Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 15%
| Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) | "
Predictable, leaden, unfunny and unnecessary." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 29%
| Women in Trouble (2009) | "
The film has already reduced itself to an empty exercise in campy, color-bathed titillation, as a gaggle of women are defined by their sexual drives and abilities without comment from the filmmaker." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 33%
| Love Hurts (2009) | "
This is not muddy storytelling, just bipolar and unconvincing, as Grant force-feeds us comedy to soften us up for the emotional kill." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | Disengagement (2009) | "
One of his [director Amos Gitai] best films about one of Israeli's most controversial moments." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| More Than a Game (2009) | "
Maybe Belman’s film will instill in youngsters an interest in documentaries, of which this is a generally fine example." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
While the film can’t escape its own robotic storytelling and inability to elicit a genuine emotion, it does deserve credit for keeping the focus on people, not robots." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | In Search of Memory (2008) | "
No negatives can detract from the warm, inviting, slightly-yellowed smile of this survivor and optimist with more to teach us than just neuroscience." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 6%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
One must assume that Rucka’s original [graphic novel] is better than this, but only because most things are." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 10, 2009 |
Rotten .5/5
| N/A | Orgies and the Meaning of Life (2008) | "
Mixing theology, philosophy and romance into lumpy, tasteless, low-cost gruel, Gottfred’s story...hasn’t the intellectual or cinematic resources to remotely tackle whatever the hell it's attempting." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Maid (2009) | "
This slow descent of a middle-aged servant is no downer and will register strongly with those who need reminding that servitude, professional or otherwise, is a self-constructed prison with the key in one’s own pocket." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 38%
| X Games 3D: The Movie (2009) | "
Lawrence isn’t asking us to consider these deeper thoughts. He’s in it for the thrills, with no interest in the wives, children or friends who worry about the life these men have chosen." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
Here’s a romantic comedy where the female lead ends up in the arms of a sexual manipulator. You go, girl!" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 0%
| Homecoming (2009) | "
A silly, low-rent mash-up of Misery and Fatal Attraction, featuring neither the clever psychology of the former nor the layers of emasculation and consequence of the latter." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| Weather Girl (2009) | "
The broad performances, standard plotting and mild smiles recall a pleasantly predictable cable movie." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
My Sister’s Keeper is a rare tearjerker where the viewer doesn’t feel jerked around (most of the time)." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| Irene in Time (2009) | "
A near-insufferable, low-budget, pity party that combines the occasional poignant insight with slack storytelling." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 92%
| Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) | "
Documentarian Aviva Kempner (The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg) reclaims Berg’s place in TV history by lovingly and exhaustively itemizing the successes and difficulties of her pioneering career." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
Away We Go overreaches in spots. The hipster soundtrack is too alt-rock. The details, while quite often spot-on, feel too demographically targeted. But there are still plenty of truthful moments." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 54%
| The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) | "
It is impossible not to be moved by such a heartbreaking story." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Both Da Vinci Code and its sequel are talky affairs, but Angels & Demons talks and runs simultaneously, making it the better match of material and intended audience." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
A venomous and incisive cinema exposé and it builds a relentless head of comic steam that never subsides." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| Battle for Terra (2009) | "
A perfectly nice, if gauzy, lesson in can’t-we-all-get-along politics and environmental awareness." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Management (2009) | "
Sure, some men are dogs. But Mike [Steve Zahn] is a puppy." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 84%
| State of Play (2009) | "
An old fashioned, professionally executed thriller." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Rotten .5/5
| N/A | That Game of Chess (2009) | "
Sometimes a movie is so amateurish, you don’t know whether to hate it or feel sorry for it. That Game of Chess, a Bollywood crossover co-written by and starring Viresh Sinha, falls into the latter category." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| Bart Got a Room (2009) | "
While hardly the most novel of stories, what puts Bart Got a Room above the norm is a tight and charming screenplay and Hecker’s way with mood and place." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Great Buck Howard (2009) | "
[A] sparkling, if imperfect, gem from writer/director Sean McGinly." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Alexander the Last (2009) | "
Mumblecore has always lived in small moments, sometimes excruciatingly small, but rarely have these moments added up to a memorable takeaway message. Here, they do." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 65%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
Duplicity is a double agent, a rollicking romantic comedy too deep undercover as a proudly convoluted caper film." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| Explicit Ills (2008) | "
Initially promising but ultimately maddening." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 20%
| Bob Funk (2009) | "
A showcase for writer/director Craig Carlisle, Bob Funk is a broad, functional contrivance that has its jaunty moments, but doesn't work as a whole." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 97%
| The Song of Sparrows (2009) | "
[A] lovely, metaphoric tale about not letting the things you own, own you." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 23%
| Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009) | "
If the boys are dreamy and smooth enough for that pink iPod on the ride home from school, that doesn’t mean they have the juice to carry a 76 minute documentary. And at 76 minutes, the movie is still too long." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | Chain Link (2009) | "
Reynolds should consider Chain Link a successful first effort and call it a victory." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| 12 (2007) | "
A riveting Russian re-do of the Reginald Rose teleplay 12 Angry Men." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 16%
| Crossing Over (2009) | "
The best you can say is that Kramer is ambitious enough to present the problem. Yet he's too unsophisticated to tear off any painful societal scabs or materially add to the debate." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| Coraline (2009) | "
What Coraline has is a plucky and sassy little girl who's a gas to spend time with. After 100 minutes, you'll follow her anywhere." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 32%
| Fanboys (2009) | "
Its target audience may be thin, but they will decide whether seeing their lifelong cinematic obsessions poked fun at and ultimately celebrated was worth the wait (answer: yes)." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 47%
| Chandni Chowk to China (2009) | "
Results are wonky, with its detriments mainly attributable to its Indian influence." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 20, 2009 |
Rotten .5/5
| Rotten 12%
| The Unborn (2009) | "
If the films released during the traditional January dumping ground are going to be this bad, we should employ the nation's best scientists to rearrange Earth's orbit so the year begins in February." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 15%
| The Spirit (2008) | "
A lurching mess. The film features a terrible script devoid of characters worth investing in or a story worth caring about." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 23, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Gran Torino (2008) | "
Here [Eastwood] is attempting no less than a eulogy for an America he helped define." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 22, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
The movie is streamlined to a fault, a sleek and purring machine interested in process, not people. So when the plan begins falling apart, audience sympathy is fatally missing." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 17, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) | "
With tenderness, [director Matt] Wolf convinces us that had Russell not died 16 years ago, he’d be one of the culture's most fascinating and intellectually rewarding musical creatures." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
Few directors could have tackled the film's daunting visual requirements as brilliantly as David Fincher (Zodiac) has." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Revolutionary Road (2008) | "
Packs considerable punch." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Soul Men (2008) | "
What keeps this medium-grade formula picture from coming to a complete stop are the precious crumbs of genuinely funny comedic banter between well-paired stars Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 67%
| First Basket (2008) | "
The First Basket is a moderately interesting documentary about a moderately interesting subject." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 4, 2008 |
Fresh 2/5
| N/A | The Memsahib (2008) | "
A drama so undercooked and overbaked that only fans of Harlequin romance novels could possibly clutch it to their heaving bosoms." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 27, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 20%
| The Elephant King (2008) | "
Had writer/director Seth Grossman's The Elephant King not been shot on location in the seedy bars and brothels of Thailand, it would be stripped of its most intriguing component." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
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