The Deep End (2001)

The Deep End (2001)

[5] Tilda Swinton stars as a mother trying to cover-up the accidental death of her son's aggressive gay lover. But things get even more complicated when a strong-arm (Goran Visnjik) tries to extort the dead man's debts from her. Tilda…
Meet the Fockers (2004)

Meet the Fockers (2004)

[7] Director Jay Roach and cast return, adding Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Steisand to the mix, for this sequel to Meet the Parents. In preparation for their big wedding, Ben Stiller and Teri Polo need for their parents to meet…
Meet the Parents (2000)

Meet the Parents (2000)

[7] Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro headline this 'comedy of errors' flick about a male nurse seeking permission from an ex-CIA agent to take his daughter's hand in marriage. Formula comedies usually fail or succeed on the strength of casting.…
Normal (2003)

Normal (2003)

[7] Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson star in playwright/director Jane Anderson's story about a rural midwestern family weathering the father's decision to undergo a sex change. Wilkinson portrays the father, who endures prejudice from his coworkers and family. Lange plays…
Bellflower (2011)

Bellflower (2011)

[7] A nice young dude with an obsession for Mad Max and the Apocalypse falls in love with a cool young chick. But when he catches her with another dude, he and his best bud consider going medieval on some…
Valhalla Rising (2009)

Valhalla Rising (2009)

[7] Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) serves up this meditative drama about a mute, one-eyed, pagan strong man (Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen) who fights for the entertainment of his Norse captors way back around the year 1000 AD. He…
The Lovely Bones (2009)

The Lovely Bones (2009)

[3] Maybe Alice Sebold's novel is a different and more worthwhile experience. But not having read it, I'm pondering what the hell I'm supposed to take away from Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lovely Bones. The movie is about…
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

[6] Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez star in this teen drama about a rich but troubled white girl and a poor but hard-studying Latino boy who fall in love. Before long, her party attitude begins to clash with his determination…
High Tension (2003)

High Tension (2003)

[6] Director/co-writer Alexandre Aja hit the horror scene with this taut, gory French thriller about a young woman staying with a classmate's family when a home invader attacks. The invader murders the friend's parents and little brother, then kidnaps the…
Bully (2001)

Bully (2001)

[7] Larry Clark (Kids) directs this adaptation of a true story involving a group of Florida teenagers who conspire to murder a mutual friend. Bobby (Nick Stahl) is the object of everyone's scorn. He's a complicated, twisted character in the…