|
3/5
|
41%
|
K-PAX (2001) |
"
Shows signs of intelligent life."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Oct 27, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
57%
|
From Hell (2001) |
"
Great atmosphere, thin mystery."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Oct 19, 2001
|
|
|
52%
|
The Last Castle (2001) |
"
Polished prison-flick popcorn."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Oct 18, 2001
|
|
1/5
|
11%
|
Megiddo: Omega Code 2 (2001) |
"
Once the action starts to kick in, Megiddo morphs, minute by minute and scene by scene, into a Mystery Science Theater smorgasbord."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Oct 15, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
43%
|
Extreme Days (2001) |
"
Silly but worth the ride."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Oct 8, 2001
|
|
|
29%
|
Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) |
"
If there's no way to avoid seeing Keeble's Big Move, take along a book, ideally a hefty one. With the proper arm speed and angle of release, you can probably nail the projectionist."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Oct 6, 2001
|
|
|
50%
|
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) |
"
Too formulaic and discursive to engage our emotions."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Sep 27, 2001
|
|
|
38%
|
Hardball (2001) |
"
Strikes out looking."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Sep 13, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
43%
|
Two Can Play That Game (2001) |
"
A feature-length movie demands a story, and this one barely has the substance of an anecdote."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Sep 10, 2001
|
|
|
11%
|
The Musketeer (2001) |
"
In its fast-food way, this is an acceptable addition to the all-for-one canon."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Sep 6, 2001
|
|
1/5
|
21%
|
Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
"
Someday we're all going to look back on this one and l-a-a-a-augh."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Aug 27, 2001
|
|
|
7%
|
Summer Catch (2001) |
"
...one more strikeout in a movie that's loaded with them."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Aug 24, 2001
|
|
|
45%
|
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) |
"
A marvelously witty period comedy, consisting in equal measures of lighthearted spoofery and fond homage."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Aug 23, 2001
|
|
|
44%
|
Rat Race (2001) |
"
Zucker and Breckman get more than enough humor out of sharp set pieces and smartly scripted character clashes to sprint all the way to the finish line."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Aug 16, 2001
|
|
|
52%
|
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"
What was passably cute the first time seems much more puerile and shrill here."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Aug 9, 2001
|
|
|
12%
|
Original Sin (2001) |
"
The script rambles between airy pomposities ... and atrocious ribaldries."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Aug 2, 2001
|
|
|
50%
|
Jurassic Park III (2001) |
"
A sturdy, watchable, Saturday-afternoon-serial throwback that teems with cool creatures. But it's too prefab to really deliver on the promise of 'intense sci-fi terror' written into the movie's MPAA rating description."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jul 17, 2001
|
|
|
73%
|
The Score (2001) |
"
Like a diet cola, The Score has fizz, but very little savor and no calories to speak of."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jul 12, 2001
|
|
|
43%
|
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (2001) |
"
Has the capacity to inspire awe, but it's still a rough draft."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jul 10, 2001
|
|
|
51%
|
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) |
"
You, the average taxpaying citizen, need to see this movie like Bill Gates needs to win the lottery."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jul 5, 2001
|
|
|
15%
|
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"
The gags are fresh (so to speak), but the tone and execution are oh-so-exactly the same -- as McSequels go, this one's a pièce de résistance of satisfied expectations."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jul 3, 2001
|
|
|
63%
|
Crazy/ Beautiful (2001) |
"
A teenage movie that trusts its audience -- it sounds crazy, but it's actually quite beautiful."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jun 28, 2001
|
|
|
42%
|
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) |
"
For an enterprise so soullessly commercial on its face, Murphy's second outing as the M.D. who talks to the animals is surprisingly engaging."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jun 21, 2001
|
|
|
49%
|
Atlantis - The Lost Empire (2001) |
"
It has a sense of wonder."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jun 7, 2001
|
|
|
26%
|
Swordfish (2001) |
"
The story is mostly about what happens to various objects (plate glass windows, SUVs, senators) when they are riddled with bullets or detonated by explosives."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jun 7, 2001
