is its shockingly large box-office take so far, proving just how critic-proof and taste-proof some movies can be." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 27%
| Brokedown Palace (1998) | "
Far messier and more corrupt than the society it attempts to portray." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 7%
| Chill Factor (1999) | "
Barely thought-out jumble of Hollywood conventions dashed together in the pursuit of the almighty quick buck." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 79%
| Dancer, Texas (1998) | "
The characters and their emotions are painted with a big, sloppy brush. Texas-sized." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 44%
| Deceiver (1997) | "
The whole film feels superimposed, while the story underneath remains frozen and lifeless." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Deconstructing Harry (1997) | "
Certainly a mark above Allen's most recent works--it's refreshing to see an artist spreading his wings this wide." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Dogma (1999) | "
Takes a comically cockeyed path in its attempt to provide a hopeful view of humanity, but its true success is more modest. It shows that there just may be hope for Kevin Smith." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
— | Rotten 45%
| Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| Enemy of the State (1998) | "
When a movie's trailer is more entertaining than the movie, due to its increased lucidity and more relaxed pace, that should be enough to tip off any filmmaker that he's on the wrong track." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 80%
| Eve's Bayou (1997) | "
Never quite manages to be its own film." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Free Enterprise (1999) | "
There isn't a single believable second in this film with the structure and tone of a sincere romantic comedy is a problem even Captain Kirk would have trouble solving." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) | "
A film that treats its human audience with as much respect as its less-evolved subjects." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| Frequency (2000) | "
A loony bouillabaisse of genres and cliches." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
— | Rotten 30%
| Goodbye Lover (1999) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| Half Baked (1998) | "
The film, in spite of any plot, is one sketch after another, some of which fall flat, some of which fall flatter." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 24%
| Home Alone 3 (1997) | "
It's nothing more than unadulterated slapstick, and slapstick is pretty much critic-proof." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 39%
| Hoodlum (1997) | "
A collection of elements rather than a distinct story, the film takes what should have been a fresh perspective on the genre and paints by numbers." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Idle Hands (1999) | "
As midnight movies go, this one is pretty mediocre, and most of its weakness derives from a certain lack of comic inspiration." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
— | Rotten 27%
| Instinct (1999) |
Click here to read article — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 29%
| Kissing a Fool (1998) | "
A weak little piece of junk romantic comedy, mercilessly and lazily and literally using nostalgia as a method of manipulation." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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