"Jawbreaker" Very bad schwings: "Jawbreaker" is a T&A black comedy that teases more than it delivers.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams [February 26, 1999]

"Jeanne" The bearable lightness of being French: Leave it to the French to make a musical comedy about AIDS -- and to have it actually work.
By Andrew O'Hehir [April 22, 1999]

"Jerry Springer: Ringmaster" Family circus: "Jerry Springer: Ringmaster" Reviewed by Gary Kaufman The movie is every bit as loud and raunchy as the television show -- so what's not to like?
By Gary Kaufman [December 2, 1998]

"Jesus' Son" Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary, Holly Hunter and Jack Black lead an all (indie) star cast in a barbiturate-driven noir.
By Andrew O'Hehir [June 16, 2000]

"Joe Dirt" David Spade is a redneck with heart, but he can't pull a movie out of acid-washed jeans and a mullet.
By Andrew O'Hehir [April 11, 2001]

"Joe Gould's Secret" Stanley Tucci and Ian Holm face off as a New Yorker writer and the loopy Greenwich Village street character he turned into a celebrity -- with devastating results.
By Charles Taylor [April 6, 2000]

"Josie and the Pussycats" The latest cartoon-to-screen spoof finds the rock-chick band taking on the music industry.
By Stephanie Zacharek [April 11, 2001]

"Judy Berlin" First-time writer-director Eric Mendelsohn offers an unfashionably affectionate look at suburban angst. Edie Falco -- from "the Sopranos" -- stars.
By Charles Taylor [February 24, 2000]

"Julien Donkey-Boy" Critical vertigo, a homely Chlo‘ Sevigny and one jabbering schizophrenic -- this all means something to director Harmony Korine.
By Ana Marie Cox [October 14, 1999]

"Jurassic Park III" A new director takes over the dino franchise from Steven Spielberg. The result is fast and funny and brings back some of the wonder to the series.
By Stephanie Zacharek [July 18, 2001]