�has the energy, sense of humor, and good nature that is missing from so many grown-up action movies, which are merely content with technique.�
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
�like a long episode of an afternoon cartoon.�
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
�sloppy and awkward.�
Stardust Memories
�more an intriguing exercise in style than groundbreaking character development or making any particular point.�
Star Trek: The First Six Movies
�the most h87u#&m,.a(n�
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
�a jolly adventure through an improbable cosmos�
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
�in many places just dull..more like an explanation than an adventure.�
Star Wars Episode II: The IMAX Experience
�shorter�
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
�it�s a volcanic moon�you�ll be safe there!�
The Stepford Wives (1975)
�the husbands of Stepford...exhibit a complete lack of imagination when it comes to playing God.�
The Stepford Wives (2004)
�explores not only Stepford wives, but Stepford husbands, Stepford towns, even a whole Stepford culture.�
Superman Returns
�airbrushed�
Super Size Me
�after watching [director] Spurlock put away 40 oz of soda every day, Jared seems like Francis of Assisi�
Sweet Sweetback's Baad Assss Song
�powered and driven by indignation�
Switchblade Sisters
�It�s no fun to see without your friends because then there�s no one to hear your clever comments.�
Sylvia (2003)
�haven�t I seen this movie before?�
Syriana
�Traffic II: This Time It�s Oil�
�If I could bring the mystical experience back into the world, then it wouldn�t be a mystical experience�
The Saddest Music in the World
�No one beats the Siamese when it comes to dignity, cats, or twins.�
Saraband (2003)
�creates the internal personal universe of a novel�
Satantango
�my film-snob status is now unassailable�
Scarface (1983)
�The World Is Yours�
School of Rock
�tedious, predictable affair�
The Score
�the machine works well, all the way to the end.�
The Scorpion King
�exists on a plane of brainless goofiness where everyone would much rather beat your face in than listen to your explanation.�
Seabiscuit (2003)
�pleasant, accessible parable about the Great Depression�
Seconds
�the implications of the fantastic gimmick are more important than the mechanics of the gimmick itself.�
Serenity (2005)
�flesh-eating space cannibals�
Seven (Se7en)
�killer�s motivation is not to commit evil but�to present a moral lesson.�
The Seven Samurai
�damn right�
Shanghai Knights
�the better a movie�s serious parts are, the funnier the jokes about it will be�
Shrek
�debunk[s] fairytales by sneaking in modern humor and irony.�
Sideways (2004)
�the best dram-edy of 2004.�
Sin City
�maze of chronologies and massive piles of plotting...gives us the sense of an inescapable nightmare...in a twisted timewarp�
Signs
�excruciating suspense�infinitely more terrifying by showing us almost nothing at all.�
Sisters (1973)
�so you want a good guilty pleasure?�
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
�a goldmine of pulp imagery�
Smoke (1995)
�about how valuable our spoken-of, unseen, and possibly untrue lives are to us.�
Solaris (1972)
�the unknown vs. man�s insatiable hunger for knowledge.�
Solaris (2002)
�the memories he�s been carrying�seem inaccurate now that they have come to life.�
Something�s Gotta Give
�what are Diane and Jack saying to each other?�
Spartan (2004)
�Shakespeare has iambic pentameter and Mamet has�whatever the hell he has.�
Spellbound (1945)
�entertaining thriller through a minefield of suppressed memories, Freudian slips, repressed sexuality, and a little Oedipal complex thrown in.�
Spider-Man (2002)
�doesn�t have much sense of humor about itself.�
Spider-Man 2
"works more as a character study than an adventure."