Movie Releases by Genre

Evergreen

Evergreen

September 10, 2004 | PG-13
This humorous and poignant exploration of family, love, dignity and class division is the story of Henri, a teenage girl who lives in poverty with her mother, but is drawn to the world on the other side of the tracks. (Evergreen Films Inc.)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
tbd
Criminal

Criminal

September 10, 2004 | R
Set in Los Angeles over the course of 24 hours, Criminal follows a day in the life of two smalltime bunco artists who stumble upon a foolproof, and extremely lucrative, scam. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
8.4
When Will I Be Loved

When Will I Be Loved

September 10, 2004 | TV-MA
This hip, scintillating, post-feminist film takes a classic Hollywood form -- that of a leading lady as black widow -- and brings it edgy new life. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
39
User Score:
5.8
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

September 3, 2004 | R
A story of two brothers set against the backdrop of the Korean War.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.0
Wicker Park

Wicker Park

September 3, 2004 | PG-13
Intricately moving back and forth in time and revealing the story from each character's perspective, Wicker Park is an intense psychological drama about a man (Hartnett) caught in an obsessive search for a woman he fell deeply in love with -- a woman who then vanished without a trace. (MGM)
Metascore:
40
User Score:
8.4
Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

September 3, 2004 | R
In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Warriors of Heaven and Earth weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi desert, the story follows two first-class warriors and master swordsmen. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.7
Virgin

Virgin

September 3, 2004 | R
Virgin is the story of Jessie, a rebellious teenager, wrestling with her own spirituality and against her family's conservative Baptist tradition. After a sexual encounter occurring while unconscious from alcohol and drugs, Jessie finds herself pregnant. With no memory of sex and having a dream in which God speaks to her, Jessie proceeds with the belief that she is carrying the next Christ child, a belief that at first enrages and then inspires her, causing violent opposition in her community. (Artistic License Films)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Remember Me, My Love

Remember Me, My Love

September 3, 2004 | R
Muccino's bittersweet drama delves into the lives and loves of a modern Italian family whose individual aspirations pull at the seams of their increasingly fragile unit. (Roadside Attractions)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

September 1, 2004 | PG-13
Mira Nair's film version of the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackery introduces a new audience to the beautiful, funny, passionate and calculating heroine Becky Sharp (Witherspoon). (Focus Features)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
5.8
The Brown Bunny

The Brown Bunny

August 27, 2004 | Not Rated
Both a love story and a haunting portrait of a lost soul unable to forget his past, the film follows a motorcycle racer (Gallo) on his cross-country journey. (Wellspring)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.7
Benji: Off the Leash!

Benji: Off the Leash!

August 20, 2004 | PG
A band of unlikely comrades, brought together by the least likely of the bunch, for a common, courageous purpose. Things will change. Lives will be saved. Because Benji is off the leash! [Mulberry Square Productions]
Metascore:
49
User Score:
4.2
It's Easier for a Camel...

It's Easier for a Camel...

August 20, 2004
A tragicomic romp based on director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's memories growing up in a privileged Italian family that immigrated to France in the 1970's. (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Mean Creek

Mean Creek

August 20, 2004 | R
When a group of teenage boys and one bold young girl seek playful revenge on the kid who has tormented them, nothing turns out the way they expected. What begins as a trip down a river and a childish prank soon turns into an eye-opening encounter with the enemy -- a harrowing journey into wilderness and an event that will force them to grapple with the very meaning of friendship and responsibility. (Paramount Classics)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.9
Almost Peaceful

Almost Peaceful

August 20, 2004 | Unrated
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately after WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. (Empire Pictures)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Nicotina

Nicotina

August 20, 2004 | R
A highly stylized caper about the addictive, intoxicating possibility of an easy life. (Arenas Entertainment)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
6.5
Rosenstrasse

Rosenstrasse

August 20, 2004 | PG-13
A Jewish woman travels to Germany to seek out the Aryan woman who sheltered her mother during the Holocaust.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
5.4
Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

August 20, 2004 | R
Based on the classic novel "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh, this satirical comedy and love story is set in 1930's London.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.5
Red Lights

Red Lights

August 20, 2004 | Unrated
Set during a summer holiday weekend in France, this is an edge-of-your-seat thriller in the tradition of Claude Chabrol and Alfred Hitchcock. (Wellspring)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
5.9
We Don't Live Here Anymore

