Elizabeth Weitzman

Select another critic »
Film.com, New York Daily News, TheWrap, Time Out
For 2,446 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 39% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 58% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Elizabeth Weitzman's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 Tyson
Lowest review score: 0 Valentine
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 888 out of 2446
  2. Mixed: 1,187 out of 2446
  3. Negative: 371 out of 2446
2446 movie reviews
view
per page
    • 44 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Funny Games (2008)
    A patronizing, self-satisfied piece of work, Funny Games is Michael Haneke's way of chastising us for blindly following the traditional rules of entertainment.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Where Hands Touch
    The weight of history is a heavy burden for one film to carry, especially when freighted still further by contemporary parallels. Ultimately, Leyna is as much a symbol as a fully-drawn character, one young girl representing multitudes. Nevertheless, those who find their way to her essential story will come away not only enlightened, but undeniably touched.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Into the Storm
    Once Quale and writer John Swetnam get their generic setup out of the way, they can loosen up and treat the tornadoes like the villains they are. The effectively simulated storms, with their massive wreckage, start to feel like monsters stalking the heroes.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Hangover Part II
    Phillips sticks so close to the formula of his original that even the characters are given to saying things like, "I can't believe this is happening again."
    • 44 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Game Plan
    Director Andy Fickman seems to have thrown everything into this artificial comedy, in the hopes that something might stick. Almost nothing does.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hey Bartender
    Skip the movie and go buy yourself a drink instead.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Southland Tales
    Southland Tales does have enough energy and audacity to suggest significant potential. But was it ready for public consumption? The answer is no. It's as simple as that.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Life Happens
    Director Kat Coiro - who co-wrote with Ritter - spices up the formula just enough to keep us watching, while Bosworth adds versatile edge to the BFF banter.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Gasoline
    Stambrini puts so much weight on shock value, she overlooks the matter of emotional resonance.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Killer Elite
    When Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham unite for an action thriller, we should be able to expect something special. Or at least memorable. Instead, Killer Elite gives us ordinary.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Steve + Sky
    For everyone who has been waiting on a movie in the Ghent dialect, your patience has paid off. Happily, Felix Van Groeningen's low-budget romance is also sly - if utterly superficial - fun.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Wendell Baker Story
    A shiny shell of a movie, "TWBS" is pretty to look at, and occasionally fun to watch. But ultimately, it's an exercise in futility - for the participants, who can do so much more, and the audience, which deserves so much better.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Firehouse Dog
    If Firehouse Dog was on cable, where it belongs, it would make a passable diversion from homework or chores. But a kid would have to be pretty desperate to leave the house - and waste allowance money - for this modest distraction.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Marooned in Iraq
    It's part grim Beckett-like drama, part joyous picaresque, and all quite mesmerizing.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Racing Stripes
    The special effects here are surprisingly smooth, and everyone seems to be having fun.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    A Piece of Eden
    All the full-blown wackiness turns a rather sweet movie into one that's decidedly overripe.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Backwards
    As her boss and boyfriend, an impressively good-natured James Van Der Beek adds a professional sheen to what otherwise feels like a vanity affair.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Step Up Revolution
    Anyway. Here's what matters: The dance scenes are great. While no more revolutionary than the "political" plotline, the flash-mob concept does allow for more creative choreography than this series has seen in some time.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hunter Killer
    A militaristic B-movie heavy on action but light on faux-patriotic bombast? It seems fair to call that its own kind of treasure.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Looking for Kitty
    Offers moments of striking insight amid the inevitable self-indulgence.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Animal
    Judging by the audience reaction -- there is apparently something funny about the idea of a man trying to hump a goat in heat.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Vow
    As the world's most chipper recovering coma patient, McAdams is a beautiful blank. There's not a single moment when her character feels real, or as if she genuinely has anything at stake. So it's a good thing Tatum steps up to add a little depth to this unabashedly lightweight venture.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hot Rod
    In fairness, the new movie from the Lorne Michaels machine does have its amusing moments. It's just most of them can also be found in "Napoleon," "Talladega Nights," "Eagle vs. Shark," and any installment of "Jackass."
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Le Chef
    Daniel Cohen’s genial French comedy is as airy as a soufflé. Alas, it’s not nearly as satisfying.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Sorry, Haters
    So misguided as to be genuinely mystifying, Jeff Stanzler's queasily blended political psychodrama isn't simply a lousy movie. It's also a lousy movie that boldly exploits the events of 9/11.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    X Games 3D: The Movie
    Unfocused and underwhelming.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Why Did I Get Married Too?
