It is, simply, the alienation-invasion movie to beat all alien-invasion movies: meticulously detailed and expertly paced and photographed, with sights so spectacular and terrible that viewers will have to consciously remind themselves to close their mouths when their jaws drop open.

An entirely unconventional, hypnotic, meandering film.

It's funny, easily the funniest and least self-conscious movie that director Nora Ephron has made.

The master is back, and there's no shortage of exploding brain matter -- or fun -- to be had in the theaters this weekend.

Riveting.

Mostly unbearable.

Doueiri sprinkles Lila Says with moments of humor and violence -- a mix that keeps the film fresh and unpredictable.

An astonishing documentary.

It's a kids' movie from a better time, with a few small concessions to modern audiences.

Intends to inspire outrage, and to an extent it succeeds.

A bigger mess than the gas crisis.

Solid if unspectacular.

There's just the matter of facing it: that The Perfect Man is just something slapped together -- by people who don't care, for an audience they figure will care even less.

Perversely fascinating.

Totally original yet filled with familiar human frailties, "Everyone" leaps off the screen to become one of those rare movie-going experiences.

Instantly captivating.

Occasionally funny and touching, but often embarrassing and cringe-inducing.

Desperately wants to deal dramatically with the legitimate issues of homosexuality, tolerance, homelessness and drug use. But to do so, the movie, like Ethan, would first need to grow up.

It's all pleasant but fairly unimportant, and then -- POW -- comes the great scene, almost out of nowhere.

Best of all, there's just the pleasure of seeing something that's both fantastic to the eye and emotionally dimensional. This is how to make action movies.

Mesmerizing documentary.

The film is glossy, but awful. Frenetic, but awful. Expensive, but awful. ... And awful.

The Honeymooners isn't the worst of the endless spate of TV rehashes, but it still feels perfunctory.

For all this, there is one unalloyed good thing to be said for High Tension. When all is said and done, it really does live up to its title. In every other way it's trash, but that truth-in-advertising aspect is a major weight to throw into the mix.

Sharkboy relies almost entirely on 3-D for its kicks. The novelty, however, quickly wears thin with the thinnest of stories to project.

A wise and wonderful parable.

The film is bleak, not particularly compelling, and the characters are frustrating, the enemies of their own happiness.

A stirring and sometimes funny film.