The effort is undermined with crass humor, mugging and slapstick.

Well-made and modestly enjoyable.

If it wasn't for the stellar 3-D effects, there wouldn't be much to stop this hastily produced film from heading straight to DVD. But the scene at the end where all the confetti comes flying out and the pyrotechnics go off? Even I was willing to let out a little scream for that.

Seriously lacks both romance and comedy.

Turns into a pedestrian slice 'n' dice feature.

A kind of film opera without music.

It's 90 minutes of flying, dismembered limbs and explosions of blood, but give the man credit. Stallone can do action. If you want action and nothing but, here it is.

Movie cliches are supposed to be bad things because they make the movie too predictable. But you know, there are times when they actually work in a film's favor.

As plain awful as Untraceable is, possibly the worst thing about it is that it pretends to mean something.

Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast.

First, this movie should be enjoyed. Later, marveled at. And then, once the excitement has faded, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days really should be studied, because director Cristian Mungiu creates scenes unlike any ever filmed.

What it brings to the filming of a rock concert other than novelty remains to be seen.

The most important mainland Chinese film this decade.

Funny, very clever and still packs some cover-your-face bloody thrills that top any "Saw" or "Hostel" movie.

In thematic terms, Cassandra's Dream could be looked at as a rebuttal to "Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Produced by "Lost" and "Alias" mastermind J.J. Abrams, Cloverfield has been one of the more interesting experiments in large-scale guerrilla filmmaking.

A caper comedy with some definite problems.

It gets worse and worse as it goes along and finally ends just as it's becoming unbearable.

A rage-inducing expose.

The second half of the film is much funnier and warmer than the first, but the movie is still difficult to recommend.

A powerful, frightening look at America's delivery room.

Accessible, and often funny.

The subtlety is the beauty of it.

Though the movie has a handful of shots that are downright gross to witness, what makes The Orphanage scary is not what it threatens to show but what it suggests about life.

Anderson almost brings off a picture worthy of his grandiose ambition.

It's striking how much emotion Satrapi is able to convey through blocky drawings.

Emotionally false.

An edifying and forthright drama that aims to create a lump in the throat, and succeeds.