Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 36%
| 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) | "
Superficial? You betcha. But eye candy, attitude and humor abound in what amounts to a glorified Miami Vice episode complete with an undercover lawman who lives aboard a boat." Posted Jun 6, 2003 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 98%
| Finding Nemo (2003) | "
Pixar has done it again." Posted May 29, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Italian Job (2003) | "
The clever opening and rousing finish will stay with you long after the memory of Norton's tonsorial folly fades." Posted May 29, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 36%
| The In-Laws (2003) | "
No tension. No edge. Halfhearted action. You could meet these parents, but what's the point?" Posted May 23, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 49%
| Bruce Almighty (2003) | "
The tale goes all sentimental and preachy, which might have worked had the director been Frank Capra. But it isn't; it's Tom Shadyac." Posted May 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 59%
| Down With Love (2003) | "
The flick's jaunty outlook, splashy set design, period-perfect costumes and cutting wordplay carry the day." Posted May 16, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Matrix Reloaded (2003) | "
More special effects. More fight sequences. More chases. More stunts. More neo-philosophical babble. But more, in this case, adds up to less." Posted May 14, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| A Mighty Wind (2003) | "
We expect sly acting and clever writing from Guest and company. But the big surprise here is the quality of the songwriting and musicianship." Posted May 9, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Daddy Day Care (2003) | "
For those of us who fondly recall the risk-taker who gave us Raw and 48 HRS. and Trading Places, it's hard to stomach Daddy Day Care's vanilla pudding." Posted May 9, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 88%
| X2: X-Men United (2003) | "
Suffers from acute sequelitis. The characters aren't as vibrant, the dialogue isn't as witty and the action isn't as fresh as they were the first time around." Posted May 2, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 62%
| Identity (2003) | "
It will either leave you giddy at the audacity or moaning at the stupidity." Posted Apr 25, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 34%
| The Real Cancun (2003) | "
Few truly compelling stories and disappointingly little debauchery ensue." Posted Apr 25, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| Anger Management (2003) | "
Where are the Farrelly brothers when you need them?" Posted Apr 11, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 10%
| A Man Apart (2003) | "
Plays like a forgotten Miami Vice episode." Posted Apr 4, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 21%
| Basic (2003) | "
The more you think about the far-fetched sequence of events that leads to the Big Surprise, the less sense it makes." Posted Mar 28, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| Dreamcatcher (2003) | "
Given all those prestigious pedigrees, Dreamcatcher should have been great, or at least bad in new and interesting ways. Instead, it shamelessly recycles plot points and themes from Alien, Independence Day even Outbreak." Posted Mar 21, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 14%
| View from the Top (2003) | "
It takes a special 'talent' to make Mike Myers unfunny, and Barreto has it in abundance." Posted Mar 21, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 31%
| The Hunted (2003) | "
No movie in recent memory made me laugh harder or longer than the numbingly incompetent First Blood rip-off The Hunted. Trouble is, I'm pretty sure it wasn't intended as a comedy." Posted Mar 14, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 64%
| Willard (2003) | "
Instantly forgettable, and so determinedly offbeat that it offers less fun than it should." Posted Mar 14, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 60%
| Old School (2003) | "
For most of its relatively brisk 91 minutes, Old School taps a keg of rich, frothy humor." Posted Feb 22, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 20%
| The Life of David Gale (2003) | "
A manipulative melodrama so intent on ramming home its political message that it runs roughshod over logic, telegraphs its plot developments and browbeats its audience." Posted Feb 21, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 44%
| Daredevil (2003) | "
Rather than lay on the expository detail, Daredevil focuses on character development." Posted Feb 14, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 89%
| The Quiet American (2002) | "
A complex thriller worth shouting about." Posted Feb 7, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 42%
| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) | "
Having nearly suffocated amid the swirling mist of estrogen fumes that enveloped a recent screening of the insipid chick flick How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, I need an immediate infusion of guy stuff to detox." Posted Feb 7, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Shanghai Knights (2003) | "
On the heels of the threadbare Tuxedo, Shanghai Knights confirms there may be a chink in Jackie Chan's armor." Posted Feb 7, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 43%
| The Recruit (2003) | "
The Recruit delivers some enjoyment if you don't think about it too hard." Posted Jan 31, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 80%
| The Hours (2002) | "
The filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point, unless it's that life stinks, especially for sensitive married women who really love other women." Posted Jan 17, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 12%
| National Security (2003) | "
Dugan 'directs' with all the subtlety and nuance he brought to 1999's Big Daddy. Which is to say, none." Posted Jan 17, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Narc (2002) | "
A solid, hard-hitting, but not particularly original genre flick." Posted Jan 10, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 77%
| Nicholas Nickleby (2002) | "
Armed with McGrath's apt Dickens distillation, the illustrious ensemble strain mightily and eventually salvage Nicholas Nickleby from the poor man's Heath Ledger at its center." Posted Jan 10, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 78%
| 25th Hour (2002) | "
Make time for 25th Hour." Posted Jan 10, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 85%
| About Schmidt (2002) | "
It's a boring movie about a boring man, made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring." Posted Jan 3, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 96%
| Catch Me If You Can (2002) | "
The movie's title serves as a fitting recommendation. Catch it if you can." Posted Dec 25, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) | "
It makes for one haunting, powerful movie experience." Posted Dec 25, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Talk to Her (2002) | "
Complex, affecting and uniquely Almodóvar, the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong." Posted Dec 25, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 65%
| Evelyn (2002) | "
That the events really happened offers no excuse for the button-pushing, by-the-numbers approach taken by Beresford and screenwriter Paul Pender." Posted Dec 25, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| Adaptation (2002) | "
Kaufman and Jonze seamlessly blend reality and fantasy into an outrageously original offbeat comedy." Posted Dec 20, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Gangs of New York (2002) | "
We expect filet mignon when we dine at Trattoria Scorsese. Gangs of New York is more like good hamburger." Posted Dec 20, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 36%
| Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | "
Star Trek: Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before. Wince-inducing dialogue, thrift-shop costumes, prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test Trekkie loyalty." Posted Dec 13, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 18%
| Love in the Time of Money (2002) | "
The latest vapid actor's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen." Posted Dec 6, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 21%
| Empire (2002) | "
Delivers the same old same old, tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas." Posted Dec 6, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 26%
| Analyze That (2002) | "
Some funny business here, a clever one-liner there, good-natured padding in between -- it's all pat and familiar and risk-free." Posted Dec 6, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 64%
| Solaris (2002) | "
Like the blood on the walls of the space station, it's pretty dry." Posted Nov 27, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| Far From Heaven (2002) | "
It's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force." Posted Nov 22, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 59%
| Die Another Day (2002) | "
It's easily the fastest, meanest, funniest, edgiest Bond of the Brosnan era." Posted Nov 22, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| Heaven (2002) | "
Too artsy by half, Heaven nonetheless casts a spell that doesn't break until you leave the theater." Posted Nov 15, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) | "
This time out, director Chris Columbus waves his wand in all the right directions. The funny scenes are funnier. The scary scenes are scarier." Posted Nov 15, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 74%
| 8 Mile (2002) | "
Both in film and music, he tantalizes us with autobiographical detail while dazzling us with wit, grit, insight, profane humor and mind-boggling wordplay." Posted Nov 8, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 48%
| Femme Fatale (2002) | "
At once half-baked and overheated." Posted Nov 6, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 72%
| Auto Focus (2002) | "
Downbeat, period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message." Posted Nov 1, 2002 |
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