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	310 Reviews by Steven D. Greydanus 310 Reviews by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide Movie: Bella Release date: 10/26/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Bolstered by engaging performances and an appealing Latin milieu, Bella tells a simple, idealisti... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Things We Lost in the Fire Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (6/0) Though not always faithful in small things, Things We Lost is faithful in much. The individual mo... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lars and the Real Girl Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Manages to be — yes — sweet and sincere without ever tipping over either into sacchar... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) A lurid sort of Christopher Hitchens vision of history pervades Elizabeth: The Golden Age …... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trade Release date: 9/21/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (6/0) Trade needed to be the United 93 of the human trafficking crisis. It's closer to being the World ... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: 3:10 to Yuma Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Follows closely in the original's footsteps, except for all the business about honor, recovered s... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 3 Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) A half-hour of brilliance, preceded by an hour of dreck… a roughly comparable dreck-to-bril... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Ultimatum, The Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Bourne has gone the distance for three straight films… seals the achievement of a rare acti... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Arctic Tale Release date: 7/25/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The heavy-handed ideology and flawed narration don't commend Arctic Tale as a movie I would care ... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunshine Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) Boyle gives us sci-fi razzle-dazzle and some undeniably powerful images, but as effective as it i... 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Release date: 7/11/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The level of magical eye candy is noticeably lower… [yet] no longer is Harry just The Boy T... 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ratatouille Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Linguini gives the best physical "performance" from a CGI character to date, virtually (so to spe... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Live Free or Die Hard Release date: 6/27/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Wisely, Live Free doesn't try to replicate the paranoia or intimidation of the first film… ... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evan Almighty Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Offers an inoffensive message of conservationism and family togetherness, leavened by bestiary sl... 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) None of these allegedly "fantastic" heroes has any gravitas… Far from inspiring admiration,... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) If Dead Man’s Chest was inspiration gone amok, At World’s End is more — much, m... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek the Third Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Continues the deliberate bad taste that is the franchise’s hallmark, with the usual hit-and... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man 3 Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Stuffed to bursting — with action, plotlines, characters, humor, energy, moods, spectacle a... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Namesake, The Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) The film is generally engaging but feels elusively incomplete. One could say it is about the jour... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost Rider Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) Is this the best they could do with a fiery, chopper-riding skeleton that punishes the wicked -- ... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happily N'Ever After Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) Ella's so blindly devoted to the Prince, and so convinced that he's the one to save the day, that... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: We Are Marshall Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) More than most films of its ilk, We Are Marshall rises above the clichés that define the g... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlotte's Web Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Fair family entertainment… the basic appeal of White's story is sturdy enough to survive th... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flushed Away Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Settles for a more modest level than Aardman's previous efforts. Strong on visual invention and w... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prestige, The Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (7/0) Tightly plotted and thematically well-crafted. 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flags of Our Fathers Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Tendentious voiceovers aside, Flags of Our Fathers remains a thoughtful exploration of the tensio... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: One Night with the King Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Distinctly made-for-TV vibe [despite] visual spectacle and a distinguished supporting cast. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Facing the Giants Release date: 9/29/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Fitfully entertaining… To reach a broader audience, though, the filmmakers will have to scr... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Everyone's Hero Release date: 9/15/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Old-fashioned, sweet, but ultimately disposable family fare with echoes of better films from Toy ... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: World Trade Center Release date: 8/9/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Sometimes this kind of writing can evoke unaffected sincerity; other times, it seems merely trite... 215 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster House Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A bracingly icy breath of fresh air, a tween-oriented family film that is unabashedly out to frig... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Takes the slapstick swashbuckling to a completely new level, evoking the ingenuity of a Buster Ke... 186 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman Returns Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Honors and builds upon the strengths of its predecessors while gracefully minimizing their weakne... 258 other reviews of this movie Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Watching Ratner struggle with his enormous cast makes one appreciate the economy with which Singe... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission: Impossible III Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Competent, disposable entertainment… in the post-007 world of Jason Bourne, that may not be... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Age: The Meltdown Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Ice Age 2 isn't really a meltdown, but it's no bolt from a Blue Sky. 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Inside Man Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Thanks to smart direction from Lee, generally top-notch performances from a stellar cast, and pun... 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: V for Vendetta Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) After being burned in effigy for 400 years, you'd think Guy Fawkes would appreciate a little reha... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tsotsi Release date: 2/24/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Hood avigates this mine field with sure instincts… He doesn't tell, but shows; his characte... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eight Below Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A dog faces death, not because of cold or hunger, not because it was abandoned to face the polar ... 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nanny McPhee Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Frays in the second half… Fancy Darcy as a limp romantic lead! 