A Scanner Darkly (2006)

"This is a movie about losing one's grip and like any addict's story, it's boring, ugly, sad, and terribly human. And surprisingly funny."

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

"A posthumously completed step for Kubrick and a step forward for Spielberg."

Abandon (2002)

"It can't make up its mind whether it's a serious drama, a swoony romance, or a psychological thriller."

Aberdeen (2001)

"An uncompromising family tale, one that's dark but lyrical and moving in its rendering of the ties that bind even the most dysfunctional families, despite valiant efforts to destroy them."

About Adam (2001)

"Stembridge keeps things bustling along at a lively enough pace to deflect any introspective focus on the matchups that are never presented as relationships, only flings."

Absolute Wilson (2006)

"Absolute Wilson may not be original, but Wilson absolutely is."

Accepted (2006)

"Low of brow and pure of heart, the movie plays like Animal House extra-lite, and as such it's decent indecent fun."

Act of God (2009)

"The film doesn’t need a narrator, since the people whose accounts we hear speak so absorbingly. All talking heads should talk so articulately."

Adam & Steve (2006)

"For every shtick that works, there are two that don't. Adam & Steve is not the knee-slapper it wants to be, but it's endearing nonetheless."

Adam's Apples (2007)

"Jensen is an accomplished screenwriter with a knack for developing people amid comic nonsense."

Adoration (2009)

"Watching Adoration is like juggling three tennis balls, a porcupine, and a graduate thesis, but eventually it finds a unifying theme, that of tolerance melting away racial and intergenerational hatreds."

The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999)

"The Jim Henson folks, who earlier this year gave us Muppets from Space, come up with another winner."

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

"A film made with as little wit, interest, and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy Hollywood caper flick."

Aeon Flux (2005)

"Thanksgiving is over, but those gluttons still hungry for turkey should enjoy picking at the carcass of Aeon Flux."

Afghan Star (2009)

"One of the most hopeful and heart-rending movies I’ve seen this year."

After Midnight (2004)

"There's plenty here to delight cinephiles."

After the Sunset (2004)

"After the Sunset is content to take in the sights and ogle the ladies."

Against the Ropes (2003)

"Written by Cheryl Edwards, Kallen's story is pumped with artificial sweeteners, hokey inevitabilities, and denaturing oversimplifications."

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

"No matter how adorable you think Muniz is, it's becoming increasingly hard to buy him as a socially inept teenager/spy."

The Agronomist (2004)

"The film crackles with Dominique's voice and personality -- but not, unfortunately, his ideas."

Air Guitar Nation (2007)

"The suggestion is that C-Diddy can be seen as a sort of ambassador for the 'make air, not war' sentiment. Why not? Even as real ambassadors go, we could do worse."

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

"If Akeelah and the Bee is a generic, well-oiled commercial contraption, it is the first to credibly dramatize the plight of a truly gifted, poor black child."

The Alamo (2004)

"A deeply compromised film, if not a broken one."

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

"Geoffrey Sax's filmmaking holds few surprises -- Whiz! Bang! Boom! Ha ha ha! -- but it's swift and competent."

Alexandra (2008)

"Alexandra is a pleasure to watch, but it's also one of those lovely, unclassifiable movies that flourishes better with repeated or prolonged exposures."