    You won’t find anything new here: the sequel is basically a retread of the original, in which Scott delivers the strongest emotional moments, while an amusingly over-the-top Smith perpetually breaks the tension.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Sherman's Way
    Unfortunately, this strained comedy relies entirely on clichés and contrivances to tell the story of Sherman.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    My Best Enemy
    The script relies on too many unlikely twists, but Bleibtreu manages to sell them all.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Suspended Animation
    Since the movie's sensibility ranges from the preposterous to the absurd, there are few genuine frights.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    From Other Worlds
    There are a few funny jokes scattered throughout, but the halfhearted direction and clunky script are underscored by performances that feel like they belong in community theater.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Salt of This Sea
    Both written and played in broad strokes, each character quickly devolves into the most simplistic of symbols. The results comes across more as an agenda than art.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Bottled Up
    The second film from Enid Zentelis (“Evergreen”) comes across as a heavy-handed message movie. And its presence in theaters can only be explained by the participation of Oscar-winning lead Melissa Leo.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dear John
    If you're just hoping for a little easy escapism, bring your tissues and leave your high standards at home.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Lady
    Any story about Suu Kyi's extraordinary life is worth seeing, simply to learn more about her. Even so, such a rare individual deserves a film that treats her not as a saint, but the remarkable, complex human being she actually is.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Vita & Virginia
    It’s always extra frustrating when a biopic falls short, especially if its subject is as compelling as the relationship between two brilliant iconoclasts like Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Final Destination 3
    After a fiendish start, filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan approach their task with all the subtlety of a hammer to the head (or a knife to the gut, or an ax to the back). They do, at least, find a mordant humor in the formula.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    MVP: Most Valuable Primate
    Neither chimps nor children should be subjected to such shabby mediocrity.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Cleopatra's Second Husband
    Since there's no suspense whatsoever, we're simply stuck with awful people doing awful things to each other.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Twentynine Palms
    Slams us with an absurdly repugnant ending, for absolutely no reason other than to shock viewers and generate cheap controversy.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
    While "Twilight" will make more money and get more attention, the darkly comic Cirque du Freak boasts the shaggy charm of the natural underdog.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Uninvited
    Yeah, this is pretty much your classic been-there, done-that scenario: evil stepmother, clueless father, imperiled teen.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
    The time-traveling is a little awkward, and a mawkish turn of events feels forced and unnecessary.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Good Deeds
    This film - like all the Madea-free dramas - could use more humor. Still, every Perry movie has its highs and lows. This time, the highs are a little higher, and the lows not quite so low. There is no faith-based message, but the moral is obvious: persistence pays off.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Death Race
    Well, you've got to say this for Death Race: It knows what it is and doesn't apologize for it. What it is, incidentally, is junk.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Segunda piel
    So sudsy it should have been rinsed off before being allowed into theaters.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 12 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hey, Happy!
    With its amateurish performances and sloppy script, Hey, Happy! has the homemade feel of a cult movie, but very little of the charm.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Romantics
    It's a shame, but perhaps no surprise, that Niederhoffer was unable to transfer her astute vision to the big screen.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Miss Meadows
    When writer and director are one and the same, there’s always a risk that the project will suffer from a lack of perspective. Indeed, in helming her blackly comic indie Miss Meadows, Karen Leigh Hopkins fails to fulfill the potential of her own script.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Monte Carlo
    If you are a 12-year-old girl, you are the perfect audience for Monte Carlo.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Spread
    Although Kutcher deserves some ­credit for trying to spread his professional wings, it quickly becomes clear that he's in over his head.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Nitro Circus: The Movie
    Even if you appreciate the sight of grown men acting like idiots, the film's repetitive pacing and self-congratulatory air start to feel exhausting.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Exhuming Mr. Rice
    The film is admirably honest about death, so it may be helpful if you're looking for a way to talk to kids about a difficult subject. Otherwise, stand aside and let it pass.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
    Competent in the extreme, the talented Jolie would make a great Jane Bond. But mired in this joyless orgy of preposterousness, her biggest challenge is simply keeping a straight face.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Recess: School's Out
    Seems to have been made entirely for people who were kids during the Johnson administration.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    Although all the key players are back - including, fans will be glad to hear, Heather Matarazzo as cynical sidekick Lilly Moscovitz - the freshness of the first is long gone.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    El cantante
    The awkwardly told story of salsa legend Hector Lavoe, El Cantante doesn't even get the title right: It should have been called "La Esposa," since it's really less about the singer than his wife.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dealin' with Idiots
    There simply isn’t enough here to sustain an entire movie.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Postcards from London
    We’re told over and over how stunning, how sensitive, how remarkable he is. But he’s such a blank slate that there’s not much actual evidence of these traits. It’s not Dickinson’s fault; he’s been directed towards a particular style of performance that favors tell over show.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    G
    It's an ugly affair overall, but at least you can say you've never seen such beautiful shirts.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Wet Hot American Summer
    The frantic proceedings are more likely to have you wishing this summer would just come to an end.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Swerve
    Despite the revved-up start and a suitably dusty setting, the movie stalls almost immediately. The story is uninspired, Lyons looks lost, and Booth makes for a bland femme fatale. Clarke tries to inject some energy into the action, but even he seems to realize this ride’s going nowhere.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Home of the Brave
    While Mark Friedman's script is as unsubtle as Winkler's direction, their sincerity and the subject's sharp immediacy lend the film a certain power.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Won't Back Down
    I am neither anti-charter schools nor anti-union. I am, however, firmly against heavy-handed lectures disguised as art.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    South of Heaven
    Presumably, Sudeikis took this job to prove his dramatic skills, and he does deserve credit for achieving that goal. What he’s never able to generate, though, is a compelling case for the movie itself.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Willets Point
    As for that unpolished screenplay, the less said the better.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of
    True, the Boys are thoughtful and eloquent, and the whole package is engaging enough to hold even a newcomer’s attention, but the end result is an incomplete story of a forgotten band hoping to celebrate — or should I say sell-abrate — an anniversary no one else remembered.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Let It Snow
    Despite a subpar script and performances, this minor indie entry does possess a rather touching belief in its own charm.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Parker
    If you go in knowing what you're getting, you should come out relatively satisfied. Our hero vigorously beats up a parade of bad guys. Lots of bullets fly. There are a couple of decently plotted thefts. And to tell the truth, Statham's Southern accent is nearly worth the price of admission itself.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Taqwacores
    The actual Taqwacore movement is distilled in blatantly simplistic fashion, but Zahra does capture the novel's adolescent excitement, in which a new generation rediscovers rebellion all over again.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Albatross
    Albatross is the kind of movie that looks good, begins with promise, and then nosedives into deep disappointment.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Queen of the Lot
    The only grace notes come from Noah Wyle and Peter Bogdanovich as the two characters who refuse, in different ways, to buy the industry line.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Anyone hoping to engage even a single brain cell, however, is out of luck. Which is too bad, since popcorn blockbusters don't actually have to be mind-numbingly stupid or soul-suckingly empty.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Chronicling a Crisis
    As that description suggests, the film winds up a rather grim, often indulgent muddle. But it's also undeniably compelling.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Madea's Witness Protection
    While I fully support the appearance of a new Madea movie every six months, even Tyler Perry can't be bothered to take this setup seriously.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Devil's Knot
    This stilted crime drama from Atom Egoyan feels misguided from the start. He’s attempting to fictionalize a true story that has already been told better, several times over.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hollywood Buddha
    This off-putting satire is a jumble of misguided ideas that gather like lint in the navel of self-obsessed director Philippe Caland.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Far surpasses original.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Take Me Home Tonight
    Ultimately, the characters are props in a movie about popped collars and Ray-Bans, rather than the other way around.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Bel Ami
    Though gorgeous to look at, the first feature from Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod has an undeniable void at its very center: an utterly blank leading man.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Cheaper by the Dozen
    A joyless exercise in IP mining, Cheaper by the Dozen is all the more depressing for its glimpses of unfulfilled potential.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Tennessee
    The good news for Carey is that she gets to prove she's a pretty decent actress after all. The bad news, of course, is that she's done it in a movie no one has any other reason to see.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Barnyard
    A bizarrely off-key animated comedy.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Arthur Newman
    There’s never a moment when we forget that Mike and Wallace are just vacant personalities that two talented actors decided to try on for fun.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 55 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Jackpot!