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:44 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) One of a very few films that accomplishes one of the rarest and most valuable of cinematic achiev... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Match Point Release date: 12/28/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Lacks precisely what is, at least arguably, the most haunting element in [Crimes and Misdemeanors... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: New World, The Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Malick's painterly images and meditative voiceovers are not for me the overwhelming force of natu... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Kong Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) One of those mad movies, like Moulin Rouge! or Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that f... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brokeback Mountain Release date: 12/9/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A jaundiced portrait of maleness in crisis… extending not only to… the central charac... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Offers some of the series' most magical imagery… Alas, with so much territory to cover, som... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walk the Line Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) In spite of all it does right, Walk the Line leaves one with the nagging sense of a story unfinis... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pride & Prejudice Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Breathes new life into characters and conversations never before quite wholly free from the print... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zathura Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) [Ruined by] the utterly unsympathetic portrayal of Walter, and the one-note sourness of his treat... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Legend of Zorro, The Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A 'funny family action film' in the Fantastic Four mold — that is, a movie whose key qualif... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just Like Heaven Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The script is smarter than the typical rom-com, and Waters directs cannily, never letting either ... 130 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Release date: 9/9/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) I am a believer, but I confess I'm left with more doubts than certainties about Emily's case. Thi... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Island, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The closest thing so far to a good Michael Bay film… [but] whatever cautionary or entertainm... 161 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Enough to make any fan of the book cry — with delight at all the film gets so magically righ... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Enough to make any fan of the book cry — with delight at all the film gets so magically righ... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: War of the Worlds Release date: 6/29/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Rather grim, joyless excitement… 9/11 imagery gives the film some topical cache... 207 other reviews of this movie Movie: March of the Penguins Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) To human observers, the ways in which animal behavior variously resembles or contrasts with human... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Begins Release date: 6/15/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) It's tempting to call Batman Begins the Citizen Kane of super-hero movies; at any rate, it's the ... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cinderella Man Release date: 6/3/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A rousing picture and a genuinely inspiring one… one Cinderella story that goes the distance... 171 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Crippled as he is by the decisions of the first two films, Lucas manages to invest the final chap... 250 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Crippled as he is by the decisions of the first two films, Lucas manages to invest the final chap... 250 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, The Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) What should have been a bitingly Gilliamesque Men in Black comes off as a hit-and-miss Britcom Ga... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Constantine Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Muddled to say the least… although at least it's more interesting than anything in Hellboy o... 180 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The Release date: 2/9/2005 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Irving captures some memorable images… but generally relies on the birds' natural photogeni... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twilight Samurai, The Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:45 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Deeply humane� a bittersweet, eloquent tribute to a man who is bent but not crushed beneath the w... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Goodbye, Mr. Chips Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:32 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The original inspirational-teacher story, and a beloved valentine to classical education, traditi... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: In Good Company Release date: 12/29/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Not as sharp or quirky as About a Boy, but it has a stronger moral center, and the same humane, t... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hotel Rwanda Release date: 12/22/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Here, now, is the true face of human barbarity, and the true face of human heroism. Not in the no... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hotel Rwanda Release date: 12/22/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Here, now, is the true face of human barbarity, and the true face of human heroism. Not in the no... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) If you prefer movie reviews about pleasant films in which children are not placed in excessive pe... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aviator, The Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) You can almost feel Scorsese exorcising the specter of Gangs of New York in the first act. 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Million Dollar Baby Release date: 12/15/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Deeply troubling and potentially gravely harmful artifact of the culture of death. 178 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Flying Daggers Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Third art-house wuxia in a row with Zhang Ziyi the subject of violent sexual advances -- but the ... 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Christmas with the Kranks Release date: 11/24/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Makes the colossal mistake of making Luther's obsession seem almost a valid protest against confo... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Treasure Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Works fairly well as slick, enjoyable hooey… in its general approach if not all particulars,... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Neverland Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Barrie's Neverland is a bubble bath with endless castles, clouds and caves waiting to be explored... 137 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kinsey Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Sheer dishonesty. 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A beguilingly unreal excursion into the imaginative world of another age… must viewing for g... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vanity Fair Release date: 9/1/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) An honorable failure. Nair's warm humanism is a poor match for Thackeray's misanthropic tendencie... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) On one level, Hero represents a return to wuxia convention… yet there's nothing even margina... 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: Benji Off the Leash! Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Thinks a happy ending is not for the boy to get to keep the dog, but for the dog to go to Hollywo... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Village, The Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The ghosts of Sixth Sense continue to haunt Shyamalan… For the first time he has created cha... