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5/5 |
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A Nous La Liberte (1931) |
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"This classic satire on the dehumanization of industrial workers is one of Rene Clair's greatest achievements." | |
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3/4 |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"Richard Linklater wraps novelist Philip K. Dick's paranoid, prescient nightmare of addiction and identity lost down the rabbit hole in the same rotoscoped animation that helped produce the blissed-out groove of his Waking Life." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3.5/5 |
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A Tout de Suite (2005) |
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"Sexually explicit but never exploitative and shot in dim black-and-white that recalls more adventurous times in French cinema." | |
Ken Fox | |
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3/5 |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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"A slickly crafted fable, however dark, but it's shot with haunting poetry." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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2/5 |
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Abandon (2002) |
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"A plodding and overly ambitious psychological thriller that's all build up and no pay-off." | |
Ken Fox | |
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3/4 |
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The Abandoned (2007) |
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"By the film's downbeat climax, Cerda's dread of death and uncertainty about digging too deeply into what's better left buried have become palpable, and The Abandoned lingers beneath the skin as any decent horror movie should." | |
Ken Fox | |
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4/4 |
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) |
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"After this film's considerable success at the box office, Abbott and Costello made seven more pictures in which they 'met' Hollywood monsters, but none were as lively and entertaining as this one." | |
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3.5/5 |
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ABC Africa (2002) |
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"It's a surprisingly uplifting experience, and in the end, unmistakably a Kiarostami film." | |
Ken Fox | |
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ABCD (2001) |
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"The film's style is best described as utilitarian, but it gets the job done." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3.5/4 |
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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2007) |
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"At heart, it remains a wrenching human-interest story about a group of family members who refuse to allow their loved ones to become casualties of international diplomacy by simply disappearing." | |
Ken Fox | |
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2.5/4 |
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Abel Raises Cain (2005) |
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"There's no denying that Alan Abel is a character, and any glimpse behind the schemes is better than none." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3.5/5 |
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Aberdeen (2001) |
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"A raw, haunting experience." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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2.5/4 |
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Abominable (2006) |
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"Schifrin's modest thriller delivers some gross-out gore in the last third, but spends most of its running time building up a tidy atmosphere of mounting dread." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3.5/5 |
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Abouna (2004) |
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"Even considering how hard it must be to take a bad picture with the striking Chadian landscape as a backdrop, this film is an exceptionally beautiful work." | |
Ken Fox | |
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3/5 |
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About a Boy (2002) |
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"This wickedly funny and surprisingly sweet film may be the perfect star vehicle for Grant." | |
Tanya L. Edwards | |
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3/5 |
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About Adam (2001) |
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"Sweet, likable and consistently engaging, if so insubstantial that it's always on the verge of blowing away." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3/5 |
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About Schmidt (2002) |
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"The film dares to ask you to care a fig about a completely ordinary and not terribly likeable old man, and perhaps one of the great accomplishments of Nicholson's career is that you do -- at least a little." | |
Ken Fox | |
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2.5/4 |
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' Above the Rim (1994) |
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"A superficial and predictable sports drama with an inner-city background, Above the Rim nevertheless offers engaging characters, fast-paced direction, and strong performances." | |
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2.5/4 |
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Absence of Malice (1981) |
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"A solid, absorbing drama." | |
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3/4 |
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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) |
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"This is a zanily inventive piece of work, with delightful special effects, which set the style for a long series of live-action Disney films." | |
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2.5/4 |
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Absolute Wilson (2006) |
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"A rather conventional, Biography Channel-style portrait of a man who helped change the face of theater in the last quarter of the 20th century." | |
Ken Fox | |
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2.5/4 |
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The Abyss (1989) |
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"What ultimately saves the film are its extraordinary sets and phenomenal Oscar-winning visual effects." | |
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3/4 |
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Accattone (1961) |
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"Pasolini's first feature is a classic neorealist study of the Roman underworld of poverty and petty thievery." | |
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2/4 |
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Accepted (2006) |
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"A shameless Animal House (1978) knockoff by way of Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986), this college comedy aims low and misses often." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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4/5 |
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The Accidental Tourist (1988) |
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5/5 |
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Ace in the Hole (1951) |
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"The film is as grim and pitiless as the relentless drill that pounds away at the mountain top." | |
