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	386 Reviews by Manohla Dargis 386 Reviews by Manohla Dargis of New York Times Movie: Baby Mama Release date: 4/18/2008 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) The film never comes fully to term, as it were: the visual style is sitcom functional, and even t... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Kite Runner Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) ...the setups are banal, and the scenes lack tension, which no amount of editing can provide. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Gangster Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) ...a seductive package, crammed with all the on-screen and off-screen talent that big-studio mone... 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: Martian Child Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) ...100 percent goo. 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gone Baby Gone Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) ...a satisfyingly tough look into conscience, to those dark places where some men also go astray. 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) ...The Golden Age has sweep and momentum and almost as many mood shifts and genre notes as th... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a kitsch extravaganza aquiver with trembling bosoms, booming guns an... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lars and the Real Girl Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) ...part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Michael Clayton Release date: 10/5/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) It¿s a story about ethics and their absence, a slow-to-boil requiem for American decency... 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lust, Caution Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/0) Lust, Caution is a sleepy, musty period drama about wartime maneuvers and bedroom calisthenics, a... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lust, Caution Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a sleepy, musty period drama about wartime maneuvers and bedroom calisthenics, and the misguid... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Last Winter Release date: 9/19/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) It's amazing what you can do with a low budget, an expansive imagination and a smooth-moving came... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superbad Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...sweetly absurd... 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: The 11th Hour Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...essential viewing. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: The 11th Hour Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) An unnerving, surprisingly affecting documentary about our environmental calamity [that] is such ... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 3 Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...junky, clunky, grimly unfunny... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Ultimatum, The Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) For Jason Bourne, who rises and rises again in this fantastically kinetic, propulsive film, resur... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Ultimatum, The Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...fantastically kinetic... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/1) Sporadically funny, casually sexist, blithely racist and about as visually sophisticated as a par... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunshine Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...spooky and spookily beautiful... 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunshine Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) As the ship moves closer to the Sun, and people and things begin to fall apart, Mr. Doyle and his... 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a movie of epically assaultive noise and nonsense. 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) A movie of epically assaultive noise and nonsense. 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evening Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...proves that not every book deserves its own film. 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evening Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Proves that not every book deserves its own film. 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Live Free or Die Hard Release date: 6/27/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...Bruce Willis is ready to earn our love again by performing the same lovably violent, meathead ... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Kill Me Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...goes about as dark as a comedy can go before turning into tragedy or self-parody. 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mighty Heart, A Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...effectively fashioned, as jolting as it is polished, as well as a surprising, insistently poli... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...crashing bore... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ocean's Thirteen Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) With Ocean�s Thirteen, the gang�s all here, looking fighting trim and Hollywood beautiful, at you... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Belle Toujours Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) This 70-minute exercise ends before it begins. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paprika Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) In Paprika, a gorgeous riot of future-shock ideas and brightly animated imagery, the doors of per... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paprika Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a gorgeous riot of future-shock ideas and brightly animated imagery... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man 3 Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...mostly just plods and plods along... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Next Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a crummy action and speculative-fiction hybrid... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Next Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) It�s too bad that Mr. Cage couldn�t tap into those powers to save himself from another bad choice... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Triad Election Release date: 4/25/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) The surfaces gleam as luxuriously in Johnnie To's exemplary gangster thriller Triad Election as t... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fracture Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) The glib entertainment Fracture offers an assortment of tasty treats... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hot Fuzz Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Think of it as The Full Monty blown to smithereens. 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vacancy Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...banal horror retread... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pathfinder Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) All grunting, all goring, the witless action flick Pathfinder has little to recommend it...... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Year of the Dog Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) It's funny ha-ha but firmly in touch with its downer side, which means it's also funny in a kind ... 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Private Fears In Public Places Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Private Fears in Public Places is far from difficult and that, it is also worth noting, is not a ... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reaping, The Release date: 4/5/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...schlock-o-rama... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reaping, The Release date: 4/5/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) The only remotely notable thing about this particular jumble of boos, bangs and door creaks is th... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Book Release date: 4/4/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...pretty much a hoot. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: After the Wedding Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a modern creation with a classic theme involving haves and have-nots, bloodlines and family ti... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shooter Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a thoroughly reprehensible, satisfyingly violent entertainment about men and guns and things t... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zodiac Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...magnificently obsessive... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amazing Grace Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Amazing Grace, a prettified take on the life and times of the 18th-century reformer William Wilbe... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amazing Grace Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...generally pleasing and often moving, even when the story wobbles off the historical rails or b... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breach Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a thriller that manages to excite and unnerve despite our knowing the ending... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Italian, The Release date: 1/19/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a richly atmospheric, persuasively inhabited world teeming with foundlings and pathos. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alpha Dog Release date: 1/12/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...about the pleasure of watching beautiful bodies at rest and in motion. 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freedom Writers Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a film with a strong emotional tug and smartly laid foundation. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Times Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) A trilogy of desire from the Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien in which the same actress and act... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Copying Beethoven Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) In Copying Beethoven Ed Harris proves an ideal substitute for the deaf, brooding composer, acting... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Children of Men Release date: 12/25/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...may be something of a bummer, but it's the kind of glorious bummer that lifts you to the rafte... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Shepherd, The Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...an origin story about the C.I.A., and for the filmmakers that story boils down to fathers who ... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good German, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...they don't make them like they used to even when they try. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pursuit of Happyness, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...he kind of entertainment that goes down smoothly until it gets stuck in your craw. 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deja Vu Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a Bruckheimer-and-Scott partnership is only as good as its screenplay, and this one is a mess. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casino Royale Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Casino Royale doesn¿t play as dirty as the Bourne films, but the whole thing moves far lower... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Candy Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...doesn't add anything substantively new to the story of heroin addiction, though it does featur... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a folly, though not a dishonorable one. 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Fur is a folly, though not a dishonorable one. 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Copying Beethoven Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) The presentation of the Ninth is reason alone to see the film. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) The brilliance of Borat is that its comedy is as pitiless as its social satire, and as brainy... 170 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch a Fire Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) It¿s a film that wants to play as if it were ripped from today¿s headlines, but has been shredd... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flags of Our Fathers Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...Clint Eastwood says something new and urgent about the uses of war and of the men who fight. 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Departed, The Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...at once a success and a relief... 189 other reviews of this movie Movie: Queen, The Release date: 9/30/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a sublimely nimble evisceration of that cult of celebrity known as the British royal family. 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last King of Scotland, The Release date: 9/27/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...queasily enjoyable... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Dahlia, The Release date: 9/15/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Brian De Palma drains the life out of James Ellroy's take on the spectacularly cruel 1947 murder ... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Dahlia, The Release date: 9/15/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) With the diverting exception of Hilary Swank...the leads are disastrous. 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hollywoodland Release date: 9/8/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...exasperating... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snakes on a Plane Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a solid, B-movie-style entertainment... 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trust the Man Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...opening a film with a small child straining on a toilet and talking about poop isn¿t just a b... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Descent, The Release date: 8/4/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a full-throttle horror freakout... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Like Killing Flies Release date: 7/28/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...at once engaging and glib. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Miss Sunshine Release date: 7/26/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...across-the-board terrific performances... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady in the Water Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) A folly, true, but watchable. 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: You, Me and Dupree Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a limp attempt to wed a romantic comedy to a buddy comedy... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mini's First Time Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Mini's First Time is delectably vulgar for 20 minutes or so, almost too bad to be true, but it so... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: You, Me and Dupree Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) There are several problems with the romantic comedy You, Me and Dupree, not least that there is n... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman Returns Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...leaden... 258 other reviews of this movie Movie: Who Killed the Electric Car? Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...one of the more successful additions to the growing ranks of issue-oriented documentaries. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Who Killed the Electric Car? Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Fast and furious, Who Killed the Electric Car? is the sad tale of yet one more attempt by a heroi... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Click Release date: 6/23/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...the director Frank Coraci struggles to push the character toward the kind of age-appropriate c... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Release date: 6/16/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) The indignities are as enormous as the food bills... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cars Release date: 6/9/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...the film just putt, putt, putts along, a shining model of technological progress and consumer ... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...generically serviceable... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission: Impossible III Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Mr. Hoffman enlivens Mission: Impossible III, which otherwise droops... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Proposition, The Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) This Australian western, written by the darkly moody musician and author Nick Cave, tells a story... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Proposition, The Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...the film tells a story of murder in the outback that is as cruel as it is aesthetically flambo... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Celestine Prophecy, The Release date: 4/21/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) A delectable fusion of New Age babble and luridly bad filmmaking based on the best-selling 1993 b... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hard Candy Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) More sour than hard, this highfalutin exploitation flick starts with an unsavory premise that qui... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Notorious Bettie Page, The Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...exuberant... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hard Candy Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...quickly becomes downright unpalatable. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friends With Money Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Nicole Holofcener's bittersweet comedy is about friendship and money and about how having one som... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Basic Instinct 2 Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...a disaster of the highest or perhaps lowest order. 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thank You for Smoking Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...if not dangerous to your health, more than a little irritating. 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: V for Vendetta Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...sags when it should zip... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, The Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...unaccountably, badly shot in crummy-looking Super 16 film... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ask the Dust Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Towne ... has turned Fante's glorious howl into a requiem for a city and those who escape its gil... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unknown White Male Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) Rupert Murray's thought-stirring documentary recounts the bizarre saga of man who walked into a C... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Why we Fight Release date: 1/20/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki employs his skills as an archivist, interviewer and resea... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tristan & Isolde Release date: 1/13/2006 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) ...Tristan & Isolde has nothing new to say about either love or filmmaking, but that, too, is... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hole In My Heart, A Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:33 PM Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) It's a mystery what the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson thought he was up to in A Hole in My He... