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Archive of 1999-2001 Films

Most of these reflect my opinion directly after seeing the film for the first time.  Since I often revise my rating after a second or third viewing, these grades are subject to change.  If you see something missing here that you think I must have seen, email me -- I probably just slipped up and forgot it. 

After-Life (Hirokazu Kore-eda) -- 8

A.I. (Steven Spielberg) -- 4

Ali (Michael Mann) -- 8

All the Pretty Horses (Billy Bob Thornton) -- 5

Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe) -- 9

Along Came a Spider (Lee Tamahori) -- 2

Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) -- 6

American Beauty (Sam Mendes) -- 7

American Movie (Chris Smith) -- 5

American Pie (Chris and Paul Weitz) -- 7

American Pie 2 (James B. Rogers) -- 6

American Psycho (Mary Harron) -- 7

America’s Sweethearts (Joe Roth) -- 2

Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) -- 7

An Affair of Love (Frederic Fonteyne) -- 9

Analyze This (Harold Ramis) -- 4

The Anniversary Party (Alan Cumming & Jennifer Jason Leigh) -- 9

Antitrust (Peter Howitt) -- 2

Any Given Sunday (Oliver Stone) -- 3

Anywhere But Here (Wayne Wang) -- 4

Arlington Road (Mark Pellington) -- 8

Audition (Takashi Miike) -- 7

Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach) -- 6

Baby Boy (John Singleton) -- 3

Baise-Moi (Coralie & Virginie Despentes) -- 1

Bamboozled (Spike Lee) -- 9

Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku) -- 5

The Beach (Danny Boyle) -- 7

Beau Travail (Claire Denis) -- 7

A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard) -- 3

Before Night Falls (Julian Schnabel) -- 4

Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze) -- 7

Besieged (Bernardo Bertolucci) -- 6

Best In Show (Christopher Guest) -- 7

Big Daddy (Dennis Dugan) -- 6

Black and White (James Toback) -- 3

Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott) -- 8

The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez) -- 5

Blow (Ted Demme) -- 5

Boiler Room (Ben Younger) -- 7

The Boondock Saints (Troy Duffy) -- 6

Bowfinger (Frank Oz) -- 5

Boys and Girls (Robert Iscove) -- 4

Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce) -- 8

Breakfast of Champions (Alan Rudolph) -- 1

Bridget Jones’s Diary (Sharon Maguire) -- 7

Bring It On (Peyton Reed) -- 6

Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese) -- 7

Brother (Takeshi Kitano) -- 3

Bully (Larry Clark) -- 7

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (John Madden) -- 3

Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis) -- 9

The Cell (Tarsem) -- 3

Charlie's Angels (McG) -- 6

Chicken Run (Nick Park) -- 7

Chopper (Andrew Dominik) -- 4

Chuck & Buck (Miguel Artera) -- 7

The Cider House Rules (Lasse Hallstrom) -- 7

The Claim (Michael Winterbottom) -- 4

Claire Dolan (Lodge Kerrigan) -- 3

Code Unknown (Michael Haneke) -- 9

The Contender (Rod Lurie) -- 8

The Corruptor (James Foley) -- 6

crazy/beautiful (John Stockwell) -- 8

The Crimson Rivers (Matthieu Kassovitz) -- 3

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee) -- 9

Croupier (Mike Hodges) -- 6

Cruel Intentions (Roger Kumble) -- 5

Dancer In the Dark (Lars von Trier) -- 4

The Day I Became A Woman (Marzieh Meshkini) -- 8

Deep Blue Sea (Renny Harlin) -- 6

The Deep End (Scott McGehee & David Siegel) -- 3

The Delicate Art of the Rifle (D.W. Harper) -- 4

Dick (Andrew Fleming) -- 5

The Dinner Game (Francis Veber) -- 7

Dogma (Kevin Smith) -- 1

Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly) -- 9

The Dreamlife Of Angels (Erick Zonca) -- 9

Driven (Renny Harlin) -- 2

Drop Dead Gorgeous (Michael Patrick Jann) -- 7

Dr. T & The Women (Robert Altman) -- 4

East Is East (Damien O’Donnell) -- 4

EdTV (Ron Howard) -- 5

8mm (Joel Schumacher) -- 3

Election (Alexander Payne) -- 5

The Emperor and the Assassin (Chen Kaige) -- 9

The Emperor's New Groove (Mark Dindal) -- 8

The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan) -- 6

Enemy At the Gates (Jean-Jacques Annaud) -- 6

Entrapment (Jon Amiel) -- 3

Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh) -- 7

Eureka (Shinji Aoyama) -- 8

eXistenZ (David Cronenberg) -- 8

Exit Wounds (Andrzej Bartkowiak) -- 3

Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) -- 10

Failan (Song Hae-sung) -- 5

The Family Man (Brett Ratner) -- 4

The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen) -- 3

Felix et Lola (Patrice Leconte) -- 5

Fight Club (David Fincher) -- 10

Final Destination (James Wong) -- 6

Finding Forrester (Gus Van Sant) -- 3

Forces of Nature (Bronwen Hughes) -- 7

Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green) -- 5

Frequency (Gregory Hoblit) -- 4

From Hell (Allen & Albert Hughes) -- 4

George Washington (David Gordon Green) -- 6

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch) -- 9

Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff) -- 9

Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter) -- 4

The Gift (Sam Raimi) -- 3

Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett) -- 3

Girl, Interrupted (James Mangold) -- 4

The Girl On the Bridge (Patrice Leconte) -- 8

Gladiator (Ridley Scott) -- 9

The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda) -- 6

Go (Doug Liman) -- 6

Gone In 60 Seconds (Dominic Sena) -- 4

Gosford Park (Robert Altman) -- 8

The Green Mile (Frank Darabont) -- 5

Hamlet (Michael Almereyda) -- 3

Hannibal (Ridley Scott) -- 7

Happy, Texas (Mark Illsley) -- 5

Heartbreakers (David Mirkin) -- 3

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell) -- 3

Heist (David Mamet) -- 7

High Fidelity (Stephen Frears) -- 9

Hollow Man (Paul Verhoeven) -- 5

Holy Smoke (Jane Campion) -- 7

The House of Mirth (Terence Davies) -- 7

Humanite (Bruno Dumont) -- 6

Human Traffic (Justin Kerrigan) -- 7

The Hurricane (Norman Jewison) -- 3

Idle Hands (Rodman Flender) -- 6

Illuminata (John Turturro) -- 5

In Dreams (Neil Jordan) -- 6

In the Bedroom (Todd Field) -- 9

In the Mood For Love (Wong Kar-wai) -- 10

The Insider (Michael Mann) -- 8

The Iron Giant (Brad Bird) -- 5

I Stand Alone (Gaspar Noe) -- 7

It's the Rage (James D. Stern) -- 4

Jesus’ Son (Alison Maclean) -- 8

Josie and the Pussycats (Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan) -- 7

