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1134
7.9
8
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Culprit: Bosley Crowther
"...his basic premise of fear fired by menace is so thin and so utterly unconvincing that the story just does not stand." 2/5
Date: July 4, 1951*
"...his basic premise of fear fired by menace is so thin and so utterly unconvincing that the story just does not stand." 2/5
Date: July 4, 1951*
2400
7.8
8.2
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Culprit: Dwight Garner
"It's the story of good white actors stranded, in the name of noir, in a movie that refuses to kick into gear until it's far too late."
Date: October 19, 1997*
"It's the story of good white actors stranded, in the name of noir, in a movie that refuses to kick into gear until it's far too late."
Date: October 19, 1997*
905
7.8
7.7
Badlands (1973)
Culprit: Barbara Shulgasser
"Unfortunately, movies about banal people are often banal themselves." 2/4
Date: February 13, 1998*
"Unfortunately, movies about banal people are often banal themselves." 2/4
Date: February 13, 1998*
1545
7.8
7.9
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Culprit: Christopher Null
"Call me a heathen, but this has never been one of my favorite spaghetti Westerns." 2.5/5
Date: January 1, 2000*
"Call me a heathen, but this has never been one of my favorite spaghetti Westerns." 2.5/5
Date: January 1, 2000*
884
8.2
7.8
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Culprit: James Brundage
"It drags its feet until its feet are bleeding stumps. Save yourself." 1/5
Date: January 1, 2000*
"It drags its feet until its feet are bleeding stumps. Save yourself." 1/5
Date: January 1, 2000*
3965
8.2
8.4
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Culprit: Dave Kehr
"There are worse ways to make movies, but there are a lot of better ones too."
Date: September 11, 2001
"There are worse ways to make movies, but there are a lot of better ones too."
Date: September 11, 2001
819
7
7.2
Culprit: Chris Hicks
"I was somewhat let down by the film as a whole, which seems to feign more than it actually achieves." 2/4
Date: December 23, 2002
"I was somewhat let down by the film as a whole, which seems to feign more than it actually achieves." 2/4
Date: December 23, 2002
29
8.3
0
Culprit: Paul Richard
"The trouble with this art movie is that it's more a movie than it's art."
Date: March 21, 2003
"The trouble with this art movie is that it's more a movie than it's art."
Date: March 21, 2003
866
8.2
8.2
Yojimbo (1961)
Culprit: Bosley Crowther
"Despite the sometime appearance of the whole thing as a forthright travesty, it does have stretches of excitement and cinematic power." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
"Despite the sometime appearance of the whole thing as a forthright travesty, it does have stretches of excitement and cinematic power." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
1626
8.2
8.3
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Culprit: Bosley Crowther
"It reduces a legendary figure to conventional movie-hero size amidst magnificent and exotic scenery but a conventional lot of action-film clichés."
Date: May 20, 2003
"It reduces a legendary figure to conventional movie-hero size amidst magnificent and exotic scenery but a conventional lot of action-film clichés."
Date: May 20, 2003
670
7.8
7.9
Culprit: Bosley Crowther
"The Manchurian Candidate pops up with a rash supposition that could serve to scare some viewers half to death -- that is, if they should be dupes enough to believe it, which we solemnly trust they won't." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
"The Manchurian Candidate pops up with a rash supposition that could serve to scare some viewers half to death -- that is, if they should be dupes enough to believe it, which we solemnly trust they won't." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
2611
7.8
8
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Culprit: Renata Adler
"The movie -- although is it pleasant -- doesn't seem to work on any of its dark or powerful terms." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
"The movie -- although is it pleasant -- doesn't seem to work on any of its dark or powerful terms." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
710
7.6
7.9
Patton (1970)
Culprit: Vincent Canby
"It's both fascinating and appalling the sort of extravagant technically superior spectacle that only a big Hollywood movie company could afford to make, and the story of a man about whom only the Establishment could become genuinely sentimental."
Date: May 20, 2003
"It's both fascinating and appalling the sort of extravagant technically superior spectacle that only a big Hollywood movie company could afford to make, and the story of a man about whom only the Establishment could become genuinely sentimental."
Date: May 20, 2003
4582
8.6
9
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Culprit: Vincent Canby
"It's a second movie made largely out of the bits and pieces of Mr. Puzo's novel that didn't fit into the first. It's a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from leftover parts. It talks. It moves in fits and starts but it has no mind of its own."
Date: May 20, 2003
"It's a second movie made largely out of the bits and pieces of Mr. Puzo's novel that didn't fit into the first. It's a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from leftover parts. It talks. It moves in fits and starts but it has no mind of its own."
