David Hunter

"How cool can a mere movie be? A perfect cast and great script, based on a hilariously witty best seller, are key elements"  

"Features a bright, beauteous young cast, but it's not one for serious fans of the Bard"  

"A marvelous debut film for its director, writer and lead actors, 'Bottle Rocket' is propelled by a fresh approach to the caper genre"  

"Tolerant and optimistic, a little wicked but not too subversive (...) It is put together well and rarely pauses long enough for one to dwell on its minor shortcomings"  

"Quite masterfully paced and one of those rewarding movies that seems to get better and better as it progresses (...) The production design, cinematography, countless special effects, costumes, makeup and score are all top-notch"  

"Kudos to the writing and directing team of Larry and Andy Wachowski (...) for fashioning a brain-twisting, eye-popping thriller"  

"The film delivers memorable renderings of the central story's most famous moments, while leads Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes are superb."  

"[It] mostly tests one's patience with unseaworthy dialogue and performers drowning in oily cliches"  

"Warner Bros.' outstanding 'The Iron Giant' is a giant leap for the studio and robotkind!"  

"Has multiple personalities and hits the audience with a few fresh jokes but far too many 1970s mafia movie cliches"  

"[Robert Rodriguez] fails to make any lasting impression except revulsion at the spectacle of acclaimed independent filmmakers wasting their talents on such trash"  

"A blast from the past in many ways, but it imaginatively employs the latest special effects technology to give audiences new thrills"  

"Screenwriter Graham Yost employs smart dialogue and well-timed tests of mettle to make his heroes, innocents and villain come vibrantly to life."  

"In addition to Hopkins' tour de force (...) the performances are uniformly excellent (...) James Ivory brings out the best of his collaborators"  

"With a long running time that no amount of nonlinear construction can successfully quicken, Safety does have sequences and whole story lines that are fresh and thoughtfully entertaining."

"Exciting in its big game scenes but excessively dreary in the undercoached dramatics, the seasonal offering will score some quick points at the boxoffice and then fade quickly"

"Dennis Quaid's killer smile and Kathleen Turner's lovely legs are two of the up-front assets this winning comedy (...) But Herbert Ross' film also boasts a fine script"

"Engaging but decidedly less than earth-shattering."

"'Striking Distance' never recaptures the sense of gritty believability that is essential but rarely found in the cops-and-killers genre. Indeed, it quickly sinks into the usual cliches"

"A hybrid of sports movies and TV sitcoms with little originality and few surprises"