Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 70%
| Bruno (2009) | "
More gut-bustingly funny than anything else out there right now." Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 17%
| I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) | "
What it lacks in laughs -- there are none -- it tries to make up for by ladling on stale clichés, such as Vardalos' two stereotypically gay assistants and a desperate younger female friend who stalks guys." Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | Kambakkht Ishq () | "
Advertised as the first Bollywood movie shot at a Hollywood studio with an appearance by a major US star, Sabbir Khan's proudly silly Kambakkht Ishq otherwise hews closely to a familiar Indian pattern." Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
The fatally miscast Johnny Depp's smaller-than-life performance as the famed gangster is the central flaw in Michael Mann's disappointing, curiously uninvolving Public Enemies." Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
My Sister's Keeper targets tear ducts so ruthlessly, it might as well be sponsored by Kleenex." Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 51%
| Cheri (2009) | "
It's hard to believe that the smart Lea would remain interested for six hours, much less six years, with the vapid Chéri." Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dazzles the eye, numbs the mind and may cause deafness in some cases." Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 46%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
Shamelessly derivative, contrived and predictable, The Proposal is nonetheless a crowd-pleasing romantic comedy." Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 50%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
The new Pelham, although no classic, is a lot of fun if you're in the right mood." Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 11%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
Notably thinner, less awkward and a lot less charming, Vardalos is back with My Life in Ruins, a desperate, crass and probably futile attempt at replicating the earlier movie's fluke success." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Pity the unwitting parents who take their kids to see Land of the Lost, Will Ferrell's terminally stupid, sloppy, campy and cheesy -- and thoroughly unexciting and unfunny -- experiment in 'family entertainment.'" Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Up (2009) | "
An exquisite work of cinematic art that also happens to be the funniest, most touching, most exciting and most entertaining movie released so far this year." Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| O'Horten (2009) | "
A small masterpiece of poignant deadpan humor." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) | "
An absorbing study in creative tension." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 20%
| Ghosts of the Heartland (2009) | "
Except for Santoro, the acting and the movie itself lack much of a sense of urgency. But it gets the look right on a microscopic budget, and its heart is in the right place." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 50%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
The first Noel Coward play to hit the big screen in more than 40 years, Easy Virtue is a crass, heavy- handed and -- most unfor givably -- largely laugh-free adaptation of The Master's infrequently revived 1924 comic melodrama." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian seems to go on for several days and nights, though in fact it lasts just 105 minutes. I checked my watch. A lot." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 62%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Imagine Dirty Rotten Scoundrels filtered through the increas ingly hermetically sealed sensibility of Wes Anderson, and you've got Rian Johnson's disappointing The Brothers Bloom." Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 25%
| Little Ashes (2009) | "
An exceedingly silly historical fantasy." Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 75%
| Adoration (2009) | "
Adoration, which hinges on a number of coincidences, contains some really fine performances, including a surprising one from Canadian utility player Scott Speedman as the student's rough-hewn uncle and guardian." Posted May 8, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 76%
| Outrage (2009) | "
Hypocrisy? Your call." Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Smart, epic and eye-popping." Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 25%
| Jazz in the Diamond District (2009) | "
Forget West 47th Street -- and the only Jazz in Lindsey Christian's dull indie soap opera is an aspiring funk singer by that name who lives in a diamond-shaped part of the District of Columbia." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
I'm almost embarrassed to admit I found Ghosts of Girlfriends Past the season's first genuine guilty pleasure." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
A super-buff Jackman gets to explore the character in more depth than previously and Liev Schreiber, as his brother, makes a dandy bad guy." Posted Apr 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 46%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
The Woodman's return to New York after a four-year European sojourn finds him working very familiar territory much less fruitfully than in the past." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 15%
| The Informers (2009) | "
The Informers is a movie so seamy it makes you want to take a bath afterward. Rarely has so much sin seemed so boring." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 31%
| A Touch of Spice (2006) | "
Since it's going to make you mighty hungry anyway, I'd suggest skipping A Touch of Spice and going straight to dinner." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
A failed and problematic Oscar hopeful being dumped in theaters a week before the start of Hollywood's summer season." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 67%
| Is Anybody There? (2009) | "
While Caine is highly watchable, Is Anybody There? limns all-too-familiar and schmaltzy territory for both coming-of-age films and movies with elderly actors." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 29%
| The Golden Boys (2009) | "
This musty yarn would have worked better as a 1940s MGM programmer." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
17 Again makes the '80s comedies on which it's modeled seem positively cutting-edge by comparison." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) | "
The real mystery about The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is how writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber could turn Michael Chabon's delightful debut novel into such a bore." Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 51%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
I don't want to oversell it, but Observe and Report is the sort of offbeat studio movie that should be encouraged." Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 71%
| Bart Got a Room () | "
The sight of William H. Macy sporting a Jew-fro as a divorced dad trying to help his nerdy son score with a prom date is among the myriad delights in the gut-bustingly funny Bart Got a Room." Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 58%
| Paris 36 (2008) | "
A shamelessly melodramatic series of romantic, financial and political crises embroil a rundown music hall in Paris 36, a gleaming hunk of French period schmaltz expertly rendered by director Christophe Barratier." Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
The stars look bored out of their minds when the fourth episode of the franchise stalls between racing sequences, which is all too often in a flick where 106 minutes speed by in what feels like at least four hours." Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| Goodbye Solo (2009) | "
Touching and uplifting, Goodbye Solo is a small gem." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 2/4
| Rotten 36%
| The Perfect Sleep (2009) | "
The disjointed story is no more comprehensible than The Big Sleep. Though Alter is no Howard Hawks and Pardoe and Sanchez are no Bogie and Bacall, this movie looks great. You won't nap through The Perfect Sleep." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 52%
| American Swing (2009) | "
American Swing doesn't have a particularly well-defined point of view, but it is a succinct, entertaining and valuable record of a time that in some ways now seems as remote as the Roaring '20s." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
Heavily touted as an industry breakthrough for 3-D, DreamWorks Animation's clunky and wildly unimaginative Monsters vs. Aliens really doesn't have a clue what to do with the technique." Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Great Buck Howard (2009) | "
The film is a small-scale charmer that provides a tailor-made role for Malkovich, who is always fun to watch." Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 0%
| Steam (2009) | "
The clichés are thicker than the Steam in Kyle Schickner's hackneyed dramedy." Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 66%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
This is a sharp-looking movie with a blue-chip cast." Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 73%
| Sunshine Cleaning (2009) | "
This bittersweet comedy is a fine showcase for a pair of distinctive and appealing talents." Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| Carmen and Geoffrey (2009) | "
Both subjects are interviewed at length, and the filmmakers have unearthed some rare, arresting black-and-white dance footage from the '50s and '60s." Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| Explicit Ills (2008) | "
Despite a good cast, Explicit Ills is about as phony as it gets." Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Leave Her to Heaven (1945) | "
Stahl's use of space and the performances in Leave Her to Heaven...suggest he was at least the equal of the much-exalted Sirk as an artist of melodrama." Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 33%
| Sherman's Way (2009) | "
LeGros isn't bad, but this pre-DVD road trip feels like it's four hours long." Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 78%
| 12 (2007) | "
A loose remake that's not only as Russian as vodka but also a grippingly entertaining actors' showcase." Posted Mar 5, 2009 |
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