| "U" All Films Watched 2000-2010 |
| All films are rated on a scale of **** (A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 (D+), * 1/2 (D), * 1/4 (D-), * (F) |
| Links are to longer reviews on site. A film defined as 70 min.+ visual event. |
| The year included with the film is the year I watched each film. |
| (V) = TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat viewing (W/O)= walked out |
| U-571 (2000, d. Jonathan Mostow) ** 1/2 |
| UGLY TRUTH, THE (2009, d. Robert Luketic) Heigl's a star & there is real romantic chemistry with Butler; but way too talky & not nearly as clever as it wants to be. ** 1/4 |
| ULZHAN (2007, d. Volker Schlöndorff) *** |
| UNBREAKABLE (2000, d. M. Night Shyamalan) *** |
| UNCERTAINTY (2008, d. Scott McGehee, David Siegel) ** 1/4 |
| UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (2010, d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Thailand) ** |
| UNCONSCIOUS (2005, d. Joaquin Oristell) Sometimes funny, lush Spanish period farce about sexuality in the days when Freud was current. ** 3/4 |
| UNDER ANOTHER SKY (2003, d. Gaël Morel) Go back to acting, Gaël! Nicolas Cazale was magnetic as French/Algerian youth forced to return to his roots. ** 1/2 |
| UNDER OUR SKIN (2009, d. Andy Wilson) V. Most shocking adversarial exposé docu I've ever seen. If not faked, this is a dynamite indictment of medical establishment. **** |
| UNDER SUSPICIAN (2000, d. Stephen Hopkins) ** 1/2 |
| UNDER THE BOMBS (2008, d. Philippe Aractingi) ** 1/2 |
| UNDER THE ICE (2006, d. Aelrun Goette) *** 1/2 |
| UNDER THE MOUNTAIN (2010, d. Jonathan King) ** 3/4 |
| UNDER THE SAME MOON (2008, d. Patricia Riggen) Predictable, but the kid is great & the story just works. ** 1/2 |
| UNDER THE SAND (2001, d. François Ozon) *** 1/4 |
| UNDER THE SIGN OF SCORPIO (2003, d. Taviani brothers) 1969 film by filmmakers I like; but this shipwreck film was boring & thematically opaque * |
| UNDER THE SUN (2001, d. Colin Nutley) [1998] *** |
| UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN (2003, d. Audrey Wells) Romantic woman's pic which despite predictablilty, pressed all my buttons. Ah, lovely Italy...mi amore. ** 3/4 |
| UNDERTOE (2004, d. David Gordon Green) Green has such a unique style. It works here, with nice acting turns by Jamie Bell and Josh Lukas. Quite affecting. *** 1/2 |
| UNDERTOW (2010, d. Javier Fuentes-León; Peru) + Appreciated it much more 2nd time. Fine print plus more compassion on my part made big difference. *** 1/4 |
| UNDERTOW (2010, d. Javier Fuentes-León) ** 1/2 |
| UNFAITHFUL (2002, d. Adrian Lyne) *** |
| UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (2003, d. Preston Sturges) V. Deftly written drawing room comedy - symphony conductor plots to music against wife's infidelity. *** 1/2 |
| UNFINISHED LIFE , AN (2005, d. Lasse Hellstrom) ** 1/2 |
| UNIDENTIFIED, THE (2009, d. Kevin Tucker) *** 1/4 |
| UNITED 93 (2007, d. Paul Greengrass) V. Impressively subtle. As close to Cinéma vérité as we're likely to get this century. *** 3/4 |
| UNITED STATES OF LELAND, THE (2004, d. Matthew Ryan Hoge) Fine cast, but overwritten and predictable. Manic was similar, but better. Still Ryan Gosling rules! ** 3/4 |
| UNIVERSALOVE (2008, d. Thomas Woschitz) * 3/4 |
| UNKNOWN WHITE MALE (2005, d. Rupert Murray) V. *** 1/2 |
| UNKNOWN, THE (2007, d. Giuseppe Tornatore) Italy Academy foreign film submission *** 1/4 |
| UNKNOWN, THE (2008, d. Giuseppi Tornatore) + *** 1/4 |
| UNLIKELY HEROES (2003, d. Richard Trank) Doc. about resistance during the Holocaust. I did considerable work on this, and film/vid/film looks great. ** 3/4 |
| UNLOVED (2001, d. Kunitashi Manda) ** |
| UNMISTAKEN CHILD (2009, d. Nati Baratz) *** |
| UNO (2005, d. Aksel Hennie) Tough, violent drama about a good man who can't escape the consequences of acts beyond his control. *** |
| UNREASONABLE MAN, AN (2006, d. Mantel an Skrovan) V. Excellent, if mostly talking head docu about Ralph Nader. *** 1/4 |
| UNSPOKEN PASSION (2008, d. Roni Bertubin) ** 1/2 |
| UNTOLD SCANDAL (2004, d. E J-yong) Ravishingly visual Korean adaptation of a 17th century Dangerous Liasons. It translates well. *** 1/4 |
| UNTOLD STORY OF EMMETT LOUS TILL, THE (2005, d. Keith and Kevin Beauchamps) V. *** |
| UP (3D) (2010, d. Pete Docter, Bob Peterson) Nice concept, great vocal acting (Jordan Nagai is phenomenal), really fine 3D animation. But mid-section dragged. *** 1/4 |
| UP AND DOWN (2004, d. Jan Hrebejk) Involving multi-character comedy about the intertwined life in Prague today among refugees, emigrées, and all stratas of society. *** 1/4 |
| UP AT THE VILLA (2000, d. Philip Haas) *** |
| UP IN THE AIR (2009, d. Jason Reitman) Reitman redeems himself for Juno. Clooney never better; Kendrick & Farmiga are great again. Funny, trenchant, insightful. *** 1/2 |
| UP THE YANGTZE (2008, d. Yung Chang) ** 3/4 |
| UPPERDOG (2010, d. Sara Johnsen) *** 1/2 |
| UPRISING (2001, d. Jon Avnet) ** 1/2 |
| UPSIDE OF ANGER, THE (2005, d. Mike Binder) John Gissing was so bad that I dismissed Binder as a director...mistake. Fine ensemble comedy. *** |
| URBAN SCARECROW (2006, d. Andrew McAllister) ** 3/4 |
| URBANIA (2000, d. Jon Shear) *** 1/2 |
| URO (2007, d. Stefan Faldbakken) *** |
| USED PARTS (2007, d. Aaron Fernandez) *** 1/4 |