Fresh 3/4
| N/A | On a Tightrope (2006) | "
Lom, and the children, find balance and hope." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 87%
| Tell Them Who You Are (2005) | "
A hilarious, poignant documentary from Mark Wexler, son of famous cinematographer Haskell Wexler, about his irascible, politically headstrong father." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 14, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 64%
| Coach Carter (2005) | "
Must decency be dull?" — Seattle Times Posted Jan 14, 2005 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 10%
| Elektra (2005) | "
It's opaque where it should be clear (motivations; fight scenes). It's clear where it should be opaque (what happens next)." — Seattle Times Posted Jan 14, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 94%
| 6ixtynin9 (2004) | "
It's Ratanaruang's stylish direction that recommends the movie." — Seattle Times Posted Dec 31, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 69%
| The Manson Family (2004) | "
A nauseating mélange." — Seattle Times Posted Dec 17, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 27%
| Blade: Trinity (2004) | "
Our obsession with style over substance is becoming pathological. When are we going to get sick of this stuff?" — Seattle Times Posted Dec 8, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 79%
| Overnight (2004) | "
Overnight is a pungent documentary that details the awful, groping evanescence of Hollywood buzz." — Seattle Times Posted Dec 3, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 59%
| Go Further (2004) | "
You want to yell 'Focus!' not at the projectionist in the booth but at the activists on the screen." — Seattle Times Posted Nov 12, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 95%
| End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004) | "
A satisfying, straightforward documentary with great archive footage and interviews with band members ... and those they influenced." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| Modern Times (1936) | "
Good physical comedy will always be funny, and Chaplin was a master." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 8%
| Surviving Christmas (2004) | "
There's a lot to not buy in Surviving Christmas. I recommend not buying." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 81%
| Goodbye Dragon Inn (2004) | "
Tsai is hugely popular with film critics, I believe, in part because film critics actually have something to do while watching his films. While the girl is limping down the hallway, we can take notes. Regular theatergoers? They can only watch helplessly." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 38%
| The Final Cut (2004) | "
The lack of imagination, given the initial premise, is astounding." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 29%
| Around the Bend (2004) | "
The movie, sadly, wants us to be all warm and cozy. It wants to tuck us into bed. Try not to fall asleep." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 45%
| Nicotina (2004) | "
It feels lightweight and forgettable." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 8, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 11%
| Thérèse (2004) | "
It deals with profound questions of death and separation but with the slow, satisfied air of those who have all the answers." — Seattle Times Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 29%
| Moog (2005) | "
The doc focuses exclusively on Robert Moog, and Robert Moog is, well, kind of boring." — Seattle Times Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 53%
| Faster (2004) | "
A bland, straightforward documentary about an insane sport." — Seattle Times Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 0%
| National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) | "
Don't waste your money. Please. Spare our culture some last semblance of dignity by ignoring National Lampoon's Gold Diggers altogether." — Seattle Times Posted Sep 17, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 80%
| Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) | "
The battle scenes are gripping and horrific, the special effects amazing, and the sentimentality overwhelming." — Seattle Times Posted Sep 3, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 65%
| Time of the Wolf (2003) | "
The questions the film raises are more interesting than the film itself." — Seattle Times Posted Sep 3, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 78%
| Battlefield Baseball (2003) | "
It's purposely, triumphantly stupid." — Seattle Times Posted Aug 20, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 22%
| Alien vs. Predator (2004) | "
AVP will probably satisfy its fans' most basic desires. But, like most sugar rushes, it won't satisfy them for long." — Seattle Times Posted Aug 16, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 52%
| Code 46 (2004) | "
It's a distinct, fully realized and fascinating world; it's the story Winterbottom places in the foreground that's unfulfilling." — Seattle Times Posted Aug 13, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 99%
| Twilight Samurai (2004) | "
A small, respectful corrective." — Seattle Times Posted Jul 23, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Hunting of the President (2004) | "
