A movie for aesthetically hungry moviegoers: wildly amusing, sometimes sardonic and always touching. There's so much here, and all of it delightful.

With the exception of the opening scene -- whose purpose is chiefly comic -- the movie is one, extended climax. Even with flashbacks and other time jumps, it never lets up. You have to go back to Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1952 "The Wages of Fear" to recall suspense this relentless.

A jarring, mesmerizing documentary.

Brilliant and brutal, funny and exhilarating, jaw-droppingly cruel and disarmingly sweet...To watch this movie (whose 2 1/2 hours speed by unnoticed) is to experience a near-assault of creativity.

Its themes of passion, heartbreak and the inexorable passage of time are eternal.

Polanski, himself a survivor of Nazi-occupied Poland, has created a near-masterpiece.

There's no doubt about the film's sheer power and taut originality.

Simple, yet quietly astonishing film.

Eastwood's elegantly directed Mystic River, a deeply textured drama in which the sins (or perceived sins) of the past weigh heavily on the present.

Instead of "Masterpiece Theatre"-style fawning, [Scorsese] fills this movie with visual flow, masterful cinematography and assured direction. There's an alert, thinking presence behind the camera.

An extraordinary and brilliant (and almost wordless) film that takes us above ground and below it, up in the air and deep below water, to follow its conundrum of a story.

The film's not only funny and weird, it's oddly poignant. I miss Hedwig already.

One of the most startling, grittily brilliant films in recent years.

A great little film, dignified by a superb performance, Diamond Men is a gem.

It's easily the best and brightest family-friendly movie of the year.

A story that rips fleshy holes through your heart.

The Piano plays itself with such contrapuntal richness, it resonates in you forever.

Wickedly funny and devilishly subversive. It is satire at its most fearless.

Not since the 1972 'Cabaret' has there been a movie musical this stirring, intelligent and exciting.

The result is one of Almodovar's darkest films since the early days of "Law of Desire" and "Matador," and certainly one of his finest.

A great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments.

You believe in everything.

One fabulous Middle-earth show.

Few movies have evoked the happiness of a good, strong family as genuinely as this one. And this affecting atmosphere makes the eventual outcome resonate with great power.

Wings is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit. (Review of Original Release)

Observed mostly from Remy's rat's-eye view, Gusteau's kitchen is a memorable world-in-miniature with its vivid old-fashioned stoves, bright, brassy pots and general air of frenzied industry; never did sliced red onions or simmering soup look so fresh and real.

So wonderfully antiquated, so blissfully free of postmodern cleverness.

Not only gives us a superb new cast of believable characters, it transcends its own genre. Only superficially a teen comedy, the movie redounds with postmodern -- but emotionally genuine -- gravitas.