Rotten
| N/A | Paa (2009) | "
This would-be tearjerker without the musical numbers of typical Bollywood fare is for die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fans only." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009) | "
David-and-Goliath workplace drama from India goes unexpected places, and hits satisfying chords." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Until the Light Takes Us (2009) | "
Rough-hewn documentary of the heavy-metal subgenre black metal and the disaffected Norwegian youth culture that spawned it finds yin-and-yang exemplars to tell the story." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Paa (2009) | "
A would-be tearjerker without the singing-dancing musical numbers of typical Bollywood fare seen in the U.S., the lackluster Paa is for die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fans only%u2014of which there is no small number." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 48%
| Astro Boy (2009) | "
Strictly for small fry." — Newsday Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
Feast your eyes: This delectable animated feature, based on the famed children's book, crackles with cleverness, dry wit, kinetic slapstick and absurd humor for all ages%u2014and offers possibly the most dimensional 3D yet." — Film Journal International Posted Sep 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| The End of the Line (2009) | "
Sundance-screened documentary about the global depletion of fish stocks takes a premise both valid and shocking and delivers the bad news as a bombastic harangue." — Film Journal International Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Munde U.K. De (2009) | "
Unexceptional romantic comedy won't turn any U.S. cineastes into Punjwood aficionados, and lacks the production values and star power Indian-American audiences have come to expect." — Film Journal International Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2008) | "
You can't help but love the Loaf, and that spills over into most anything he does." — Film Journal International Posted Jun 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 8%
| The Skeptic (2009) | "
Bardwell writes and directs carefully though without inspiration, leaving open the question of whether the house is really haunted." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
Last year's Iron Man leads to this year's adamantium man: The first spin-off of the X-Men movies has heart, action and Shakespearean-style tragedy, and uncompromisingly plays for keeps." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| Crank High Voltage (2009) | "
For all its ADD editing, it's a joyless slog." — Newsday Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 29%
| The Golden Boys (2009) | "
Picturesque if plodding indie romantic comedy about three salty dogs in 1905 Cape Cod who bring in a would-be bride to keep house." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
Zac Efron is charming, Sterling Knight is a great young find, and second-chance comedies of grownups in teen bodies are timeless, so to speak. So why is this movie so creepy and pervy-seeming?" — Film Journal International Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| An Unlikely Weapon (2009) | "
Documentary about the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and celebrity-portrait photographer Eddie Adams, whose image of a 1968 street execution in Saigon became an icon of the Vietnam War." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 34%
| Alien Trespass (2009) | "
Not a spoof, not a satire, just an imaginary story with echoes of It Came from Outer Space and other 1950s drive-in classics, Alien Trespass is a paragon of dry humor." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 34%
| Alien Trespass (2009) | "
Not a spoof, not a satire, just an imaginary story with echoes of It Came from Outer Space and other 1950s drive-in classics, Alien Trespass is a paragon of dry humor." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Cross (2009) | "
Heartfelt but pedestrian, so to speak, documentary of an evangelist who for decades carried a 12-foot wooden cross around the globe to spread the gospel." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 52%
| American Swing (2009) | "
Repetitive, narratively fractured, and padded with more hardcore inserts than hardcore facts, this amateurish documentary about the disco-era Manhattan sex club Plato's Retreat skimps on context and basic information. It's a fan site on celluloid." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 33%
| Knowing (2009) | "
Once you get past the typically and needlessly convoluted way otherworldly beings communicate with us, this "Twilight Zone"-like tale tantalizes%u2014and delivers three extraordinary disasters that alone are worth the price of a ticket." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 4%
| Miss March (2009) | "
Gross-out comedy starring two members of The Whitest Kids U'Know is one of the Worst Movies U'll See. Two buddies take a road trip to the Playboy mansion, defecating all the way. How apropos, since the movie is crap." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | 13B (2009) | "
J-horror-styled supernatural thriller from India doesn't have the gore or intensity of the real thing, and for many in the mainstream, that's a relief. Low-budget-looking but effective, with a great central gimmick." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Delhi-6 (2009) | "
An Indian drama with music, rather than a typical Bollywood musical, this ambitious story of a first-generation Indian-American discovering his roots in Delhi loses focus amid plots about patronizing Yanks, Muslim/Hindu relations and a media-fed legend of" — Film Journal International Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Billu Barber (2009) | "
A small Indian village gets upturned with excitement when a big Bollywood film comes to shoot, and the townsfolk think their local barber is great buddies with the star." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 44%
| He's Just Not That Into You (2009) | "
Romantic roundelay adapted from a self-help book tries to make a statement about dating in the new millennium, but gets mired in a labyrinthine soap opera of doormats and dudes." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | "
Successor to the 2006 revival of the farcical franchise has inspired individual scenes, but a once-sublime subversion of French policiers has devolved into kiddie movies with all the cosmopolitan cachét of Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 96%
| Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) | "
A witty romantic comedy with a sardonic edge." — TV Guide's Movie Guide Posted Feb 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Luck by Chance (2009) | "
The Player meets All About Eve in this seriocomic satire of the Bollywood film industry%u2014by a first-time director whose collaring of over a dozen major Hindi stars for cameos speaks well of its biting accuracy." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 49%
| Donkey Punch (2009) | "
Good little calling-card movie from a first-time feature director: a violent psychological study of seven randy young Brits on a borrowed yacht, an accidental death during rough sex, and the fallout that follows." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 21, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
A hagiography of the late hip-hop star Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., this overlong biopic glosses over so much detail and avoids the real man so much, it's a fan-magazine profile gone B.I.G.-screen." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) | "
You'd better shop around%u2014you could probably find an unfunny comedy with an unappealing hero and clumsily shot action choreography for much less than retail price. Maybe the straight-to-DVD bin?" — Film Journal International Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 47%
| Chandni Chowk to China (2009) | "
Less a Bollywood bonbon than a pan-Asian fusion dish, this combination of Indian musical and Chinese chopsocky is, nonetheless, delicious fun." — Newsday Posted Jan 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| Yonkers Joe (2008) | "
Heartfelt, well-acted but overly sincere drama of a smalltime hustler and the 20-year-old Down's syndrome son he's barely known." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| Bride Wars (2009) | "
You couldn't give this Bride away. Pedestrian comedy of friends at war balances on a petty framework, with shallow, unlikeable and archaic characters." — Film Journal International Posted Jan 8, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Bedtime Stories (2008) | "
A great idea gets lost amid unfunny, obnoxious antics and more mugging than in 1970s New York in this ham-fisted children's comedy from Adam Sandler." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | Dostana (2008) | "
Big, colorful, delightfully dumb Bollywood "gateway" movie could be a perfect crossover vehicle for U.S. audiences." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 15%
| The Spirit (2008) | "
Gorgeous cinematography and design can't mask the hollow core and bizarre ugliness of this mishandled comics adaptation." — Newsday Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | A Match Made By God (2008) | "
Smart, colorful and well-acted Bollywood romantic comedy succumbs to sentimental wish-fulfillment toward the end, but could still teach Hollywood rom-coms a thing or two." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The Tale of Despereaux (2008) | "
Computer-animated, painterly adaptation of the Newberry Award-winning children's novel is a blunt sword of moral lessons with a character more insufferable than inspiring." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Delgo (2008) | "
Admirable attempt at independent feature animation is undercut by videogame-quality CGI, cardboard characters and a bludgeoningly allegorical, unimaginative story of tribal conflict and teenagers in love." — Film Journal International Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Four Christmases (2008) | "
A star-studded cast way too talented for the material plod through a painfully rote holiday rom-com." — Film Journal International Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) | "
Sitcom-like sequel to the 2005 movie about clueless New York zoo animals bungling in the jungle, this story about a lion king is no Lion King but a perfectly funny diversion that improves on the original. And the penguins are still psychotic." — Film Journal International Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten
| N/A | Roadside Romeo (2008) | "
Stray dogs sing, dance, find love and confront a gangster mongrel on the streets of Mumbai. India's first major computer-animated feature, a co-production of Disney and Bollywood giant Yash Raj Films, makes for an inauspicious debut." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 28, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Passengers (2008) | "
She sees dead people, maybe. Stealth movie starring Anne Hathaway as the world's worst trauma counselor slipped into a few theatres without warning. Now you've been warned." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 27, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| Pride and Glory (2008) | "
Dark, violent and unfocused New York City police drama of two detective brothers, their uniformed brother-in-law, and the price of loyalty in the face of homicidal corruption." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 23, 2008 |
Fresh C
| Rotten 22%
| Shoot on Sight (2008) | "
Earnest problem-drama about a Muslim police inspector in London investigating fellow cops' killing of a suspected terrorist." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 13, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 17%
| Fly Me To The Moon (2008) | "
G-rated, 3D animated adventure of three plucky young flies who hitch a ride on Apollo 11 plods rather than soars. And maggots with faces aren't cute." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 13, 2008 |
Rotten 70/100
| Rotten 41%
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | "
A single moment of magical realism shows the Babe-that-might-have-been, very charitably speaking, had the makers of this doggie adventure-comedy chosen a more daring and creative route..." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 13, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| My Best Friend's Girl (2008) | "
A raunchy vehicle for Dane Cook fans? A sprightly romance for Kate Hudson fans? A genial underdog comedy for Jason Biggs fans? The correct answer is: a big, steaming pile of horse manure." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 8, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 31%
| Nights in Rodanthe (2008) | "
It's the film of a Lifetime...cable network." — Film Journal International Posted Oct 8, 2008 |
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