Date: May 20, 2003
267
7.5
8.1
The Last Waltz (1978)
Culprit: Janet Maslin
"There is a dazzling array of talent on display here, and the film surely has its memorable moments. But it articulates so little of the end-of-an-era feeling it hints at." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
"There is a dazzling array of talent on display here, and the film surely has its memorable moments. But it articulates so little of the end-of-an-era feeling it hints at." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
980
8.3
8
Wings of Desire (1988)
Culprit: Janet Maslin
"Startlingly original at first, Wings of Desire is in the end damagingly overloaded." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
Note: May 20, 2003 was a dark day for perfect films.
"Startlingly original at first, Wings of Desire is in the end damagingly overloaded." 2.5/5
Date: May 20, 2003
Note: May 20, 2003 was a dark day for perfect films.
576
8.3
8.1
Throne of Blood (1957) (1996)
Culprit: Mark Robison
"Director Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" has been widely hailed as a masterpiece, but it's impossible to watch free from the shadow of his far superior film "Ran."" B-
Date: June 19, 2003
"Director Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" has been widely hailed as a masterpiece, but it's impossible to watch free from the shadow of his far superior film "Ran."" B-
Date: June 19, 2003
1081
8
7.7
The Conversation (1974)
Culprit: Fred Topel
"Outdated techno-thriller. Hackman is great, but it doesn't hold up." 2/5
Date: July 14, 2003
"Outdated techno-thriller. Hackman is great, but it doesn't hold up." 2/5
Date: July 14, 2003
32
6.9
7.6
Culprit: Ed Gonzalez
"Since Otar Left is meant to play out like a fable, but Bertuccelli's direction isn't nimble enough to carry it off." 2/4
Date: October 10, 2003
"Since Otar Left is meant to play out like a fable, but Bertuccelli's direction isn't nimble enough to carry it off." 2/4
Date: October 10, 2003
14
6
8.3
Culprit: Chris Barsanti
"while there is a story to be told about the 2002 coup, this is definitely not the documentary to tell it." 2.5/5
Date: November 4, 2003
"while there is a story to be told about the 2002 coup, this is definitely not the documentary to tell it." 2.5/5
Date: November 4, 2003
755
7.5
7.6
The 39 Steps (1935)
Culprit: Gabe Leibowitz
"As dull as anything Hitchcock has done, save the exhilerating final 10 minutes." 2/5
Date: December 22, 2003
"As dull as anything Hitchcock has done, save the exhilerating final 10 minutes." 2/5
Date: December 22, 2003
200
7.4
7.8
Bus 174 (2003)
Culprit: Peter Keough
"The filmmakers offer no point of view, and so Onibus 174 comes off as an especially grim episode of Cops."
Date: January 27, 2004
"The filmmakers offer no point of view, and so Onibus 174 comes off as an especially grim episode of Cops."
Date: January 27, 2004
317
8.2
8.1
Culprit: Daniel Eagan
"At its heart, The Twilight Samurai is about as conventional as a samurai film can get."
Date: May 20, 2004
"At its heart, The Twilight Samurai is about as conventional as a samurai film can get."
Date: May 20, 2004
2258
8
8
Annie Hall (1977)
Culprit: Luke Y. Thompson
"I imagine it was probably more ground-breaking when it came out."
Date: June 10, 2004
"I imagine it was probably more ground-breaking when it came out."
Date: June 10, 2004
552
8.3
8.1
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Culprit: Tony Medley
"This film has received a lot of praise from critics, but not that many people will find this that entertaining." 5/10
Date: October 7, 2004
"This film has received a lot of praise from critics, but not that many people will find this that entertaining." 5/10
Date: October 7, 2004
85
7.6
7.6
Culprit: Phil Hall
"Strident drama. Not among Sembene's best." 2/5
Date: October 7, 2004
"Strident drama. Not among Sembene's best." 2/5
Date: October 7, 2004
1946
8.6
8.5
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Culprit: Roger Ebert
"The movie stretches on for nearly three hours, with intermission, and provides two false alarms before it finally ends." 2.5/4
Date: October 23, 2004
Note: Decades later, Ebert added this to his collection of Great Movies.
"The movie stretches on for nearly three hours, with intermission, and provides two false alarms before it finally ends." 2.5/4
Date: October 23, 2004
Note: Decades later, Ebert added this to his collection of Great Movies.
1140
7.3
7.2
Culprit: Luke Y. Thompson
"Doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid." 2/5
Date: November 10, 2005
"Doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid." 2/5
Date: November 10, 2005
1109
7.8
7.7
The French Connection (1971)
Culprit: Geoff Andrew
"An urban crime thriller which won undeserved acclaim for its efficient but unremarkable elevated-railway chase and its clumsy, showy emphasis on grainy, sordid realism."
Date: January 26, 2006
"An urban crime thriller which won undeserved acclaim for its efficient but unremarkable elevated-railway chase and its clumsy, showy emphasis on grainy, sordid realism."