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) James Bond only does things you could never do, but Bourne does things you could never even think... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: America's Heart and Soul Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The pursuit of happiness. That�s what Schwartzberg has captured� a visually stunning celebration ... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two Brothers Release date: 6/25/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Annaud's skill and subtlety elevate what is basically a fable-like throwback to the sort of live-... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Hackneyed is one thing; embarrassing is another… but if you're enough of a fan to see it for... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Napoleon Dynamite Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A Roschach test of viewer empathy… while I respect the concerns of those who find the movie ... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Story of the Weeping Camel, The Release date: 6/4/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) As unique as the title animal: unrushed as a donkey, shaggy as a llama, sturdy as a horse — ... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Release date: 6/4/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) If the first two films could easily have been tightened up by a half-hour or so, this one left me... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Home on the Range Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Passable entertainment that ultimately reflects Disney's failure to find their new groove. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Passion of the Christ, The Release date: 2/25/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A preeminently important cinematic expression of faith — probably one of the most important ... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miracle Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) An accessible, meticulous, rousing tribute to the legendary game that should both please mainstre... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Peter Pan Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) As much a commentary on Peter Pan as an adaptation� an interesting if flawed tribute to all that ... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Fish Release date: 12/10/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Celebrates the whimsical spirit and imagination of a man whose only mode of relating to other peo... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) What's next? Will the Sneetches get wild and crazy? / Will the Lorax get jiggy with Daisy-He... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Release date: 11/14/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A film that spurns condescension and pandering, made with the novels' own flawless authenticity&#... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Architect Release date: 11/12/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Does Nathaniel finally find his father? If so, it's neither to excuse nor to condemn him… bu... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Revolutions, The Release date: 11/5/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Neo's messianic abilities, the war against the machines, the freeing of mankind, the irrelevant c... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shattered Glass Release date: 10/31/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Glass's pattern of deceit is queasily persuasive; adding Catch Me If You Can psychologizing would... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pieces of April Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The moment I realized the movie was working for me was when I realized that I was rooting for it ... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Boy! Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Basically harmless but uninspired, Good Boy! will leave viewers essentially none the worse for we... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: School of Rock Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Almost entertaining enough and harmless enough for a pass… More interesting than the film, p... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: School of Rock Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Almost entertaining enough and harmless enough for a pass… More interesting than the film, p... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secondhand Lions Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Like Hub, [writer-director] McCanlies’s heart is in the right place, but his head could use... 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Open Range Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Open Range is a bit like Charley himself: competent, flawed, unglamorous, grim but not unhopeful,... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freaky Friday Release date: 8/6/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Stories about role reversals are usually about teaching both sides a lesson in humility and appre... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) As sheer dumb spectacle, Spy Kids 3-D isn't wholly without merit. Too bad Rodriguez ... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Release date: 7/9/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The most remarkable thing about Pirates of the Caribbean is neither Johnny Depp's mesmerizing per... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Release date: 7/2/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Against all odds, a smart, rousing extension of Cameron's paranoid fantasy that not only meshes s... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hulk, The Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Not the best or most exciting of comic-book movies, but the most thoughtful and one of the most i... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alex & Emma Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Another misfire from the once-reliable Reiner, Alex and Emma is occasionally amusing but never ma... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hollywood Homicide Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Not the worst cop-buddy movie of the year — that distinction goes to National Security —... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Reloaded, The Release date: 5/15/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Takes us deeper into the mythology underlying The Matrix, in the process confirming something I r... 228 other reviews of this movie Movie: X2: X-Men United Release date: 5/2/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Goes beyond the comic-book movie label in a way no previous super-hero movie has done: It's well-... 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spellbound Release date: 4/30/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A tribute to old-fashioned virtues of hard work, education, competition — and good spelling ... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Phone Booth Release date: 4/4/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Generally holds together at least while you're watching it, and has a level of moral interest not... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Agent Cody Banks Release date: 3/14/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Welcome to our second annual Spring Frankie Muniz Morally Problematic Spy Kids Rip-Off Movie, fea... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bend It Like Beckham Release date: 3/12/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Overpadded with sitcom misunderstandings… the mantra that your parents don't always know wha... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tears of the Sun Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) In the absence of any larger drama of characters or exploration of moral issues, the horror seems... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bringing Down the House Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Thinks it is enlightened because it is down on white culture and down with black culture. It is n... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jungle Book 2, The Release date: 2/14/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) At a time when a movie as dicey as Kangaroo Jack can be fobbed off as family fare, there's someth... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shanghai Knights Release date: 2/7/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) More inspired action nuttiness and brilliant slapstick than all of Jackie�s previous Hollywood bu... