Film Title	Critics	Readers	We	LAT	Ebert	Roeper	The Gist
The Departed	N/A	A-	A	yes		up	astonishing
The Queen	N/A	A-	A	yes		up	Dryly funny and unexpectedly poignant
Little Children	N/A	B-	C	yes			unsettling and effective
49 Up	N/A	C	N/A	yes			immensely satisfying
12 and Holding				yes	up	down
The Puffy Chair				yes	up	up
4				yes
13 Tzameti				yes
51 Birch Street				yes
Boynton Beach Club				yes
Boys Briefs 4				yes
Buzz				yes
Changing Times				yes
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul				yes
Fanaa				yes
Favela Rising				yes
Giuliani Time				yes
Hard Scrambled				yes
Hurricane on the Bayou				yes
I Trust You to Kill Me				yes
Iraq for Sale				yes
La Moustache				yes
Le Petit Lieutenant				yes
Mardi Gras: Made in China				yes
My Country, My Country				yes
Neo Ned				yes
Queens				yes
Red Doors				yes
Shakespeare Behind Bars				yes
The Bridesmaid				yes
The Fall Of Fujimori				yes
The Motel				yes
The Slanted Screen				yes
The War Tapes				yes
Three Times				yes
Zen Noir				yes
Azumi				so-so
Darshan, the Embrace				so-so
Nearing Grace				so-so
Nightmare Man				so-so
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos				so-so
The Conrad Boys				so-so
Two Drifters				so-so
Employee of the Month	N/A	B-	D+	no			slightly smarter than might be expected
Another Gay Movie				no
Autumn				no
Border War				no
Cease Fire				no
Coastlines				no
Dead Man's Shoes				no
El Cortez				no
Infamous				no
Issues				no
Lemming				no
Lunacy				no
My Grandmother's House				no
Poster Boy				no
Quality of Life				no
Roving Mars				no
Shock to the System				no
Tales of the Rat Fink				no
The Dogwalker				no
The L.A. Riot Spectacular				no
Yang Ban Xi - The Eight Model Works				no
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	N/A	B+	N/A			down	rank and depressing.
Saving Shiloh					up	down
Flags Of Our Fathers						up
Keeping Mum						up
Looking For Kitty						up
Clerks II	A	A-	A		down	up	an agreeable mischievous romp
Who Killed the Electric Car?	A	B	A-				unapologetic
A Scanner Darkly	A	B-	B	yes	up	up	deeply intriguing
Old Joy	A	B-	A	yes			shimmering, quiet treasure of a film
World Trade Center	A	B+	B	no			personal and mournful
Wordplay	A	A	A-	yes	up	up	a delightful diversion.
Been Rich All My Life	A	C	A-				Demonstrating spunk and independence
The Heart of the Game	A	B	B+	yes	up	up	a satisfying emotional rush.
Invincible	A	B+	B+			up	unexpectedly poetic
The Descent	A	B+	A-				The chills and spills keep comin'
Brothers of the Head	A	C	N/A	yes			bizarre, edgy and haunting
Sir! No Sir!	A	C-	A	yes			an exultant, even elated tone.
Half Nelson	A	B	B	yes			terrifically compelling
Flags of Our Fathers	A	B	B-	yes		up	astonishing
Jackass: Number Two	A	A-	A	no			tastelessly innovative
District B13	A	B+	N/A	no			a tasty morsel of cinematic junk food
American Hardcore	A	B	N/A				exuberantly irritable
Monster House	A	B-	B	yes	up	up	supremely slick
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	A	C+	A	so-so			fills you with giddy pleasure
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	A	C+	A	yes			unexpectedly mesmerizing
A Prairie Home Companion	A	B	B+	no	up	down	Rib-ticklingly funny
Cars	A	B	B-	yes	up	up	Periodic bursts of cleverness
This Film Is Not Yet Rated	A	C	A	so-so		up	cunningly outraged
Mutual Appreciation	A	B+	N/A	yes			appealingly quirky
Lassie	A	C+	A			up	heartwarming and moving
The Last King of Scotland	A	A	B+			up	intense, sometimes hallucinatory
Lady Vengeance	A	B+	B+				intense emotional wallop.
Mission: Impossible III	A	B+	C+	yes	down	up	plenty of action and intrigue.
Sketches of Frank Gehry	A	C	N/A	no	up	up	Lucid and engaging
Little Miss Sunshine	A	B	A	yes			A brainy blend of farce and heart
Deliver Us From Evil	A	B	A				brilliant and psychologically transfixing
Miami Vice	A-	D+	B+	no			so cool that it's almost too cool.
Snakes on a Plane	A-	B+	A	no		down	cheesy, campy B-movie fun
Driving Lessons	A-	B-	C-				conservative yet titillatingly 'eccentric'
Down in the Valley	A-	B-	C+				often breathtaking.