Date: January 26, 2006
725
8
7.8
Culprit: Geoff Andrew
"The chic stylishness of the characters comes over as overbearing rather than satirically revealing."
Date: January 26, 2006
"The chic stylishness of the characters comes over as overbearing rather than satirically revealing."
Date: January 26, 2006
658
7.9
7.8
His Girl Friday (1940)
Culprit: Steven D. Greydanus
"I've tried to love His Girl Friday, really I have." C
Date: February 10, 2006
"I've tried to love His Girl Friday, really I have." C
Date: February 10, 2006
50
7.2
7.6
Mountain Patrol (2004)
Culprit: Bruce Westbrook
"Instead of a laudable ecological crusade, the film feels more like a futile Captain Ahab obsession, with patrol leader Ri Tai (Duobujie) vainly chasing a poaching kingpin through the harsh, windy wilderness." 1.5/4
Date: May 12, 2006
"Instead of a laudable ecological crusade, the film feels more like a futile Captain Ahab obsession, with patrol leader Ri Tai (Duobujie) vainly chasing a poaching kingpin through the harsh, windy wilderness." 1.5/4
Date: May 12, 2006
2242
8.1
8.2
Raging Bull (1980)
Culprit: Joseph McBride
"Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know."
Date: March 14, 2007
"Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know."
Date: March 14, 2007
40
6
7
Culprit: Ed Gonzalez
"Ten Canoes is more homily than film, an educational exaltation of Australia's Aboriginal past." 2/4
Date: April 23, 2007
"Ten Canoes is more homily than film, an educational exaltation of Australia's Aboriginal past." 2/4
Date: April 23, 2007
831
8.1
7.9
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Culprit: Whitney Willaims
"Film at 145 minutes is far over-length, and should be tightened extensively, particularly in first half."
Date: June 26, 2007
"Film at 145 minutes is far over-length, and should be tightened extensively, particularly in first half."
Date: June 26, 2007
22
7.5
0
Culprit: Ken Fox
"If you don't already have a handle on the complicated conflict at the heart of Darfur's ongoing genocide, you probably won't come away from this harrowing documentary with any comprehensive understanding." 2.5/4
Date: July 25, 2007
"If you don't already have a handle on the complicated conflict at the heart of Darfur's ongoing genocide, you probably won't come away from this harrowing documentary with any comprehensive understanding." 2.5/4
Date: July 25, 2007
1341
8
8
Culprit: Dave Kehr
"Wyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes together -- it's charm by computer."
Date: August 13, 2007
"Wyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes together -- it's charm by computer."
Date: August 13, 2007
905
8.1
8
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Culprit: Variety Staff
"This start for Gregory as producer and Laughton as director is rich in promise but the completed product, bewitching at times, loses sustained drive via too many offbeat touches that have a misty effect."
Date: August 28, 2007
"This start for Gregory as producer and Laughton as director is rich in promise but the completed product, bewitching at times, loses sustained drive via too many offbeat touches that have a misty effect."
Date: August 28, 2007
1676
7.5
7.8
Evil Dead II (1987)
Culprit: Pat Graham
"The pop-up humor and smirkiness suggest Raimi's aspiring to the fashionable company of the brothers Coen, though on the basis of this strained effort I'd say he's overshot the mark."
Date: September 21, 2007
"The pop-up humor and smirkiness suggest Raimi's aspiring to the fashionable company of the brothers Coen, though on the basis of this strained effort I'd say he's overshot the mark."
Date: September 21, 2007
549
7.8
7.6
Culprit: Variety Staff
"It has some queasy scenes, but unclear progression and plodding direction give this an old-fashioned air."
Date: September 26, 2007
"It has some queasy scenes, but unclear progression and plodding direction give this an old-fashioned air."
Date: September 26, 2007
69
7.6
7.8
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
Culprit: Ed Gonzalez
"The point that the homophobic right is picking and choosing which parts of the Bible to follow, and which verses to look at in the context in which they were written, is both terribly familiar and rudimentarily argued." 2/4
Date: September 30, 2007
"The point that the homophobic right is picking and choosing which parts of the Bible to follow, and which verses to look at in the context in which they were written, is both terribly familiar and rudimentarily argued." 2/4
Date: September 30, 2007
70
7.5
7.4
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Culprit: Dennis Harvey
"This start for Gregory as producer and Laughton as director is rich in promise but the completed product, bewitching at times, loses sustained drive via too many offbeat touches that have a misty effect."
Date: March 11, 2008
"This start for Gregory as producer and Laughton as director is rich in promise but the completed product, bewitching at times, loses sustained drive via too many offbeat touches that have a misty effect."
Date: March 11, 2008
3906
7.3
7.7
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Culprit: Richard Corliss
"The opening cartoon upstages the movie that emerges from it."
Date: September 3, 2008
"The opening cartoon upstages the movie that emerges from it."
Date: September 3, 2008
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