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Recruit, The Release date: 1/31/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Slick enough to be entertaining to the end, though it's never hard to guess what�s really going o... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kangaroo Jack Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) With Kangaroo Jack, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director David McNally have done for the PG ra... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Security Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Expects the audience to enjoy the prospect of a beleaguered white man suffering at the hands of a... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Son, The Release date: 1/10/2003 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Actions, not words or feelings, are at the center of The Son, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's chal... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'm Going Home Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:34 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A rarity, a film about old age that is neither a celebration or lament of of lost youth, nor an a... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pianist, The Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Not a celebration of the human spirit, neither demonizing the Germans nor lionizing the Jews, res... 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nicholas Nickleby Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Does a respectable job of retelling as much of Dickens’ tale as possible in the time allote... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chicago Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Are we meant to be appalled by the way the film’s merry murderesses play the system, or are... 176 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hours, The Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) In a year of cinematic good intentions defeated by flaws in execution, The Hours stands out from ... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch Me If You Can Release date: 12/25/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Breezy and entertaining… essentially a celebration of the career of a con artist, [but] it c... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gangs of New York Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) I’m not convinced that there’s anything more at the center of the finished picture th... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gangs of New York Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) I’m not convinced that there’s anything more at the center of the finished picture th... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Maid in Manhattan Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) An updated "Cinderella" story, Maid in Manhattan makes agreeably diverting viewing for most of it... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Release date: 12/12/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) From the bravura opening that stunningly recalls and continues a central sequence from The Fellow... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Adaptation Release date: 12/6/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) 'It's narcissistic -- solipsistic� pathetic.' It's very important that Charlie say this, just as ... 141 other reviews of this movie Movie: Solaris Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Some viewers will find Solaris difficult or dull. My complaint is different: I think it’s ... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Extreme Ops Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film, but the wheezing terrorist subplot hasn... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Emperor's Club, The Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) William Hundert (Kevin Kline) isn't charismatic or cool… I like that about him. He isn't sel... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) As with the original film, there's little to offend the most myopic fan of the books, but also li... 195 other reviews of this movie Movie: Half Past Dead Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) [Segal’s] rising age and weight increasingly render him implausible in the action-figure ro... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Dragon Release date: 10/4/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Not in the same league as Silence, but a worthy prelude, in contrast to Hannibal, an unworthy seq... 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tuxedo, The Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Yet another flawed but serviceable vehicle for Jackie Chan’s unique style of action comedy. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moonlight Mile Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) [Not] a scrupulously realistic representation of what grieving is really like… [but] an hone... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirited Away Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Has an unfortunate animistic sensibility, seeing gods and spirits in all things… The most st... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Four Feathers, The Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Here's a protagonist who questions the validity of killing people for the sake of an empire, but ... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Signs Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Signs has the heart that was lacking in Unbreakable, but stumbles badly in its treatment of the p... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuart Little 2 Release date: 7/19/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) See, now, this is how to make a sequel… A thoroughly entertaining family film that's smarter... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: K-19: The Widowmaker Release date: 7/19/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) As an exercise in logistics and adversity, K-19 is compelling, but as a story about ... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black II Release date: 7/3/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Men in Black was a witty parody of "X-Files" paranoia and pop mythology. Men in Blac... 153 other reviews of this movie Movie: Minority Report Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The ideal marriage of bravura storytelling, rip-roaring action, dazzling visuals, moody atmospher... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scooby-Doo Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Scooby Dooby Doo / And Shaggy too / You both look and sound great. / But Daphne, you're too Buff ... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Identity, The Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Sets medium-range goals for itself, and nails them solidly. 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sum of All Fears, The Release date: 5/31/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) I can’t really blame Affleck not being Harrison Ford. These days, not even Harrison Ford is... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Insomnia Release date: 5/24/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) At least you can care about the characters and the events — something I couldn’t say a... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Release date: 5/24/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A strangely grim indoctrination into the politics of victimization. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) One wide-eyed comic-book movie that revels in its pulp origins. 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Salton Sea, The Release date: 4/26/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) What the director can’t do is make either of Val Kilmer’s two personas interesting or... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Changing Lanes Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Neither Gipson nor Banek makes much of a poster child for the danger of civilized behavior devolv... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: High Crimes Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) High Crimes goes out on a note as bland as its title. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Age Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Has neither the invention and creativity of Monsters nor the satiric wit of Shrek, but it still e... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Machine, The Release date: 3/8/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Pitiful entertainment, succeeding neither as spectacle, as action-adventure, or as love story. 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sister Helen Release date: 1/1/2002 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) God bless Sister Helen Travis, with her foul mouth, black wimple… and irascible, abrasive at... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gosford Park Release date: 12/26/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Was it biting social satire, or was it only smug and misanthropic? 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kate & Leopold Release date: 12/25/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Likeable as they are, Kate and Leo are hampered by the heavy-handed storytelling going on around ... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Release date: 12/21/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Like a rollicking adventure from the fevered boyhood imagination of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: A Beautiful Mind Release date: 12/21/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A Beautiful Mind is not about ideas per se, but about the experience of living in a world defined... 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Release date: 12/19/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) ‘Here are beauties that pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here is a [film] th... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Game Release date: 11/21/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The kind of movie that represents an engaging evening’s diversion, but makes no impact and ... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsters, Inc. Release date: 11/2/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Triumphantly reconfirms the geniuses at Pixar as the 800-pound gorillas of modern animation and t... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: K-Pax Release date: 10/26/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The most shameless psychological quackery to come out of Hollywood since Mumford. 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Training Day Release date: 10/5/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Abruptly shifts gears, switching from character-driven issue-oriented thriller to formula action-... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tortilla Soup Release date: 8/24/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Isn’t the delicacy that Eat Drink Man Woman was… But on the level of comfort food this... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Others, The Release date: 8/10/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Watch it, and see what was wrong with the Zemeckis/Ford/Pfeiffer flop What Lies Beneath. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 2 Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Follows so closely in the footsteps of its hugely successful predecessor that an actual review is... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within Release date: 7/11/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The heroes, though eye-poppingly rendered, remain emotionally as one-dimensional as any computer-... 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence Release date: 6/29/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) What makes this world so compelling is that Spielberg shows us, as few others could have, how ord... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Atlantis: the Lost Empire Release date: 6/15/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Feels like an uninspired rehash of Rider Haggard, Jules Verne, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and a doz... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Animal, The Release date: 6/1/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) There was one thing about The Animal that did surprise me: the extent to which it systematically ... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pearl Harbor Release date: 5/25/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A historical cartoon, a bit of fluff that neither much knows nor cares about the context of the e... 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moulin Rouge Release date: 5/18/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) I’ll take a daring failure like Moulin Rouge! over a prefabricated success like The Mummy R... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek Release date: 5/16/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Sort of like The Princess Bride, if André the Giant had been the hero, and had worn Lou Fe... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dish, The Release date: 3/14/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) In 1969, when the world watched as man went the moon, America needed help from Australia to see i... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Joseph: King of Dreams Release date: 12/31/2000 11:01:35 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Once one stops making unfair comparisons to a theatrical film made on a much bigger budget, Josep... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shadow of the Vampire Release date: 12/29/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) It is, essentially, a goof. A meticulously crafted and exuberantly acted goof, but in the end no ... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thirteen Days Release date: 12/25/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A fitting dramatic tribute to the deadly brinksmanship that pulled us back from the edge during t... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Space Cowboys Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Where Armageddon merely strutted, Cowboys swaggers. What�s the difference? Style. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cast Away Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Chuck has flashes of ingenuity that filled me with the thrill of discovery and invention, and str... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A firebrand of a movie, bold, dramatic, and haunting. 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: What Women Want Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The women are basically innocent victims of male piggishness… The men are all cads. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Emperor's New Groove, The Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The Emperor’s New Groove is really about another new groove — Disney animation's…... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unbreakable Release date: 11/22/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Despite my misgivings, I’m glad I saw the film. 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Release date: 11/17/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) By the time that you read this short essay of ours / The Grinch will have made ten squintillion ... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Planet Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The film’s dearth of imagination is nowhere more evident than in the flat, tepid dialogue. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best in Show Release date: 9/29/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) What a pity that with such funny material, Guest and company found it necessary to rely so heavil... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nurse Betty Release date: 9/8/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Does LaBute feel any sympathy for his victimized women, or merely contempt for their weakness? 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Battlefield Earth Release date: 5/12/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) No, it doesn’t rise to the appalling heights of awfulness of such legendary mega-bombs as I... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gladiator Release date: 5/5/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) All the pieces are in place, but somehow they just don’t come together. 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The Release date: 4/28/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) What’s with the film’s odd preoccupation with such adult themes as class, money, and ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Return to Me Release date: 4/7/2000 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Characters you can enjoy watching and will care about, places you will enjoy spending time, and a... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Galaxy Quest Release date: 12/25/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Meet the Thermians: the biggest science-fiction nerds of all time. 