Rotten
| Fresh 86%
| Lake Mungo (2009) | "
The film conditions you to doubt, growing less suspenseful, less atmospheric, and less frightening as it progresses." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 24, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
this film is about seeing Brad Pitt grow younger and handsomer until he becomes so young and handsome that it's a marvel equivalent to the launch of an Apollo rocket." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Dec 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 38%
| The Toe Tactic (2008) | "
It’s originality at the expense of comprehensibility." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 90%
| Transsiberian (2008) | "
Transsiberian makes suspenseful and sometimes violent gestures, but it’s all decoration." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 49%
| Mother of Tears (2008) | "
A feeble, incidental continuation of his earlier films." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Jun 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 83%
| A Necessary Death (2008) | "
A Necessary Death, despite its provocations, remains timid and dramatized, ultimately favoring plot machinations to considering the issue of suicide more deeply." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Apr 15, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
Because 21 subscribes to the allure of Vegas and not how it is infiltrated with logic and quantification, its details are subordinated in service to familiar cinematic protocol." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 11, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| Commando (1985) | "
The finale is laughably preposterous, with the speedo-ed commando landing on a remote island, gunning down at least a hundred men with fake moustaches, and indiscriminately blowing up buildings in search of little Alyssa." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Aug 17, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 52%
| Manufacturing Dissent (2007) | "
Caine and Melnyk’s film is intent in questioning such legitimacies, which it does well; it’s just as propagandistic as a Michael Moore film, but not as entertaining." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 20, 2007 |
Rotten
| Fresh 87%
| The Lookout (2007) | "
It is as if [Frank] trashes the entire mechanism altogether, resulting in a spoonfed conclusion, rewarding facile expectations and violating the integrity of his film's well-established structure." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 13, 2007 |
Rotten
| Fresh 61%
| Friday the 13th - Part 1 (1980) | "
Friday the 13th emerges not as an outstanding slasher film, but as a succinctly formulaic one." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Oct 17, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 63%
| Funny Games (1998) | "
As a metaphysical experiment in sadism, Funny Games is endorsed by negative responses." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Nov 1, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| The World Is Not Enough (1999) | "
Even with [its] lame dialogue, the film would potentially have been redeemed had Denise Richards not been cast as arguably the worst Bond girl in the entire franchise." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 22, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| Steamboy (2005) | "
Despite its investment (it is the most expensive animé ever produced) and tried production (which began in 1995), Steamboy is an uncommonly disappointing effort." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 15, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 6%
| Johnson Family Vacation (2004) | "
Johnson Family Vacation affords the viewer a single offering of suspense in wondering just how the mode of transportation (a very souped-up Lincoln) will be destroyed." — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 8, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| Sweet Movie (1975) | "
Sweet Movie certainly has varied political aims, but the message is hindered by graphic practices and sex." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Nov 20, 2003 |
Rotten
| N/A | La Vallée (1972) | "
It is a film with a lush visual element and ambience, and with little substance." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Aug 6, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) | "
If anything, Blue is far less effective (it is even boring) than its notorious counterpart." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Mar 18, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 40%
| Patrick (1978) | "
It is a film that resists visceral shocks, favoring the horror of its psychology. A shame, for its psychology is only slightly horrific." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Nov 26, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| A Galaxy Far Far Away - Inside the Universe of a Phenomenon (2001) | "
To the film’s credit its topic supplies a wealth of material, philosophy, and entertainment -- and victim to it, A Galaxy Far Far Away meanders in the wide, overwhelming scope of its course." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Oct 2, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 0%
| Sleepaway Camp 3 - Teenage Wasteland (1989) | "
Teenage Wasteland affirms its role as a horror sequel; it is the loudest, cheapest, and most impotent entry in the series." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Sep 9, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| Hart's War (2002) | "
As an American propagandistic attempt to market patriotism (or courage, or honor), it is arguably successful; by its own merits it is merely decent." — DVDFuture.com Posted Aug 28, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Fritz the Cat (1972) | "
Despite the curiosity it inspires, the world's first X-rated cartoon falls flat in its first ten minutes." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted May 14, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Sleepaway Camp 2 - Unhappy Campers (1988) | "
Unhappy Campers is like a good prank, one that is unfortunately ruined by an obvious wink." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You Posted Apr 3, 2002 |
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