We Don't Live Here Anymore

August 13, 2004 | R
Two couples must sift through the layers of betrayal and self-deception to face their marriages, each other, and ultimately, themselves. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.6
The Leopard (re-release)

The Leopard (re-release)

August 13, 2004 | PG
Set in Sicily in 1860, Luchino Visconti's spectacular 1963 adaptation of Giuseppe di Lampedusa's international bestseller is one of the cinema's greatest evocations of the past, achingly depicting the passing of an ancient order. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
100
User Score:
7.9
Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands

Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands

August 11, 2004
A 10-part penny dreadful, a peepshow melodrama, loosely conceived around the filmmaker's autobiography, with an aesthetic that is one part "Vampire" serial, one part psycho fever-dream. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
5.2
L'autre monde

L'autre monde

August 6, 2004
Yasmine and Rachid, two young Parisians children of Algerian immigrants, are in love and live a quiet life in France. One day, Rachid disappears and Yasmine learns that he is in Algeria. She decides to follow him, in that country that she does not know, that is filled with violence. (ArtMattan Productions)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Code 46

Code 46

August 6, 2004 | R
A love story set in an eerily possible near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. [United Artists]
Metascore:
57
User Score:
5.9
Little Black Book

Little Black Book

August 6, 2004 | PG-13
A dark comedy about new boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and little black books. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
36
User Score:
8.4
Open Water

Open Water

August 6, 2004 | R
Based on true events, Open Water follows an American couple on an island holiday that turns into an ordeal when they are left behind on a scuba expedition.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.5
Collateral

Collateral

August 6, 2004 | R
Max (Foxx) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he's long since forgotten -- until tonight. Vincent (Cruise) is a contract killer. When an offshore narcotrafficking cartel learns they are about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witnesses, and the last stage is tonight. Tonight, Vincent arrives in L.A. -- and five bodies are supposed to fall. (DreamWorks)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.5
Bang Rajan

Bang Rajan

August 6, 2004 | Unrated
In this heroic war epic, farmers in a small village in Siam stave off an 18th century invasion by Burmese troops.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.0
Last Life in the Universe

Last Life in the Universe

August 6, 2004 | R
A magic-realist romance about the culture bridges we build -- and sometimes wish we could jump off of. (Palm Pictures)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
Stander

Stander

August 6, 2004 | R
The gripping true story of Andre Stander, the youngest Captain in the Johannesburg Police Force and South Africa's most notorious bank robber. (Newmarket Films)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.2
Intimate Strangers

Intimate Strangers

July 30, 2004 | R
In this provocative love story masked in the guise of a suspense thriller, a beautiful Parisian woman opens the wrong door and steps into a dizzying psychological mystery that will forever change two lives. (Paramount Classics)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.6
Gozu

Gozu

July 30, 2004 | Unrated
From the acclaimed director, Takashi Miike, comes a Yakuza/horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere. When Minami is sent to kill his mentor, Ozaki, who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon. (Pathfinder Pictures)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.9
Proteus

Proteus

July 30, 2004
An exquisite, romantic period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics. Set in South Africa in the eighteenth century and based on real events, the story concerns young livestock herder, Claas Blank, who is unjustly arrested and sentenced to hard labor, where he crosses paths with a Dutch sailor. Despite their vast cultural differences, Claas begins a tentative love affair with the sailor, setting in motion a course of events that brings tragic consequences for all. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
Gender Bias

Gender Bias

July 30, 2004
A unique detective thriller, replete with unexpected plot twists. Bo Ancellin (Stévenin), a beautiful, young transsexual with a troubled past, becomes entangled with nosey Police Chief Huysmans (Boringer) as a series of demented killings erupts in Brussels' underground. (Picture This! Entertainment)
Metascore:
34
User Score:
6.8
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

July 30, 2004 | R
As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it -- a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.7
Daughters of the Sun

Daughters of the Sun

July 29, 2004
This powerful film about women under Islam features a young Iranian woman who hides her identity by dressing as a man, then becomes romantically involved with another young woman.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Garden State

Garden State

July 28, 2004 | TV-MA
Andrew Largeman (Braff) shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. When he travels from L.A. back to his hometown, he meets Sam (Portman), a girl who is everything he isn't. Her warmth and fearlessness give him the courage to open his heart to the joy and pain of the infinite abyss that is life. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.5
She Hate Me