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: End of the Affair, The Release date: 12/3/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Can anyone fail to recognize this as a fundamental betrayal of the author’s creative vision... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Toy Story 2 Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Pixar's gold standard for storytelling sophistication… not only their best all-around film, ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Being John Malkovich Release date: 10/29/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Gender and relationships shift and merge and re-form like blobs of goo in a lava lamp… a pro... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Straight Story, The Release date: 10/15/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Lynch has no intention of trying to “explain” what makes Alvin tick or of understanding... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Beauty Release date: 9/15/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) There is beauty to which this movie is stone cold blind: beauty it tramples on as ignorantly as B... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Release date: 5/19/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Lucas at his visionary best and at his maddening worst. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix, The Release date: 3/31/1999 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The most influential action movie since Star Wars. 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prince of Egypt, The Release date: 12/18/1998 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A genuinely great work of art that is also an inspiring and theologically significant narrative. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babe: Pig in the City Release date: 11/25/1998 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Would anyone go for a sequel to The Wizard of Oz that catapulted Dorothy and Toto into the world ... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Hard Release date: 7/13/1998 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) For an evening of edge-of-your-seat entertainment, you’d be hard pressed to do much better. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apostle, The Release date: 12/21/1997 11:01:26 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Disturbing but thought-provoking depiction of genuine faith coexisting with sin and carnality ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Perhaps the most melancholy thing about Titanic is its celebration of romantic ideals to the excl... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Perhaps the most melancholy thing about Titanic is its celebration of romantic ideals to the excl... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black Release date: 7/2/1997 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Smarter, leaner, funnier, and more human than most entries in the genre, relying less on spectacl... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Toy Story Release date: 11/22/1995 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Moviemaking alchemy — a breathtakingly perfect blend of wide-eyed childhood wonder and wry a... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babe Release date: 8/4/1995 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Unlike subsequent talking-animal pictures, Babe is a movie in which the human leads matter as muc... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apollo 13 Release date: 6/30/1995 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) In an age when we rely on computerized directions and GPS devices to drive to the next town, it s... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grave of the Fireflies Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:32 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) [Evokes] the experiences of childhood grief, small moments of ordinary life and happiness amid tr... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country Release date: 12/6/1991 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A rousing sendoff for Kirk, Spock, and Bones, and a fitting transition from the original series' ... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silence of the Lambs, The Release date: 2/13/1991 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Lecter fascinates us because he embodies qualities that we associate with civilized, reasonable e... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babette's gastebud Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:27 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A quiet celebration of the divine grace that meets us at every turn, and even redeems our ways no... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Bride, The Release date: 9/25/1987 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) One of those rare satiric gems, like The Court Jester and Galaxy Quest, that doesn't just send up... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek IV Release date: 11/19/1986 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The most successful and widely appealing of the Star Trek films, The Voyage Home is also the most... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Back to the Future Release date: 7/3/1985 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Equal parts hilarity, nostalgia, science fiction, screwball comedy, and white-knuckle suspense in... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek III Release date: 6/1/1984 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) May be the unappreciated middle child of the Trek franchise, but it's still one of better and mor... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Karate Kid, The Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Formulaic, manipulative, hokey — and thoroughly rousing… the film's sincerity and poi... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Places in the Heart Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Field succeeds in making Edna both fragile and tough-minded, defiant not by character or disposit... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Something Wicked This Way Comes Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:44 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Bradbury's tale connects fear and dread to concupiscent desire and disordered regret — fanta... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Return of the Jedi Release date: 5/25/1983 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Among the cinema's most iconic villains — the Wicked Witch of the West; Hannibal Lecter; Nos... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gandhi Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:32 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Overshadowing even Ben Kingsley's astonishing, transcendent performance in his first major screen... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan Release date: 6/4/1982 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Has everything you could ask for in a good sci‑fi action-adventure: well-drawn heroes, a te... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chariots of Fire Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:28 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A period piece that explores timeless themes of temporal ambitions and higher purposes, of commit... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark Release date: 6/1/1981 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Classic action set pieces, Harrison Ford at his swashbuckling best, Old Testament spirituality, a... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Empire Strikes Back, The Release date: 5/21/1980 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The backbone of the Star Wars saga… takes the story and themes of the first film into deeper... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman II Release date: 1/1/1980 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A definitive look at the strange, impossible love triangle of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Superman&... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: L' Albero degli zoccoli, The Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:37 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A gentle Catholic counterpoint to angry Marxist peasant cinema… acutely aware of harsh econo... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exorcist, The Release date: 12/26/1973 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Arguably the most troubling factor is the lack of true redemption in the twist ending, which reso... