This should have been a black comic masterpiece. The cast is certainly up to the task, even in the small roles.

Will surely end up as one of this year’s worst films.

A hilarious film for anyone who remembers lying as a kid-- and anyone who wants to see a movie that's just plain fun.

Were it not for the presence of higher-level acting talent, A Rumor of Angels would have been a banal TV movie.

Starts out as a first-rate chick movie and winds up a second-rate guy movie. But if this somehow proves to be a formula for the perfect date movie, then Kidman is even more brilliant than we thought.

The title not only describes its main characters, but the lazy people behind the camera as well.

Individual parts are actually quite funny, and the music, the most marketable element, is quite good. It's just that most of us cringe at photos of ourselves taken while we're really loaded. Too often, Hey, Happy! feels as if that embarrassment was taken to the next level.

A masterful comedy that will divide audiences, but it left me laughing hysterically. I hope that doesn’t make you think I’m a sick bastard, but if so, piss off.

Not too far below the gloss you can still feel director Denis Villeneuve's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters. Because he does, you and I can too.

Moretti's actual direction is always simple, perhaps plain, but this no-frills approach allows him to gently craft a story full of poignant episodes, building toward a melancholy but genuinely uplifting conclusion.

Writer/director Gary Burns offers a suffocating experience which is too boring to be accepted as a satire, too lame to be accepted as a farce, and too infantile to be accepted as a drama.

The film tells an engaging swashbuckler on its own terms, and that's what director Kevin Reynolds has done with this old-fashioned romp of revenge.

There's a natural authenticity to the film that makes it intensely watchable, even though it's repetitive and slightly underwritten.

An entertaining and chilling film that will make you question what you believe about myths and the supernatural.

They should have produced this in 3D for IMAX as Metropolis is the kind of work destined to blow the minds of stoners everywhere.

A monstrosity of a movie that I am all too eager to forget.

Like a slug that crawls across the screen for eighty minutes before dying of its own nausea.

Ultimately sinks beneath the waves of the Caspian Sea.

Incredibly dull.

Misses the boat by essentially acting as a positive press release for the now-defunct Kozmo.com.

Not only harmless, but actually quite funny and charming.

The film has a wonderful style and a sense of movement that barely slows down for its two and a half hours.

The kind of movie where you shout advice at the characters on screen, because we have so much more information than they do.

It’s a true endurance test, far too grim to be considered exciting, but not really informative enough to enlighten us about the effect of our presence in Somalia in 1993.

The radiant Blanchett makes Charlotte's individual journey from lovelorn lady to independent woman believable and involving, and that's ultimately what counts the most -- even if the destination is less than ideal.

Is this what Sean Penn has come to in his 40s? He hasn't appeared this retarded since he was married to Madonna.

It's hardly a foreign film; this is our common history, and it's a film well worth looking out for.

Berry delivers an extraordinary performance that will startle even her most faithful fans.

We have an authentic Old Master working in our midst, and Gosford Park will at the very least remind everyone how masterful a helmsman Altman can be.

Well-acted and skillfully made, the film offers enough that is worth seeing, but its idiosyncratic nature is sure to limit its mainstream appeal.

A passive film, playing it quiet and safe, hoping that the viewer will extend some good will towards it.

There's no question that Meg Ryan is the queen of romantic comedies. Yet for every piece of frothy fluff that works -- there comes a couple where you just want to say, "Enough already." Kate & Leopold is one such movie.

The film is short on plot, and any form of character development, but I am sure the target audience of children will find plenty to enjoy even though most adults may find it a bit boring. All in all, Jimmy Neutron is a nice holiday diversion for the family.

While How High could have been a fun comedy college students could watch over and over again, it instead plays like a bad USA movie of the week. The jokes aren't funny, the characters aren't fully developed and poor editing only makes a humorless story confusing.

August so firmly establishes characters of Martin and Barbara and their relationship, so when the disease does enter the picture, the film does not suddenly become about that; the focus clearly remains on the effect it takes on the people.

Aside from all the known material on public record the filmmakers chose not to use, Howard isn't even capable of believably bringing this off.

For those who appreciate movies that capture almost every emotion -- from laughter to tears, suspense to tranquillity -- The Majestic was made for you.

An entertaining diversion and if you want a light film to just sit back and relax to, then this might just be your movie.

The film does drag, particularly toward the end as the conclusion becomes increasingly obvious and too slow to arrive. For the most part, though, getting there is a wild and fascinating ride.

Probably the best comment I could give it is that after sitting through the first two and 1/2 hours, I would have happily sat through another five. How long am I going to have to wait for that DVD Box Set?

Bratt's fast-talking, all-attitude interpretation is showboating without soul -- which can be said of the entire movie.

A glacially-paced disease-of-the-week movie blown up to big screen size.

Love is indeed the greatest mystery, as Lantana's tagline goes, and while the film is ultimately still and interesting and fairly involving one, it's a bit unfortunate that the filmmakers weren't content to simply explore that quandary instead of manufacturing another.

A very funny and painfully relevant two hours of entertainment.

The result is stunning -- both as a narrative film and as a document of the place and time.

It is obvious that the creative forces did not take the film to seriously and if you do not, you just might find yourself laughing along.

My suggestion is to avoid this film and instead rent Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) the film upon which Vanilla Sky was based.

A film with a bare-bones story told with such potency that its occasional flights of heavy-handed symbolism are easily excused.

The film's acting is superb. Best known as a gritty wiseass, Denis Leary creates a fine dramatic performance.

Any embedded message ultimately pales in importance to moving and understated story of love.

The final result becomes a search not for a knight in shining armor, but one of acceptance for one's own identity.

A friend called Fred Schepisi's ensemble drama "a crusty old white man's 'Joy Luck Club'" -- an assessment that isn't without some kernel of truth.

While the audience has its laughs along the way, the violent tension of war often threatens to erupt, and slowly, subtly gathering force is the film's emotional weight, which is potently felt by the film's indelible (if not exactly unexpected) concluding image.

Soderbergh's film will be remembered less for the (inspired) star casting than for being one expertly made piece of pure, unpretentious popcorn entertainment.

Ultimately a rewarding -- if weird -- experience. It's just too bad that it takes so long to get there.

This is a stunning examination of issues of doubt and control, as well as a cracking good little thriller.

Sadly, it seems that the people behind this film saw a quick buck over quality and gave audiences a turkey.

We need more films like THIS! The filmmaking team of Stephen Kessler and Mike Wilkins join Jerry Stiller and Janeane Garofalo to pay loving tribute to the world of exploitation films.

As palpable as the atmosphere is, had the film boasted a clearer, more memorable story and performances that were a step above adequate, the creepiness wouldn't have simply lingered with the viewer, it would have gotten under their skin.

While the film is admittedly imperfect, it nonetheless deserves to be seen by all Americans to provide a clear understanding of what kind of a country we are currently at war within.

A style-rich, substance-weak B-level gangster movie which is noteworthy for two unusual reasons: it is one of the very few films from Thailand to gain international release and it is the perhaps the only film of its genre to feature a love story between a hit man and a pharmacist.

A courageous film, especially from a first-time director, and deserves all the audience support it can attract. It’s a People Story, and it’s About Something. However, it’s also something of a heavy sit.

The story is tight and engaging, the acting first-rate, the themes solid and presented without being sentimental or preachy. But let's hope his next film ("Ash Wednesday") has something new to say.

That The Devil's Backbone makes any sense at all -- with its many, swirling plotlines -- seems like a little wonder.

It's a damn impressive trick to build a film around narrative frustration and not cause your audience to run out screaming.

Less Bond than simply boring, a tedious and overdirected race-against-time drama with a few espionage elements thrown in.

Martin Lawrence can be hysterically funny. You'd never guess that from watching the remarkably wasteful endeavor known as Black Knight.

