Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 71%
| The Road (2009) | "
Zombieland was the same movie with laughs, but if you take away the comedy, what is left? Nothing, on a vast scale." — New York Post Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 31%
| Ninja Assassin (2009) | "
This movie knows exactly what it is: Gonzo silliness about bodies turned into human salsa." — New York Post Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 5%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
Old Dogs does to the screen what old dogs do to the carpet. It's unfortunate that only the latter can be taken out and shot." — New York Post Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Planet 51 (2009) | "
"Singin' in the Rain" references? John Glenn? Cold War duck-and-cover drills? What time capsule yielded this script?" — New York Post Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 85%
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | "
There can only ever be one Bad Lieutenant: Harvey Keitel." — New York Post Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 67%
| Missing Person (2009) | "
“So you make jokes and smoke cigarettes,” a lady in the murk summarizes. Yeah. Isn’t that enough?" — New York Post Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 29%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
The pop culture phenomenon that resembles Star Wars much as the Prime Minister of Belgium resembles the President of the United States (respective box office ranks of these two films in their respective decades: 71, 1)." — New York Post Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
A shoddy, shouty bore. A piece of flummery." — New York Post Posted Nov 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
You're unlikely to react with much more than a shrug." — KyleSmithOnline.com Posted Nov 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 70%
| William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe () | "
It is said that everyone either loved or hated radical defense lawyer William Kunstler. A documentary by his daughters asks, "Why choose 'or' instead of 'both'?"" — New York Post Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 29%
| Women in Trouble (2009) | "
Unlikely accidents, shared secrets and zany twists combine to whip up a pleasing froth." — New York Post Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 60%
| Pirate Radio (2009) | "
[A] bright joy-bomb that explodes in every direction with rock classics used in surprisingly direct and literal ways." — New York Post Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
The Fourth Kind has a clever gimmick and nothing more." — New York Post Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 53%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
Heslov directs for the first time in a career that, I pray, will consist of one movie." — New York Post Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
You don’t identify with Scrooge at any point, nor is blatant fakery scary. Picture The Seventh Seal with sock puppets." — New York Post Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| The House of the Devil (2009) | "
Although the payoff is creepy, it takes a little too long to arrive -- and when it does, it's about as worn-out as the movie's title." — New York Post Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 20%
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) | "
A throwback picture that returns you to the late '90s, when every third filmmaker thought he was the next Quentin Tarantino." — New York Post Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
An inept fantasy that wants to be a sort of hip Goth legend..." — New York Post Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 69%
| (Untitled) (2009) | "
(Untitled) is a tinny satire destined to go (Unwatched) because it is (Uninteresting)." — New York Post Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 14%
| Stan Helsing (2009) | "
Mostly the gags are unfortunate and amateurish, but this micro-budget flick at least has a semi-coherent plot and every 10 minutes or so there's a flash of wit." — New York Post Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 24%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
At last, the missing link between Phantom of the Opera and Saw. Welcome to the gonzo revenge saga Law Abiding Citizen." — New York Post Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (2009) | "
You may or may not be a scared person going into this movie, but nothing in it is going to change your mind." — New York Post Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 55%
| The Little Traitor (2009) | "
A pleasing but light nostalgia piece with a frustratingly hasty ending, The Little Traitor doesn't lead to any big twist or revelation. For viewers with a fondness for Israel, though, it amounts to cinematic comfort food." — New York Post Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Despite the lingering aroma of Victorian rot shrouding 1961, An Education is excitingly young." — New York Post Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Trucker (2009) | "
Monaghan does a reasonably good job with a formulaic script that calls for her to become prettier and more feminine as she learns to be a mama bear to her smart-mouthed but ultimately adorable kid." — New York Post Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
As the two coaches head for a faceoff in a climactic live TV interview, writer Morgan starts to seem like a rip-off -- of himself." — New York Post Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 29%
| Free Style (2009) | "
Bleu's cute-but-bland act flatlines in every scene of a movie with a script that is a perfect match for his abilities." — New York Post Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
Though both female characters are underwritten and the movie ends too soon, after a routinely action-packed final act that isn't as fresh as the rest, Zombieland is still the funniest broad comedy since The Hangover." — New York Post Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
Marketed as a romantic comedy, The Invention of Lying turns out to be a dour, shouty atheist manifesto." — New York Post Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 73%
| More Than a Game (2009) | "
There's no "I" in team. But there are two in stultifying." — New York Post Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 76%
| Afterschool (2009) | "
Though thin on story, the film shows poise and vision, using bleak cinema-realite techniques with chilling effect. Campos promises to be heard from again." — New York Post Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 22%
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) | "
Rarely fails to be excruciating." — New York Post Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) | "
Everyone speaks in the sweatily polysyllabic, Look-at-This-Writing-I'm-Doing tone that makes a page of Wallace pass like an hour on the treadmill, and the men are dopes or creeps." — New York Post Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Coco Before Chanel (2009) | "
A flat, airless tale of a sullen hooker who lucked out." — New York Post Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 39%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
Surrogates nudges the robo-thriller in an interesting direction." — New York Post Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Isn't it Washington that took money from the taxpayers to bail out the banks? Shouldn't Moore run his yellow crime-scene tape around the White House?" — New York Post Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 18%
| Love Happens (2009) | "
Love Happens is a weepie about the grieving process, mainly my own. Two hours of my life have been brutally stolen from me, and I need closure." — New York Post Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 67%
| Paris (2009) | "
Paris when it fizzles -- which is most of the time -- is a dismal series of character portraits about a cross-section of Parisians mulling turning points in their lives." — New York Post Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 86%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
The animated movie greatly expands on the kids' book on which it's based in a clever and engaging first half. But the second half leaves a foul aftertaste. Slapdash action scenes play against dreary warnings to fear wealth and beauty." — New York Post Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 0%
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) | "
What you won't be able to figure out is why this laughable yarn didn't go straight to DVD." — New York Post Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 6%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
The severely nonthrilling thriller Whiteout moves like winter in Antarctica. Who the flake greenlit this blobby blur?" — New York Post Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 63%
| Crank High Voltage (2009) | "
See this f%$&*ing movie, mate." — KyleSmithOnline.com Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 21%
| Halloween II (2009) | "
[Halloween II] offers up a rush of fiercely imagined nightmare images." — New York Post Posted Sep 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 87%
| Big Fan (2009) | "
Superb Noo Yawk attitude, dialogue and performances keep the movie lively and tart, but it also turns out to have a surprising plot with a few twists you won't see coming." — New York Post Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
If a syllable could kill (and it can, can't it?), the movie would be the Texas Chainsaw Massacre of the stiletto-heeled and dagger-toothed." — New York Post Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 9%
| Post Grad (2009) | "
Excessive niceness may be an unfair charge to lob at a movie, but Post Grad is so swaddled in good intentions that it's like taking a very short journey cushioned on all sides by air bags. That are stuffed with cotton candy." — New York Post Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 70%
| My One and Only (2009) | "
Flouncing across the country like Miss Piggy, Renée Zellweger makes My One and Only a fabulous bore." — New York Post Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 45%
| Shorts (2009) | "
The movie is as lumpy and misshapen as a giant booger." — New York Post Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 86%
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) | "
The Baader Meinhof Complex isn't, very: This saga of Communist terrorists sowing mayhem in 1970s Germany treats a bloody band as a unit of stouthearted warriors sallying forth to fight for their principles against impossible odds." — New York Post Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
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