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Andrei Rublev Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:26 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The notion of art as a 'religious experience' is sometimes bandied about too freely. Tarkovsky is... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Planet of the Apes Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:41 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Basically a feature-length 'Twilight Zone' episode, with all that that implies for good and ill� ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey Release date: 1/1/1968 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Doesn't just depict a quantum leap forward in human consciousness — it practically requires ... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Voyage Release date: 12/31/1966 11:01:31 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A landmark of 1960s sci-fi… remains compelling entertainment despite dated special effects, ... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sound of Music, The Release date: 4/1/1965 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Other than The Wizard of Oz, no Hollywood musical is as familiar, reassuring, and beloved of all ... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Father Goose Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:31 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Grant cheerfully plays against a lifetime of typecasting in this modestly entertaining romantic c... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Leopard, The Release date: 7/15/1963 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Lancaster [comes] through majestically, bringing formidable presence and melancholy to the role o... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miracle Worker, The Release date: 12/31/1962 11:01:38 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Beautiful black-and-white cinematography, startling performances, and harrowing physicality…... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Judgment at Nuremberg Release date: 12/31/1961 11:01:35 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) A rare cinematic exploration of the messy, difficult aftermath of evaluating culpability, not onl... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spartacus Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) The comparative frankness of the politics, sexuality, and violence, and especially the downbeat t... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ben-Hur Release date: 12/21/1959 11:01:27 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The grandest of Hollywood's classic biblical epics… doesn't transcend its genre, with its sp... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seventh Seal, The Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Starkly existential, boldly poetic, slow and grim… has haunted film aficionados, baffled and... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Court Jester, The Release date: 12/31/1956 11:01:28 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) See Errol Flynn in Robin Hood — and then see Kaye in Court Jester. The former is the ultimat... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friendly Persuasion Release date: 12/21/1956 11:01:31 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Warm, gently satiric portrait of a family of the "Friendly persuasion" living in the shadow of th... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ten Commandments, The Release date: 10/5/1956 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) As much a testament and a fixture of traditional American ideals and affections as a courthouse d... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Searchers, The Release date: 3/13/1956 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) The Searchers's reputation is so widely accepted that it's a surprise to discover that the film, ... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night of the Hunter, The Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) [Powell's] glibly superficial moralizing is epitomized by an infantile hand-play… [Gish's c... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Oklahoma! Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Changed the face of the musical… After The Sound of Music, it's the best-loved Rogers & ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diary of a Country Priest Release date: 12/21/1954 11:01:29 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Profoundly contemplates suffering, conversion, incorrigibility, and the dark night of the soul wi... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: On the Waterfront Release date: 10/1/1954 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Religion and social action finally meet in Hollywood… a great film for many reasons, but its... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shane Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:44 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) If the Western is the quintessential American mythology, Shane is its great knight-samurai archet... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Peter Pan Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:41 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) While it's neither the best retelling of Barrie's nursery tale or nor the best Disney cartoon of ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Confess Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:34 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) May or may not rank with Hitch's greatest masterpieces, but its premise offers perhaps the most c... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Roman Holiday Release date: 1/1/1953 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Hepburn is utterly beguiling in her star-making role opposite Peck in a delightful romantic comed... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stalag 17 Release date: 1/1/1953 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Grimly hilarious, subversive and defiant, rough around the edges, and more than a little sad. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: High Noon Release date: 12/21/1952 11:01:33 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Generates claustrophobic suspense by focusing on three images: Kane's increasingly tense, pained ... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Singin' in the Rain Release date: 1/1/1952 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) People who say they don’t like musicals should watch Singin’ in the Rain, and find ou... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lavender Hill Mob, The Release date: 12/31/1951 11:01:37 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The genre of the caper-gone-wrong crime comedy may have been invented circa 1950 in Ealing Studio... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Francesco, Giullare Di Dio Release date: 12/31/1950 11:01:31 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) A delightfully simple film, as much a tribute to the spirit of humane curiosity in which the film... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kind Hearts and Coronets Release date: 12/21/1950 11:01:36 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Brilliantly sustains its outrageous black humor [with] a constant ironic contrast between the out... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bicycle Thief, The Release date: 12/31/1948 11:01:27 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) A defining landmark of Italian neorealism and a haunting fable of want and desperation… an i... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Release date: 1/1/1948 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Riveting, downbeat, and surprising, a gripping adventure and one of Hollywood's most resonant mor... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fugitive, The Release date: 12/31/1947 11:01:31 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) John Ford’s underrated adaptation of Catholic novelist Graham Greene�s masterpiece The Powe... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: It's a Wonderful Life Release date: 12/25/1946 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Often remembered as sentimental holiday-themed 'Capra-corn'� but in fact leavened by darker theme... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Sleep, The Release date: 8/31/1946 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The dialogue is hard-boiled and crackles with wit, the plot is fast-paced and nearly impenetrable... