Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Most contemporary sci-fi movies come on with all CGI-guns blazing, trying to blow the roof off the theater. Moon settles for trying to blow your mind instead." Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) | "
At the end, when a photograph of the real Soraya flashes across the screen, your heart breaks for the poor woman, but your ears are relieved that the film has finally stopped shouting at you." Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 11%
| I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | "
As pleasurable as revisiting the glossy, witty, misadventure-filled realm Hughes created for his adolescent characters is, you've also been here before. Often." Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
Michael Mann's extraordinary Public Enemies is an unusual sort of gangster picture, a near-impressionistic recreation of the last year in the life of one of American history's most notorious bank robbers." Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) | "
Most of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is pedestrian kiddie fare. At least the 3D helps counter the film's prevailing dullness." Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
At least the special effects in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are remarkable: You never tire of the endless variations of robots Bay and his computer-generated effects crew come up with." Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| N/A | Proper Eyes (2009) | "
Proper Eyes disappoints in terms of its story, which turns out to be too slight." Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 97%
| Food, Inc. (2009) | "
Illuminating and occasionally revolting." Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 17%
| Year One (2009) | "
is destined to become one of those movies you always stop to watch a little of while channel surfing late-night TV, but there's too much dead air to warrant its survival past next week, when Transformers 2 arrives to clean house." Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 50%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Hiring Tony Scott to direct The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is like hiring Michael Bay to direct My Dinner With Andre: A colossal mismatch of director and material." Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| Tyson (2009) | "
Listening to Tyson tell his side of the story, you come to understand him with new depth and complexity." Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| N/A | Romance (2009) | "
Romance is hopeful and upbeat enough to make even the staunchest cynics swoon." Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Land of the Lost becomes an endurance test -- one that's too borderline bawdy for families and too dull and rote for anyone over 15. Who, exactly, is the intended audience for this drivel?" Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 79%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
The Hangover remains unrepentantly irresponsible and hilarious throughout, culminating with what could be the funniest montage ever to grace a picture's end credits. The summer's first sleeper hit has arrived." Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
The Brothers Bloom feels different from any crime caper you've ever seen, even though its machinations still revolve around con artists who play tricks on each other -- and the audience." Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Up (2009) | "
Pixar's most mature and refined chunk of animation to date." Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 93%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
The wait for a truly scary movie -- for a rambunctious, slam-bang, all-out, slap-you-sideways horror picture -- is finally over." Posted May 28, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
Even Ben Stiller looks bored out of his mind." Posted May 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
The intensity is just superficial, though: In terms of story, Terminator Salvation is also the most timid in the series. There's no invention in it, no sense of discovery. Only the impressively orchestrated action sequences feel fresh." Posted May 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Outrage (2009) | "
There is an undercurrent of anger coursing through Outrage, but the anger is unusually restrained and eloquent." Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 37%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
The result is dizzying enough to make you think you're entertained, although the moment you stop to think about Angels & Demons for even a second, the movie becomes ridiculous and preposterous enough to be laughed off the screen." Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 18%
| Next Day Air (2009) | "
An uneasy mix of farcical slapstick and comedy of errors with a violent, blood-soaked tale of inner-city crime." Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Take note, George Lucas: This is how it's done." Posted May 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 12%
| Crossing Over (2009) | "
Part of the reason why Crossing Over doesn't work is that too many of the hurdles [director] Kramer places in front of his protagonists often feel like the product of a writer's imagination instead of real-life experiences." Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
The resulting quest is hilarious and socially astute, because co-writer/director John Hamburg keeps the story grounded in a Judd Apatow-ish reality that never edges into the surreal." Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
Hunger is a searing experience. Just don't expect to have much of an appetite when it's over." Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 84%
| Wendy and Lucy (2008) | "
Within the confines of this minimalist (with a microscopic m) picture, there are sequences so vital, timely and of-the-moment, so powerful and well-observed and precise, the effect can be emotionally overwhelming." Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 50%
| Afterschool (2008) | "
The fact that this is a film of few words only adds to its hypnotic, relentless pull." Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 26%
| Friday the 13th (2009) | "
This is awfully tired stuff, right down to the last-minute gotcha. But at least Friday the 13th isn't Saw VI." Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 58%
| The International (2009) | "
Despite the script's persistent focus on the link between terrorism and big business, The International feels naggingly generic. You've seen this movie before, if perhaps not quite so stylishly directed." Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| Coraline (2009) | "
Coraline, director Henry Selick's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel, is essentially a horror movie for kids, but it is also gentle and funny and whimsical, and even in its darkest moments, Selick never forgets who his target audience is." Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 22%
| Push (2009) | "
Imagine if the X-Men had spent most of their time sitting around talking about how they were going to fight Magneto instead of ever actually doing anything and you'll have a good sense of what is wrong with Push." Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | "
[It's] admittedly funnier than the 2006 original. But that movie was so dispiritingly, soul-suckingly bad, there was nowhere left to go but up." Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| The Sugar Curtain (2007) | "
Steeped in a profound melancholy, disillusionment and deep love of country, The Sugar Curtain is a wistful ode to a Cuba that, like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, existed only in the imagination." Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 31%
| The Uninvited (2009) | "
That climax is not enough to make the formulaic nature of what's preceded any easier to sit through. Unless you happen to be 12, in which case The Uninvited may well seem like the scariest movie ever made." Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 57%
| Taken (2009) | "
Taken is nonsense, but it's terrifically entertaining nonsense, especially in the midst of the January movie doldrums. It provides the reckless thrills that Quantum of Solace lacked." Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 63%
| Che (2008) | "
As absorbing as it is frustrating." Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 39%
| Inkheart (2009) | "
The movie never achieves the sort of transporting fantasy that formed the backbone of the novel: The limitless potential for adventure and excitement that books provide, given physical form when transplanted into our reality." Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 38%
| Outlander (2009) | "
There isn't a single scene in this story about a traveler from another planet who crash-lands on Earth during the Iron Age that doesn't remind you of another, better movie." Posted Jan 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 98%
| The Wrestler (2008) | "
It's a wonderful, career-reviving performance, and you can't imagine the movie without him. Welcome back, Mickey." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
Notorious obviously loves its protagonist, but the movie can't get past its own starstruck awe." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 79%
| Gran Torino (2008) | "
Details, some subtler than others, give the straightforward Gran Torino so much resonance." Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 72%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
This is a long, impeccably detailed, richly textured movie about a most unusual life, and although it's far from perfect, the sum of it achieves what Fincher set out to do in the first place." Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 43%
| Yes Man (2008) | "
Yes Man is fine as far as Carrey comedies go, but it's even better as a love story that just happens to make you laugh." Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 27%
| Seven Pounds (2008) | "
Muccino, who balanced humor and pathos so well in Happyness, goes too heavy on the melodrama this time, at the expense of practically any other emotional shadings." Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 92%
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | "
Despite the great care and research that went into the movie, Frost/Nixon pales in comparison to Oliver Stone's Nixon when it comes to humanizing the infamous leader." Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 50%
| Breakfast with Scot (2008) | "
Breakfast with Scot isn't much on originality, but it is sweet enough to overcome the most cynical skeptic." Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
From an early footchase in which the careening camera gives us a tour of the maze-like slums, to the ridiculously uplifting Bollywood dance number that plays over the end credits, Slumdog Millionaire makes for kinetic, exhilarating entertainment." Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 20%
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | "
Even if you know the original by heart, the new Earth has a couple of surprises in store, although the message remains the same: Watch it, Man." Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 94%
| Milk (2008) | "
The more things change, the more they stay the same." Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
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