2004 in Review
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A, weird, fun, sweet, and scary
- Riding Giants, A, surfing movie combines adrenaline and education
- Troy, A, surprisingly good but largely overlooked movie
- Garden State, A, warm, sweet, and eccentric with great characters
- Proof, A-, nice mix of family, math, romance, and dementia
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, A-, the best of the series so far
- Sideways, A-, enjoyable but not terribly complex road trip movie
- The Incredibles, A-, somewhere between Toy Story and Monsters, Inc.
- Finding Neverland, A-, sweet and sentimental without being syrupy
- Collateral, B+, good writing, good performances, cool look
- The Bourne Supremacy, B+, well-executed spy movie
- Wimbledon, B+, a solid british romantic comedy
- The Polar Express, B+, enjoyable Christmas classic
- Man on Fire, B+, Denzel kicks the habit and some butt
- The Aviator, B+, interesting but also lacking
- Spider-Man 2, A-, too conflicted for its own good
- Layer Cake, B+, stylish, entertaining, and barely above average
- National Treasure, B+, fun adventure movie packs a lot in
- I, Robot, B+, more action and suspense than sci-fi, still good
- Phantom of the Opera, B+, almost collapses under its own weight
- Shaun of the Dead, B+, stoner comedy with romance and zombies
- Kill Bill, Vol. 2, B, revenge movie with Tarantino flourishes
- Million Dollar Baby, B, I liked the first movie, not the second
- Ray, B, a solid, if not inspiring biography
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, B, quirky and fun, not a lot of depth
- Dodgeball, B, enough funny moments to make it worth watching
- Harold & Kumar Go to Whitecastle, B, better than I thought, fun to watch
- Mean Girls, B, a simple statement that is worth stating
- Shrek 2, B, after a bleak first third some good laughs
- Beyond the Sea, B-, a very showbiz biography of Bobby Darin
- Napoleon Dynamite, B-, stark indie movie with goofball characters
- Farenheit 9/11, B-, scattershot indictment of Bush
- Thirteen Going on Thirty, C+, awkward remake of Big
- Welcome to Mooseport, C, great cast delivers a bland comedy
- Meet the Fokkers, D, poor excuse for a movie