Kevin Thomas

"While Agnes of God has been considerably opened up, it is actually muddled in its transfer from stage to screen."

"A wonderfully entertaining, raunchy, hilarious and savage foray into the lives of a couple of beat-up middle-weight boxers who get a second chance."

"The humor in "Baby Boom" is sharp without being heartless."

"A careful, finally powerful film"

"Sadly the film is so elusive, so distant, that it never seems more than half-alive"

"It has more hilarious throwaway lines than most comedies offer up as their best jokes, and it is consistently inspired, energetic and, most important, light on its feet."

"The juxtaposition of grim reality and pure fantasy doesn't work...the entire film seem artificial and contrived."

"A sharper edge could have taken a pretty good, if uneven, picture to greater heights, considering its potent ingredients and actors"

"They never generates any real fear until its last minutes, by which time it is too late to redeem the dull events that preceded them"

"At once hilarious and serious, cruel and tender, and bristling with vitality, Holy Smoke is the right movie for the millennium, envisioning new possibilities in the way people view and relate to one another"

"Boldly distinctive in its depiction of individuals caught up in a veritable infernal machine designed solely to give pleasure to a monarch, Vatel is a timeless tale of love and sacrifice in a world as opulent as it is cruel"

"Tantalizingly structured to intrigue us right from the start."

"The City of Lost Children is a stunningly surreal fantasy, a fable of longing and danger, of heroic deeds and bravery, set in a brilliantly realized world of its own"

"'Atlantic City' is a sophisticated fairy tale, beautifully acted and beautiful to behold; it is as funny as it is touching."

"Such a total disaster that it would have been an act of kindness for all concerned to have never released it."

"The musical biography of comedian Fanny Brice emerges as a true classic, as enthralling as the day it was released in 1968."

"A pleasure in all ways"

"In his 48th film of his 44-year career, New Wave pioneer Chabrol remains at the height of his powers."

"This awesome and enthralling Japanese [film] weaves a spell of enchantment with its weird stories, which unfold amidst settings of surrealistic splendor"

"Wickedly hilarious"