Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Bravely vindicates its source material’s essential underpinnings of friendship and honor. 'Get a life?' This is the redemption Trekkies have been living for." Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
The result is cosmetically faithful but tonally scattershot, a frustrating 163 minutes in which every set piece is as likely to land on point as beside it." Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| The Reader (2008) | "
Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter David Hare adapt Bernhard Schlink’s novel into a shuffling, episodic entertainment that’s undermined by inconsistent casting." Posted Jan 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Let the Right One In (2008) | "
Sweet within its own bloodthirsty idiom, the film inhabits a twilight world in which love doesn’t merely conquer all; it’ll rip your damn head off if you get in its way." Posted Nov 6, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Religulous (2008) | "
The movie is at its most interesting when the attitudes of the faithful prove more sophisticated than Maher’s own." Posted Oct 22, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
A product of these troubled times, the sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins includes nods to terrorism, domestic surveillance and even sanctioned torture. But one of its greatest feats is to capture our collective anxiety over the resurgent politics of hope." Posted Jul 24, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) | "
We'll continue to experience befuddlement verging on disgust whenever we're reminded of Sex and the City (so named, we suppose, because Seriously Rethinking Third-Wave Feminism reads like ass on a poster)." Posted May 30, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Visitor (2008) | "
[Director] McCarthy has an undeniable way with actors, and it sustains our interest in this overt Good Samaritan tale." Posted May 1, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) | "
It’s about time somebody brought the wide-eyed wonder back to movies, and it’s wonder indeed we experience whenever we get to witness the divine Ms. Adams at work." Posted Mar 7, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 7%
| Bratz: The Movie (2007) | "
Our heroines set out to prove to the school that it's just as important to pick your BFFs on the basis of shared shopping practices. Calling that a positive spin takes some serious ballz -- as does trapping Jon Voight in his most embarrassing role..." Posted Aug 2, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Simpsons Movie (2007) | "
The plot is as hilariously bombastic as the ones boob-tube producers used to spin off onto the big screen before they discovered the concept of the Very Special Episode." Posted Jul 26, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 36%
| The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) | "
Impressive not because of anything that’s said, but for the realization that you’re watching the screen be dominated by Jessica Alba and a piece of CGI without ever once experiencing the urge to gnaw through your own shoulder." Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 84%
| Sweet Land (2006) | "
What we have here is an otherwise respectable period drama that keeps descending to an after-school-special level of bluntness." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
— | Rotten 13%
| One Last Thing (2005) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 30, 2006 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 74%
| The Illusionist (2006) | "
You don’t have to have spent more than five minutes in the presence of a professional magician to recognize that Edward Norton has their entire act down." Posted Aug 31, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 22%
| The Quiet (2006) | "
I can't think of a human activity I'd recommend less than watching this hackneyed, straining-to-be-lurid domestic drama." Posted Aug 31, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 28%
| Trust the Man (2006) | "
The movie can't decide if it wants to be a well-observed urban relationship drama or a madcap comedy." Posted Aug 31, 2006 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 48%
| Idlewild (2006) | "
At a certain point, the baldly borrowed story elements go from cute to plain lazy, and you notice that Benjamin’s and Patton's characters -- introduced as friends from childhood -- share almost no scenes." Posted Aug 31, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 69%
| Snakes on a Plane (2006) | "
Snakes was the best instantly disposable cinematic event I've attended since Bride of Chucky was launched on an unsuspecting world eight years ago." Posted Aug 24, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 36%
| Accepted (2006) | "
Long on winning attitude but not what you’d call consistent, the movie will do simply anything for a laugh." Posted Aug 17, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | "
Beneath its oddball veneer, Little Miss Sunshine is a knowing injunction against a society that requires every American to be a winner, when simply being a human being used to be enough." Posted Aug 17, 2006 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006) | "
... just about a perfect doc, railing authoritatively against a disgraceful chapter in the annals of American business." Posted Aug 10, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 20%
| Step Up (2006) | "
Atrocious writing takes its toll on the cast’s considerable energy, which is best showcased in dance sequences that could have been a lot longer given the cloying melodrama that’s the viewing alternative." Posted Aug 10, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| The Night Listener (2006) | "
