Curtis Morgan

The effort is earnest, but the plot turns more and more implausible.

A mediocre widget stamped straight out of the mold of the popular police procedural.

A muddled fantasy revolving around a really good cruise ship piano player, doesn''t live up to its title.

Deadly dull.

A wrenching film.

A mix of slapstick, melodrama and jaw-dropping stunts.

Never shies from acknowledging the natural fascination with their abnormalities.

Bad in a good way if you appreciate this sort of silly thriller.

Oddly entertaining ride.

A garish clashing of sacred images and bloody semihorror, this is a movie that defines the category: interesting failure.

Director Arnaud Desplechin follows his characters on a languid excursion that is circular and, ultimately, probably pointless (which may itself be the point) -- but the trip is also funny, weepy and charming. Like Paul's life, the movie feels messy but beguiling, jumping from past to present, parading about so many look-alike long-legged, haunting women that it's hard to keep track of who's sleeping with whom. [24 April 1998, p.9G]

The timing is off, the gags lame, the twists predictable, the crudity rampant and unamusing.

Among the many problems with the Generation Acne romantic comedy She's All That is that a self-consciously stupid, 9-year-old TV series ["Beverly Hills: 90210"] has covered the same territory with more smarts, style and laughs, albeit the unintentional kind. This movie exists solely to snag a cut of the weekly allowance doled out to bored mall brats. And even they would probably prefer shopping. [29 Jan 1999, p.5G]

A tad too raunchy for its own good.

It's just as voyeuristically enjoyable as those VH-1 has-been bios but without the soft-focus star shots and with far more edge, energy and originality.

Tedious and trite.

Bogs down in a deep muck of inevitability.

In a movie packed with broad humor, the best jokes are so small they're easy to overlook.

Sporadically amusing.

It is a riveting and memorable performance and Kingsley finds subtlety in Logan where there doesn't seem to be any.

Something of Angela's Ashes does gets lost in translation -- mainly, its fiercely funny voice.

When the youngsters are out of the way and old pros Hackman and Weaver work, it's hard to really dislike Heartbreakers. Sometimes, it's even a little bit of harmless fun.

They're all too old to be considered a black brat pack, but you get a feeling The Best Man will lead to even better.

If there's a flaw, it's that Kempner has fashioned more a hagiography than true biography.

The characters are easy to overplay, but the ensemble keeps its feet on the ground.

Isn't a total crock.

Very French and at times threatens to dissolve into a steamy sex farce.

Rising above simple sentiment to explore class differences and the enduring clash between East and West with wit and wisdom.