Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 22%
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) | "
The whole thing is rather insipid. But Thomas makes it smoother and more palatable than it deserves to be." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 33%
| The Slammin' Salmon (2009) | "
You would think any movie with the word "salmon" in the title would have to be funny. Think again." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 72%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
However obvious, The Blind Side is touching -- despite its habit of dropping major character notes into the melody without warning." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 44%
| The Box (2009) | "
Whatever you do, do not accept delivery of The Box, a package that doesn't know where it is going nor how to get there." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 78%
| Bronson (2009) | "
The tone is surreal, at once visceral and clinical, making Bronson an unsettling experience: savage, disturbing, and yet somehow fascinating." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 12%
| Couples Retreat (2009) | "
Trouble in paradise. That's the overly familiar premise of this sun-poisoned comedy." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
If the whole point of this surrogate society is to appear as a perfectly beautiful avatar, why would Bruce Willis choose that ludicrous blond wig that looks like he plucked it off a mannequin at Boscov's?" — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 45%
| Shorts (2009) | "
It's like Shorts raided the concession stand and then has to sit slumped in its seat long after the sugar buzz wears off." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 17%
| The Marc Pease Experience (2009) | "
Consider: A bad movie about cheesy a cappella and awful musical theater. What could be more excruciating?" — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 36%
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) | "
OK, it's seriously deficient in plot or acting. But in this genre, those two ingredients are as superfluous as canoes in a desert." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 15%
| Year One (2009) | "
The actors make a surprisingly effective comic team, with Black's manic energy trampolining off Cera's deflated passivity." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Fast & Furious succeeds because the action is supercharged in a style that recalls Mel Gibson's apocalyptic classic, The Road Warrior. The characters are more than cartoonish, and the plot grips the road." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | "
The film doesn't really have a plot. It's more of a premise, cartoonishly executed." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 26%
| Punisher: War Zone (2008) | "
The acting is better than the script deserves and Lexi Alexander's cut-to-the-hearse direction lends the film considerable kick. But there is a steel spike at the end of Punisher's boot that will gouge your eyes out." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 37%
| Transporter 3 (2008) | "
An action franchise in motion tends to stay in motion, long after logic or box office should bring it to a screeching halt." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 45%
| Soul Men (2008) | "
So why is this film worth seeing? Because it's an ideal showcase for Mac's peerless comic chops." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 18%
| Max Payne (2008) | "
Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video-game roots even as it transcends them." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 23, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 62%
| The Express (2008) | "
The Express eventually reaches its triumph-of-the-human-spirit climax, but it yanks too hard on the heart strings during the long journey there." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 9, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 97%
| Trouble the Water (2008) | "
Trouble the Water is choppy, overly long and at times almost indecipherable, but it's indelible." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 2, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 16%
| Hounddog (2008) | "
A slow procession of degradation and suffering, Hounddog is like a tall glass of bitter iced tea." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 25, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 67%
| Greetings from the Shore (2008) | "
This is a two-hankie weeper that doesn't really earn its tears. But it's a sweet little movie nonetheless." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 9%
| Bangkok Dangerous (2008) | "
Bankgok Ridiculous is more like it." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 8, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| Death Race (2008) | "
Death Race is a cinematic dreadnought: imposing on the surface, hollow at its core." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 21, 2008 |
Fresh 2/4
| Rotten 53%
| Get Smart (2008) | "
All that's missing is the spirit and the anarchic humor of the sitcom created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. The result is an overdressed, carefully stitched scarecrow of a comedy." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 19, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 48%
| Doomsday (2008) | "
Most fantasy-action films blow their budgets in the first half-hour, and limp home with their makeup smeared. Doomsday is unusually patient, smartly saving most of its fireworks for the later innings." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 13%
| College Road Trip (2008) | "
The whole project is a cloying, artificial mess. The slapstick comedy doesn't bite, and the formulaic sentimentality doesn't grip. This is strictly phi beta crappa." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 7, 2008 |
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Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 4%
| Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) | "
There are better action scenes in marionette shows." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 4, 2007 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| Deja Vu (2006) | "
Déjà Vu is well worth seeing for its visual brio, particularly the boom-crash opera of the ferry explosion, and a chase scene in which Washington is dodging downtown traffic on two temporal planes simultaneously." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 22, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 6%
| Deck the Halls (2006) | "
... a mirthless comedy with Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick as warring neighbors, can be described as whatever is the opposite of a Christmas classic." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 21, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 10%
| Let's Go to Prison (2006) | "
This really isn't a comedy. It's more of a woolly spoof, stretched out to criminal lengths." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 20, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 21%
| Employee of the Month (2006) | "
Employee of the Month is a comedy as vacuous and tacky as the discount big-lot stores it imagines it is spoofing." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 5, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 61%
| Jackass: Number Two (2006) | "
You have to marvel at the way these guys keep coming up with ingenious ways to hurt themselves." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 27%
| Beer League (2006) | "
Sitting through this film is like spending the night in that sleazy bar you swore you'd never go in, not even to use the bathroom." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 19, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 3%
| The Covenant (2006) | "
The Covenant has excellent special effects (spiders and specters, oh my!), but it is strikingly lacking in suspense." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 10, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 2%
| Crossover (2006) | "
A lot of Crossover's manifest failings could be forgiven if the on-court action was thrilling. But Space Jam had better basketball scenes. For that matter, so did Dr. J's The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 1, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 68%
| Snakes on a Plane (2006) | "
At the end, the crowd applauded to signify their ironic appreciation for the imperishable pleasures of trash culture. Unfortunately, with Snakes on a Plane, there isn't much of a joke to be in on." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 20%
| Shadowboxer (2006) | "
A strident and shocking jumble." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 67%
| A Scanner Darkly (2006) | "
A very talky and curiously uninvolving film." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 13, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 13%
| Little Man (2006) | "
At least in spurts, Little Man provides some big laughs." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 13, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) | "
OK, they squeezed one more lap out of this franchise. It's been a fun ride, but it's time to shut things down. If you get my drift." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 16, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) | "
No one enjoys the free festivities more than Chappelle, who wanders through the film like a kid on Christmas morning. A very funny kid." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 3, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| Final Destination 3 (2006) | "
All we can say is: Death be not proud. If you have to work this hard to take down these dim-witted kids, you don't deserve to be a cosmic force." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Feb 9, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 16%
| Underworld: Evolution (2006) | "
A monster chiller sequel that is visually spectacular but rather overburdened with story." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 6%
| Big Momma's House 2 (2006) | "
BMH2 is a harmless, genial outing, a comedy that is amusing without ever rising to the level of funny." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Glory Road (2006) | "
Viewed as a re-creation of a watershed moment, Glory Road is sturdy, efficient, perhaps even worthy. Taken as cinema, however, it falls far short of inspiring." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 12, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 29%
| Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) | "
Remarkably redundant." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 21, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 20%
| Doom (2005) | "
[A] dark, violent, nerve-wracking, trigger-giddy waste of time." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 10%
| Aeon Flux (2005) | "
We know it's the future because everyone has the most ridiculous hairdos." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 5, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 43%
| Just Friends (2005) | "
Thanks to director Roger Kumble's breathless pacing, Just Friends manages to outrun most of its flaws." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
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