Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
Provocative, sloppy and intellectually retarded -- the entire picture feels like it's sprung forth from Von Trier's Id without a second thought as to the consequences." Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Amelia (2009) | "
Eventually I just wanted her to crash the damn plane so I could go home already." Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Tenderly looks back upon statutory rape as a rite of passage, and it's a testament to fine performances that the film only feels icky in retrospect." Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 72%
| The Boys Are Back (2009) | "
Even a corrosive influence like yours truly finds something a bit hinky about the motto 'Just Say Yes.' At least when applied to raising children." Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
All the dazzling, limitless comedic potential here, and we're stuck waiting for the hot younger girl to wise up and learn to love the homely guy who wrote the movie?" Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Of course Moore's angry. I don't know anybody who isn't. But what about the movie?" Posted Sep 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Paris (2009) | "
Were it possible for The City of Light to see Nashville or Manhattan, it would probably want to sue for defamation." Posted Sep 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 87%
| Amreeka (2009) | "
As much as I enjoyed spending time with these characters, it's hard not to bristle at the overall After-School Special vibe." Posted Sep 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Halloween II (2009) | "
Zombie's rowdy redneck phantasmagorias and weird swoons of empathy can't disguise that there's nowhere left for the story to go." Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
A dreary-looking, glacially paced collection of missed opportunities." Posted Aug 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
As is often the case with Tarantino's post-1990's output, great scenes are adrift in an undisciplined sea of ugly-spirited, juvenile self-indulgence." Posted Aug 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) | "
A slightly more pleasurable experience than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But then again, so is a prolapsed colon." Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 84%
| Soul Power (2009) | "
A footnote to a masterpiece." Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
The movie keeps leaning toward some awful truths, only to sheepishly retreat into the safe comedy of fakey shopworn devices." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 31%
| The Answer Man (2009) | "
For all intents and purposes an uncredited remake of As Good As It Gets, which was kind of a crap flick to begin with..." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
All setup and no payoff, it serves mainly as logistical scaffolding to reposition the characters and strum up some backstory, stalling for time before the final chapter." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
I don't think Cohen's targets are even being particularly homophobic, they'd just prefer if this crazed, half-naked circus freak would just put his penis away and stop invading their personal space" Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 89%
| Séraphine (2008) | "
Here's one that feels like homework." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
You asked for this, America." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Foolishly attempts to update the 1974 classic by cranking the volume and inflating the Noo Yawk attitude to a cartoonish level of macho posturing." Posted Jun 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
Presumably the first Noël Coward adaptation feature a Billy Ocean song." Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| Rudo and Cursi (2009) | "
The air of jaunty vivaciousness is promising, but nothing sticks." Posted May 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 63%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Unfortunately, writer-director Rian Johnson is suffering from a fatal case of 'the cutes.'" Posted May 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Ron Howard's funniest film since Splash!" Posted May 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 39%
| The Limits of Control (2009) | "
Jim Jarmusch is a national treasure, and The Limits of Control is his first stinker." Posted May 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 91%
| Every Little Step (2009) | "
Treats a series of complicated artistic decisions like the season finale of Dancing With the Stars." Posted May 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
A well-acted, finely crafted movie that has everything going for it... except a reason to exist." Posted Apr 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Uneven at best... But say what you will about Hill's sicko, squirmy humor, at least it's distinctive." Posted Apr 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Tokyo! (2009) | "
Anthology films are like communism or the rhythm method --things that work much better in theory than actual practice." Posted Apr 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Knowing (2009) | "
The good news is that M. Night Shyamalan doesn't have to feel quite so ashamed of himself anymore." Posted Mar 24, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Crossing Over (2009) | "
The movie matches nicely with Ford's somnambulistic nonperformance -- they're both pokey, morose and don't really say much at all." Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Some things just defy adaptation." Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Friday the 13th (2009) | "
The fact that Travis Van Winkle's smarmy rich kid is a dead ringer for Michael Bay has got to be some sort of inside joke, right?" Posted Feb 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 59%
| The International (2009) | "
Howard Hawks once said that the key to making a good movie was "three good scenes and no bad ones." The International has a bunch of bad scenes... but the good one is downright amazing." Posted Feb 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 49%
| Donkey Punch (2009) | "
On the plus side, at least it wasn't called Dirty Sanchez." Posted Feb 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) | "
And this time there aren't even any leather pants." Posted Jan 28, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) | "
It's paint- by-numbers, puritanical kill-the-horny-kids garbage, with the usual graphic impalements offering up a Freudian minefield of vengeful penetrations... but 3-D sure is a nifty way to polish a turd." Posted Jan 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
Is Edward Zwick the dullest filmmaker in America?" Posted Jan 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 68%
| Revolutionary Road (2008) | "
Kate and Leo just stand around shouting the subtext at one another, mired in that typical Mendes swamp of gloss wherein every shot looks like a picture from a coffee-table book." Posted Dec 30, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
It'll probably be wicked suspenseful for anybody who didn't pay attention in history class." Posted Dec 25, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 27%
| Seven Pounds (2008) | "
And then there's also much ado about an allegedly poisonous computer-generated jellyfish." Posted Dec 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | "
Wise's original was an alarming cautionary tale, full of menace and stern warnings. The remake, as befits our times, coddles the audience, assuring us all this bad stuff will eventually work itself out. And hey, let's all go to McDonald's!" Posted Dec 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 91%
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | "
Sometimes I worry that Ron Howard actually listens to every dumb 18-year-old drunk kid who tells him how to edit his movies" Posted Dec 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Twilight (2008) | "
No, it's not as bad as you think. It's actually worse." Posted Dec 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 90%
| I've Loved You So Long (2008) | "
Locked into a scheme of formal rigor and peek-a-boo screenwriting, the film is too busy calling attention to its own cleverness to allow any room for emotional connection." Posted Nov 12, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
One of those movies that's full of ideas and sparks lively discussions after the lights come up. Too bad that actually sitting through the thing feels like torture." Posted Nov 6, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
Flattened out and oversimplified to the point of preposterousness...Eastwood's never handled such a squeaky-clean, insufferably perfect protagonist before, and let's hope he never does again." Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| What Just Happened (2008) | "
De Niro puts so little into his performances lately, I think I work harder just sitting through them." Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Filth and Wisdom (2008) | "
As Bart Simpson once said of NAKED LUNCH, I can think of two things wrong with this title." Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| Body of Lies (2008) | "
Like Alec Baldwin, Russell Crowe is way more fun to watch when he's fat." Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
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