My fellow critics and I may occasionally fault a movie for departing, in detail or in spirit, from its literary source, but the grousing of a few adult pedants is nothing compared to the wrath of several million bookish 10-year-olds.… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing. — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
My fellow critics and I may occasionally fault a movie for departing, in detail or in spirit, from its literary source, but the grousing… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite. — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
The silliness-much of which is clearly intentional-is blended with some genuine grandeur. The Pixar touch is evident in the precision of the visual detail… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy. — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a remarkable ability… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Tiny as a sparrow, fierce as an eagle, Lisbeth Salander is one of the great Scandinavian avengers of our time, an angry bird catapulting… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence. — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Those reliable axioms about the taste and expectations of the mass movie audience are not so much laws of nature as artifacts of corporate… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ('Stuck in… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
The musical performances do more than enrich the movie; they complete it. — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
The camera has an uncanny ability to capture the world as it is, to seize events as they happen, and also to conjure visions… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
