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Without a Paddle
This yuck-fest gets its jokes from men's fear of homosexuality and impotence.
"...boundaries practically – um – gives rise to a whole other meaning of the title Without a Paddle, implying..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zatôichi
Beneath its layers of epic detail, this Zatôichi is cinematic cotton candy.
"...more confusing than it has to be, and the whole affair would probably bog down were it not buoyed..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Village
Shyamalan coasts into this village that is wracked by the wages of fear, manipulation, and forestry.
"...masterful compositions of cinematographer Roger Deakins, who gives the whole affair the gorgeously eerie look and feel of a..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saved!
Teen satire softly pokes at the hypocrisies of organized religion.
"...Mary-Louise Parker and Chad Faust. "I’ve been born-again my whole life," 17-year-old Mary (Malone) introduces herself with straight-faced solemnity...."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

La Vie Promise
Isabelle Huppert stars in this French road movie about a selfish streetwalker, her unwanted teenage daughter, and the escaped convict who befriends them both.
"...point of being lazy – it doesn’t expend a whole lot of effort on plot or characterization. Beginning with..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Home on the Range
It’s fitting that this is Disney’s last traditionally animated feature; the whole affair has a warm, nostalgic feel.
"...that this is Disney’s last traditionally animated feature; the whole affair has a warm, nostalgic feel to it and..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Barbarian Invasions
Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, this French-Canadian film reunites a group of old friends.
"...and funny comments from these all-too-aware characters pepper the whole movie, and the Canadian health care system takes more..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Broken Lizard (the comedy group that gave us Super Troopers) spoofs summer-camp slasher flicks and lowbrow beach farces.
"...way the cast has with one another onscreen. The whole enterprise has a breezy, offhand "Hey, let’s make a..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Not Your Average Movie Night
MoveOn.Org mobilizes viewing parties across the country for Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War.
"...roughly simultaneous screenings of the 56-minute documentary Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War. Anyone is welcome at..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Scary Movie 3
Third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and pure Children of the Corny.
"...seen in umpteen television ads – but on the whole, this third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casa de los Babys
The new film from John Sayles presents a great group of characters and then strands them without a plot.
"...the finest actresses working today, and then strands the whole thing upriver without a plot. The movie is essentially..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Fighting Temptations
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.
"...film. The real problem is that director Lynn (The Whole Nine Yards) has a tiger by the tail in..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The third film in Robert Rodriguez’s south-of-the-border action trilogy is a whole lot of movie.
"...Day of the Dead procession, and you have a whole lot of movie. But Rodriguez’s no-nonsense style keeps things..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bad Boys II
Bay does it bigger and badder than ever.
"...theatre thinking less of yourself and humanity as a whole, as though you’ve been to a catered affair that..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Trip
"...But the structural problems in Swain’s script pull the whole production down. Alan (Sullivan, who has a nice, accessible..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Nowhere in Africa
"...and only the abiding desire to keep his family whole and alive. We first encounter the Redlich family at..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Laurel Canyon
"...younger lover. Director Lisa Cholodenko could fill up a whole movie with the way McDormand sips her whiskey sours,..."

April 11, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Till Human Voices Wake Us
"...way to reconcile his two storylines into a cohesive whole? Wouldn’t that have made a wonderfully affecting film?" Why..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kangaroo Jack
"...co-stars, which can and should be taken with a whole trough full of salt. Beyond that marsupial charmer, there's..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
"...to topic with virtually no rhyme or reason), the whole affair seems tailor-made for people to doze off to...."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Santa Clause 2
"...2 is an amiable, formulaic holiday romp with the whole family in mind. Director Lembeck, a sitcom veteran, sets..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

I Spy
"...work from director of photography Oliver Wood, and the whole affair, from script to acting to overall tone --..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Transporter
"...man behind the screenplay -- there's just not a whole lot of movie in this movie. What we do..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Brown Sugar
"...is irresistible. The same can't be said for the whole of the film; the script (by Michael Elliot and..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shakti: The Power
"...at awkward and disruptive narrative junctures, but on the whole Shakti: The Power is a moving and absorbing exercise...."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Wife Is an Actress
"...ideas, but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whole. A lot of interesting concepts are floating about in..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dahmer
"...the man? Not so as you'd notice -- the whole of it plays like a dark and dreary tone..."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Some Came Running
"...is bigger (and more fragile) than that of the whole town combined. And Dean Martin, as the card-sharp best..."

July 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

BK Baby
The once-future Kurt Cobain, Ben Kweller, grows up to be Elliott Smith.
"..."Austin City Limits is a whole concert -- a whole other son of a bitch,"..."

July 12, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Several vignettes follow different characters as their lives interconnect in a search for happiness.
"...congeal into one entity toward the end. Still, the whole thing is kind of spotty, as if it were..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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