She Hate Me

July 28, 2004 | R
When biotech executive Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) gets fired and branded a whistle-blower, his desperation to make a living and the suggestion of a former girlfriend lead him into the baby-making business. Between the attempts by his former employers to frame him for securities fraud and his dubious fathering activities, Jack finds life, all at once, becoming very complicated. [Sony Pictures Classics]
Metascore:
30
User Score:
7.8
Free Radicals

Free Radicals

July 23, 2004
After being the lone survivor of a gruesome plane crash, Manu (Resetaritis) returns to a small Austrian town and successfully rebuilds her life. Five years after the near-fatal accident, Manu is surrounded by family members, friends, husband and a lovely young daughter. But for the sake of destiny - or chance - Manu's good luck disappears. (Kino International)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
A Home at the End of the World

A Home at the End of the World

July 23, 2004 | R
This chronicle of two childhood friends looks at what we mean by love, commitment and loyalty. Perhaps most importantly, it re-examines the idea of family, and in doing so shows us its very essence and the ways in which that essence can be redefined. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.4
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

July 23, 2004 | R
This Director's Cut from writer/director Richard Kelly features 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.5
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

July 23, 2004 | R
Director Takeshi Kitano takes on Japanese cinematic legend Zatoichi. Kitano stars as the blind wanderer with a distinctive red cane and a shock of platinum blonde hair. Softly-spoken, he makes a living as a masseur and by gambling, but his humble, shuffling facade masks a lightning-fast, deadly swordsman. (Miramax)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Touch of Pink

Touch of Pink

July 16, 2004 | R
Alim (Mistry) is a young, South-Asian Canadian who thinks he's living with the spirit of Cary Grant (MacLachlan). Happily residing in London with his partner Giles (Holden-Ried), Alim's charade begins to unravel when his mother (Mathew) shows up for a visit. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
5.2
Zhou Yu de huo che

Zhou Yu de huo che

July 16, 2004 | PG-13
Driven by three remarkable performances and a multi-layered narrative structure, this film reveals the intimate parallels within the folds of a love triangle. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
Maria Full of Grace

Maria Full of Grace

July 16, 2004 | R
This film follows a bright, gutsy young woman on a life-changing -- and life-threatening -- odyssey from Colombia to New York, weaving a gripping narrative of risk, determination and survival. (Fine Line Features)
Metascore:
87
User Score:
2.6
The Door in the Floor

The Door in the Floor

July 14, 2004 | R
Set in the beach community of East Hampton, New York, the film chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's books author Ted Cole (Bridges) and his beautiful wife Marion (Basinger), exploring the complexities of love in its brightest, most mysterious, and darkest corners. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.2
The Inheritance

The Inheritance

July 9, 2004 | Unrated
A gripping drama from celebrated Danish director Per Fly, The Inheritance is the story of a man transformed by power. [Cinema Guild]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.4
Afraid of Everything

Afraid of Everything

July 9, 2004
Nathalie Richard stars as Anne, a New Yorker who lives with her uptight husband (Aukin) in total denial of the ways a serious accident has changed her life. When Anne's impulsive half-sister Iris (Adler) shows up for an extended visit, new desires, and fresh rivalries transform the characters in unexpected ways. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
King Arthur

King Arthur

July 7, 2004 | PG-13
A spectacular, epic tale of one man's destiny to become a king. [Touchstone Pictures]
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.6
Before Sunset

Before Sunset

July 2, 2004 | R
The timeless romantic story of two questing hearts and minds whose powerful bond defies time and place. [Warner Independent Pictures]
Metascore:
91
User Score:
8.6
De-Lovely

De-Lovely

July 2, 2004 | PG-13
De-lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter filled with his own unforgettable songs. A sparkling celebration of Porter's music as well as a stirring exploration of the artist's journey and the undying power of love. (MGM)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.0
The Clearing

The Clearing

July 2, 2004 | R
The story of a parallel emotional struggle between the victim of a kidnapping and the family that is left behind. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.9
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi

Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi

July 2, 2004
This heartening family comedy and surprising love story focuses on the captivating character of one boy blessed with extraordinary cooking talents, who discovers through the power of love that the sky is the limit. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.0
Two Brothers