    Interestingly, it’s Cena — and co-lead Awkwafina — who give the two-dimensional structure some three-dimensional heft. But they have to work pretty hard to bust out of its repetitive cycle of low-stakes comic violence.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Ella Enchanted
    As an alternative to the slick, instantly forgettable fare usually made for kids and preteens, Ella Enchanted brings a little bit of magic to the multiplex.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    Coasting on lazy stereotypes, the script basically ends where it started, teaching young viewers that it's really not so bad to be a spoiled bitchy puppy.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    John Tucker Must Die
    Every woman falls for the wrong guy at least once in her life. This week, it's Betty Thomas' turn.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Mad Money
    Why would so many accomplished women waste their time and talents on a movie as counterfeit as Mad Money?
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Luminarias
    There are so many small, satisfying moments when the women are allowed to be real that it's a jolt each time they become superficial symbols.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    TMNT
    At its best, TMNT does recall the slangy fun of the series' glory days. But there are too many moments when it feels as stale as one of Mikey's half-eaten pizzas.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Torque
    Despite all the bike chases and bullet-dodging, the real sport here is Xtreme posing.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Mambo italiano
    So desperately eager to please: Gaudreault doesn't offer much in the way of wit or originality, but he's determined to win us over with sheer enthusiasm.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    A Man's Gotta Do
    This amiable, off-kilter Australian comedy pits parental manipulation against adolescent pride, with generally amusing results.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Struck by Lightning
    One can't blame Colfer for wanting to expand his range, but he's created a character who is neither hero nor villain, in a black comedy that is neither dark nor funny enough.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Stand Up Guys
    The script is undernourished, the supporting characters - including a horribly miscast Lucy Punch - ill-conceived, and Val increasingly hard to take. But when the movie ended, I wanted to watch Walken all over again.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Tonight You're Mine
    It's hard to imagine this was his intent, but David Mackenzie's minor romp manages to make being a rock star look like a distinctly unglamorous affair.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Ride Along
    Story and his four screenwriters don’t exactly strain themselves to find a new angle in this mismatched buddy comedy. Picture “Rush Hour,” and then imagine Hart as the annoying kid in “Are We There Yet?” You’ve basically just watched the entire movie in your head.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    You Won't Miss Me
    Other than those related to cast and crew, it's difficult to imagine who else would sit through Ry Russo-Young's self-obsessed indie.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Thorns
    The action periodically stops so the characters -= even the roughest grifters -- can break into song and dance.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Two Ninas
    Intermittently amusing.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Agent Cody Banks
    While Duff is fairly flavorless, Muniz proves that four seasons of "Malcolm" have made him a pro at navigating surreal silliness. Even when the script fails him, his well-honed instincts save the day.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    First Sunday
    Though Ice Cube and Morgan should make an ideal team, neither seems particularly comfortable grappling with Talbert's amateurish script. Most of the laughs, in fact, come from the strong supporting cast, led by a high-energy Williams and the unflappable Devine.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Olympus Has Fallen
    Perhaps every generation gets the movie stars it deserves. “Olympus” has quite a bit to say about the current state of our country. Intentions aside, not all of it is entirely flattering.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Free Ride
    On the bright side, the charismatic Liberato is one to watch. And de Matteo (“The Sopranos”) brings a crucial jolt of assertive energy. Both seem to be in another, more exciting movie entirely.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Truth About Emanuel
    The most startling truth is about Emanuel is that she's a rather ordinary teen in a rather ordinary movie.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 75 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Drillbit Taylor
    Even if this movie doesn't quite hit the highs of its predecessor, it's nice to know that there are still filmmakers ready to respect the eternal struggles of freaks and geeks.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Woman in the Window
    A B-movie effort from an A-list production team, Joe Wright’s The Woman in the Window buckles beneath its aspirations almost immediately.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Money Buys Happiness
    Unless you're struck by the urge to watch strangers work out their petty issues in couples therapy, it's hard to find a compelling reason to sit through Gregg Lachow's irritatingly self-absorbed indie drama.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Day
    Towards the end, you might find yourself thinking, "Well, this could have been worse." And you'll mean it as a compliment.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Death of a Dynasty
    There are some funny moments and amusing cameos, but it's not enough to elevate this project's slapdash approach.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    5 Star Day
    Unless your own horoscope recommended wasting two perfectly useful hours of your day, take a pass.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Mojados: Through the Night
    Modest but memorable.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    G-Force
    What it is, really, is a trainer film, meant to prep the world's youngest ticketholders for the day when they're old enough to help turn Bruckheimer's bigger movies into blockbusters.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dust