Joy Ride (John Dahl) -- 7

julien donkey-boy (Harmony Korine) -- 4

Keeping the Faith (Edward Norton) -- 8

K-PAX (Iain Softley) -- 3

Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano) -- 3

Kiss of the Dragon (Chris Nahon) -- 7

The Ladies Man (Reginald Hudlin) -- 6

Lantana (Ray Lawrence) -- 3

The Last Castle (Rod Lurie) -- 3

Legally Blonde (Robert Luketic) -- 4

Liberty Heights (Barry Levinson) -- 7

L.I.E. (Michael Cuesta) -- 5

Life (Ted Demme) -- 5

The Limey (Steven Soderbergh) -- 8

Little Nicky (Steven Brill) -- 1

Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie) -- 7

The Lord of the Rings : The First One (Peter Jackson) -- 6

Lost and Found (Jeff Pollack) -- 2

Love and Basketball (Gina Prince-Bythewood) -- 6

Made (Jon Favreau) -- 7

Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) -- 6

Man on the Moon (Milos Forman) -- 5

The Man Who Wasn’t There (Joel Coen) -- 9

Manic (Jordan Melamed) -- 8

The Matrix (Andy & Larry Wachowski) -- 6

Me, Myself, & Irene (Bobby & Peter Farrelly) -- 6

Meeting People Is Easy (Grant Gee) -- 9

Meet the Parents (Jay Roach) -- 9

Memento (Christopher Nolan) -- 8

The Messenger: Joan of Arc (Luc Besson) -- 5

The Mexican (Gore Verbinski) -- 6

Mission: Impossible 2 (John Woo) -- 8

Mission To Mars (Brian DePalma) -- 3

The Mod Squad (Scott Silver) -- 1

Monster’s Ball (Marc Forster) -- 5

Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter) -- 8

Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann) -- 9

Mulholland Drive (David Lynch) -- 2

The Muse (Albert Brooks) -- 4

My Name Is Joe (Ken Loach) -- 6

Never Been Kissed (Raja Gosnell) -- 3

The Ninth Gate (Roman Polanski) -- 6

No Man’s Land (Danis Tanovic) -- 7

Not One Less (Zhang Yimou) -- 9

Notting Hill (Roger Michell) -- 9

Nowhere To Hide (Lee Myung-se) -- 5

Nurse Betty (Neil LaBute) -- 2

O (Tim Blake Nelson) -- 4

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen) -- 7

Ocean’s 11 (Steven Soderbergh) -- 5

October Sky (Joe Johnston) -- 4

Office Space (Mike Judge) -- 7

The Others (Alejandro Amenabar) -- 9

The Opportunists (Myles Connell) -- 7

The Original Kings of Comedy (Spike Lee) -- 5

Our Song (Jim McKay) -- 5

The Out-of-Towners (Sam Weisman) -- 4

Payback (Brian Helgeland) -- 7

Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay) -- 3

The Perfect Storm (Wolfgang Petersen) -- 4

The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke) -- 5

Pitch Black (David Twohy) -- 6

Planet of the Apes (Tim Burton) -- 7

The Pledge (Sean Penn) -- 7

Pola X (Leos Carax) -- 5

Pollock (Ed Harris) -- 4

The Princess and the Warrior (Tom Tykwer) -- 8

Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa) -- 6

Pushing Tin (Mike Newell) -- 6

Quills (Philip Kaufman) -- 3

The Rage: Carrie 2 (Katt Shea) -- 3

Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay) -- 9

Ravenous (Antonia Bird) -- 2

Red Planet (Antony Hoffman) -- 3

The Red Violin (Francois Girard) -- 3

Reindeer Games (John Frankenheimer) -- 2

Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin) -- 4

The Replacements (Howard Deutch) -- 5

Requiem For a Dream (Darren Aronofsky) -- 10

Restaurant (Eric Bross) -- 7

Ride With the Devil (Ang Lee) -- 4

The Road Home (Zhang Yimou) -- 9

Road Trip (Todd Phillips) -- 4

Romance (Catherine Breillat) -- 1

Rosetta (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) -- 7

The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson) -- 8

Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer) -- 9

