— | Fresh 100%
| King of the Ants (2004) |
Click here to read article — Movie-Vault.com Posted Jul 10, 2004 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 46%
| Secret Window (2004) | "
Suffice it to say, you won’t be disappointed if you plan on being disappointed." — True Movie Review Posted Mar 28, 2004 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 50%
| The Passion of the Christ (2004) | "
Not that anyone would notice, but the book didn’t have much of a plot either." — True Movie Review Posted Mar 8, 2004 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 93%
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | "
...the question being asked here is would we ever enter into relationships knowing they really couldn’t last? Yes, I think we would." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Mar 6, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Dogville (2003) | "
...a one of a kind film I hope I never have to see again." — True Movie Review Posted Mar 3, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Love Actually (2003) | "
It occasionally suffers the delusion that it’s a Robert Altman flick or something.... However... guys should let their girlfriends drag them to it." — Movie Gurus Posted Nov 30, 2003 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 59%
| The Missing (2003) | "
Besides not being particularly interesting, The Missing is also long." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Nov 28, 2003 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 37%
| The Matrix Revolutions (2003) | "
Matrix Revolutions is better than Matrix Reloaded..., which is to say that it’s better than walking in on one of your parents dressing against gender." — True Movie Review Posted Nov 28, 2003 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 82%
| 21 Grams (2003) | "
But aside from serious gluttons for punishment and people who care more about acting than story, 21 Grams is simply too heavy (no pun intended)." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Nov 15, 2003 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 91%
| Shattered Glass (2003) | "
Although the stakes don’t seem particularly high for us, the conflict of Shattered Glass does make for an entertaining little biopic." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Nov 15, 2003 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 89%
| In America (2003) | "
When it does work... it makes you hope for this family’s well-being, which is probably the point." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Oct 26, 2003 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 78%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | "
So I guess you could say it’s the best movie based on a ride at Disneyland I’ve ever seen." — True Movie Review Posted Oct 23, 2003 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 87%
| Mystic River (2003) | "
If people thought he deserved an Oscar for Unforgiven, they better think up a more meaningful award for Mystic River." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Oct 19, 2003 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 72%
| Runaway Jury (2003) | "
Like many films derived from John Grisham’s work, Runaway Jury is fast-paced and tense, but spends far more time in a fantasy world than in the real one." — Movie Gurus Posted Oct 18, 2003 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 54%
| Veronica Guerin (2003) | "
As this film does not clearly define Guerin as either a brave journalist or a naïve opportunist, it is totally uninspiring." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Oct 5, 2003 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 85%
| Pieces of April (2003) | "
Writer/director Peter Hedges keeps the story moving and the whole experience involves great laughs and some good tears..." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Oct 5, 2003 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 65%
| Out of Time (2003) | "
Interesting choice of title for a movie that seems to be in absolutely no rush to get to the point." — True Movie Review Posted Oct 4, 2003 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 95%
| The Station Agent (2003) | "
McCarthy, like Fin, isn’t begging for our approval. He’s not trying to draw sympathy. Instead, he shows us a truthful reality and we give it to him." — Movie Gurus Posted Sep 29, 2003 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 83%
| Matchstick Men (2003) | "
Yet again, we are forced to look at something as serious as the debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder as if it were fair fodder for comedy." — True Movie Review Posted Sep 23, 2003 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 41%
| The Human Stain (2003) | "
How should I even know what the plot is when it seems to stagger drunkenly from unlikely subplot to unlikely subplot?" — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 22, 2003 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 90%
| The Magdalene Sisters (2003) | "
We’re all accustomed to thumbing our noses at Wahabist fundamentalist Islam – this is Wahabist Catholicism and it is incredibly disturbing." — Movie Gurus Posted Sep 20, 2003 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 63%
| Cabin Fever (2003) | "
While the script cleverly orchestrates its humor, it also seems to have no interest in justifying its plot." — True Movie Review Posted Sep 13, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| Wendigo (2002) | "
The decent acting and Fessenden's directing style makes the film's failure to produce a good monster story all the more disappointing." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 13, 2003 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 82%
| Thirteen (2003) | "
All in all, this is a moving and powerful film that stutters a bit in terms of narrative drive." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 9, 2003 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 60%
| Secondhand Lions (2003) | "
Secondhand Lions is not a “bad” movie, but the subject matter is so derivative and the dialogue and plot are so corny, it is simply unforgivable. How many times is Osment going to hug these old jackasses?" — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 8, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Moonlight Mile (2002) | "
