< 1999
Photos © 1999 Winstar Cinema/Arena Films; © 2000 DreamWorks SKG/Universal Pictures; © 2000 New Line Cinema; © 2000 Universal Pictures;
© 2000 Sony Pictures Classics; © 2000 Fine Line Features/Zentropa Entertainment; © 2000 Fine Line Features/Grandview Pictures
2001 >

Sort by Title/Grade
= Full-Length Review
©  = Capsule-Length Review
Includes films in U.S. commercial release between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2000.
Consequently certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being
produced or exhibited elsewhere in earlier years. Click Here for Frames Version


Beau travail Dir. Claire Denis. With Denis Lavant, Grégoire Colin, Michel Subor A
Dancer in the Dark Dir. Lars von Trier. With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse A
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Dir. Jim Jarmusch. With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey A

Blood Simple [Reissue] Dir. Joel Coen. With John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya A–
The Cell Dir. Tarsem Singh. With Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio A–
Claire Dolan Dir. Lodge Kerrigan. With Katrin Cartlidge, Colm Meaney, Vincent D'Onofrio A–
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dir. Ang Lee. With Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh A–
Dark Days Dir. Marc Singer. Documentary about below-ground homeless communities A–
Erin Brockovich Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart A–
The Exorcist [Reissue] Dir. William Friedkin. With Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller, Linda Blair A–
Not I Dir. Neil Jordan. With Julianne Moore A–
La Petite vendeuse de soleil Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty. With Lissa Baléra, Tañrou M'Baye A–
A Time for Drunken Horses Dir. Bahman Ghobadi. With Ayoub Ahmadi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini A–
Traffic Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle A–
You Can Count on Me Dir. Kenneth Lonergan. With Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo A–

Before Night Falls Dir. Julian Schnabel. With Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez B+
Bring It On Dir. Peyton Reed. With Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford B+
La Captive Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy B+
Charlie's Angels Dir. McG. With Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu B+
Chuck & Buck Dir. Miguel Arteta. With Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros B+
The Claim Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley B+
The House of Mirth Dir. Terence Davies. With Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Anthony LaPaglia B+
I'm the One that I Want Dir. Lionel Coleman. Concert Documentary. With Margaret Cho B+
Keeping the Faith Dir. Edward Norton. With Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton B+
Pola X Dir. Léos Carax. With Guillaume Depardieu, Katerina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve B+
Pollock Dir. Ed Harris. With Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan B+
Ratcatcher Dir. Lynne Ramsay. With William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews B+
Suzhou River Dir. Ye Lou. With Zhou Xun, Jia Hangsheng, Yao Anlian, Nai An B+

An Affair of Love Dir. Frédéric Fonteyne. With Nathalie Baye, Sergi López, Paul Pavel B
American Psycho Dir. Mary Harron. With Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny B
Bamboozled Dir. Spike Lee. With Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett-Smith B
Best in Show Dir. Christopher Guest. With Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest B
The Color of Paradise Dir. Majid Majidi. With Mohsen Ramezani, Hossein Mahjoub B
Come Undone Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz. With Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau B
Dr. T. & the Women Dir. Robert Altman. With Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Laura Dern B
George Washington Dir. David Gordon Green. With Donald Holden, Candace Evanofski B
Girlfight Dir. Karyn Kusama. With Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Santiago Douglas B
Hamlet Dir. Michael Almereyda. With Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora B
Judy Berlin Dir. Eric Mendelsohn. With Edie Falco, Aaron Harnick, Barbara Barrie B
The Original Kings of Comedy Dir. Spike Lee. Concert Documentary. With Steve Harvey B
The Perfect Storm Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg B
Proof of Life Dir. Taylor Hackford. With Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan, David Morse B
Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 Dirs. Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky. Documentary B
Shaft Dir. John Singleton. With Samuel L. Jackson, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale B
Snatch Dir. Guy Ritchie. With Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Benicio Del Toro B
U-571 Dir. Jonathan Mostow. With Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton B
Up at the Villa Dir. Philip Haas. With Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft B
The Wind Will Carry Us Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Behzad Dourani, Bahman Ghobadi B
Wonder Boys Dir. Curtis Hanson. With Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand B
Wonderland Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Shirley Henderson B
The Yards Dir. James Gray. With Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan B