Two Brothers

June 25, 2004 | PG
An epic adventure of discovery, survival and wonder, this is a fable about twin tiger brothers born in the wild that become separated as cubs, raised in captivity under completely different circumstances and then reunited as adults when they are pitted against each other in a fighting arena. (Universal)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.6
The Intended

The Intended

June 25, 2004 | R
An intimate, gripping look at well-meaning people who get hopelessly, dreadfully lost in their pursuit of happiness. In 1924, Sarah and Hamish travel from England deep in to the jungle to earn their fortune surveying an ivory trading post. Instead of an exotic retreat, the couple encounters an oppressively small community. Despite their best intentions, their presence in the jungle unleashes a downward spiral that ends in greed, murder and madness. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
Time of the Wolf

Time of the Wolf

June 25, 2004
An apocalyptic calamity has left the people of Europe struggling to survive amidst drastic shortages of food and water. A couple decides to flee the city to their country house with what meager supplies they can find in hopes of protecting their children. To their surprise and horror they find the house already occupied by another equally desperate family. The ensuing confrontation forever changes their -- setting them adrift in a chaotic, often indifferent world in which their survival hinges on the strained compassion of those they encounter. (Palm Pictures)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.8
The Notebook

The Notebook

June 25, 2004 | PG-13
A sweeping love story told by a man (Garner) reading from his faded notebook to a woman in a nursing home (Rowlands), The Notebook follows the lives of two North Carolina teens from very different worlds who spend one indelible summer together before they are separated, first by her parents and then by WWII. (New Line Productions)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
8.5
Facing Windows

Facing Windows

June 18, 2004 | R
A drama about how we find love and passion in our lives in the midst of chaos and disruption. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
6.7
The Terminal

The Terminal

June 18, 2004 | PG-13
The Terminal tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Hanks), a visitor to New York City from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at John F. Kennedy International Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant (Zeta-Jones). (DreamWorks)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
8.1
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?

What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?

June 18, 2004 | Unrated
What the #$*! Do We Know is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda (Matlin), finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality. (Lord of the Wind Films, LLC)
Metascore:
38
User Score:
3.4
Father and Son

Father and Son

June 18, 2004 | Unrated
Father and Son explores the intricate dynamics of familial relations and the profound, ambiguous nature of love and loss between inextricably linked souls. (Wellspring Media)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.1
À cause d'un garçon

À cause d'un garçon

June 18, 2004
A direct and compassionate look at a teenager's struggle to of adapt to life as a gay young man. (Picture This! Entertainment)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.9
Grand Theft Parsons

Grand Theft Parsons

June 18, 2004 | PG-13
Inspired by the true story that marked the end of the life of cult musician Gram Parson, this film examines the kind of friendship that saw one man break the law, jeopardise his freedom and race hundreds of miles, to see to it that in death his friend's wishes were honoured. (Swipe Films)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.1
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

June 18, 2004 | R
An exploration of family, revenge and the conflicts inherent in trying to escape one's past. (Paramount Classics)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.1
My Sister Maria

My Sister Maria

June 11, 2004 | Unrated
Maximilian Schell blends interviews with staged scenes in this examination of the life and relationships of his sister and confidant, Maria Schell.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

June 11, 2004 | R
Set in Argentina during the corrupt military dictatorship of the 1970's, this is the story of a man (Banderas) searching for his wife (Thompson), an outspoken journalist, and his daughter who are among the 30,000 "desaparecidos" (the disappeareds). (Arenas Entertainment)
Metascore:
27
User Score:
5.6
The Story of the Weeping Camel

The Story of the Weeping Camel

June 4, 2004 | PG
Set amid the cast expanse of South Mongolia's Gobi Desert, this film follows the adventures of a family of camel herders who face a crisis when one mother camel rejects her newborn, following a particularly difficult delivery. Invoking an ancient ritual, the family sends two of its young boys to the capital city to enlist the aid of a musician whom they believe will coax the mother camel into nursing her baby. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.2
I'll Sing for You

I'll Sing for You

June 4, 2004 | Unrated
A love story by a singer whose music takes us on a social, political and geographic voyage of Mali from 1960 to our day. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Firedancer

Firedancer

June 4, 2004
For centuries the Afghan people threw back all invaders. But in 1979, the Russians invaded with planes and tanks. 5 million Afghans fled the country. 300,000 lucky ones made it to North America. They escaped the Russians but not themselves. This film depicts the lives of the members of two families in New York. (Quad Cinema)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Saved!