    Three movies in one: a spaghetti Western, an urban drama and a historical epic. All of them suffer from self-indulgent direction, a convoluted script and awkward acting.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    R2PC: Road to Park City
    If you want to make a film, this is a great place to start. But if you just want to watch one, it's more of dead end.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Constellation
    Writer-director Jordan Walker-Pearlman can't adequately handle either of his tasks: The script is as sappy as the direction is awkward. Fortunately, he was smart enough to enlist a cast of pros who can ably sidestep the project's many potholes.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    White Chicks
    We're bombarded by witless racial clichés, stale sexism and homophobia and enthusiastic celebrations of extreme flatulence.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hop
    As fake and forgettable as a marshmallow Peep, Hop goes down easy enough.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 65 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Unforgivable
    A tightly-drawn Bullock is fully in tune with Ruth’s pain, making her extreme introversion an evident side effect of trauma rather than personality. Because Ruth keeps so much inside, Fingscheidt uses every element to create a sensory connection between this difficult character and the audience.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Romeo & Juliet
    This version is never rough, nor rude, nor boisterous, but for first-timers, perhaps wisely and slow is the way to go. There will be time enough for them to discover cinema’s superior adaptations anon.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Wild Target
    The script does boast a fair share of zingers, delivered with arch wit by a crack team of professionals.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Illegal Tender
    What kind of movie is misdirected, poorly acted, preposterously written--and still wholly entertaining? A B-movie, of course. While Illegal Tender has misguided pretensions towards Serious Filmmaking, it's surprisingly likeable if you see it instead as a cheesy thriller good for a lazy Friday night.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Kaena: The Prophecy
    This sci-fi fantasy doesn't exactly make sense, but it sure looks cool.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    America the Beautiful
    Often insightful and more than a little depressing, this is a story that only gets uglier as it goes on.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Invisible Circus
    Director and screenwriter Adam Brooks, adapting Jennifer Egan's novel, doesn't seem to understand what makes a movie relevant.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Gangster Squad
    Instead of expanding their sights, Fleischer and Beall narrow them, into a repetitive and increasingly exhausting series of shootouts. By the end, those guns might as well be held by extras, rather than some of the most talented actors of our time.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Better Living Through Chemistry
    The unexpected chemistry between Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde helps balance this sour noir comedy.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Perfect Family
    While they have all the materials needed for a sharp satire, they're too timid to arrive at any real revelations.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Coming Up Roses
    Director Lisa Albright has less success balancing the tones of two eras: the movie is more successful when replicating matter-of-fact '70s grit than the independent miserabilism of the '90s.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Good Heart
    Dagur Kari both wrote and directed, so he has no one else to blame for so little originality. Neither does his hard-working cast, all of whom deserve better.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    In the Blood
    Director John Stockwell (“Blue Crush”) knows how to make the best possible use of his star while adding a strong supporting cast, some pretty scenery and a taut mystery. Stockwell understands most of all that we don’t need Carano to talk; we need her to kick ass.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Appleseed
    Only real fans, however, will be willing to slog through the heaping helpings of incomprehensible exposition.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Ceremony
    A story that never finds a reason for its own existence.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Tanner Hall
    Most of the actresses are appealing, but ultimately not even the gifted Mara can keep the film from feeling like a gauzy portrait of privilege.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Paris 36
    Barratier directs with a jaunty artifice more typically seen on stage, but with the exception of Arnezeder, his cast turns theatricality to its advantage. They're offering us a sunny fantasy during a cloudy time, and seem well aware that we're unlikely to resist.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Good
    An uncharacteristically stiff Mortensen can't break free from the clichés that constrain his character, who feels more like a symbol than a real person.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Lord of the Dance in 3D
    It's simply a blandly shot recording of Michael Flatley's musical revue, as performed overseas.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Remember Me
    Hoping for a little emotional manipulation with your popcorn? Look no further.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Deliver Us From Evil
    Actually, Ramirez should probably have been cast in the lead, since things flatten out whenever he disappears.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Slammin' Salmon
    Thirteen-year-old boys big enough to sneak into R-rated movies are presumably the prime audience for this witless comedy from the Broken Lizard troupe.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Sleepwalking
    But the regularly overlooked Stahl burrows honestly into this unpleasant place, adding another worthy portrait to his indie gallery of interesting losers. He's still an actor worth keeping your eyes on. Assuming you can keep them open.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Clockstoppers
    After the first hour, it starts to convince you that time really can stand still.
