Ultimately a less-than-satisfying cinematic meal.

So much is unspoken and this slice of reality is so thin and slow as to make the film downright unsatisfying.

Causes don't get much worthier, and Smile is a labor of love, a portion of the film's proceeds earmarked for the humanitarian group.

Only one of the three episodes of the anthology film Eros delivers on the title's promise.

An experimental, transgressive work that pretty much fails on every level, A Hole in My Heart, depicting the efforts of a trio of amateur porn filmmakers, eventually will be considered a minor footnote to a talented director's career. In the meantime, it's the audience members that will have to suffer.

Voices in Wartime is a stirring testament to the search for meaning.

An elongated, rather aimless portrait that doesn't fully convey the essence of its titular subject.

Eye-popping yet ultimately thin and shallow as a page in a graphic novel.

It's an adrenaline rush of a film.

Full of insights on love and sex -- which will have more resonance for lesbians but pack a universal punch.

Grungy and uneven, but it has a rollicking pace and clearly intends to be good fun so that audiences may overlook its unsteady rhythms, pretensions and inconsistencies and take it for the fast and very furious ride it wants to be.

Plays like a pilot for a TV sitcom. It sets up enough story threads for an entire season yet nothing much actually happens during the 105-minute running time.

Odessa ... Odessa! could use a little more narrative substance to augment its haunting imagery but is ultimately a memorable portrait of cultural dislocation.

Packs plenty of crowd-pleasing appeal.

Shaky story and predictable developments make this an off-key ballad.

Splashed and accessorized with brainy nonsense, "D.E.B.S." is a "H.O.O.T."

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.