Saved!

May 28, 2004 | PG-13
In this sweetly subversive comedy, a group of outsiders band together to navigate the treacherous halls of American Eagle Christian High School and make it to graduation, ultimately learning more about themselves, finding faith in unexpected places, and realizing what it truly means to be Saved!. (MGM)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.3
Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

May 28, 2004 | R
Mario Van Peebles directs an honest and revealing portrait of his pioneering father Melvin. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.3
The Mother

The Mother

May 28, 2004 | R
May is an ordinary grandmother from the suburbs. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Stuck in an unfamiliar city far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible old lady whose life is more or less over. Until she falls for Darren, a man half her age who is renovating her son's house and sleeping with her daughter. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.0
Wake

Wake

May 28, 2004
The fateful reunion of four brothers quickly dissolves into a night of drinking, deceit, perversions, and death. They don?t realize until it is too late that the party they are having is, in fact, a wake. (Wildwell Films)
Metascore:
34
User Score:
tbd
Raising Helen

Raising Helen

May 26, 2004 | PG-13
Helen Harris's carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when she learns that she is now responsible for her sister's three children. She comes to realize that the choice she has to make is between the life she's always loved and the new loves of her life. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
38
User Score:
6.2
Twist

Twist

May 21, 2004 | R
A calmly lucid re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist, updated to current times and moved out of the poor house and onto the streets of Toronto. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
39
User Score:
tbd
The Youth

The Youth

May 21, 2004
3 young men. From 3 strata of society. With 3 entirely different points of view towards life. Their path cross over the Hoogly Bridge on a Thursday morning. Their lives change irreversibly. (Madras Talkies)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.2
Stateside

Stateside

May 21, 2004 | R
Based on a true story, Stateside follows the adventures of an outlaw rich kid who lands in the Marine Corps and, while on leave, falls in love with a crazy young actress/pop singer. This is a story of love that overcomes precarious trials and earns, for the spirit of youth, a heartfelt victory. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Love Me If You Dare

Love Me If You Dare

May 21, 2004 | R
A movie about love, games and the search for a never-ending childhood. (Paramount Classics)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
8.0
My Mother Likes Women

My Mother Likes Women

May 21, 2004
A romantic comedy about three sisters whose lives are thrown off balance by their mother's sudden sexual awakening.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Fanny and Alexander (re-release)

Fanny and Alexander (re-release)

May 21, 2004 | R
Set in Sweden in the early 20th century, this film focuses on the young children of a wealthy, theatrical family.
Metascore:
100
User Score:
8.5
Strayed

Strayed

May 14, 2004 | Unrated
As the German army storms through Paris in June, 1940, a woman flees the city with her two children, heading south.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.4
A Slipping-Down Life

A Slipping-Down Life

May 14, 2004 | R
Based on the novel by Anne Tyler, A Slippping Down Life is the story of the unusual courtship of an awkward young woman and a charismatic singer/songwriter, and the profound effect that their unlikely relationship has on each other's lives. (Lions Gate Entertainment)
Metascore:
44
User Score:
7.5
Springtime in a Small Town

Springtime in a Small Town

May 14, 2004 | PG
Set in China in 1946, shortly after the withdrawal of Japanese troops, this is the story of a couple in a small town whose lives are interrupted by the visit of the husband's old friend from Shanghai.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
tbd
A Day Without a Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican

May 14, 2004 | R
In this satire, California wakes up one morning to find that one third of its population has disappeared. A strange thick pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries is completely cut off. As the day goes by, we discover that the characteristic that links the 14 million disappeared is their Hispanic background. (Televisa Cine)
Metascore:
30
User Score:
3.9
Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

May 14, 2004 | R
A comic series of short vignettes in which Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of the world from an extraordinary angle, showing just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be. (MGM/UA)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.8
Carandiru

Carandiru

May 14, 2004 | R
Based on a true story, Carandiru is an adaptation of the book Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella. Through the eyes of a doctor who worked in So Paulo's infamous Casa de Detneco, over twelve years, it tells stories of crime, revenge, love and friendship, culminating in the fateful massacre of 1992. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.4
A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

