film
reviews
2001
(front-loaded ranking,
alphabetical after that)
EXCELLENCE
(* * * *)
films that will undoubtably be remembered
when the end of the year rolls around
Amelie
Memento
ON THE BRINK
(* * * 1/2)
the "I-gave-it-three-and-a-half-stars-'cuz-
it-was-nearly-perfect-but-not-quite-mind-blowing"
spot
Ali
Amores Perros
Chopper
In the Bedroom
In
The Mood For Love
The
Man Who Wasn't There
Monster's
Ball
Moulin
Rouge
Mulholland
Drive
The
Princess and the Warrior
The
Royal Tenenbaums
The
Score
Sexy
Beast
SPY Kids
Startup.com
The
Vertical Ray of the Sun
Wet
Hot American Summer
Wit
IN LIMBO
(* * *)
I recognize your brilliance and
your flaws
and judge them to be on a 3:1 sliding
scale
A.I. Artificial
Intelligence
Baby
Boy
A
Beautiful Mind
Black
Hawk Down
Bully
Cats
& Dogs
The Claim
15
Minutes
From Hell
Ghost
World
John
Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Hannibal
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
Iron
Monkey
Legally
Blonde
Lord
of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters,
Inc.
Ocean's
Eleven
The
Others
Session
9
Swordfish
Time and Tide
Together
Training
Day
Va
Savoir
The
Wedding Planner
With
a Friend Like Harry
PAR FOR THE COURSE
(* * 1/2)
Breaking even is hard to do.
Atlantis
Bridget
Jones' Diary
The
Center of the World
Chain
Camera
Evolution
The
Fast and the Furious
Fat
Girl
Final
Fantasy : The Spirits Within
Ginger
Snaps
The
Golden Bowl
Gosford
Park
Heartbreakers
Heist
Iris
Jay
and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jimmy Neutron:
Boy Genius
Josie
and the Pussycats
Joy
Ride
Jump
Tommorrow
Jurassic
Park 3
Keep
the River on Your Right: a modern cannibal tale
A
Knight's Tale
The
Last Castle
L.I.E.
Made
Osmosis
Jones
Pandaemonium
Panic
Planet
of the Apes
Save
the Last Dance
Series
7: The Contenders
Snatch
Under
the Sand
Vanilla
Sky
Waking Life
The
Widow of St. Pierre
LOW RENT DISTRICT
(* *)
Clearly not something I'd see in
a train
station bathroom - but close.
Angel
Eyes
Big
Time
Blow
Captain
Corelli's Mandolin
The
Caveman's Valentine
The
Deep End
The
Dish
Dr.
Doolittle 2
Don't
Say A Word
Driven
Freddy
Got Fingered
Greenfingers
The Mexican
The
Last Teen Movie
The
Luzhin Defence
O
The Pledge
Rat
Race
Scary
Movie 2
-$7.75 (-$5.00 if matinee)
(* 1/2)
I've warned everyone I know. Even
some I don't know.
America's
Sweethearts
The
Anniversary Party
Bones
Grateful
Dawg
The
Million Dollar Hotel
The
Mummy Returns
Pearl
Harbor
Pootie
Tang
The Road
Home
Serendipity
Shrek
Songcatcher
The
Tailor of Panama
WILL REQUIRE MOUTHWASH
(*)
"You need a whole meal to get rid
of that taste!" - Kids, 1995.
Along
Came a Spider
American
Outlaws
Crazy/Beautiful
Enemy
at the Gates
Hardball
Lost
and Delirious
One
Night at McCool's
Recess
: School's Out
Someone Like
You
Tomb
Raider
Town
and Country
THE CHEESE GRATER
(1/2 *)
It would be more pleasureable to
masturbate
with above object than to watch
these films
The
Animal
Head
Over Heels
Sugar
& Spice
SILTY DREGS
(no *'s)
Not only does it give me chest
pains for weeks,
it ruined a perfectly good set
of eyes
Rush
Hour 2
Soul
Survivors
(2001 films in alphabetical order)
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