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Where the Truth Lies Release date: 10/14/2005 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) In telling the story of a fictional comedy team, the director Atom Egoyan seems to want to decons... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Union Square Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:46 PM Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) The film attempts to affect an air of dispassionate objectivity, but generally comes across as an... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twilight Samurai, The Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:45 PM Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) The film creeps into your affections with admirable stealth. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cowards Bend the Knee Release date: 8/11/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (7/0) There is also something rather splendid about this extended-play peep show, as if Mr. Maddin had ... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Brilliantly paced and cut. 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: I, Robot Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Although Asimov's core conceit remains intact, the movie essentially plays out like an off-the-ra... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) It's head-banging entertainment from start to finish. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) What takes the whole thing pleasurably over the top, turning a goof into a total gas, is the film... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: De-Lovely Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) De-lousy. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) It's not the end of American cinema, but it may signal either the end of Ben Stiller's ambitions ... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) An unexpectedly buoyant spectacular. 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Garfield Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Soulless excuse for an entertainment. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chronicles of Riddick, The Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Weighted down with money, pretension and Diesel's tenuous importance -- and not enough story stor... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stepford Wives, The Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) The idea behind The Stepford Wives is still a chiller, but this remake has some gaping plot holes... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Springtime in a Small Town Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) This isn't a radical film by any means, but in its gentle tempo, its avoidance of the obvious and... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Super Size Me Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Super Size Me packs a lot of good information, witty visual aids and expert testimonials into its... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mean Girls Release date: 4/30/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Originality is never the point of an entertainment like this; the point is that director Mark Wat... 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saddest Music in the World, The Release date: 4/30/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) The Saddest Music in the World doesn't just re-create 1933 through costumes; it actually looks li... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: 13 Going On 30 Release date: 4/23/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Whenever [Garner's] on screen you don't want to look anywhere else. 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thousand Clouds of Peace, A Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Works principally as a mood piece, with the gorgeous cinematography doing much of the heavy lifti... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twentynine Palms Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Nihilism is a crude instrument, even for those with talent, and it can be especially hazardous fo... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hellboy Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) A triumph of design over meaning. 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taking Lives Release date: 3/19/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) It's slick nonsense at best and for the first hour it's watchable. 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reckoning, The Release date: 3/5/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) For its first hour or so, the story moves at a steady clip, generating enough mystery to keep you... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Robot Stories Release date: 2/13/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) There's no pleasure in giving new directors bad reviews and it's especially unpleasant when what'... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Bounce, The Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) There may once have been a real movie rattling inside the empty studio package known as The Big B... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tokyo Godfathers Release date: 1/16/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) A well-told story, forged on vision and delivered with heart. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Calendar Girls Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) A paper-thin comic distraction. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuck on You Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Sweeter and softer than their earlier comedies, and largely devoid of gags about bodily functions... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Samurai, The Release date: 12/5/2003 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Taken on the level of spectacle rather than of sense, The Last Samurai affords the sort of fizzy ... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: 21 Grams Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Watts, Penn and Del Toro have all been brilliant before, and if we're lucky, they will all be bri... 132 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) If directing bad movies were a sin to confess, Bo Welch would say oops for making this mess. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: In My Skin Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (7/0) Although it ultimately collapses under the weight of its repulsive imagery ... 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film about a back-street abortionist in 1950 London, is the English director Mike L... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the Bend Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...heavily padded, thinly conceived, well-meaning movie... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: First Daughter Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...Mr. Whitaker, either by design or default, has succeeded in draining all signs of life from mo... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Innocence Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (5/5) Login Required The line between cinematic art and exploitation has rarely seemed finer and nervier, at least in ... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Suspect Zero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Finally, a serial-killer movie so preposterous it may actually put a permanent kibosh on 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Weekly: (3/4) No reference An intelligent, moral shocker. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Extreme Ops Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of Los Angeles Times: (3/4) No reference Some writer dude, I think his name was, uh, Michael Zaidan, was supposed to have like written the... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Safe Conduct Release date: 10/11/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. 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Weekly: (3/4) No reference There's not much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel than charm -- effortless, pleas... 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deuces Wild Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference Astonishing isn't the word -- neither is incompetent, incoherent or just plain crap. Indeed, none... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Changing Lanes Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference The two stars? They're exactly right. 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Age Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference From the squirrel's mad, droopy eyes, to the rumba rhythms of Manny's rear end, to the way Diego ... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Machine, The Release date: 3/8/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference In the new film, it's personal tragedy that provokes the journey, not social upheaval or even sci... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: We Were Soldiers Release date: 3/1/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference The Vietnam setting looks authentic enough, but the action is as inert and unpersuasive as Gibson... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Slackers Release date: 2/1/2002 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference Calculated swill. 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Y Tu Mama Tambien Release date: 10/17/2001 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference Easily one of the sexiest and funniest films about class struggle ever made. 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: American History X Release date: 10/28/1998 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference The problem is that Kaye, who's used to selling cars on TV, shoots Derek the Hater as lovingly as... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Office Killer Release date: 12/3/1997 Review by Manohla Dargis of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference Some of this is insulting, all of it is tedious. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Year of the Dog, The Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:50 PM Review by Manohla Dargis of New York Times: (6/1) No reference Year of the Dog is funny ha-ha but firmly in touch with its downer side, which means it�s also fu... 21 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style