Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
Notorious is slightly better than the average hip-hop biopic (50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ among them). But the Great American Hip-Hop Film is still out there somewhere, waiting to be told." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 25%
| Bedtime Stories (2008) | "
Continuing on this trajectory, the much-maligned funnyman probably will create yet another generation of fans. And maybe even another generation of haters." Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 29%
| Morning Light (2008) | "
Morning Light fails as film or TV. It’s essentially a vanity project for sailing enthusiast Roy E. Disney." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 14%
| All Roads Lead Home (2008) | "
It’s not that the film is too complicated, it’s just unwieldy." Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 19%
| The Clone Wars (2008) | "
It's the finest 97-minute advertisement for Yoda underpants released this week." Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 19%
| The Clone Wars (2008) | "
It's the finest 97-minute advertisement for Yoda underpants released this week." Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 13%
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) | "
This sequel is inferior even to its predecessors (three, if you count the prequel The Scorpion King), themselves poor versions of the George Lucas-Steven Spielberg franchise." Posted Aug 1, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 32%
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) | "
While it’s nice to drop in on Scully and Mulder again, moviegoers new to the franchise might have trouble drumming up empathy for this odd couple." Posted Jul 25, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 16%
| Jumper (2008) | "
Jumper is a special effect in search of a movie." Posted Feb 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 60%
| What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) | "
And as far as sermons go, it’s a good one. You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it." Posted Dec 14, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 15%
| Hitman (2007) | "
Hitman is another cynical attempt to make some cash off the gaming crowd, but gamers aren’t stupid. This is a film that’s made for someone who finds word balloons in comic books too complicated." Posted Nov 21, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 37%
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) | "
Alert readers spotting similarities to Willy Wonka should now reward themselves with a handful of Everlasting Gobstoppers." Posted Nov 16, 2007 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 90%
| The Simpsons Movie (2007) | "
The Simpsons Movie was expected to raise the bar for animated film -- especially 2-D animation. Unfortunately, it’s just another example of what could have been." Posted Jul 27, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 13%
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007) | "
When you’re more intrigued by the appearance of Richard Chamberlain than the film’s final courtroom denouement, you know this union of movie and moviegoer was doomed from the start." Posted Jul 20, 2007 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 46%
| The Holiday (2006) | "
[Director Nancy Meyers] hits all the notes of the chick-flick formula -- heartbreak, ice cream, Aretha Franklin -- but she never creates a melody." Posted Dec 8, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 72%
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) | "
Talladega is full of fun moments and funny performances that are more engaging as bits than as a cohesive narrative." Posted Aug 4, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 21%
| You, Me and Dupree (2006) | "
Dupree sustains its groove for the most part, and in this summer of bloated spectaculars, it feels tight. It may be silly, but it’s a pleasant enough diversion." Posted Jul 14, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 33%
| The Break-Up (2006) | "
While the situations are real and the dialogue is authentic, "The Break-Up" is mundane and trite." Posted Jun 2, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 78%
| Brick (2006) | "
More than a novelty and it's occasionally mesmerizing, but without the affectation of dialogue, it hardly rises above after-school special." Posted Jun 1, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 57%
| Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) | "
Parents forced by unruly ankle-biters to spend an afternoon at the multiplex could do worse than Ice Age: The Meltdown (Valiant, anyone?). But if kids could be persuaded to wait a few months for the DVD, it wouldn’t be the end of the world." Posted Mar 31, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 57%
| Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) | "
As tiresome as a joke told repeatedly by a 6-year-old.
" Posted Mar 31, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| She's The Man (2006) | "
She’s the Man, based on the Bard’s changing-room farce Twelfth Night, is a decent little piffle well-suited for boy-crazy fifth-graders." Posted Mar 17, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 16%
| Underworld: Evolution (2006) | "
So this is what eternal damnation feels like." Posted Jan 20, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 10%
| Aeon Flux (2005) | "
Charlize Theron has her Oscar. Now she has her Catwoman." Posted Dec 2, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 17%
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) | "
50? Well, as an actor he’s a great rapper. His inexperience shows." Posted Nov 9, 2005 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 10%
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) | "
Good for Schneider that he was able to bilk a major Hollywood studio out of an estimated $20 million to make this reeking bucket of sewage. Bad for anyone who has the misfortune of seeing it." Posted Aug 12, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) | "
Mindless piffle." Posted Aug 5, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 83%
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) | "
Lacks a creative spark." Posted Jul 15, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 26%
| Fantastic Four (2005) | "
A human rubber band, a transparent woman, a guy on fire, a walking rock pile, and a guy named Doom seem perfectly plausible in the funny books.On the big screen, not so much." Posted Jul 8, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 25%
| Bewitched (2005) | "
Instead of smart commentary on the state of entertainment, we're given a mundane, risk-averse romantic comedy." Posted Jun 28, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 14%
| Honeymooners (2005) | "
Never rises above the level of a Friday night network sitcom." Posted Jun 10, 2005 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Robots (2005) | "
Robots is most like Polar Express. It may represent a new zenith for computer animation, but the uninspired story drags the film into obsolescence." Posted Mar 11, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Ocean's Twelve (2004) | "
A shell game without a pea." Posted Dec 10, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 22%
| Van Helsing (2004) | "
A two-hour bludgeoning that smacks more of grave-robbing than resurrection." Posted May 7, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 24%
| Walking Tall (2004) | "
At a too-short 86 minutes, the remake sacrifices exposition and coherence in the name of action. But when the action is lame, what's the freaking point?" Posted Apr 2, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Blood Work (2002) | "
Anyone who has consumed more than a handful of detective stories will get the 'whodunit' early on and be stranded with a protagonist who is lagging behind in a visually stale environment." Posted Aug 9, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 52%
| The Mothman Prophecies (2002) | "
Technically, the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial." Posted Jan 25, 2002 |
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