May 7, 2004 | PG-13
When their mother dies, two brothers (Arquette, Nelson) go on a "romance tour" of Russia to meet prospective brides.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.0
Oasis

Oasis

May 7, 2004
A hardened ex-con falls for a severely disabled woman in this psychological drama.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.1
The Mudge Boy

The Mudge Boy

May 7, 2004 | R
This film chronicles the troubled existence of Duncan Mudge (Hirsch), a 14-year-old misfit who, while vying for the attention of his vacant father, struggles to fill the void brought on by his mother's sudden death. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.6
Super Size Me

Super Size Me

May 7, 2004 | PG
Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand -- look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
Van Helsing

Van Helsing

May 7, 2004 | PG-13
Gabriel Van Helsing (Jackman) is a man cursed with a past he cannot recall and driven by a mission he cannot deny. Charged by a secret organization to seek out and defeat evil the world over, his efforts to rid the world of its nightmarish creatures have been rewarded with the title that now follows him: murderer. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
6.3
Godzilla

Godzilla

May 7, 2004 | Unrated
Never before released in the U.S., this is the original, uncut Japanese version of Godzilla directed by sci-fi master Ishiro Honda.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.1
Valentin

Valentin

May 7, 2004 | PG-13
A coming of age story told through the eyes of a precocious 10-year old boy who lives with his grandmother in turbulent 1969 Argentina. (Miramax)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
5.8
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

April 30, 2004 | PG
For some athletes, the ultimate win comes through a stroke of luck, but for Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., "Bobby Jones," it was truly a stroke of genius. His natural skill and uncanny passion for the game of golf earned him the title of "The Best Golfer in the World." But it was his style that set him apart. A dashing smile. Impeccable integrity. Unrivaled intensity. Legendary wit and intelligence. An epic passion for life, born out of adversity. For a brief moment in time, this incredible man became an American hero. Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius tells the story of that man. (Bobby Jones Film Company)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
5.7
Since Otar Left

Since Otar Left

April 30, 2004 | Unrated
A bittersweet tale of deception and affection about three Georgian women -- strong-willed matriarch Eka, her long-suffering daughter Marina and rebellious granddaughter Ada -- all live together in their stately-yet-crumbling apartment in contemporary Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic. (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.7
Godsend

Godsend

April 30, 2004 | PG-13
Paul and Jessie Duncan (Kinnear, Romijn-Stamos) have lost their beloved eight year-old son Adam (Bright) in a tragic accident. As they are arranging for his burial, Dr. Richard Wells (De Niro) approaches with the incredible offer to clone, and bring back their boy. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
24
User Score:
5.9
The Clay Bird

The Clay Bird

April 30, 2004
A young student is torn between the worlds of Hindu and Muslim religions in this Bangladeshi film directed by Tareque Masud. (Milestone Films)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.2
The Saddest Music in the World

The Saddest Music in the World

April 30, 2004 | R
It's 1933 in Winnipeg and the Great Depression is in full bloom. Beer Baroness Lady Port-Huntly (Rossellini) announces a global competition to determine the saddest music in the world, and musicians from across the globe pour into town to vie for the whopping $25,000 prize. Part musical melodrama, part tongue-in-cheek social satire, Guy Maddin's expressionistic film achieves a level of lunacy rarely seen since the Marx Brothers. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.6
Bulgarian Lovers

Bulgarian Lovers

April 30, 2004 | R
Daniel (Cuervo) is a middle-aged, gay man who comes from an established family and lives a charmed, middle-class existence. He is a "regular" of Madrid's gay bar scene sometimes hunting for good-looking, young foreigners. At one of these bars, he meets Kyril (Beba), a hunky 23-year-old Bulgarian. After a night of animalistic passion, Daniel is under his Eastern European spell. Wild, reckless and slightly dangerous, Kyril seems to turn Daniel's conservative and rather predictable life upside down. (TLA Releasing)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Mean Girls

Mean Girls

April 30, 2004 | PG-13
Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls prey to the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today. [Paramount Pictures]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.2
Justice

Justice

April 28, 2004
A comedic drama about a maverick comic-book writer (Palladino) who uses his powers of creativity to create a new kind of superhero -- an enigmatic entity named Justice who embodies the heroism of everyday existence in the face of apathy, anarchy, and cynicism. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
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