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Darling Clementine Release date: 1/1/1946 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) That the title mentions neither Earp nor the O.K. Corral is an indication of the lightness with w... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Have and Have Not Release date: 12/31/1945 11:01:45 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) [Bogey & Bacall's] onscreen chemistry is palpable, all but overshadowing the fictional back story... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sahara Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:44 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) One of the best WWII-era WWII movies… a thoroughly entertaining war actioner starring Humphr... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ox-Bow Incident, The Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:40 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) In contrast to the familiar Western device of the hero obliged to take the law into his own hands... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lassie Come Home Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:37 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) As Old Yeller is the classic story of a boy and his dog, Lassie Come Home is the classic story of... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casablanca Release date: 1/1/1942 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The world’s favorite Hollywood love story is all the more romantic because it doesn�t exalt... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Citizen Kane Release date: 1/1/1941 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) A cinematic perfect storm of technique and sophistication, widely hailed as the apotheosis of all... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wizard of Oz, The Release date: 8/15/1939 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Ranks among our earliest and most defining experiences of wonder and of fear, of fairy-tale joys ... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bringing Up Baby Release date: 12/31/1938 11:01:27 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The zaniest, most delightful screwball comedy of them all… Hepburn at her effervescent best ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Adventures of Robin Hood, The Release date: 12/31/1938 11:01:26 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) The archetypal Hollywood swashbuckler… everything big-screen derring-do should be: rousing, ... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Angels With Dirty Faces Release date: 1/1/1938 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Rocky Sullivan is riveting. His movements are quick and vital, his speech like machine-gun fire, ... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Awful Truth, The Release date: 1/1/1937 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) One should be rooting for Cary Grant to get the girl, which means he ought to deserve her —... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Man Godfrey Release date: 9/6/1936 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) The ultimate Depression-era satire of the idle rich and tribute to the noble poor. This popular t... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Top Hat Release date: 12/31/1935 11:01:45 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) The quintessential Fred-and-Ginger vehicle… typically escapist Depression-era fare… [bu... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: It Happened One Night Release date: 2/22/1934 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) One of the most enduring romantic comedies of Hollywood�s golden age… The opposites-attract ... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Women Release date: 1/1/1933 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Part comedy of manners, part morality tale, Little Women is more interested in its heroines "conq... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: City Lights Release date: 1/1/1931 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) The quintessential Chaplin film — both the most perfectly crafted and the most representativ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: General, The Release date: 12/31/1927 11:01:32 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) Begins with a single, brilliantly sustained premise and works it into an engaging story with edge... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Pirate, The Release date: 12/31/1926 11:01:27 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) One of the silent era’s most spectacular action blockbusters… Fairbanks’s astoni... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gold Rush, The Release date: 12/31/1925 11:01:32 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) City Lights might be Chaplin's most exquisite achievement, but he never made a funnier or more be... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thief of Bagdad, The Release date: 12/21/1924 11:01:45 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Unprecedented special effects and sets… perhaps the first great achievement of cinematic epi... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Intolerance Release date: 12/31/1916 11:01:34 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/0) The greatest spectacle of the silent era, and an audacious storytelling experiment decades ahead ... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Birth of a Nation Release date: 12/31/1915 11:01:27 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (7/0) Artistically, technically, and culturally, the importance of Griffith's celebrated, villified, de... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happy Feet Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (3/4) No reference Entertaining while you're watching it… On reflection, though, it feels a bit like a shell g... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shall We Dance? Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference A movie with no particular reason to exist, which is not to say that it's all bad… Couples l... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminal, The Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference Wobbles between plotlines and characters that make emotional sense and ones that don't… rema... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Behind Enemy Lines Release date: 11/30/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference Goes over the top and beyond in grandly heroic and even superheroic style, in a way unmatched by ... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chocolat Release date: 12/21/1989 11:01:28 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference The story is a mess… Scenes and lines of dialogue make no sense… Keaton makes hardly ... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Temptation of Christ, The Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:37 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference Cross a certain line, and message overwhelms medium, substance overwhelms style, what you have to... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:48 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference Aspires to the whimsy and fantasy of The Wizard of Oz but doesn't really capture the magic…... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:43 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference The definitive musical Cinderella [for] its fidelity to the climax of Perrault's tale, altered bo... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Be or Not to Be Release date: 12/31/1942 11:01:45 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/4) No reference The famed "Lubitsch touch," whatever it really was, was never put to a more formidable test…... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nosferatu Release date: 12/31/1922 11:01:39 PM Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (3/3) No reference Almost unique in imagining a vampire who is not darkly attractive, but corpselike and ghastly ... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Brave One Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Christianity Today: (6/1) Not Reachable Every slimeball Erica encounters menaces her with remorseless, repulsive sadism—there's nev... 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Diaries, The Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide: (6/1) Not Reachable Those in the market for what it has to offer will find it pleasantly agreeable, and those who are... 64 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style