What this film lacks in narrative drive, it more than makes up for with excellent acting and intelligent introspection into an unusual relationship." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 6, 2003 |
Rotten C-
| N/A | Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) | "
There are several things that are impressive about this movie. The first is that it is actually a movie... There are two main things that keep this from being a "good" movie." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 6, 2003 |
Rotten B-
| Rotten 36%
| Levity (2003) | "
Solomon is so enamored by his story and its characters, he doesn't realize how much the film drags." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 6, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 0%
| Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) | "
This movie sucks. It's possible that this movie is worse than Hellraiser: Bloodline (an Alan Smithee joint), but only because that film had unrealized potential." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Sep 6, 2003 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 94%
| Dirty Pretty Things (2003) | "
Every once in a while solid performances meet with intelligent directing on the platform of a tight script. And, surprise-surprise, you get a really good movie." — Movie Gurus Posted Sep 5, 2003 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 79%
| Open Range (2003) | "
The slow boring shots of open fields serves as a reprieve from the mind-bogglingly trite and overly sentimental dialogue." — True Movie Review Posted Aug 26, 2003 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 88%
| 28 Days Later (2003) | "
28 Days Later is a refreshingly touching film that is shocking without mocking." — True Movie Review Posted Aug 21, 2003 |
Rotten B-
| Fresh 78%
| Seabiscuit (2003) | "
A wealthy man overcomes the adversity of the great depression when an oversized jockey leads a colicky horse to a victory that would make any gambler proud..." — Movie Gurus Posted Aug 18, 2003 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 36%
| Equilibrium (2002) | "
The film is dependent upon its theory that war is merely a side effect of emotion, and with emotion eradicated, peace will reign. This is, forgive me, pretty dumb." — True Movie Review Posted Aug 18, 2003 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 68%
| May (2003) | "
Horror aside, this is a sublimely depressing film. Life has not been fair to May and while her victims are indeed just that, she is the greatest victim of them all." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Aug 18, 2003 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 85%
| Swimming Pool (2003) | "
But after a series of topless encounters, one violent act may bring them together… if indeed any of this crap actually happened… of which no one seems entirely sure." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Aug 18, 2003 |
Rotten D+
| Fresh 70%
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) | "
When a muscle-bound Republican action star covets the California governorship – oh wait, that was a nightmare I had. Let’s start over, shall we?" — True Movie Review Posted Aug 11, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 61%
| Hulk (2003) | "
'Banner's transformation from man to beast and back again is... a simple cartoonish morph no more impressive than Schwarzenegger turning into a political candidate.'" — Movie Gurus Posted Jul 6, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| The Italian Job (2003) | "
Italian Job is far from boring, with jokes that don’t suck too hard, characters we like despite them being THIEVES and moments that are fun with things that go boom." — Movie Gurus Posted Jun 10, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Marooned in Iraq (2003) | "
And in the midst of people suffering... is a human spirit that is completely recognizable to anyone, brought out most vividly through musical performance." — Movie-Vault.com Posted Jun 10, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 29%
| Hollywood Homicide (2003) | "
Hollywood Homicide just makes me feel less comfortable being near Hollywood." — Movie Gurus Posted Jun 8, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 40%
| Wrong Turn (2003) | "
A gruesome battle ensues as the handful of extremely ugly people literally chop away at the very, very, really extraordinarily good-looking heroes." — Movie Gurus Posted Jun 8, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| The Matrix Reloaded (2003) | "
Little more memorable than the plethora of Matrix spoof scenes... of the past few years, the fight scenes serve only as filler to stretch out a nonsensical plot." — Movie Gurus Posted Jun 1, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| People I Know (2003) | "
Maybe we'd like to know exacly who's the one getting away with stuff. But instead we just get a lot of discussion and no story." — Movie-Vault.com Posted May 16, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 88%
| A Mighty Wind (2003) | "
Christopher Guest can make the same movie three times, sure, but can he make it four? I don't think so." — Movie Gurus Posted May 11, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| Identity (2003) | "
Identity might have made an excellent HBO film or a tight episode of Tales from the Crypt, but leaves you feeling pretty bland as a $9.00 ticket." — Movie Gurus Posted May 4, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| Irreversible (2003) | "
Irreversible is about as artistically dignified as a child pulling the wings off of a fly." — Movie Gurus Posted Mar 9, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 85%
| Spider (2003) | "
98 minutes is comparatively short, meaning the story must be so simple... that scenes of the main character sitting on a bench doing NOTHING don't get cut." — Movie Gurus Posted Mar 9, 2003 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 20%
| The Life of David Gale (2003) | "
Bitsey... must fill in the missing pieces... before it's literally too late and Texas follows through with what made our president famous (killing people)." — Movie Gurus Posted Mar 2, 2003 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 75%
| Frida (2002) | "
Her story seems to be shown only as a function of Diego's story and less attention is paid to her fascinating and complex personality." — Movie Gurus Posted Feb 23, 2003 |
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