A glorious medieval war movie. It's about war as the ultimate pitch of conflict that tries men's souls, and women's, too.

A film not nearly as intriguing as it should have been, centering on a death that isn't nearly as intricately fascinating as the filmmakers think. Exacerbating the problem is a cast of actors who seem too self-consciously playacting.

Suffused with a sophomoric sensibility that belies its more serious underpinnings.

Where "Boyz N the Hood" cut deep, to bone, this one stays glibly on the surface. It's slick and routinely entertaining, if never quite persuasive. [06 Nov 1996]

The Breakfast Club meets Rear Window. The result should satisfy dating crowds from high school to night school.

Possesses memorable portrayals of thoroughly original characters and draws a beguilingly bleak portrait of its Rhode Island settings.

Sort of feel-good lesson kids will enjoy and parents should welcome.

This team has succeeded at making a film that opens a subculture without programming our responses to it.

Wristcutters: A Love Story is a lousy title for a lovely-loony picture about an afterlife for suicides. It's an off-road "road movie" about people who off themselves.

A bravura, resonant performance by Nicolas Cage, combined with some hard questions raised about American responsibility for the worldwide glut of firearms, make the film close to a must-see, if not a must-love.

Yet it's pretty in all the wrong ways: pretty slight, pretty preachy and pretty affected.

Martin's script offers plenty of opportunities, but Martin the actor never takes advantage of them.

Both a condemnation of torture as a political tool and a tribute to the bravery that exists within everyone.

It has enough humanity to let the humor tickle, and a subject that will evoke memories for anyone who has ever smoked a joint or just said no.

Made is an amateur-hour buddy movie.

The pleasures of Ocean's Thirteen are so slight as to be eminently forgettable. Most of the "twists" in the plot are of the ho-hum variety; it's not that one sees them coming, but that they don't amount to much when they show up.

The problem isn't the history that the filmmakers leave in, but how much they leave out.

Outside of a strong (and largely misused) cast and an abundance of moody atmosphere, there's precious little to recommend this exploitative mess.

Some adults may find the film unbearably simplistic, or its pace burdensomely slow. But it would be a shame if movie audiences have become so hyper-adrenalized that they can't appreciate a charmer like Curious George.

City Hall has plenty of smarts; it just lacks real wisdom.

A good film that, with a little extra care, could have been great.

Wildly entertaining.

Austin does have a psychedelic buoyancy and Dr. Evil an addle-pated sadistic goofiness that are original and engaging, but Myers doesn't build on their best stuff. That's where a real plot would help.

You don't see The Doors, you survive it. [01 Mar 1991]

It's affable entertainment -- a road movie with a smart map and characters who are unpredictable human beings, not just billboard attractions.

Yet what is most impressive about the movie are the odd notes of grace it provides its ostensible villains. [4 Aug 1995]

Although some clever touches are clearly directed at adults -- much of the film's humor is quite likely to go under your head. [20 Nov 1998]

Fans of anime probably will find Vampire Hunter D plenty thrilling. Non-fans, or those not familiar with the genre, will enjoy the film's gothic atmosphere, but may wonder what all the fuss is about.