The Fighting Temptations

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

"...Jr. a few notches? He’s so hyperactive during this MTV Films production – which is comedically indistinguishable from Sister..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Real Cancun

"...much of the same production gang that was behind MTV's breakthrough reality show The Real World, the filmmakers have..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

"...and injectable nanotechnology riffs with the gusto of an MTV video contest reject, You Wrote It -- You Watch..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blue Crush

"...ever gets. In spirit it's more an amalgam of MTV Sports and Endless Summer, marrying the lunatic adrenaline of..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Orange County

"...into Stanford, his dream school, are tragically dashed. This MTV Films production is as lightweight as it sounds, treading..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Charlie's Angels

"...spades. McG, whose previous work includes a brace of MTV videos and commercial work, puts his rapid-fire editing skills..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Watcher

"...some jump cuts and split-second edits straight from the MTV school of zero-attention-span filmmaking? Yet The Watcher still manages..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Cell

"...far against film-inclined young people growing up coddled by MTV. That network's once-groundbreaking style of cut-and-paste, wild-edit, lo-res commercialism..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Road Trip

"...of teen comedies). And then there's the presence of MTV icon Tom Green, who's either one of the most..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...capture the glory of Jean d'Arc for a new, MTV-weaned generation of Francophiles, and if watching Jovovich rain gobs..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drop Dead Gorgeous

This parody of beauty pageants in the flyover states takes the form of a mockumentary filmed at Minnesota's Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant.

"...this does from a television director (Jann, late of MTV's The State) and a television writer (Lona Williams of..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arlington Road

"...and grainy images; the accelerated film speed -- these MTV-ish visual cues are a bit much in conveying a..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Trippin'

"...school senior is trippin', off in a montage of MTV fantasy, where he is a real G, bumpin' booties..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

10 Things I Hate About You

This updated version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew provides a sharp examination of teen dating rituals.

"...with dead-on accuracy, making her the live-action equivalent of MTV's Daria, a whip-smart, sometimes bitter girl with the soul..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...while building a base of support among the newbie MTV generation of star-crossed teens in love. If so, what..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven

A serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi is hunted by two New York City detectives in this hellish take on Nineties film noir.

"...showcase for what he can do without benefit of MTV (although the unnerving main and end titles, set to..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hackers

Horny teenagers in goofy clothes avert eco-disaster and triumph over the government.

"...a giant, 100-plus minutes music video co-sponsored by Sega, MTV, and Apple Computers. Silly, predictable, and, dare I say..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jury Duty

"...gets me thinking about just how much cultural damage MTV may really be responsible for. (Shore, of course, got..."

April 14, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

S.F.W.

"...and underscore the message that media products such as MTV are (for better or for worse) shaping our culture...."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Faust

"...Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, and, more recently, several MTV art breaks. Anyone who loves the grim, surrealist humor..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Army Now

"...a powerful, lucid case for the immediate dismantling of MTV, seeing as how that mind-sapper shot Mitzi Shore's demon..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Best of the New York Underground

"...keeps this 10-minute short on the far side of MTV hell by playing it deadpan and light. Basically just..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freaked

A young Hollywood pitchman (Winter – also the film's co-writer and co-director) finds himself at the mercy of a backwoods mad scientist (Randy Quaid).

"...its makers. Stern and Winter have previously collaborated on MTV's The Idiot Box, as well as two shorts (Squeal..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City Hunter

"...did that come from?” dance routine featuring black spandex-clad MTV rejects and the endearing chorus “Happy Happy, Gala Gala.”..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Son-in-law

"...be making a conscious effort to move beyond his MTV/stand-up, cooler-than-cool, irritatingly obnoxious and lascivious persona. There are moments..."

July 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sandlot

The movie is a grown man's memory of his first, awkward summer in a new neighborhood in 1962 and the importance of baseball as a bonding activity.

"...Leary gets a break from his bad boy of MTV image. The Sandlot is truly one about the boys..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Tune

"...by: Bill Plympton. If nothing else, we can thank MTV for bringing Bill Plympton's outrageous “Plymptoons” series to the..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien³

Weaver's Lt. Ripley and H.R. Giger's brainchild face off in Fincher's beautifully shot sequel that goes nowhere.

"...for his music videos (Madonna, Paula Abdul) and his MTV sensibilities are in full evidence, right down to the..."

May 29, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encino Man

"...actually little more than a feature-length vehicle for stand-up comedian/MTV host/bastion of mangled surfer syntax, Pauly Shore. His incessant..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Highlander II: The Quickening

"...the show. For those of you who worry that MTV video art will destroy cinema, the ineptitudes of this..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Louis Black

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