Kids will be bored, the rest of us baffled.

At its best, Magnolia towers over most Hollywood films this year.

Robbins eschews leftist diatribes for a bold cartoon version of history. It's as crowded and energetic as a big parade...and just about as subtle.

A lumbering, self-important three-hour melodrama that defies credibility at every turn.

It does justice to its source material -- and that may be the problem.

The movie tries too hard. Too bad. This coulda been a contender.

A film of ideas; meaty ideas about Catholicism, faith, and the true nature of jealousy, love and hate, that are rarely contemplated in today's cinema.

Doesn't add up to any big deal. But it's a likable, lively little ditty -- one theme, some clever variations -- that never wears out its welcome.

It's not as cool as it sounds.

The superrealist images beguile us with their bold wit, and the storytelling is so tight, urgent and inventive there doesn't seem to be a wasted moment. Which makes you wonder -- why can't scripts this clever be written for human beings?

There still is enough tightly staged action and sly humor to earn this latest installment a memorable place in Bond canon.

At its best it's a marvel: bold, exciting and full of visions.

This is humanism in drag: Almodovar's passionate redefinition of family values.

Rozema's handling of the entangled amours and social gamesmanship at Mansfield Park is delightful and the open-minded moviegoer will have a hard time resisting this stylish and stirring movie.

A languorous, funny and lovingly detailed memory film.

As preposterous as the movie gets, it's clearly reveling in its own hokiness.

Portman gives a superb, understated performance as a teen who gets whiplash from watching her mother's mood swings.

Offers easy wisdom and light-hearted fun.

May be formulaic...but many good recipes are.

There's an ample sense of foreboding in Last Night -- but sadly, very little else.

Reveals a chilling reality: how hard it is to tell a simple truth when big business doesn't want it told.

Like its subject, American Movie works entirely on its own quirky terms.

Charming cinematic bauble.

Careening wildly between fairy tale and drama it doesn't know when to call it quits.

An engrossing, superbly acted film that will haunt the viewer's thoughts long after the film is over.

In the end, it's just another novice-teacher-takes-on-inner-city-kids-and-nobody's-life-will-ever-be-the-same film

Everyone in the film is either annoying or unpleasant.

The beauty and scale of Miyazaki's vision shines through.