Features bursts of humor and electrifying energy offset by speechifying and a dud of a subplot.

Another inert, soul-dead action drama that turns actors into zombies...It's garbage.

Muniz, however, is hampered by Stripes' constant moping, which brings out the "Malcolm in the Middle'' star's whinier tendencies.

The film is finally a letdown.

Held back by a story and script that is often silly and confusing.

A snapshot of the festival, one that radiates good cheer and offers moments of true, godly goodness.

A rather boring horror film.

Kim's masterly, poetic ending is the cherry on top in this anime, good for a rainy day or any day.

It's engaging and transparent at once.

A faithful portrait of a period in American social history.

An exceptional example of Shakespeare on film.

A richly satisfying and darkly funny movie.

Confusing, mixing messages of self-empowerment with those of conformity.

Unoriginal, frequently incomprehensible and cheaply made.

Tasteful but not compromised.

Absorbing and exquisite.

With Lloyd Webber onboard not just as composer but also co-screenwriter and producer, the film seemed destined to stay true to its roots rather than attempt to transcend them.

The picture doesn't come close to approaching the near-classic quality of the earlier film.

An extraordinary and effective film.

Reveals essential truthfulness about families.

Jaw-droppingly awful.

While still trumpeting human ingenuity, the new movie lacks the subtlety, character development and exceptional ensemble acting of the 1965 version.

It's moving, romantic, dreamlike, flawlessly acted and so engaging as to make you forget about euthanasia before it jolts you back into recognition.

Leoni is a very attractive woman, and she should be credited for giving a brave performance, but her character starts to produce involuntary shudders when she appears onscreen.

The Aviator has a hole in its center, and Scorsese fills it the only way he can, with spectacle. He makes The Aviator colorful and entertaining from beginning to end. There are worse things.

Much credit for this delightfully morose children's film must go to director Brad Silberling's careful orchestration. Please note, in the vocabulary-building spirit of the Snicket books, that the word "orchestration'' here means "coaxing good performances out of child actors and keeping Jim Carrey in check.''

Ages well in memory because it gradually seems to mean more. Its meaning can't be summed up in a sentence, but it has to do with a view of life as inexpressibly sad and yet always right.

A potent and troubling meditation on the state of Western society.