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41%
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K-PAX (2001)
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"Shows signs of intelligent life."
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Cody Clark
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12%
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Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts) (2001)
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"A nicely nasty Halloween treat."
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Michael Atkinson
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85%
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Donnie Darko (2001)
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"A captivating dark vision."
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Michael Atkinson
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19%
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On the Line (2001)
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"A romantic comedy that's thinner than a copy of Bop magazine and proves, once again -- see Carey, Mariah -- that the transition from pop star to thespian is no easy leap to make."
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Kevin Maynard
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47%
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Life as a House (2001)
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"By-the-numbers, ailment-of-the-week fodder dressed up with a classy cast."
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Kevin Maynard
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20%
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High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
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"A mostly smart attempt to resurrect Ealing Studios-style hijinks."
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Kevin Maynard
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91%
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Dinner Rush (2001)
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"A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself."
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Kevin Maynard
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22%
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Bones (2001)
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"Stylish and ingratiatingly goofy."
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Kevin Maynard
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87%
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Aberdeen (2001)
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"[A] frank father-daughter drama."
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Kevin Maynard
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23%
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Dancing At The Blue Iguana (2000)
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"A predictable exercise in fake tawdriness and half-nude psychodrama."
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Michael Atkinson
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57%
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From Hell (2001)
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"Great atmosphere, thin mystery."
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Cody Clark
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49%
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Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
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"A funny, poignant adaptation of Beverly D'Onofrio's autobiography, and a chick flick that's refreshingly sap-free."
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Kevin Maynard
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65%
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Intimacy (2001)
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"Intimacy feeds on its achingly honest lead performances."
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Kevin Maynard
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80%
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Waking Life (2001)
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"Somewhat hit-and-miss, but just when you think Linklater's philosophizing and his digital foofaraw are about to try your patience, both begin to cohere and resonate."
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Michael Atkinson
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56%
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Focus (2001)
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"Arty lighting and shadows can't compensate for a plodding script and shallow characters."
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Kevin Maynard
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52%
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The Last Castle (2001)
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"Polished prison-flick popcorn."
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Cody Clark
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72%
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Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) (2001)
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"Disturbing and disjointed."
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Kevin Maynard
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11%
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Megiddo: Omega Code 2 (2001)
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"Once the action starts to kick in, Megiddo morphs, minute by minute and scene by scene, into a Mystery Science Theater smorgasbord."
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Cody Clark
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65%
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Bandits (2001)
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"Lock these desperadoes up and throw away the key."
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Kevin Maynard
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6%
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Corky Romano (2001)
|
"Frankly, there wouldn't have been enough shtick here to warrant an SNL skit."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
47%
|
Better Than Sex (2001)
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"A pretty minor affair, an outdated Aussie About Last Night."
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Kevin Maynard
|
|
86%
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Va Savoir (2001)
|
"Turns into an overextended intellectual conceit when it ought to be simply sophisticated fun."
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Kevin Maynard
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|
81%
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Mulholland Drive (2001)
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"The results haunt the back of your skull."
|
Michael Atkinson
|
|
76%
|
Plata quemada (Burnt Money) (2001)
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"This bed-swapping crime story is ultimately too protracted, but Piñeyro's direction is richly atmospheric, full of noir shadows and strong period detail."
|
Kevin Maynard
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43%
|
Extreme Days (2001)
|
"Silly but worth the ride."
|
Cody Clark
|
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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."
|
Cody Clark
|
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72%
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Training Day (2001)
|
"Training Day is mesmerizing entertainment, but it's also a cop-out."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
70%
|
Grateful Dawg (2000)
|
"The movie's too mellow cool for its own good."
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Kevin Maynard
|
|
58%
|
Serendipity (2001)
|
"While this romantic confection is about as substantial as the frozen hot cocoa they serve at the titular Upper East Side restaurant, it's appealing cast and snowbound, fairy-tale NYC locations make it go down easy."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
74%
|
Joy Ride (Road Kill) (2001)
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"Feels like a long drive in circles, with no destination worth getting to."
|
Michael Atkinson
|
|
24%
|
Don't Say a Word (2001)
|
"Nothing more than one more run-of- the-mill, surprise-free, suspense programmer."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
50%
|
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
|
"Too formulaic and discursive to engage our emotions."
|
Cody Clark
|
|
64%
|
Zoolander (2001)
|
"More than goofy enough to finish with style."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
58%
|
Born Romantic (2001)
|
"The actors are good enough to make it all work."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
85%
|
Go Tigers! (2001)
|
"A complex, revealing look at a year in the life of a small town and the tangled politics of the citizens' blind love of the game."
|
Kevin Maynard
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|
7%
|
Glitter (2001)
|
"Only diehard Mariah fans, 11-year-old girls, or anyone truly desperate to escape last week's terror might find some reason to sit through this bland, bloated, self-addressed valentine."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
70%
|
Liam (2001)
|
"An emotionally devastating chronicle of the disintegration of a family."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
25%
|
Kill Me Later (2001)
|
"Badly employing all kinds of tricks ... [Lustig] ultimately overpowers her actors and does in her own film."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
62%
|
Vengo (2001)
|
"Both an ode to the passion of Spanish flamenco dancing and a polemic about the transitory state of the gypsy people it sprang from, Vengo doesn't succeed as either."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
4%
|
Soul Survivors (2000)
|
"Soulless, spookless sludge."
|
Michael Atkinson
|
|
21%
|
The Glass House (2001)
|
"A stinky wedge of domestic thriller cheese."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
44%
|
Lisa Picard is Famous (2001)
|
"As amusing and sharply performed as it is, Lisa Picard quickly grows thin and dull."
|
Michael Atkinson
|
|
60%
|
Haiku Tunnel (2001)
|
"This is satire on the giddy level of The Simpsons."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
38%
|
Hardball (2001)
|
"Strikes out looking."
|
Cody Clark
|
|
43%
|
Two Can Play That Game (2001)
|
"A feature-length movie demands a story, and this one barely has the substance of an anecdote."
|
Cody Clark
|
|
83%
|
L.I.E. (2001)
|
"Cuesta's film never succumbs to Larry Clark-esque seediness. The film's take on Oliver Twist is utterly dispassionate and all the more creepy and compelling for offering us no clues as to what will happen between Big John and Howie."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
40%
|
Bounce - Behind the Velvet Rope (2000)
|
"A compelling examination of masculinity and machismo."
|
Kevin Maynard
|
|
11%
|
The Musketeer (2001)
|
"In its fast-food way, this is an acceptable addition to the all-for-one canon."
|
Cody Clark
|
|
77%
|
La Virgen de los Sicarios (Our Lady of the Assassins) (2001)
|
"Strives for political points while it's whiffing on simplicities like character, motivation, and believability."
|
Michael Atkinson
|
|
52%
|
Rock Star (2001)
|
"There's more drama in one episode of VH1's Behind the Music, more irony in This Is Spinal Tap, and more reality in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II."
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Kevin Maynard
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