Kim Morgan

A family film, but it's a wonder if kids will really enjoy it. The picture is geared for older folks, people who'll be heartened by the message that sometimes, you can return to your passions.

You get to know each person just well enough to compare them, allowing you to judge as you like; the film, nicely, refrains from moralizing.

Effectively thrilling.

Has its cheesy moments but it's bolstered by interesting performances and a final scene not typical of a mainstream movie. Though no "Fatal Attraction," Unfaithful nevertheless is an interesting and worthy film.

It's not an art film. The movie is as mainstream as it gets -- which is just fine; the picture is both great fun and gently satirical.

It's not afraid to be funny, tragic and decidedly female.

Entertaining, disturbing, sad, outrageous and often hilarious.

Engrossing and unusual.

A funny, puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving.

Really a vehicle for Dunst, which would be fine if only the vehicle were more inspired.

Plods and frustrates, but forgivably, it is a deeply felt picture.

Alas, the movie just isn't bouncy, fresh or funny enough. It's just not blonde enough.

Entertaining, well-acted and hopeful about a world in which sexual orientation isn't a big deal, Big Eden is a pretty picture -- it just tends to be a little too perfect and cute for its own good.

An erotic mystery of sorts, the film works because it's laconic rather than talky and its actors are all up for the material.

An affable, entertaining and poignant experience of the sort not normally afforded by space movies.

Some will hate this film, but there's something delectably junky about it -- like a bright colored candy glistening from a gutter, you just have to look at it.

Intriguing, containing a truthful kernel of sweetness, rot and brutality that will shock many.

A film that merges cocaine, Ivy League, college applications, the Asian American experience, dark comedy and high school drama while maintaining a personal tone and likable lead characters is just too impressive to knock.

Though the picture has a generic quality, it also has an ingenious amount of anything-goes that's amusing and frequently exciting. You'll laugh out loud, you'll hide your eyes -- but you'll roll them. too. Nevertheless, it's a fun, if blood- and sun-soaked, ride.

There's something refreshingly and truly girlish about the picture's musings and epiphanies that makes its R rating baffling.

It's fun, albeit a little messy, under the frequently punchy direction of Peter Berg.

A big, loud, sometimes clever, often dumb behemoth of a movie.

It's frustrating and still oddly likable.

Exciting, gory, funny and, like much of anime, a bit cheesy.

This is a movie where you can just sit back and revel in it, warts and all.

With a less popcorn-friendly cast and some cheesy special effects, this is a surprisingly engaging, sometimes foolish but often roughly intelligent film.

Has two other notable things going for it: the brilliant Christopher Walken and a soundtrack packed with songs by the drippy power ballad band Bad Company.

A bit of exotic neo-noir, clunky in parts and long, but often engaging and artfully atmospheric as well.