Only Human	A-	B-	N/A	yes			intermittently hilarious
X-Men: The Last Stand	A-	B-	B-	yes	up	up	adrenaline-fueled fun.
Gabrielle	A-	C	N/A	yes			perfectly realized
The Ground Truth	A-	B	A	yes			realistic, heartbreaking
I Like Killing Flies	A-	D	N/A				endearingly cockeyed
The Illusionist	A-	B	B+	no			Impeccably crafted
The House of Sand	A-	C+	A	yes			admirably pretentious
Superman Returns	A-	B	A-	no	down	up	gorgeously crafted
Sherrybaby	A-	B-	C+	no			emotionally arresting
The Road to Guantanamo	A-	B-	N/A	so-so	up	up	unconventional and mostly effective
Clean	A-	B-	B+	yes	up	up	scrupulous straight-forwardness
The Proposition	A-	A-	N/A		up	up	robust
Quinceañera	A-	B-	B-	yes			charming and unpretentious.
The Science of Sleep	A-	A	N/A	yes			whimsical, irrepressibly creative
Shortbus	A-	C+	B	no		up	sexually daring, dramatically timid
The Prestige	A-	B+	B	yes		up	aggressively devious
Hollywoodland	A-	B	B	no		up	Glamorously adult
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple	A-	B-	A-	yes			disturbing and provocative
Jesus Camp	A-	C	A-			up	a piercing portrait of innocence perverted
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	A-	C	N/A				essential
Marie Antoinette	B+	C+	A	yes		down	yummy-looking, artfully personal
An Inconvenient Truth	B+	C	B-	yes	up	up	An excellent educational tool
Ant Bully	B+	B	C-				nifty
Man Push Cart	B+	C	B+	yes			a didactic sentimental side
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	B+	A-	B+			down	a damn interesting piece.
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	B+	A-	B-	so-so			intimate yet emotionally vast
Conversations With Other Women	B+	C	C-	yes			witty and bleak
Over the Hedge	B+	B+	B-	no	up	up	charmer
How to Eat Fried Worms	B+	C+	A-			up	cheerfully crude
Look Both Ways	B+	B-	N/A	yes	up	up	imaginative, humorous and truthful
Paper Dolls	B+	B-	N/A	yes			a surprise
Lower City (Cidade Baixa)	B+	B-	N/A	so-so			a thing of beauty
The U.S. vs. John Lennon	B+	B-	A	yes			Lennon's tunes  are used pointedly
Nacho Libre	B+	B	B+	yes	down	down	some sure-fire ridiculousness.
Heading South	B+	C-	B+				pleasurably unsettling
Sleeping Dogs Lie	B+	C+	N/A	no			surprisingly sweet, hilarious, and warm.
Confetti	B+	C	C-	yes			emotionally believable
Crank	B	B+	B+	no			Edgy and outrageous
Al Franken: God Spoke	B	C-	N/A	yes			A lot of preaching to the converted
Twelve and Holding	B	C	C-				more obsessive than artistically daring.
The King	B	C	N/A	no	up	up	beautifully produced
Edmond	B	C	N/A				for hard-core David Mamet fans only.
The Lake House	B	B	C-	no	up	up	a wanly romantic Hallmark postcard
Strangers With Candy	B	C	C	no	up	up	sorta thrillingly raunchy
Flicka	B	B	B+			up	quaint
The Promise	B	B-	D+				defies both gravity and logic.
The Devil Wears Prada	B	B	B-	yes	down	up	sitcomy but tolerably entertaining
The OH in Ohio	B	C	C-	no			a silly, amusing trifle.
Goal!: The Dream Begins	B	B+	C-	yes	up	down	every sports cliché
The Last Kiss	B	B	C	no			People will identify with [the characters]
Factotum	B	A	C+	yes		down	acidly funny
Jet Li's Fearless	B	A-	C				manages to pack a satisfying emotional punch
Princesas	B	C+	N/A	so-so		down	warmhearted, sharp-eyed
The Night Listener	B	C	C+				tediously solemn
Keeping Up With the Steins	B	C+	D+		up	up	initially sharp
Wah-Wah	B	C	B+	yes	up	down	laughably bitter tone.
Rolling Family	B	C-	N/A				an extremely leisurely pace
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	B	B	A-	so-so			does more than improve
Russian Dolls	B	B-	N/A	yes			entertaining
Renaissance	B	C	N/A	so-so			all style, no soul.
Art School Confidential	B	B	B-	yes	up	up	feels insubstantial
Step Up	B	B+	D				clunky but moderately charming
V for Vendetta	B	B+	B				not good.
Idlewild	B	B	C+	no		down	madly soulful and enjoyable
Feast	B-	B-	N/A				forgettable fun for the undiscriminating.
Accepted	B-	B+	B	no			winning dumbness
Shadowboxer	B-	C-	D				a howler of a slab of pulp fiction
Take the Lead	B-	B	B+				doesn't suck.
