For those looking for something for the kids in a Mr. Bean vein, there are worse things than Pink Panther 2. But the overall experience remains dispiriting to those of us who remember Peter Sellers. 
Would you sell your body for a night, to the tune of a million dollars? What makes for five minutes of interesting conversation, alas, does not make for an interesting two-hour movie. 
The film's moderate artistic success rests on Lyne's unsettling soft-lit style and the resonant leading performances by Douglas, Archer, and Close, who brilliantly does all the work the screenplay doesn't... 
Like the box of generic corn flakes, Striking Distance isn't so terrible, but you'll forget it the second you're done with it. 
Lost's redemption songs continue to compel, all the way up to another thrilling cliffhanger finale that doles out mortal terrors and, for some, escape. 
Part of what makes Lost unique is its sprawling and diverse ensemble; part of it is the show's fearless embrace of 'genre' (read science-fiction) trappings without sacrificing full-blooded character arcs and a novelistic frame. 
A vanity project...[but also] a sincere love letter to sailing, as seen through the eyes of a handful of very lucky youngsters. 
What truly holds Fletch together isn't the somewhat off-putting Chase—whose screen presence was always defined by a love-it-or-hate it smugness—but his time-tested collaborators: screenwriter Bergman...and director Michael Ritchie... 
Two generations of Hollywood 'golden boys' team up in Tony Scott's Spy Game, a neatly plotted espionage thriller. 
It's been done to death. And brought back to life. And redone to death. 
The epic sweep supports thoughtful reflection on the evolution of a fragile early republic...and the fragile ego of the man crucial to its existence. 
Revolutionary Road’s existential dread of unspoken feelings bubbling to the surface perhaps better resembles Tennessee Williams, a towering explorer of authenticity and self-delusion. 
Retains the journalistic flavor of its source, in turns terrifying and absurd, with gallows humor never far out of reach. 
Unsubtle...A disappointment for adults, [but] still qualifies as a peppy object lesson for would-be overachievers. 
Miracle capitalizes on its understanding of team dynamics: the bonding of pain and gain alike, the ownership of integrity over ego, the satisfaction of communal accomplishment. 
Skilled hiding isn’t very exciting, so for the sake of the audience, Zwick carefully incorporates some hyped-up action standoffs, the last being an unfortunately laughable stretch of credibility. 
With Frank in the great beyond, it's up to Barbra to drive the world into hysterics with her rare public performances. 
Couples who want to stay happy might want to think twice before seeking out a movie about how the majority of relationships end up making people paranoid and miserable. 
Perhaps no one film speaks more fully to the human condition than The Seventh Seal. 
In its natural habitat, Anaconda can be appreciated for its campy pleasures, not the least of which is Jon Voight in a delirious, balls-out performance as creepy Paraguayan snake poacher Paul Serone. 
With its investigation (and a few expertly conceived action set pieces), The International builds a compelling case. 
Undeniably bad, but sort of a nice try. 
In the end, the trashy but entertaining Season Seven will be best remembered for giving the show 'buzz' again. 
In its broad strokes, Glory gets at the spirit of a group of previously unsung black heroes, and the filmmaking is of a high caliber. 
[An] unabashedly jingoistic action extravaganza starring Harrison Ford as...'The Ass-Kicking President'... 
The Coen Brothers have always loved to go far, a tactic they don't forgo in Fargo. 
The sublime film music, now-iconic situations (like the climactic ghost town shootout), and sure visual style add up to a pitch-perfect genre pic that ongoingly influences generations of hip filmmakers. 
A blunt-force narrative...[though] Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes... 
True Blood is delightfully, deliriously sick and "wrong," but it's also a medium for Ball's patented brand of social satire. 
A hall of fame guy's movie...[with] a macho '90s ensemble eclipsed only by Glengarry Glen Ross...the monologues—oh, the monologues! 
A heavy-handed potboiler, but as it raises the temperature, it does give cause to consider the line—so easily crossed—between social function and disasterous personal undoing. 
The bones of the story are comfortingly familiar, the action is rollicking, and the metaphorical moustache-twirling of Alan Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham is priceless. 
Widely regarded as a modern populist classic, the film is both a fabulist fable and a celebratory baseball movie that acknowledges scandal within the sport but also the game's transcendent ability to rise above attempts to damage its integrity. 
Lee is a bona fide cinematic genius, and his lively and inventive take on tired material proves that thriller corn needn't be mindless in its machinations. 
It's nice to see the two together, practicing their easy screen rapport—and no doubt more so given Farley's untimely passing—but Black Sheep is still a clunker. 
Ham-handed...makes Afterschool Specials look like Ibsen. 
A diverting but typically silly Roger Moore entry in the Bond canon. 
[A] pleasing throwback to 1970s war-intrigue pictures. 
Writer-director Ross's true-believer American salesmanship—inspired by Frank Capra and honed in Dave and Pleasantville--suits this story of American entrepreneurship, optimism, and resilience. 
In Cuarón's highly-skilled hands, Children of Men continuously threatens to develop into something more fascinating than it is. 