Rush Hour 2 (Brett Ratner) -- 6

Saving Silverman (Dennis Dugan) -- 7

Scary Movie (Keenan Ivory Wayans) -- 6

The Score (Frank Oz) -- 6

Scream 3 (Wes Craven) -- 7

Series 7: The Contenders (Daniel Minahan) -- 7

Session 9 (Brad Anderson) -- 5

Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer) -- 7

Shaft (John Singleton) -- 3

Shallow Hal (Bobby & Peter Farrelly) -- 7

Shanghai Noon (Tom Dey) -- 7

She's All That (Robert Iscove) -- 3

Shrek (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jensen) -- 2

Show Me Love: aka Fucking Amal (Lukas Moodysson) -- 8

The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan) -- 8

Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton) -- 4

Small Time Crooks (Woody Allen) -- 6

Snatch (Guy Ritchie) -- 8

Someone Like You (Tony Goldwyn) -- 3

Songs From the Second Floor (Roy Andersson) -- 9

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker & Matt Stone) -- 3

Space Cowboys (Clint Eastwood) -- 7

Spy Game (Tony Scott) -- 8

Spy Kids (Robert Rodriguez) -- 8

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (George Lucas) -- 3

Startup.com (Chris Hegedus & Jehane Noujaim) -- 8

State and Main (David Mamet) -- 8

Stir of Echoes (David Koepp) -- 5

The Straight Story (David Lynch) -- 3

Sugar & Spice (Francine McDougall) -- 2

Summer of Sam (Spike Lee) -- 4

Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen) -- 6

Swordfish (Dominic Sena) -- 7

Taboo (Nagisa Oshima) -- 3

The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella) -- 10

Tape (Richard Linklater) -- 4

10 Things I Hate About You (Gil Junger) -- 2

Thirteen Days (Roger Donaldson) -- 6

The Thomas Crown Affair (John McTiernan) -- 3

Three Kings (David O. Russell) -- 8

3,000 Miles To Graceland (Demian Lichtenstein) -- 4

Tigerland (Joel Schumacher) -- 8

Time and Tide (Tsui Hark) -- 4

Timecode (Mike Figgis) -- 4

A Time For Drunken Horses (Bahman Ghobadi) -- 9

Titus (Julie Taymor) -- 8

Together (Lukas Moodysson) -- 8

Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh) -- 7

Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter) -- 8

Traffic (Steven Soderbergh) -- 5

Training Day (Antoine Fuqua) -- 8

Trick (Jim Fall) -- 4

Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis) -- 5

True Crime (Clint Eastwood) -- 5

Tumbleweeds (Gavin O'Connor) -- 4

U-571 (Jonathan Mostow) -- 4

Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan) -- 7

Under the Sand (Francois Ozon) -- 6

Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe) -- 9

Varsity Blues (Brian Robbins) -- 5

The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Tran Ahn Hung) -- 9

The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola) -- 8

Waking Life (Richard Linklater) -- 5

Waking the Dead (Keith Gordon) -- 5

The Way of the Gun (Christopher McQuarrie) -- 10

Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain) -- 9

What Lies Beneath (Robert Zemeckis) -- 3

What Planet Are You From? (Mike Nichols) -- 6

The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami) -- 4

The Winslow Boy (David Mamet) -- 7

Winter Sleepers (Tom Tykwer) -- 9

With a Friend Like Harry (Dominik Moll) -- 8

Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson) -- 6

Wonderland (Michael Winterbottm) -- 8

X-Men (Bryan Singer) -- 3

The Yards (James Gray) -- 7

Yi Yi (Edward Yang) -- 10

You Can Count On Me (Kenneth Lonergan) -- 8

Zoolander (Ben Stiller) -- 6

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