“delightfully goofy tour of a Depression era South that never was.”
Ocean’s Eleven
“basically silly…a good time at the movies.”
Ocean’s Twelve
“I’ll give you a million dollars to not talk for a month.”
Old School (2003)
“Not only do they say what we would say if we didn’t dread the consequences, but they yell them at the tops of their lungs.”
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
“You can only push a Mexican so far.”
Once Upon a Time in the West
“People scare better when they’re dying.”
Owning Mahowny
“consumption for consumption’s sake, without a tangible goal”
The Passion of the Christ
“who are we in this story?”
Panic Room
“Hitchcock would be proud.”
Pearl Harbor
“reduces a bloody historical tragedy to a boring love story involving one-dimensional characters, set before a melee of special effects.”
Peter’s Friends
“not a profound movie, but it is kind-hearted, funny, and very well-acted, and knows a lot about friendship.”
Phantom of the Paradise
“get this fag out of here”
Phone Booth (2002)
“really clever concept…the movie seems to write itself.”
The Pianist
“why should I live, when so many others die?”
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
“moments of crazed brilliance from Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp”
Planet of the Apes (2001)
“looks really good and is well-acted…throttle never kicks in.”
Plan 9 From Outer Space and Glen or Glenda?
“a game of spot the catastrophe”
Platoon (1986)
“still powerful…even if it seems a little cranky or rough around the edges now”
The Player
“a tour of Hollywood . . . where artistry is crushed in favor of marketing, where writers are frustrated by endless circles of men in suits, where your life’s work has to be summed up in sixty seconds or less.”
The Pledge
“more about the detective than the crime, and is more a character examination than a thriller.”
The Polar Express
“Santa Claus...means anything to anybody, even completely opposite things, and so he ultimately means nothing”
The Prestige (2006)
“twisty and a little cold.”
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
“very dirty and lived in”
The Producers
“great comedies are built on great melancholy”
Punch-Drunk Love
“funny and awkward…a little bit magical.”
The Purple Rose of Cairo
“a charmer”
“fine episode of ‘Masterpiece Theatre’”
Ray (2004)
“recreates the world in which he lived on a canvas that is rich and wide”
Red Dragon
“twisted satisfaction”
Red Heat
“double concerto of one-liners and violence”
Red Rock West
“once the hero’s mistake has been made, all that comes afterwards is like clockwork, unwinding and unavoidable.”
The Replacement Killers
“I’ll need guns”
Repulsion
“surreal character study of one woman’s unspoken ideas and fears about sex.”
The Right Stuff
“I think my head broke the canopy.”
Road to Perdition
“a cross pollination of ‘Days of Heaven’ with ‘L.A. Confidential.’”
Rosemary’s Baby
“Hail Satan!”
Russian Ark
“let it lull you into a trance”