�delightfully goofy tour of a Depression era South that never was.�
Ocean�s Eleven
�basically silly�a good time at the movies.�
Ocean�s Twelve
�I�ll give you a million dollars to not talk for a month.�
Old School (2003)
�Not only do they say what we would say if we didn�t dread the consequences, but they yell them at the tops of their lungs.�
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
�You can only push a Mexican so far.�
Once Upon a Time in the West
�People scare better when they�re dying.�
Owning Mahowny
�consumption for consumption�s sake, without a tangible goal�
The Passion of the Christ
�who are we in this story?�
Panic Room
�Hitchcock would be proud.�
Pearl Harbor
�reduces a bloody historical tragedy to a boring love story involving one-dimensional characters, set before a melee of special effects.�
Peter�s Friends
�not a profound movie, but it is kind-hearted, funny, and very well-acted, and knows a lot about friendship.�
Phantom of the Paradise
�get this fag out of here�
Phone Booth (2002)
�really clever concept�the movie seems to write itself.�
The Pianist
�why should I live, when so many others die?�
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
�moments of crazed brilliance from Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp�
Planet of the Apes (2001)
�looks really good and is well-acted�throttle never kicks in.�
Plan 9 From Outer Space and Glen or Glenda?
�a game of spot the catastrophe�
Platoon (1986)
�still powerful�even if it seems a little cranky or rough around the edges now�
The Player
�a tour of Hollywood . . . where artistry is crushed in favor of marketing, where writers are frustrated by endless circles of men in suits, where your life�s work has to be summed up in sixty seconds or less.�
The Pledge
�more about the detective than the crime, and is more a character examination than a thriller.�
The Polar Express
�Santa Claus...means anything to anybody, even completely opposite things, and so he ultimately means nothing�
The Prestige (2006)
�twisty and a little cold.�
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
�very dirty and lived in�
The Producers
�great comedies are built on great melancholy�
Punch-Drunk Love
�funny and awkward�a little bit magical.�
The Purple Rose of Cairo
�a charmer�
�fine episode of �Masterpiece Theatre��
Ray (2004)
�recreates the world in which he lived on a canvas that is rich and wide�
Red Dragon
�twisted satisfaction�
Red Heat
�double concerto of one-liners and violence�
Red Rock West
�once the hero�s mistake has been made, all that comes afterwards is like clockwork, unwinding and unavoidable.�
The Replacement Killers
�I�ll need guns�
Repulsion
�surreal character study of one woman�s unspoken ideas and fears about sex.�
The Right Stuff
�I think my head broke the canopy.�
Road to Perdition
�a cross pollination of �Days of Heaven� with �L.A. Confidential.��
Rosemary�s Baby
�Hail Satan!�
Russian Ark
�let it lull you into a trance