James Berardinelli

"Undemanding, light, and enjoyable"

"What starts out as a seemingly-routine excursion into genre clichés emerges into a more complex and satisfying arena"

"For the most part, this movie hits the right notes and gives its audience a dose of white-knuckle tension"

"Although the satire is biting and the tone is irreverent, Drop Dead Gorgeous lacks the killer script and top notch performances necessary to make this a wholly successful production."

"It's easily the weakest entry into this ever-expanding category and is inferior to its subtitled source material. (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"  

"The movie isn't so much bad as it is formulaic and uninspired (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"  

"It aims to be powerful and gritty, but merely succeeds in being dreary and grungy."

"When a movie wants to be sold as a spectacle, it had better deliver something more spectacular than this."

"Bright, colorful, and exhilarating"

"If you like romantic movies but find Hollywood's increasingly sterile formulas to be a poisonous bore, 'Love Me if You Dare' offers an antidote."

"Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson bring credibility to Last Chance Harvey merely by their presence. The result is a holiday parfait"  

"'Once Were Warriors' works, to some degree, on three levels: the visceral, the emotional, and the intellectual, and it is the amalgamation of these that makes this a memorable film. (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 4)"  

"Likely won't please fans of the original TV series, but the movie hasn't been made for them"

"Without the impressive photography and energetic action sequences, 'Blue Crush' would have been a lot worse."

"If you have to see one penguin movie, this is it."

"The reason to see 'Chasing Mavericks' is the same reason why people flock to shore locations when a hurricane approaches: the waves"  

"Kurosawa's mastery of the story is evident"  

"A mediocre diversion"

"A soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties."

"A deliciously nasty, dark comedy."