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4/5 |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"As Dick's vision matches up with our times, so does director Richard Linklater's animation technique match the story's material. A Scanner Darkly is a joyful wedding of medium and message." | |
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Abandon (2002) |
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Abandon (2002) |
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"... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse, turning into a black hole of dullness, from which no interesting concept can escape." | |
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About a Boy (2002) |
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5/5 |
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About Schmidt (2002) |
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"Each deft stroke of Payne's pen is matched by a Nicholson flourish, transforming the film into a moving, bittersweet ballet." | |
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2/4 |
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Accepted (2006) |
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"It's loud and goofy, but it's sorely lacking energy, not to mention laughs." | |
Randy Cordova | |
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3/5 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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"There's a lot of great stuff here, but it just doesn't come together." | |
Kerry Lengel | |
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1/5 |
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
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"A bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401(k) statement." | |
Scott Craven | |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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"Consider the irony: Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) wins best screenplay for a movie that's essentially about his failure to write a screenplay. That's worth a gold statuette on its own." | |
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2.5/5 |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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"While the digital backdrops are suitably out of this world, the movie lacks action and momentum." | |
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2.5/5 |
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After the Sunset (2004) |
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"Like a tropical drink served at a resort bar, After the Sunset looks pretty but has zero kick." | |
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2.5/5 |
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Against the Ropes (2003) |
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"Probably won't convince many people that the girl next door is anything more than that." | |
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Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
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2/5 |
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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
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"This is as joyless a spy caper as one could devise." | |
Scott Craven | |
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4/5 |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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"Sure it takes place in the geeky world of spelling bees, but Akeelah has the same old-fashioned, feel-good, against-the-odds qualities as Rocky." | |
Kathy Cano Murillo | |
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2.5/5 |
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The Alamo (2004) |
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"A stilted, unemotional affair." | |
Bill Muller | |
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1/5 |
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Alex and Emma (2003) |
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"A dreary, unfunny, painfully forced affair." | |
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2.5/5 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
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"If they'd given this kid an umbrella, you could guarantee it would rain." | |
Bill Muller | |
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1.5/5 |
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Alexander (2004) |
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"I respect Stone as a filmmaker, but this movie is punishment rather than entertainment." | |
Bill Muller | |
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3/5 |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"With Alfie, it's all about displacement." | |
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3/5 |
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Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
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"Anderson has some strengths, but he borrows too much from other movies." | |
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5/5 |
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Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
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"The movie inspired three sequels and remains undeniably frightening. It also marks a significant step in the evolution of modern science-fiction films." | |
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All About the Benjamins (2002) |
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3/5 |
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All The King's Men (2006) |
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"Although there's a tremendous amount of firepower on-screen, much of it goes to waste, as Zaillian struggles to maintain momentum." | |
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4/5 |
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All the Real Girls (2003) |
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"After a while, you feel like you're watching natural interactions rather than a scripted performance." | |
Bill Muller | |
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1/5 |
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Alone in the Dark (2005) |
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"A hokey, recycled collection of mumbo-jumbo that unabashedly steals from a multitude of other horror films." | |
Bill Muller | |
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3.5/5 |
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Along Came Polly (2004) |
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"Let's face it: It's really fun to watch Ben Stiller suffer." | |
Bill Muller | |
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2.5/5 |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"Among the many movies about the California drug scene and lowlife, youthful wannabe thugs, Alpha Dog is far from the leader of the pack." | |
Bill Muller | |
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4.5/5 |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
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"It's a fine-enough kids movie. Cute. Nice lesson. And better than you'd think." | |
Bill Goodykoontz | |
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2.5/5 |
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America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
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"The snapshots can be heartwarming, but the film would be better suited for a Hallmark Channel special or, better, a Disneyland theme-park attraction." | |
Kathy Cano Murillo | |
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1.5/5 |
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America: Freedom To Fascism (2006) |
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"Russo's brand of libertarianism is at best naive and at worst tin-foil-hat crazy." | |
Kerry Lengel | |
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2.5/5 |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
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"The movie is a spirited exercise in caricature rather than a cohesive comedy. Everybody's playing somebody real, but the movie never approaches reality." | |
Bill Muller | |
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4/5 |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"American Gangster shoots for epic stature and misses, but Washington hits the mark from start to finish in one of the year's best performances, the one element that earns the larger-than-life status the rest of the film so desperately seeks." | |
Bill Goodykoontz | |
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3.5/5 |
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American Hardcore (2006) |
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"... an enjoyable if incomplete nostalgia trip." | |
Michael Senft | |
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American Psycho (2000) |
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"A lot less scary!" | |
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The American Ruling Class (2005) |
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4/5 |
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American Splendor (2003) |
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"Funny, poignant and vitally original." | |
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4/5 |
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American Teen (2008) |
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"By the end of the film, you'll be firmly on the side of each of these kids, hoping the best for them." | |
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3/5 |
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American Wedding (2003) |
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"An energetic, raunchy comedy that's funnier and more creative than the last film." | |
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The Amityville Horror (1979) |
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1/5 |
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The Amityville Horror (2005) |
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"If star Ryan Reynolds wants to scare us, why not just lock us in a room and make us watch Van Wilder over and over? Or have girlfriend Alanis Morissette talk about her past relationships?" | |
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2/5 |
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
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"As a junky B-movie thriller, it could have been a lot worse." | |
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Analyze That (2002) |
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"thin, flat and largely forgettable, as De Niro and Crystal trudge through with all the enthusiasm of John Madden at a salad bar." | |
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2/5 |
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Analyze That (2002) |
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"The movie strains for laughs with sight gags and slapstick." | |
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Analyze This (1998) |
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"Director Harold Ramis keeps the gangsters real and funny at the same time." | |
Bob Fenster | |
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3/5 |
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
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"For every gag that works, there's one that doesn't, and the story is too thin to keep us engaged otherwise." | |
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3/5 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
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"Butler doesn't have the necessary screen presence, and without a good Phantom, the movie fails to capture the imagination." | |
Bill Muller | |
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3/5 |
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Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
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"[Goldsworthy's] art is meant to be evanescent, like the nature he reveres. We are privileged to see it documented by the filmmaker's camera." | |
Richard Nilsen | |
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2.5/5 |
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Angel-A (2007) |
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"... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ..." | |
Robert W. Butler | |
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