Boiler Room Dir. Ben Younger. With Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Vin Diesel B–
Croupier Dir. Mike Hodges. With Clive Owen, Gina McKee, Alex Kingston B–
High Fidelity Dir. Stephen Frears. With John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black B–
Jesus' Son Dir. Alison Maclean. With Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary B–
Joe Gould's Secret Dir. Stanley Tucci. With Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm, Hope Davis B–
Mission to Mars Dir. Brian De Palma. With Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise, Connie Nielsen B–
Nurse Betty Dir. Neil LaBute. With Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear B–
Paragraph 175 Dirs. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Doc about Nazi persecution of gays B–
Requiem for a Dream Dir. Darren Aronofsky. With Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn B–
Shadow of the Vampire Dir. E. Elias Merhige. With John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe B–
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Dir. Rodrigo García. With Glenn Close B–
Timecode Dir. Mike Figgis. With Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Jeanne Tripplehorn B–
The Virgin Suicides Dir. Sofia Coppola. With Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner B–
Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) Dir. Edward Yang. With Wu Nianzhen, Kelly Lee B–

Almost Famous Dir. Cameron Crowe. With Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup C+
Center Stage Dir. Nicholas Hytner. With Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan May Pratt C+
Chicken Run Dirs. Peter Lord & Nick Park. Animated. Voice of Julia Sawalha C+
Dôlè Dir. Imunga Ivanga. With David Nguema Nkoghe, Emile Mepango Matala C+
The Emperor's New Groove Dir. Mark Dindal. Animated. Voices of David Spade C+
Gladiator Dir. Ridley Scott. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen C+
L'Humanité Dir. Bruno Dumont. With Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier C+
If These Walls Could Talk 2 Dirs. Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche C+
Meet the Parents Dir. Jay Roach. With Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo C+
Small Time Crooks Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Elaine May C+
State and Main Dir. David Mamet. With William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman C+
Tigerland Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Shea Whigham C+
What Lies Beneath Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford C+
When the Sky Falls Dir. John Mackenzie. With Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Gerard Flynn C+

8½ Women Dir. Peter Greenaway. With John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Polly Walker C
The Beach Dir. Danny Boyle. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen C
Boesman & Lena Dir. John Berry. With Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Willie Jonah C
Bounce Dir. Don Roos. With Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton C
Cast Away Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy C
The Contender Dir. Rod Lurie. With Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges C
The Five Senses Dir. Jeremy Podeswa. With Mary-Louise Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Nadia Litz C
Hollow Man Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin C
Sunshine Dir. István Szabó. With Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Jennifer Ehle C
The Terrorist Dir. Santosh Sivan. With Ayesha Dharkar, Parmeshwaran, Banu Prakash C
Thirteen Days Dir. Roger Donaldson. With Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp C
The Tigger Movie Dir. Jun Falkenstein. Animated. Voice of Jim Cummings C
Two Family House Dir. Raymond De Felitta. With Michael Rispoli, Kelly MacDonald C
Unbreakable Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. With Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson C
Waking the Dead Dir. Keith Gordon. With Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Hal Holbrook C

The 6th Day Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn C–
Cecil B. DeMented Dir. John Waters. With Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith, Alicia Witt C–
Chocolat Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench C–
The Next Best Thing Dir. John Schlesinger. With Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt C–
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Dir. Joel Coen. With George Clooney, John Turturro C–
Pay It Forward Dir. Mimi Leder. With Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment C–
Quills Dir. Philip Kaufman. With Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine C–
X-Men Dir. Bryan Singer. With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen C–

Billy Elliot Dir. Stephen Daldry. With Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters D+
Everything Put Together Dir. Marc Forster. With Radha Mitchell, Justin Louis D+
Love's Labour's Lost Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone D+
Scary Movie Dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans. With Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans D+

28 Days Dir. Betty Thomas. With Sandra Bullock, Dominic West, Viggo Mortensen D
Malèna Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore. With Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci, Luciano Federico D
The Patriot Dir. Roland Emmerich. With Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs D
Pitch Black Dir. David Twohy. With Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser D

The Gift Dir. Sam Raimi. With Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Greg Kinnear D–

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Dir. Joe Berlinger. With Jeff Donovan, Kim Director F
The Legend of Bagger Vance Dir. Robert Redford. With Matt Damon, Will Smith F


All reviews © Nick's Flick Picks   Author's permission must be granted in writing for any citation, duplication, or publication, in whole or in part.

Permalink Home < 1999 2001 > Blog E-Mail