The Da Vinci Code	B-	B-	C-	yes	up	up	borders on tedium.
Running With Scissors	B-	C	C	no		down	is like running with a spatula
My Super Ex-Girlfriend	B-	B	B				consistently funny
The Guardian	B-	B+	B-	so-so		down	crashes on wave upon wave of clichés.
You, Me and Dupree	B-	B-	C-	no			a conventional easy-laugh premise
Beerfest	B-	B+	B	no		down	cheeky irreverence
Aurora Borealis	B-	B	B-	so-so			Joshua Jackson can actually act
Flyboys	B-	B+	C-				unashamedly old-fashioned
The Groomsmen	B-	C+	C				Fatally conventional
Open Season	B-	B+	B-	yes		down	paint-by-numbers filmmaking
Zerophilia	B-	C+	C-				campy
The Omen	C+	C-	C-	no	up	up	fascinating
Poseidon	C+	B	C+	no	down	down	It may be cheese
The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift	C+	B	B				exhilarating
Idiocracy	C	B+	N/A	yes			a satire for its time.
The Protector	C	A-	A				bone-crunching power
Looking for Kitty	C	C-	C-				says howdy, rewards little
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	C	C+	B	so-so			It's a dud.
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	C	C	D+		up	down	The voices are uncommonly well-cast
The Great New Wonderful	C	A	N/A				does elicit squirms and titters
Killer Diller	C	B	N/A		up	up	lively
Everyone's Hero	C	B-	D			down	there's no sense of magic
Mouth to Mouth	C	C-	N/A	no			occasionally vivid, ultimately unsatisfactory
An American Haunting	C	C+	D		no	no	tame, lame serving of PG-13 shocks.
The Wicker Man	C	C-	D-	no			a lousy thriller but a damn good accidental comedy.
Scoop	C	A	B-	no			so flat, dull, and off form
Trust the Man	C	B	D+	no			blithely self-involved
Jimmy and Judy	C	C	N/A				shocking but believable
The Break-Up	C	B-	B-	no	down	up	almost relentlessly unpleasant
Typhoon	C	C	D-	yes			nothing too striking
Wassup Rockers	C	B	A-	no	up	down	appealingly nutzoid
School for Scoundrels	C	B+	B-	so-so		up	lazy
Crazy Like a Fox	C	C+	N/A				slapstick to save-the-farm melodrama
John Tucker Must Die	C	B	D+				Oh, the hilarity.
Waist Deep	C	B-	B				packs considerable energy
Say Uncle	C	D	D+	yes	down	down	self-righteous, thoroughly unsavory
Peaceful Warrior	C	B-	D	no	down	down	half-baked
Tideland	C-	C	N/A	no			dour, absurdist, gruesomely awful
One Last Thing	C-	B-	N/A	no			refreshingly low-key
Man of the Year	C-	B-	F				thinly amusing
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker	C-	A-	C-	no			without a smidgeon of originality
Hoot	C-	B-	B-		down	down	dawdling pace
The Black Dahlia	C-	C+	C+	no		down	a good movie plagued with problems
Lady in the Water	C-	B-	C	no			ponderous, self-indulgent bedtime tale.
Loverboy	C-	C	N/A	yes	down	down	plays more like an offbeat Lifetime made-for.
The Wild	C-	C	D				been-there-seen-that.
Mini's First Time	C-	C+	N/A	no			all the makings of a camp jailbait classic.
One Night With The King	C-	A-	N/A	no			surprisingly satisfying
Artie Lange's Beer League	C-	A-	N/A			up	little more than a series of expletives
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	C-	B	C-	no			hideous
Click	C-	A-	D		down	down	most disturbing, weirdly confessional
America: Freedom to Fascism	D+	B-	N/A				a flailing Libertarian fever dream
The Marine	D+	B	D				Tongues are planted firmly in cheek
10th & Wolf	D+	B	N/A				turgid, ketchup-spattered dud.
Broken Bridges	D+	B+	N/A				poorly dialogued, feel-good
Pulse	D+	C+	C-				has potential to entertain.
Gridiron Gang	D+	B+	C-	no		down	another overdose of inspiration
All the King's Men	D+	B-	N/A	yes			Overstuffed and fatally miscast
The Quiet	D+	B-	N/A	no		down	A Lifetime movie on crack
Haven	D	B-	D-	yes		down	lackluster and muddled
Just My Luck	D	C+	D-	no	down	down	lame slice of slapstick
The Grudge 2	D	C-	D-	no			unforgivably boring
Crossover	D	B-	D-			down	dry urban melodrama
See No Evil	D-	B	C-	no			generic and predictable
Little Man	F	C	N/A	no			takes dumb comedy to new heights
Material Girls	F	C	D				Overacting
Zoom	F	C+	D				lacks the satirical edge
The Covenant	F	B	D	no			bloodless, creepless, and depthless.