|
|
|
30%
|
The Animal (2001) |
"
Frequently it becomes boring."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jun 4, 2001
|
|
|
25%
|
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"
After the first few minutes, it's just fireworks and bodies in motion."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted May 24, 2001
|
|
|
89%
|
Shrek (2001) |
"
Shrek's self-reflexive silliness is in nearly perfect counterpoint to its giddy spirit of adventure, friendship, and romance."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted May 17, 2001
|
|
|
59%
|
The Low Down (2001) |
"
Has an aura of honest observation that engages even when almost nothing is happening on-screen."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted May 3, 2001
|
|
|
33%
|
One Night at McCool's (2001) |
"
Proceeds from a premise that's as simplistic as a seventh-grade gym class joke."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 27, 2001
|
|
|
96%
|
With A Friend Like Harry (2001) |
"
Rises instantly above its genre merely by taking the time to develop its characters and scenario."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 26, 2001
|
|
|
71%
|
Brigham City (2001) |
"
Moviegoers of any (or no) religious persuasion can share in the simple satisfaction of [Dutcher's] tense, well-spun murder mystery."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 19, 2001
|
|
|
11%
|
Freddy Got Fingered (2001) |
"
Too often, scenes crop up that have nothing to do with anything beyond Green's consuming need to be as outrageous as he can be."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 19, 2001
|
|
|
11%
|
Joe Dirt (2001) |
"
To see it is to sit through scene after scene like the one in which a hulking oil rigger spattered with crude takes a leak on some smoldering ashes for no reason at all."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 13, 2001
|
|
|
28%
|
Kingdom Come (2001) |
"
It's all too easy to see through the movie to its plot gears, and all too evident where the grinding of those gears is taking us."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 11, 2001
|
|
|
32%
|
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"
On some level, nearly every thriller asks viewers to suspend their disbelief. Along Came a Spider expects you to kick yours in the nuts, break both its legs, and not make hospital visits. You can't even send flowers."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Apr 5, 2001
|
|
|
53%
|
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"
Fatally bogged down by a ridiculous caring parent scenario."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Mar 22, 2001
|
|
|
32%
|
Exit Wounds (2001) |
"
In fairness, the movie is more or less competent for being what it is. Of course, I could say the same of most brick walls -- but I'd hardly recommend that you pay eight bucks to sit in front of one for two hours."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Mar 20, 2001
|
|
|
14%
|
Company Man (2001) |
"
The rapid-fire gags are relentlessly cute and announce themselves with all the subtlety of a pounding headache."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Mar 16, 2001
|
|
|
61%
|
When Brendan Met Trudy (Stolen Nights) (2001) |
"
Doyle and director Kieron J. Walsh have such a fine old time with all this winky-wink business that they seem to only sporadically recall the plight of star-crossed lovers Brendan ... and Trudy."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Mar 8, 2001
|
|
82/100
|
56%
|
The Mexican (2001) |
"
J.H. Wyman's clever script takes chances and includes some truly satisfying payoffs."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Mar 1, 2001
|
|
4/100
|
8%
|
Valentine (2001) |
"
Even by the thoroughly undemanding standards of its burned-out genre, Valentine is vacuous, tedious, and perfunctory."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Feb 2, 2001
|
|
66/100
|
16%
|
Left Behind - The Movie (2001) |
"
Solid, unexceptional mix of thrills and human drama."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Feb 1, 2001
|
|
51/100
|
10%
|
Head Over Heels (2001) |
"
The screwball comedy in general misses as often as it hits."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Feb 1, 2001
|
|
77/100
|
28%
|
Sugar & Spice (2001) |
"
A surprising amount of the humor stems from well-drawn caricatures and cleverly seeded payoffs."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 25, 2001
|
|
78/100
|
56%
|
The Gift (2000) |
"
An acceptably suspenseful, watchable Southern Gothic whodunit."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 18, 2001
|
|
71/100
|
53%
|
Save the Last Dance (2001) |
"
Stiles and Thomas are engaging young performers."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 11, 2001
|
|
|
14%
|
Dracula 2000 (2000) |
"
Even true believers will have a hard time sinking their fangs into this thoroughly perfunctory affair."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Dec 28, 2000
|
|
|
53%
|
The Family Man (2000) |
"
A warm, glossy holiday fable that hits some surprisingly sweet notes."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Dec 21, 2000
|
79%
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