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    small imageRain
    This New Zealand coming-of-age movie isn't really about anything. When it's this rich and luscious, who cares?
    By Stephanie ZacharekApr 26, 2002
    small imageRaising Helen
    If you're a Christian Coalition member looking for a movie that reinforces all the homespun values you hold dear, this Kate Hudson vehicle is for you!
    By Charles TaylorMay 26, 2004
    small imageRaising Victor Vargas
    A small picture about growing up and falling in love in New York's Lower East Side delivers far more than its own modest resources.
    By Stephanie ZacharekApr 2, 2003
    small imageRatatouille
    This delicious tale of a rat who cooks is pure joy, a grand achievement -- one of the most beautiful animated pictures ever made.
    By Stephanie ZacharekJun 29, 2007
    small imageRay
    Jamie Foxx rocks the house as the late, great Ray Charles. Can this one movie make America seem beautiful again?
    By Charles TaylorOct 29, 2004
    small imageRead My Lips
    This mixture of devious thriller and deadpan black comedy lets you smirk along with its nasty little revenge plot.
    By Charles TaylorJul 12, 2002
    small imageRed Dragon
    Anthony Hopkins? Big deal! We've already seen the prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" -- and it was better the first time.
    By Stephanie ZacharekOct 4, 2002
    small imageRed Eye
    Wes Craven's latest will have you jumping out of your seat on cue. And is that really so bad?
    By Stephanie ZacharekAug 20, 2005
    small imageReign Over Me
    Can this Adam Sandler movie help you work out your residual 9/11 issues?
    By Stephanie ZacharekMar 23, 2007
    small imageReign of Fire
    Dragons torch the earth as manly men with weird hair battle them in this colossally misconceived dud.
    By Andrew O'HehirJul 12, 2002
    small imageRemember the Titans
    Denzel Washington puts the fascism back in football.
    By Andrew O'HehirSep 29, 2000
    small imageRent
    Who knew a movie musical could be worse than last year's over-the-top travesty "Phantom of the Opera"?
    By Stephanie ZacharekNov 23, 2005
    small imageResident Evil
    Zombies! Mutant Doberman pinschers! Milla Jovovich in a slinky red slip-dress! Wake me when it's over.
    By Stephanie ZacharekMar 15, 2002
    small imageRiding in Cars With Boys
    Stop, pull over and step away from this Drew Barrymore vehicle.
    By Stephanie ZacharekOct 19, 2001
    small imageRoad to Perdition
    Neither a good Paul Newman nor a bad Tom Hanks can save this dreary art-house flick from the airless grip of "American Beauty" director Sam Mendes.
    By Stephanie ZacharekJul 12, 2002
    small imageRock Star
    Mark Wahlberg stars in a heavy-metal "42nd Street" -- a rags to riches to flannel story.
    By Stephanie ZacharekSep 7, 2001
    small imageRocket Science
    Self-consciously quirky on the outside, this gentle teenage fable has an affecting, openhearted core.
    By Stephanie ZacharekAug 10, 2007
    small imageRocky Balboa
    Of course this movie is silly and implausible and completely over the top, but you just can't help rooting for Sylvester Stallone.
    By Andrew O'HehirDec 20, 2006
    small imageRoger Dodger
    Take a cynical -- and highly enjoyable -- tour of Manhattan nightlife with ladies' man Campbell Scott and first-time writer-director Dylan Kidd.
    By Jeff StarkOct 25, 2002
    small imageRollerball
    John McTiernan's botched remake may be subtler than Norman Jewison's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga. It's also stupider.
    By Jeff StarkFeb 12, 2002
    small imageRosemary's Baby
    Roman Polanski's unnerving classic deserves to be seen in all its gloomy glory. But good luck erasing it from memory afterward.
    By Stephanie ZacharekMar 26, 2001
    small imageRunaway Jury
    Here's a real mystery: How can John Cusack, Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman, acting in a John Grisham thriller, be so dull?
    By Charles TaylorOct 17, 2003
    small imageRunning Scared
    Paul Walker scowls his way through this gratuitously violent movie with serious pretensions. Definitely, run scared.
    By Stephanie ZacharekFeb 24, 2006
    small imageRunning With Scissors
    Alec Baldwin just might break your heart in this sympathetic adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' bestselling memoir.
    By Stephanie ZacharekOct 20, 2006
    small imageRush Hour 2
    The newest installment in Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker's cop-buddy franchise isn't any good -- but it's no chore to sit through either.
    By Charles TaylorAug 7, 2001
    small imageRush Hour 3
    Silly and crude, sure -- but this third movie in the Chris Tucker/Jackie Chan franchise is also strangely brilliant.
    By Stephanie ZacharekAug 10, 2007