Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

This third film in the tween series is funny without being in any way condescending to its target audience.

"...(Brar), this outing finds the trio off-leash for summer vacation. For Greg, that means playing video games 24/7, but..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Darling Companion

Diane Keaton leads a wonderful cast in this so-so story about a lost dog and its unmoored people.

"...are enjoying a few days of relaxation at their vacation home in the mountains following Grace’s wedding. They are..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

The Hangover gets the Bollywood treatment as three men embark on a bachelor-party vacation.

"...Bollywood treatment as three men embark on a bachelor-party vacation...."

July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monte Carlo

Cute-as-a-button Selena Gomez stars in this tweener mistaken-identity comedy.

"...in last year's Ramona and Beezus. This teen-targeted European vacation piffle isn't a step forward or back – more..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Super 8

This throwback to the monster movies of the Seventies evokes the early work of Steven Spielberg.

"...Amblin template, these particular kids are spending their summer vacation making a zombie movie for submission to a film..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris just goes to show that if you wait long enough Woody Allen will finally deliver another terrific movie.

"...tourists swoon, but Gil (Wilson), a would-be novelist on vacation with his no-nonsense fiancée, Inez (McAdams), has a very..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Saw the Devil

A serial killer meets his match – and then some – in this nasty revenge drama from South Korea that's nevertheless executed with superlative style and wit.

"...stoically receives the news and then takes a two-week vacation to track and torment the murderer. Once Soo-hyun finds..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Megamind

This animated film is vibrant and exceedingly clever, but also a rather slight thing for such mega-sized proportions.

"...when his nemesis and prime motivator takes an extended vacation? Megamind gets existential, but only in blips, and while..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Nature of Existence

This documentary treks the globe posing life’s big questions to one and all.

"...the filmmaker is more interested in showing us his vacation slides instead of sharing any real insights...."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aliens in the Attic

A group of kids save their vacation home from extraterrestrials while keeping their clueless elders out of the loop.

"...the Pearsons, an extended Nickelodeon-nuclear family, on a summer vacation to their snappy Maine getaway home. In a rare..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Funny Games U.S.

Michael Haneke comes to the U.S. to remake his tortuous German film about psychological terrorism with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.

"...while off to their upscale country house on summer vacation, fall prey to a pair of immaculately dressed, disarmingly..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?

The creative powerhouse known as Tyler Perry is back in front of and behind the camera with this predictable film about four married couples.

"...branches out into four. Jackson plays a psychologist who vacations every winter with a group of close friends, all..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Into the Blue

There's a crisp little thriller anchored in this movie about pretty people wearing skimpy swimwear in a beautiful locale.

"...(Caan, who’s wrinkly and toothsome like father James), on vacation from New York City with a skanky gal (Scott)..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Saved!

Teen satire softly pokes at the hypocrisies of organized religion.

"...when her boyfriend Dean (Faust) comes back from summer vacation gay, she believes it is her Christian duty to..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Haunted Mansion

Eddie Murphy heads up this latest Disney amusement ride-turned-movie.

"...Jim can’t resist the opportunity while on a weekend vacation with his family to detour to a stately antebellum..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bruce Almighty

"...expectations for its actors of color). God needs a vacation, so he hands the reins over to Bruce, who..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Boat Trip

"...seems to have in mind one of those laff-riot "vacation" films of the halcyon 1980s, like Private Resort or..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Love Liza

"...union. Wilson throws himself back into work, takes a vacation, tries all the prescribed remedies for grief. Then he..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lakeboat

"...too, a kid, really, a grad student on summer vacation or somethin', and him and this Joe -- that's..."

Dec. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

"...the film succeeds more as an enticement for a vacation on the Ionian Sea than anything else -- those..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Luzhin Defence

"...one of those period dramas about upper-crust Europeans in vacation resorts, which at first we think we've seen a..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nico and Dani

This Spanish import is a coming-of-age dramedy whose (nearly) teenage stars are natural actors, whose direction is unforced, and whose sexual themes are treated with candor and humor.

"...factor in one more variable: During an unsupervised summer vacation in which the titular buddies smoke weed, sleep late,..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Just Looking

"...Lenny, a Jewish 14-year-old Bronx boy beginning his summer vacation of 1955. His father has died before the beginning..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cleopatra's Second Husband

"...who pull a power play after Robert and Hallie's vacation. Robert watches meekly as they abuse his credit cards,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mercy Streets

"...of Ned Flanders, Mercy Streets is as earnest as Vacation Bible School and somewhat more cinematic. Christian film distributor..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...of the TV show is the 15-minute episode, “Pikachu's Vacation,” that precedes the 75-minute film. Here we find the..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Now & Then: From Frosh to Seniors

"...up the billable-hours deficit you incurred during your biennial vacation. And then it hits you: God! What you wouldn't..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Funny Games

Austrian moralist Haneke fashions a tense drama from the sadistic games people play.

"...their way to their lakeside home for a summer vacation. On the way, Anna and George play a game..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...to watching a 90-minute slide show chronicling someone else's vacation: If you were there, you'll never forget; if you..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Head Above Water

"...with his much younger wife Nathalie (Diaz), takes a vacation at her family's summer home on a remote island..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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