    • New York Daily News
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Shrink
    Spacey is the film's primary draw, but the cast is uniformly solid -- a crucial asset when the screenplay and direction are not.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Margaret Cho: Assassin
    She has tackled difficult subjects with sharp wit, but this self-congratulatory set falls well short of our ensuing expectations.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Beautiful Creatures
    The movie veers so wildly between being zany and grim, we're left feeling more empty than entertained.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Wild Card
    Statham brings so little energy that the fight scenes are hardly more vivid than the gambling ones. His one-liners have no heart; his cynicism is no longer sharp.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Little Women
    This version seems to have been made not to honor Alcott’s little women but instead to please the parents who want blandly wholesome family entertainment for their own. One can only imagine what Jo herself would have to say on the subject.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Make Your Move
    It’s cheesy fun for sure, but fun nonetheless.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Saw II
    Though the overall effect feels a little anemic compared with its predecessor, the ads promise blood, and - oh yes - there is blood.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Man on a Ledge
    Screenwriter Pablo Fenjves start with a promising premise, and the opening scenes are taut and suspenseful. A late-day chase scene picks up the sagging middle, but Leth totally fumbles what should be the movie's biggest moment.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Experiment
    Eventually any serious statement is lost in a sea of sadism, as he forces us to watch scene after scene of gruesome, humiliating torture.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Butter
    Appropriately enough for a movie built on two-dimensional cartoons of amoral adults and innocent children, Shahidi is the only actor who emerges with her dignity fully intact.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 65 Elizabeth Weitzman
    My Little Pony: The Movie
    Yes, My Little Pony: The Movie, like its television predecessor, is all dressed up in bubbles and cupcakes and rainbows. But it’s so jam-packed with rousing girl power, it passes the Bechdel Test with (literally) flying colors.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Twist
    Unfortunately, despite some strong performances, the movie never really makes a case for its own existence.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Jexi
    Although this wasteful effort from the “Bad Moms” team is uninspired in almost every regard, it does advance cinema in a single way: writers-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have figured out how to modernize one of the most traditional and apparently still essential Hollywood tropes: the Crazy Bitch.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 70 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Green Hornet
    Turns out, Michel Gondry has crafted an irreverently funny, ultramodern take on the 1930s radio serial.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    St. Trinian's
    Anyone with a fondness for the midcentury cartoons and films that inspired this scrappy comedy will appreciate the latest trip to the titular British boarding school.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Nights in Rodanthe
    It's an increasingly rare pleasure to see two naturally aging adults onscreen, and it's not exactly hard work to watch this still-gorgeous pair fall in love.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Life as We Know It
    The sisters who play Sophie are adorable. And if you happen to be a sleep-deprived parent yourself, there are worse ways to catch a two-hour nap.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Edge of Love
    The Edge of Love may be intended as a biopic of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, but it’s destined to be remembered as the movie that brought Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller into the same bathtub.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Adventures of Power
    Mostly, though, you'll appreciate Grenier, who approaches this minor project with hilarious and generous abandon.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Alvin and the Chipmunks
    If karma exists, Alvin and the Chipmunks must be Lee's punishment for appearing in the likes of "Jersey Girl."
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Just Like a Woman
    Just like its meaningless title, Rachid Bouchareb’s disappointing drama evokes better works without developing any distinct identity of its own.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
    Mystifyingly bad given the talent involved, Southlander is an in-jokey, hipster escapade that appears to have been made on a drunken weekend because there was nothing better to do.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Love at Times Square
    Dev Anand's unintentionally hilarious Bollywood romance would be considered terrible by any artistic standard, but it serves as proof that sometimes the worst films make for the most fun.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 55 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Deliverance
    Ultimately, Daniels has made a touching and forceful film about three generations attempting to overcome familial and societal trauma. It’s only the Devil who underdelivers.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Damned
    You won't get much back story, and the action is fairly generic. But The Damned still makes for a serviceable horror flick, with better performances than a movie of this caliber usually offers.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Paul Blart: Mall Cop
    Perfectly inoffensive and almost entirely unfunny, Paul Blart: Mall Cop is more of a numbing experience than a painful one.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Daddy Day Care
    Though topnotch actors often can elevate mediocre material, they need a topnotch director to help them do it. Steve Carr ("Dr. Dolittle 2") is not that director.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Other Woman
    So instead of the rom-com, we now have the “non-com.” The cardboard characters and predictable rhythms remain. But this time, we get all the comic cliches with none of the romance.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Johnny English Strikes Again
    What’s particularly disappointing about this effort is the amount of talent wasted.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    I Love Your Work
    Working with a self-consciously urgent, neo-noir style, Goldberg seems intent on expressing a meaningful message of some kind. It's too bad, then, that he has chosen such a shallow subject.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Mutant Aliens
    This lackluster outing is mostly just a retread of past glories.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Restless
    Would that the film were as interesting as the setting.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Maid's Room
    It’s admirable that writer/director Michael Walker wanted to make a socially conscious thriller. But surely he didn’t have to replace all the thrills with broadly moralizing messages.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Reign of Fire
    Clearly, nobody's going to win any awards for this, but maybe Bale and McConaughey knew what they were doing after all. The music is loud, the action is fierce and the bodies are buff.