As faulty as its titular subject, but it raises important questions and will probably get your blood boiling." — Seattle Times Posted Jul 23, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 40%
| The Road to Love (2002) | "
Sensual and sweet." — Seattle Times Posted Jul 8, 2004 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 15%
| White Chicks (2004) | "
An early candidate for worst movie of the year." — Seattle Times Posted Jun 23, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 70%
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) | "
Did that movie just wink at me? I think it did. But I'm not quite sure." — Seattle Times Posted Jun 18, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 30%
| Around the World in 80 Days (2004) | "
Properly silly and slapsticky." — Seattle Times Posted Jun 16, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 30%
| Chronicles of Riddick (2004) | "
Diesel makes a fine action star, and some of the fight scenes are cool, but resistance is recommended." — Seattle Times Posted Jun 11, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 26%
| A Slipping Down Life (2004) | "
Independent films like to equate smallness with authenticity, but sometimes, unfortunately, they're just small." — Seattle Times Posted May 28, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 63%
| Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) | "
There are few things more boring than cool. Cool keeps to itself; cool doesn't reveal itself. For cool to be cool, it has to be part of a larger story. Here it's not." — Seattle Times Posted May 21, 2004 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 34%
| What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004) | "
Here's the mystery for me. How did questions that started out so vast and existential swirl down into something so small and loopy and pathetic?" — Seattle Times Posted May 20, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 87%
| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004) | "
Unexpected plot twists keep us interested." — Seattle Times Posted May 7, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 58%
| Sacred Planet (2003) | "
Left me craving a little messy diversity." — Seattle Times Posted Apr 22, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 5%
| The Whole Ten Yards (2004) | "
The Whole Nine Yards was only about a yard short of being a worthwhile comedy back in 2000, but its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards, doesn't even manage to get onto the playing field." — Seattle Times Posted Apr 9, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 38%
| The Gospel of John (2003) | "
It's a straightforward, unimaginative narrative, and thus not very memorable." — Seattle Times Posted Apr 2, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) (2002) | "
The panoramic views of various island locations are, of course, gorgeous, and inspire a kind of giddy vertigo." — Seattle Times Posted Mar 26, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 21%
| Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) | "
The movie's almost good enough to wash the bad taste of the first Scooby-Doo movie from our mouths. Almost." — Seattle Times Posted Mar 26, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 61%
| NASCAR: The Imax Experience (2004) | "
Its rampant corporate sponsorship is messy and distracting, and the athleticism necessary to triumph is still less intriguing (perhaps because it's less visible) than the athleticism necessary to triumph in, say, baseball." — Seattle Times Posted Mar 12, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 24%
| Red Trousers (2003) | "
The great documentary about Hong Kong stuntmen, and their relationship to the Beijing Opera, still needs to be made." — Seattle Times Posted Mar 5, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 53%
| The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004) | "
OK, so they made a movie bad enough to be on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But MST3K was watchable despite its bad films, not because of them." — Seattle Times Posted Feb 20, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 46%
| Eurotrip (2004) | "
The film is often shallow and predictable. But it's not painfully stupid in a Just Married kind of way." — Seattle Times Posted Feb 20, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 11%
| Catch That Kid (2004) | "
Despite its high concept, director Bart Freundlich keeps the film grounded in reality." — Seattle Times Posted Feb 6, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 69%
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) | "
It's still funny and warm and neighborly inside Calvin's barbershop; it's just a little predictable as soon as you step outside." — Seattle Times Posted Feb 6, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 75%
| Teacher's Pet (2004) | "
Joy! An animated feature that parents don't have to silently groan through." — Seattle Times Posted Jan 16, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 23%
| Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) | "
Less a movie than a testament to marketing." — Seattle Times Posted Dec 25, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003) | "
Focuses too much on what we know and not enough on what we don't." — Seattle Times Posted Nov 21, 2003 |
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