Sometimes, holding up even a small mirror to contemporary anxieties is enough, which The Night Listener does by skillfully exploiting a mass distrust that’s currently reverberating from book clubs to the blogosphere." Posted Aug 3, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 40%
| My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) | "
Vile. Nasty. Crude. Base. Ugly. Everything that's bad about 21st-century gender relations can be found in Ivan Reitman's dopily noxious Super Ex." Posted Jul 27, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 24%
| Lady in the Water (2006) | "
Never has the evidence been so clear that a once-promising director has gone completely insane, yet seldom has said proof been so all-fired dull." Posted Jul 27, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 25%
| John Tucker Must Die (2006) | "
The flick’s girl-power aesthetic frequently gets lost in the madcap shuffle of elaborate, high-tech adventures that are far beyond the capabilities of actual teens." Posted Jul 27, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 38%
| Scoop (2006) | "
Nobody appears to have put much effort into this thing." Posted Jul 27, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 47%
| Miami Vice (2006) | "
There’s no real rhythm or ingenuity to the story." Posted Jul 27, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 64%
| Quality of Life (2004) | "
It's up to the consistently fluid ensemble acting and colloquially sound dialogue to keep things on track, which they do admirably." Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 73%
| Monster House (2006) | "
Monster House is professionally assembled and contains a good amount of irreverent fun; as an adult, I dug a lot of it." Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 22%
| You, Me and Dupree (2006) | "
Laugh-free, derivative, punishingly long 'comedy.'" Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 67%
| A Scanner Darkly (2006) | "
Most of A Scanner Darkly is a wasted opportunity, with B+-list stars paint-boxed onto a third plane where not very much happens at all." Posted Jul 13, 2006 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 53%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) | "
A coulda-been classic ends up feeling variously like a particularly undisciplined director's cut and (shudder!) a Jerry Bruckheimer picture." Posted Jul 6, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Wordplay (2006) | "
A rousing endorsement of the principles of fair play and communication." Posted Jul 6, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 31%
| Click (2006) | "
What it lacks is an inspired moment of unleashed rage -- the kind that have always kept Sandler's romps redeemable." Posted Jun 29, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Superman Returns (2006) | "
So 30 of the 150 or so minutes are a bust. There’s still ample reason to see the thing in first run, if only for the chance to be part of an audience that cheers en masse at the exorcism of its darkest, most up-to-date fears." Posted Jun 29, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Electric Shadows () | "
Chinese filmmaker Xiao Jiang makes an impressive debut with an extended flashback about two cinema-crazed kids coming of age amid the communist revolution of the early 1970s." Posted Jun 22, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 39%
| Nacho Libre (2006) | "
It's just kinda there, content to spin a woozily whimsical story." Posted Jun 22, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| A Prairie Home Companion (2006) | "
This is the Altman of Nashville, back to inhabiting the performer’s world with thoroughness and infectious affection." Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| The Break-Up (2006) | "
With nothing genuine invested in either character, we can focus fully on how bland and churlish they are." Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Water (2006) | "
All the pat plotting and discourse in the world can't extinguish the fire of a film this well-intended, sensitively acted and beautifully filmed." Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| The Omen (2006) | "
Those who have seen the original will be nonplussed by every identical plot development, while younger viewers used to the breakneck luridness of today’s Fangoria-approved freakouts will wonder why this one is so slow and ponderous." Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Cars (2006) | "
The creative mind rot that was foretold by The Incredibles comes home with full, Lamborghini-against-a-brick-wall force in a dull highway opera that’s only notable for its technical achievements." Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Keeping Up With The Steins (2006) | "
A cute and worthy idea that could've used better execution." Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Serenity (2005) | "
In the context of an action cinema driven by false hope, misogyny and sadism, Serenity is an inspiring respite." Posted May 27, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 24%
| The Da Vinci Code (2006) | "
You’d think director Ron Howard would remember that film is supposed to be a visual medium, but the inert Code has less dynamic content than a Sunday-school filmstrip." Posted May 25, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| I am a Sex Addict (2005) | "
At 98 minutes, Addict demands an investment not repaid by its basic unpleasantness." Posted May 25, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 56%
| The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) | "
Mol's emotional openness provides an invaluable through line as the movie teaches by suggestion, having us connect the dots to determine how a simple, good-hearted gal could go from the church pews of Tennessee to starring on T-shirts at Hot Topic." Posted May 25, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| Kinky Boots (2006) | "
A marginal Britcom." Posted May 25, 2006 |
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