    • New York Daily News
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    August
    There's not much to it, but Austin Chick's hyper-focused indie does serve as a nicely assured showcase for lead Josh Hartnett.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Lucky One
    The biggest problem, however, comes down to chemistry. If the leads have it, a Sparks romance will work.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dressed
    Don't let the generic title fool you: David John Swajeski's documentary tells a story you're unlikely to forget.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Wolves of Kromer
    This Grimm-influenced fairy tale has a contemporary twist and the best of intentions, and that's about all there is to say for it.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    April's Shower
    The result feels as if she (Trish Doolan) gathered all her friends, turned on her camera and let them loose. Which is perfectly fine, if you don't expect anyone to pay to watch the finished product.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Pinocchio
    Zemeckis and co-writer Chris Weitz do make some attempt to dust off the concept, but the modernized moments further undermine their efforts. When they add empathy, the story loses its soul. And when they jam in easy updates, it just highlights how out of touch the rest of the script feels.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Kettle of Fish
    Writer-director Claudia Myers' clunky debut feature makes the case that first-timers should probably focus on either writing or directing.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Him
    It doesn’t all work: the religious iconography is too obvious, and the more lurid horror elements – like the obsessive fans who literally haunt Cam during his training – can be so heavy-handed they’re more silly than scary. What never falters, though, is Tipping’s avid commitment to his concept.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Our Family Wedding
    Ferrera and Gross are the most appealing pair I've seen in awhile; their calm confidence is a welcome antidote to the unrealistic couples who've been cluttering our screens way too long.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Eragon
    Turns out to be as heavy and earthbound as an injured dragon.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Jungle Book 2
    It's a perfectly acceptable short-term baby-sitter. Just make sure the original gets a fair viewing first.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Balls of Fury
    If it's not quite the best Will Ferrell movie he never made, Balls of Fury is, at the very least, a lot funnier than it has a right to be.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 12 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Never Die Alone
    Racist, misogynistic and breath­takingly cynical, Ernest Dickerson's clichéd crime drama Never Die Alone shamelessly exploits the degrada­tion of its irredeemable characters.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Ouch
    The marvelous Dussolier makes a poignantly aging lothario, but Fillieres is so off-puttingly strange, we don't really care what she thinks about.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Abandoned
    A listless thriller that can’t find its footing, Abandoned does occasionally rouse itself enough to suggest a better movie that never comes to pass.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Gigantic
    Dano is a talented actor who needs to aim higher, and it should go without saying that Deschanel can do - and should know - better.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Confessions of a Shopaholic
    There are some mildly amusing turns from costars like Kristin Scott Thomas, playing an icy editor, and Robert Stanton, as her frustrated debt collector.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The November Man
    Even in the lazy days of late August, this movie is hardly worth the price of popcorn.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Lay the Favorite
    One of those factors must have settled upon the unlucky shoulders of Stephen Frears, who certainly has the pedigree to go all the way. And yet, he stumbles so badly with Lay the Favorite, his comic adaptation of Beth Raymer's memoir, that one is left wondering what could possibly have gone wrong.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Other Side of Heaven
    Earnest, fact-based drama is marred only by the fact that it wants desperately to save your soul.
    • New York Daily News
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Clouds
    Good intentions abound in this earnest debut film.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
    This is a reasonable choice for bored tweens - as long as they don't demand too much magic from their movies.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Seeking Justice
    Cage and the always-intense Pearce keep this thing going, but even they seem to know the ultimate destination is a bargain bin.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    August Rush
    It would be nice to say this predictable fantasy has such a big heart, we can forgive its excesses. But director Kirsten Sheridan overplays nearly every already-corny scene, and there is no chemistry between Russell and Rhys Meyers, who appear to be passing through on their way to better projects.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    One Night with the King
    This preposterous adaptation of the Book of Esther is recommended viewing only for those impressed that it comes endorsed by the American Bible Society.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Free Birds
    Children, of course, won’t notice the political subtext. But do be prepared for them to exit the theater demanding that you make only Tofurkey in the future.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    I Don't Know How She Does It
    From the wry narration to the girlish mannerisms, Parker really does turn this film into "Sex and the Kiddies."
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    2 Jacks
    Shabby on the surface and indulgent at its core.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Rugrats Go Wild
    Though the energy occasionally flags, the movie does a nice job of exploiting the crossover potential.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Trouble with Bliss
    The biggest trouble with "Bliss" is the way it wastes a cast that deserves so much more.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Kids in America
    Overall, though, you get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is. And didn't you see enough of that in high school?
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    I Am
    Pay close attention to the title of Tom Shadyac's documentary. He will try to convince you his film is about humanity uniting to solve its problems. But somehow, his own ego keeps getting in the way.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Return
    Since Adam Sussman's script is as lazy as Asif Kapadia's direction is disjointed, nothing ever makes sense, even after the anticlimatic explanation is revealed.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 75 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Specials
    A genially mellow, consistently entertaining spoof.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Final Destination 2
    The movie doesn't even have novelty on its side, since we're basically watching the original "Final Destination" all over again, minus the smarts and humor.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Words
    Though Cooper deserves credit for pushing beyond his comfort zone, he's clearly miscast in a role better suited to a young unknown.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Made of Honor
    The cinematic equivalent of a cookie-cutter wedding, Made of Honor ultimately feels a little depressing.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Hotel Noir
    It's hard to know whether Sebastian Gutierrez is imitating or satirizing the hard-boiled noirs of Hollywood's past, but either way it feels like a botched attempt.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Autómata
    The performances range wildly from high (Banderas) to low (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Jacq’s pregnant wife) to you-must-be-kidding (Melanie Griffith as both a scientific genius and a prostitute android).
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Girl Play
    With little plot and a stifling set, the ­movie needs stronger performances than its leads can offer.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Flypaper
    It's a mess from start to finish, but there's still fun to be had in Rob Minkoff's caper comedy.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Gimme Shelter
    From an artistic perspective, Ron Krauss’ heavy-handed drama, Gimme Shelter, fails almost entirely. But if the director set out to combine the stilted falsity of 1980s after-school specials with leaden political dogma, he’s certainly achieved his goals.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Son of God
    Director Christopher Spencer’s biblical yarn lacks the complex rigor of Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” and the fury of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” leaving its star, Diogo Morgado, stuck in a film that’s stiff and earnest.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Charlie St. Cloud
    Though it was directed by Burr Steers, Charlie St. Cloud feels more like a misguided collaboration among Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan and Billy Graham.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Miracle at St. Anna
    Of course the experiences and sacrifices of black troops, which were so often overlooked, should be represented and honored. But because Lee underestimates our desire to do so, the movie that follows doesn't do them justice.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Love Don't Cost a Thing
    But where the original was slight but sweet, the remake is depressingly superficial and cynical.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Other Woman
    The one person who does appreciate Emilia is Portman - which is what saves The Other Woman from the easy judgment toward which it so often appears to be edging.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Are You Here
    The compelling Draper’s the creation of “Mad Men” mastermind Matthew Weiner, the writer-director of Are You Here. Which begs the question: how could Weiner make, as his debut comedy, a movie as amateurish and off-putting as this one?
