You don't have to be a chem-lab wonk to be seduced by the seven scientists who discuss their work and lives in this engaging film.

Suffers from wishy-washiness.

Some brilliant human moments do emerge, and there's nothing wrong with a reminder to live life in harmony, and not to beat yourself up.

(Bassett's) finally been given another part worthy of her talents, and she makes the most of it.

Perhaps more than any war film in recent memory, Kippur is about the actual work of combat.

Thank God for Brooke Shields: Spitting spite with every remark she hurls at her long-suffering mother, she's a revelation.

So inconsequential that it starts evaporating from memory the minute it's over.

Stylized to the point of poetry.

A beautifully acted slice of intersecting lives defined and driven by the business of beauty.

An arty fright flick that's neither artistic nor the least bit scary.

A kitchen-sink realist coming-of-age story in the venerable British tradition, with all the good and bad that entails.

The good news is that Fishburne also stars, and has recruited a talented group of actors to flesh out the cast; the bad news is that no one seems to have been on hand to help out with the rest of film.

That director and co-writer Gurinder Chadha transforms this sitcom material into a lively and charming film about the melting pot at full boil probably owes something to the fact that her own multicultural bona fides are firmly in order.

Amusing and at times uproarious.

Truly in a class by itself.

For all the film's cleverness -- and it's often very clever -- it's as thin as its heroine.

Has a terminal case of the cutes.

A romantic comedy that's trying its damnedest to be cute and endearing and might be more successful if it weren't built on a foundation of barely-concealed misogyny.

It never actually coalesces into a movie.

Ocelot forgoes the razzle-dazzle of 3D, computer-generated animation and turns instead to West African painting, sculpture and fabric for layout, character design and the film's gorgeous color palette.

A moving look at the choices parents make on their children's behalf, and the reasons behind those choices.

Quite enjoyable on its own terms.

This is one of the most infectiously joyous celebrations of musicmaking ever committed to film. See it and be ennobled.

If you've never seen a martial arts movie, this is a great place to start.

Gray doesn't condescend to his outer-borough characters and elicits pitch-perfect performances from his ensemble cast.

Totally daft and a lot of fun.

This labored farce relies on an unpleasant collection of stereotypes for its comic effects, and Janger is a singularly unappealing leading man.

Sweet and sort of cute -- watch and see if it doesn't kind of sneak up on you.