Highly entertaining and frequently fascinating.

A shiver of cosmic comedy runs through the film's tragic turns.

Even as agile a performer as Sandra Bullock seems to be straining here amid the repetitive jokes and muddled girl-power message.

An insightful and affectionate glimpse into the behind-the-scenes struggles of modern-day winemaking.

The Disney picture should handily score a direct hit to its targeted young female demographic as well as striking a chord with their big sisters, moms and aunts.

While nearly every shock comes at predictable moments, there is genuine ingenuity behind many, and the movie is surprisingly fresh for one made by a guy on his third go-round with the same material.

Woody's back on solid ground with his first memorable pic of the new millennium.

The brutality of the fights and Schizo's growing ability to outfox his enemies make for a taut and exciting little picture.

It's a roller-coaster action film that thunders along with top-notch set pieces and studiously researched period settings. The only letdown is that the focus on action drowns out any character development.

A full-flavored, absorbing tragedy.

If Hostage looks a lot like a state-of-the-art French "policier" minus the pesky subtitles, the effect is purely intentional.

If sheer cleverness were everything, Robots would be the best computer-animated cartoon yet…Yet, unlike the very best CG animation, Robots doesn't quite connect with the emotions and humor for which one yearns in cartoons.

Allen turns the character into a tour de force that unleashes an unexpected comedy about compassion and self-loathing.

By avoiding sentimentality, Millions emerges as a simple tale told with sympathy for a child's point of view.

The charisma and hard work by his two leads allows Boorman to succeed beyond all expectations.

The decidedly irreverent nature of much of the proceedings will be a turnoff to some viewers, a tonic to others.

Be Cool is not really cool as "Get Shorty" was, but it's entertaining, a frivolous cocktail rather than a vintage wine.

Admittedly, The Jacket is not likely to be everyone's cup of tea, but filmmaker John Maybury has forged a mesmerizing mindblower.

Vin Diesel is out of his element in this lame family comedy.

The movie is filled with small moments of tenderness, insight and considerable wisdom.

A lack of artful filmmaking doesn't detract from the dramatic impact of this fly-on-the-wall, cinema verite documentary.

Well-meaning but implausible story.

There is little suspense, however, and while all the attention on the small details of their lives is laudable, it isn't very interesting.

Lo Cascio and Boni inhabit their roles with keen intellectual and emotional vigor.

Cursed, a modern-day werewolf tale that fails to provide either Craven's trademark chills or Williamson's trademark satirical wit, is a distinctly subpar film that, but for the current boxoffice streak enjoyed by such formulaic genre entries, deserved to go direct to video.

In an awkward split-personality way, it works some of the time.

A winningly restrained lead performance by Tommy Lee Jones, who also exec produced, isn't enough to put the film on the boxoffice scoreboard.

Accomplished and affecting art house fare.