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Ex-Girlfriends
    Even taken on its own, this story of Graham (Poe), a single New Yorker feeling his way toward adulthood, feels like a promising college project that wasn't ready for the real world.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Haven
    Like a mango rotting in the sun, Frank Flowers' squishy Caribbean thriller has been sitting on the shelf long enough to attract suspicion. Bite into it at your own risk.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Special Forces
    It's an odd showcase for Diane Kruger. She is never very believable as Elsa, a war correspondent who has been kidnapped by the Taliban.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
    In a town as status-conscious as Hollywood, the embarrassment of two "Garfield" movies on your résumé must sting like the Dickens.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Kid & I
    Arnold's heart is in the right place, but somebody needs to save him from himself - and soon.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Samaritan
    The most charitable approach to this unfortunate diversion in Jackson's career would be to pretend it never happened. Now, who wants to go see "The Avengers" again?
    • 37 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Love Ranch
    Though based in truth, Mark Jacobson's script is built on age-old clichés. And nobody knows how to end the film, so it just fizzles out.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Let My People Go!
    It would appear that for his first feature, Mikael Buch wanted to leave nothing to chance. So he threw in enough action for five movies, amped the comedy up to frenetic levels and encouraged his cast to play to the rafters.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Double
    Gere and Grace do make a decent odd couple, but neither seems entirely committed.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Nomi Song
    Occasionally exhilarating documentary.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Country Bears
    Most of the resulting film is downright bizarre. Which, as it turns out, is not entirely to its disadvantage.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    W.E.
    While W.E. cannot be counted as a successful directorial effort, there are genuine elements of interest here. The most notable is a nervy central performance from Andrea Riseborough, who plays true-life Baltimore socialite Wallis Simpson.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Seven Pounds
    Saintliness is a heavy burden to carry, and Smith can't help but buckle a bit. He's always interesting to watch, but crafting a real person out of his cardboard character proves an impossible task.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    After.Life
    The only thing worse than bad horror is pretentiously bad horror. From title to finish, After.Life takes itself far more seriously than you will.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Tooth Fairy
    Tooth Fairy's script -- which was written by five people -- is lousy, and the direction, by Michael Lembeck, is weak.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Days and Nights
    In a movie, nothing good ever seems to happen at a country house. And when it comes to this film, nothing very interesting happens, either.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Stranded
    The kind of middling thriller you might stop to watch if you came across it on cable, director Roger Christian’s “Alien” knockoff is presumably only in theaters because Christian Slater’s contract demanded it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 75 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Biker Boyz
    If you want old-school cool, you go to Laurence Fishburne.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Returner
    Overwrought and overlong, Returner might been a rousing B-movie -- had it not been hamstrung by Yamazaki's bigger pretensions.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Last Love
    Not much happens in Sandra Nettelbeck’s intimate family drama, but its well-drawn connections between lonely souls make an impact nonetheless.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Trigger Warning
    Some B-movies, of course, are highly entertaining. This one, though, seems like it was as much of a slog to make as it is to watch.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Highwater
    There are plenty of outrageous characters, several surfing celebrities and a few truly compelling stories.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Tollbooth
    The question is, if Sarabeth is so desperate to escape this oppressive distillation of Jewish neuroses, why would filmmaker Debra Kirschner think we'd want to stick around?
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Remember the Daze
    The original title of Jess Manafort's directorial debut was "The Beautiful Ordinary," and she shouldn't have changed it. After all, her cast is beautiful and her movie is ordinary.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Employee of the Month
    Ultimately, we're looking at a discount "Office Space."
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Circuit
    The movie's strongest draw is its kitsch value -- along with a wisecracking Bruce Vilanch, the cast includes '80s TV refugees Jm J. Bullock ("Too Close for Comfort") and the Greatest American Hero himself, William Katt.
    • New York Daily News
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Kedma
    Has the stilted, slightly surreal feel of a stage piece. Sometimes it works, but too often it doesn't.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Goodbye World
    Apocalyptic visions are no longer enough to shock us. By this point, if you want to imagine the end of the world, you really need to say something new about it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Are We Done Yet?
    After allowing sadistic violence and whining children to invade his movie like a horde of termites, Carr tries to put one over on us by tacking on a sentimental ending. But as any homeowner could have told him, you can't disguise a weak foundation with a cheap finish.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Sex Tape
    How could a movie that offers Jason Segel riffing on sex and Cameron Diaz regularly disrobing be so dull?
    • 36 Metascore
    • 60 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Parental Guidance
    Crystal and Midler are such confident pros that their crack timing elevates even substandard material.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    10th & Wolf
    At this late date, filmmakers who draw inspiration from the Mafia had better have a whole new angle to offer. Otherwise, they'll end up with a movie like 10th & Wolf.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Fly Me to the Moon 3D
    Forgive us for being demanding, but shouldn't an animated kids movie like this one be, at the very least, fun? Cute? Watchable?
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope
    Cantor seems to have noticed how dull the actual footage is, since he relies heavily on "arty" shots and black-and-white inserts.
    • New York Daily News
    • 36 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Human Error
    The movie's a botch, but at least it'll make you feel good about your own daily drudgery.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Fast Food Fast Women
    As usual, Thomson steers right into the heart of vulnerability, with a painfully true performance as a guarded, confused soul.
