Fans will love this quick flick by director Todd Phillips, but it better serves as an introduction for the uninitiated.

Has an unusual intimacy and lack of condescension.

Difficult but rewarding.

Fails to deliver the dramatic punch.

Generally rises above the easy clichés you find in most such movies.

Sometimes hilarious but mostly sitcom-esque geezer comedy.

A vast improvement over Schenkman's previous effort, "The Pompatus of Love."

Its intriguing subject matter is diluted by too many bland performances.

Heavy-handed, predictable and almost completely unbelievable.

Bittersweet and often funny but overlong.

Unashamedly vulgar and exuberantly politically incorrect.

Vincent D'Onofrio does capture Hoffman's charisma and nuttiness - and he's the only reason to resist the temptation to skip this exasperating movie.

Generic variation on the overworked serial-killer genre.

Heck, it's great to have the big guy back.

Mostly ludicrous, but occasionally effective.

Disappointing and surprisingly crude.

Formulaic but surprisingly charming.

Walken gives a beautifully understated performance.

Sophisticated entertainment of the less-is-more school.

There are some decent actors and great costumes in this overly solemn compendium of rock clichés.

Ultra-glossy weepie turns out to be something of a guilty pleasure.

Entertaining, extravagantly emotional.

An ideal antidote to the big-budget bores that studios put out in late summer, The Tao of Steve is a charming, funny and refreshingly smart Gen-X romantic comedy in the tradition of "When Harry Met Sally" - with the bonus of an engagingly laid-back Southwestern flavor.

A real high in a season filled with unfunny comedies.

Sounds bleak, but turns out to be an absorbing and lively film.

Charles Busch's spoof of beach-party movies and psychological thrillers, an off-Broadway hit 13 years ago, stubbornly refuses to entertain in this unrelentingly dull film version.

Expertly directed, acted and written crowd-pleaser.

There's no limit to Coyote Ugly's crass shamelessness.