If you want laughs, just about every other comedy playing right now is good for one giggle, which is more than you'll get here. Just don't waste your time or money on Out Cold.

The portrait drawn by this film is of a man loved and/or respected by nearly all that have known him.

There are a few priceless moments, like Dr. Sangster trying to work on a patient, while removing a hot pink pair of panties from a nearby chair, and the discovery of a stuffed bunny complete with a full set of dentures on his fiance's bed.

Fairly mundane and frequently boring.

Given how much Yellen does right, it's all the more shameful that she so spectacularly sinks her film in the foot with one hugely questionable "creative" decision: adding a pair of ghosts into the mix.

Yes, this "Harry" does indeed fly -- just don't expect the movie to soar into the higher altitudes of imagination.

Funny and sensitive for all its faults, The Fluffer is nevertheless unlikely to break out of the gay cinema ghetto.

It works because this isn't really a "disease" film, it's a love story. It just so happens one of the main characters has Tourette Syndrome. Thus, I too will take the easy way out and say, "it's a good love story...with a twitch."

The surprisingly sweet Shallow Hal finds Peter and Bobby retreating to a gentler mode -- and, in the process, a far less funny one.

With yet another snappy script and a fiendishly clever story, Mamet leads us through this labyrinthine film with skill and wit. It's nothing terribly original, but it is a lot of fun.

There's no doubt that sheer mechanism propels Happenstance, but the numerous characters and storylines flow and converge in a gracefully unpredictable and witty manner.

Confirms that despite all the technical tools at their disposal, one thing counts head and shoulders above razzle-dazzle eye candy (or anything else, for that matter): the story and characters, and Monsters, Inc. introduces worthy additions to the Pixar pantheon.

Joyous. This is a film that will put a goofy grin on your face from the opening frame, through to the credits, out into the lobby, the whole way home, and possibly even till you fall asleep.

As much fun as I had with this film, and many others will have with it for years to come, Citizen Toxie is definitely an acquired taste.

Overall, Tape is an interestingly staged play that, with the proper actors could have made a great film, instead of an adequate one.

The real "disturbance" in Domestic Disturbance is not in the home, but in the careers of all involved.

tThe resulting hodgepodge is a medley of the brothers’ favorite verbal and visual tics, making much noise and signifying nothing.

A two-time Oscar winner playing a crazy person in a big studio film released in late October. Can't you just smell the pretension? Probably not, given the other ways in which this film stinks.

Not a good film. In fact, it's a rather bad example of that already barrel-bottom-scraping genre, the teenybopper romantic comedy.

The novelty of watching vintage lesbian footage just for the sake of watching eventually wears off. This underscores the idea that there is such a concept as too much of a good thing.

Strives toward greatness, toward a complete understanding of life in the roiling, unsettled, complex locale they call Marseilles, and its partial success must be applauded.

With nothing in the way of inspiration coming on either the writing or directing end, it's up to the actors to maintain audience interest and emotional engagement, and two members of the cast rise to the occasion: Kline and Christensen.

A black comedy that nonetheless manages to tap into the sense of alienation and unfocused rage so prevalent in today's kids.

This film is a messy jumble.

This is really one of those Rorschach test films. You either love it or hate it. For those who loved it, I have only one word: overrated.

Nothing sums up Bones better than its parting shot, in which maggots are projectile vomited directly toward the audience. How so very appropriate.

By the time the film is over it is not so much a "who-done-it?" but a "why-did-we-sit-through-this?"

Obviously the director has her point of view on the subject and the film is thusly slanted, but this bias, while good for the cause, may not be best suited for thorough documentary filmmaking.

It's ironic that a film exploring the mysteries of how people succeed and fail to connect with each other then fails to really connect with its audience.

In the end, A Galaxy Far, Far Away shadows its parent films in that it's just good clean fun for the whole family.

Could have been a beautiful and suspenseful thriller, lukewarm performances make the film just another movie to add to one's "rent-it-when-it-comes-to-DVD" list.