    • New York Daily News
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Phantom
    With little dialogue, a murky night setting and the slowest of plots, this Portuguese fantasy only comes alive when it conforms to its true nature as arthouse pornography.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
    After a smart start, it sinks into sentimental goo that traps even the aggressively snarky Spade.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Feel the Noise
    The plot is contrived, the performances are all over the board, and Chomski's camera ogles his actresses just a little too much.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Poster Boy
    As irritating as an ideological college student, this earnest debut from Zak Tucker is determined to teach us a lesson about right and wrong.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    College Road Trip
    If, on the other hand, your driver's license is still a distant dream, consider this a path to pure hilarity.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Captive
    Surely an Oscar-nominated filmmaker like Atom Egoyan (“The Sweet Hereafter”) can do better than this nasty and unconvincing thriller.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Reaping
    The script, which is rarely smart and barely scary, offers little more than a checklist of panic-inducing plagues, from locusts to boils to bad Southern accents.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    What Happens in Vegas
    While Diaz and Kutcher make their clichéd characters as likable as possible, you can bet on this: Any movie named after an already-stale ad campaign isn't likely to gamble on the unexpected.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Something Borrowed
    Even if you've got a soft spot for silly rom-coms, know that this one is as empty-headed as it gets.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    A Promise
    A romantic triangle featuring Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and “Game of Thrones” costar Richard Madden has no business being this dull.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    On_Line
    Weintrob's shallow analysis of virtual reality might have been more resonant in the mid-'90s, but he seems well aware that some things are timeless: By the end of his film, he has firmly shifted focus, concentrating far less on the cyber than on the sex.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    We'll Never Have Paris
    The danger in writing, directing, producing and casting yourself in the same movie is that there’s no one to pull you back from the cliff. Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”) did co-direct this grating vanity affair with his wife, Jocelyn Towne, but neither seems to realize how misguided it is at every step.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Saw IV
    If an hour and a half of so-called "torture porn" sounds like fun, you'll find Saw IV situated somewhere between the first in the cycle (a solid original with plenty of energy in it) and the last (a gasping copycat willing to do anything to stay alive).
    • 35 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Love's Labour's Lost
    The leaden bits do bring the proceedings to a screeching halt too many times, but the costumes are breathtaking, and the details (like color-coordinated martinis) are dazzling.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Grudge Match
    A director who really wanted to honor these actors’ legendary roles, rather than simply use them as a marketing hook, might have found a way to make this concept palatable. Segal (“Get Smart”) is not that director.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Smokers Only
    A jumbled composite of blurred images, poetic yearnings and metaphoric dialogue.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky
    Self-indulgent in the extreme, Julián Hernández's laconic ode to heartbreak feels like the work of a lovelorn teenager.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dorfman in Love
    Brad Leong’s “quirky” romantic comedy retreads ground that is already so well worn, everyone just slides right through.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Salvation Boulevard
    Loosely adapting Larry Beinhart's darker novel, Ratliff and co-writer Douglas Stone indulge in so many cheap shots and caricatures, their disdain drips off the screen.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Two Can Play That Game
    Aside from the shamelessly promoted corporate sponsors, nobody emerges from this game a winner. But the biggest losers are the ones who paid good money to watch it.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Scooby-Doo
    The movie is so shiny, bright and noisy, the under-10 set ought to be sufficiently entertained.
    • New York Daily News
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Very Good Girls
    The only real reason to see it is for a luminous leading turn from Dakota Fanning as Brooklyn teen Lilly.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Film Geek
    You'd be better off spending an evening with the collected works of Rob Schneider.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    The Host
    Watch closely and you might even spy a better film inside, straining to break free.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    My Mother
    This tale of disaffected sexual depravity is practically a parody of the worst of French filmmaking.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Mansome
    Think of Mansome as the equivalent of a $10 manicure: It'll modestly enhance your day without making any lasting impact.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Post Grad
    Bledel brings a sweet, steady presence, but this sort of minor project is a step backwards. It's high time she graduated on to bigger and better things.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 25 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Iowa
    A story of miserable people leading miserable lives, Iowa is a sour vanity project: trash posing as a socially relevant "cautionary tale."
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Identity Thief
    The ensuing road trip should be hilariously chaotic, a classic misadventure between two ill-matched travelers. Instead of “Midnight Run,” though, we get another gloss on the recent “Guilt Trip,” in which the concept is all that counts.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Flakes
    Unless you happen to be one yourself, chances are pretty good that you'll take an immediate dislike to the self-satisfied hipsters who populate this disappointing comedy.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Ordinary Sinner
    Novice filmmaker John Henry Davis deserves credit for tackling big issues, but he forgot one of the most important credos of his craft. No matter how vital your message, a good story beats a sermon any day.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    A Nightmare on Elm Street
    Don't blame Haley, though. Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer's screenplay goes in the wrong direction entirely, dropping Freddy's sick sense of humor while turning him into a generic bogeyman.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Conversations with God
    One of Walsch's precepts is that you should never make a living doing something you hate. If I'd known that, I might not have felt obliged to sit through every excruciating minute of this sanctimonious infomercial.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Play the Game
    If you love Viagra jokes, look no further. Otherwise, stay home and find yourself a "Golden Girls" marathon.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Family Weekend
    Despite the promise Epps and Turner show in their film’s finest moments, we’re still talking about a movie that tries to wring jokes from puppet therapy.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Returning Mickey Stern
    As earnest as it is awkward, the film has so much spirit, it's hard to dismiss entirely, even at its considerable worst.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 63 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Friday After Next
    The movie's 85 minutes speed merrily along on a steady stream of outrageous antics, entertaining performances from seasoned pros (like John Witherspoon, as Craig's dyspeptic dad), and unforgettable introductions to new talent.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Elizabeth Weitzman
    Java Heat
    It would be nice to say that Rourke, at least, offers a reason to see this junky thriller, about an American agent who gets involved in an Indonesian terrorist plot. But as entertaining as it is to watch him adopt a strange accent and swan around in sarongs as an eccentric jewel thief, it’s also a little depressing. The paycheck cannot possibly be worth it.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »