If only there had been more Salma Hayek.

With this marvelous cast of characters and the comic brilliance of writer/director Greg Pritikin, nary a minute goes by that you're not slapping your knee with laughter.

There isn't another American screen actor who could have given this performance, not one who so deftly could have navigated the razor's edge separating the wiseacre and the wise.

New territory for the Vermont director, and he shows every sign of feeling right at home in it.

Congratulations to Robb Moss for making such a crowd-pleaser. But more importantly, congratulations to Moss for having such interesting friends.

Godawful mess.

An emotional picture that benefits from the extremely powerful performances of its stars.

Overall, I have to recommend the film for its alternate take on the whole "Leaving Las Vegas," "Basketball Diaries," "Less Than Zero" drug-induced tragedy genre.

A decidedly sharp drop in quality from the first film. It’s still a somewhat decent horror flick if you’re looking for cheap scares and eerie imagery.

In short, this is an x-treme documentary, as riveting as a road accident and a lot more bloody. That this film might give other young people ideas is something that keeps me (and probably director Hough) awake at night.

This isn't a straight-on comedy by a long shot. It's a quirky character study that will make everyone in the audience laugh at different places.

Among the finest films made in the Middle East. This small, subtle gem offers a vivid portrait of life in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, presenting its message with an intelligence and vibrancy that celebrates the human spirit in an environment where humanity is routinely crushed and assaulted.

A mesmerizing documentary that shows the vulnerability -– and brutality -– that emerge when one is showered in recognition, only to have such fame pulled out from under him.

A movie so thoroughly cretinous the people who made it couldn't get even the punctuation in the title right.

While imperfect, it does provide an intriguing glimpse into a subculture, which many people will be surprised to learn, still exists.

This isn't a new spin on Bret Easton Ellis, it's more like a 90-minute "Saved By The Bell" episode with better music.

Visually imaginative and energetic.

Though it has many moments of sarcasm and humor, the overall tone, like the comics themselves, is a depressing one.

Open Range gets better the deeper you get into the story.

Grind is an answer to the question that has been on the minds of many this summer: “Is there anything worse than Gigli?” The answer to this question is a resounding “YES!”

The one thing that keeps this movie from being an instant classic is its tendency towards childishly goofy humor. I guess it all depends on how you like your funny.

Yumiko Shaku as Yuki is small, beautiful, and stunningly sexy while she plies her deadly skill like a dancer. Her self-assured poise and large expressive eyes say everything that the minimal dialogue doesn’t.

One of those guilty pleasures of the summer. It’s also one of those action movies that could have been ruined if Jerry Bruckheimer had taken charge of it.

Post-personality switch, the picture does come to life somewhat but proves a one trick pony.

This isn’t exploitation; this is a look at how things may have been with Harris and Klebold, and how something like this could easily happen again.

Though it has a tendency to leave characters undeveloped and storylines empty, the overall portrait is significant.

Winds up being enjoyable, even though the only character I really liked was the main one, played by David Paymer. Everyone else I wanted to whack in the ass with a tire iron.

Works because it pays tribute to these characters. I knew that American Wedding couldn’t be as funny as "American Pie 2" just as that film wasn’t as funny as "American Pie."

Has no story, no redeeming characters that anyone could care about, and the actors are all on autopilot, completely soaked with their own vanity.

The script’s extremely well written, the direction flawless, and the performances -- especially by the fantastic Joaquin Phoenix, gobsmacking.

Despite the bits that work brilliantly, the movie as a whole really only works as an experimental curiosity.

Not an incredible disappointment, but it could have used some more work in making us remain curious about these characters and what their next course of action would be.

There are no boring, expository sequences; no depressing, grown-up politics. Instead, Rodriguez gifts us with a kaleidoscope of energy and invention.

Even in the final battle over life and death, the only injury she suffers is a slight scratch on the face. It’s too much like a video game.

More than "Rocky" on a horse track. It's a moving story about people and how their lives intersect at just the right time. It's also a simple story about second chances.

This is the kind of film you can watch over and over again on several levels, especially as you mine the script for knowing jokes about the theatre (it's packed with them).

A nearly complete and total disaster.

An ambitious, smartly edited documentary epic by a pair of journalists who tenaciously followed their subjects over the course of seven years, the film is both intimate and sweeping.

A romance wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a tale of redemption or something like that. To be honest, I'm not sure what the film really is as far as a genre goes. One thing is for sure, it's a damn fine film.

Worthy of attention. Susman has put together a well-crafted, witty commentary on corporate culture and the deals all of us make with ourselves to come to terms with modern existence.

It may be the most winning, smile-inducing Hollywood action flick of the summer.

Rowan Atkinson's spy spoof is wildly uneven and yet, at times, nothing less than wildly entertaining.

Traverses between past and present, using archival material and computer techniques to paint a portrait of the effects of predatory mining practices on this small American town.

Small, amateurish Israeli feature.

Nighy is superb as usual in a much meatier role than even he usually gets. And Byrne makes her character far more three-dimensional than the shallow creature she could have been.

The filmmakers tried to give everyone a main storyline and ended up diluting everything. With so many characters, the film lost some focus.

An exciting time at the movies, where you don’t smell something burning and realize it’s your brain cells dying off. During the summer movie season, that’s rather hard to avoid. But this movie has avoided it and it’s time well spent.

Madame Sata may be based on real events, but it's certainly not a very pleasant introduction to Rio's bohemian scene, circa 1931. Nor is it a very pleasant movie to endure in its own right.

Has an underlying charm that drags its audience, kicking and screaming to have a good time.

This movie doesn’t cop out. It doesn’t go for fake, feel-good warm fuzzies, and it’s not for the faint of heart. Terminator 3 has guts. It has a LOT of guts. And it’s a rare thing for any movie – whether it’s a summer blockbuster or an indie arthouse flick – to have guts.

Not terribly engaging, but surprisingly moving.