Michael Scheinfeld | |
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2.5/4 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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"[Director Taymor's] reach exceeds her grasp for a good half of its two-hour plus running time. But the other half is breathtaking, simultaneously visually inventive and vividly attuned to the broad streak of melancholy that runs through the 1960s." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3.5/4 |
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Act of Violence (1948) |
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"Grim, exciting film noir." | |
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1.5/4 |
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An Actor's Revenge (1963) |
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"Strange tale of Kabuki actor who encounters a wealthy businessman who had destroyed the actor's family." | |
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3/5 |
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Acts of Worship (2001) |
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"Rodriguez's film captures the grinding routine of street-level drug use with numbing precision." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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2.5/4 |
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Adam & Steve (2006) |
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"It hits more often than it misses, and the best parts are always the simplest, in which the stars wing it with nothing to go on but their natural chemistry." | |
Ken Fox | |
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3.5/5 |
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
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"An offbeat, sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays." | |
Angel Cohn | |
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3/4 |
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Adam's Apples (2007) |
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"Peculiar but oddly winsome fable about the spiritual journeys of two diametrically opposed characters." | |
Ken Fox | |
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3.5/4 |
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Adam's Rib (1949) |
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"Delightful, sophisticated comedy sparked by the famous chemistry between Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy." | |
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4/5 |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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"One of the best movies Hollywood has ever made about itself, a extraordinary meta-narrative that continually questions its own ability to capture human experience, disappointment and uneventful loneliness." | |
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2.5/4 |
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The Addams Family (1991) |
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"Cinematographer-turned-director Barry Sonnenfeld and screenwriters Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson haven't solved the problem of how to construct a film around a one-joke concept." | |
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3/4 |
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Addams Family Values (1993) |
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"The good news is that the one-liners are much funnier than the first time, mainly thanks to the increased input of screenwriter Paul Rudnick." | |
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2/5 |
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Adored - Diary of a Porn Star (2004) |
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"There are enough scenes here to make even the most jaded viewer squirm." | |
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2.5/4 |
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) |
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"Punch lines appear without set-ups and set-ups without punch lines. Characters come and go with such bewildering speed that it is virtually impossible to keep track of the story, which jumps around enough to induce motion sickness." | |
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3/5 |
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The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999) |
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"Perfect for that discriminating five-year-old in your life, or any grown-up who still wonders what goes on deep inside Oscar's garbage can." | |
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3.5/5 |
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The Adventures of Felix (2001) |
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"The tight structure is softened by the tremendous warmth and honesty with which the film is played." | |
Ken Fox | |
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1.5/4 |
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
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"Rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment." | |
Ken Fox | |
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5/5 |
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) |
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"This is one of the truly great adventure films of all time, and features a terrific performance by the perfectly cast Flynn." | |
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2.5/5 |
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
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"It's a mostly adorable comic-adventure fantasy brightened by flashes of true inspiration." | |
Steve Simels | |
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1.5/5 |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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"The concept is cute and the movie starts out well, but it devolves into a muddled, overstuffed mess that wears out its welcome around the time the novelty of 3-D effects wears off." | |
Angel Cohn | |
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3.5/4 |
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Advise and Consent (1962) |
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"Incisive, sometimes brutal, study of American high politics, based on Allen Drury's best-selling novel, featuring outstanding performances from the leads and a great collection of character actors." | |
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1.5/4 |
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Aeon Flux (2005) |
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"This live-action cartoon tries to walk the line between pleasing the faithful and appealing to a broad-based action audience. It fails on both fronts." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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2/5 |
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
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"This sumptuously designed film...has all the ingredients of a juicy historical romp. But it's bloodless, fussy, and undermined by Hilary Swank's stiff, one-note performance." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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3.5/5 |
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Afghan Stories (2002) |
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"Running a little under an hour, this remarkable film accomplishes a great deal, drawing an important connection between what both Americans and Afghans were experiencing in the wake of 9/11, while turning a sharp eye to the intertwined futures of both cou" | |
Ken Fox | |
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3/5 |
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Afraid of Everything (2004) |
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"Barker elicits fine performances from all three leads, and well-known French actress Richard's English-language debut is a lovely addition to her extensive body of work." | |
Maitland McDonagh | |
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