Strangely fascinating, sumptuously photographed—the multicolored Christmas lights that can be seen in several scenes look gorgeous—and deliberately paced film with intriguing characters, a multilayered and unpredictable story that is open to...

Solid and positively delightful film by Hayao Miyazaki. Although Miyazaki's storytelling magic is not in full force here, the meaningful and timely story has depth and develops in a way that is consistently interesting. The protagonist's personality,...

Driven more by characters than by plot, this gorgeously photographed film is intellectually interesting and has an attractive epic quality to it, but it is seldom emotionally engaging. At 153 minutes, this is a long movie; however, the original cut...

Directed with a sure hand by Steven Soderbergh, this is a solid and engaging based-on-a-true-story film with several funny moments. The scenes that show the assertive and sympathetic protagonist's life as a single mother give the proceedings an...

Gripping and affecting but never manipulatively sentimental, the film has both an engaging story and characters that the viewer genuinely cares about. Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington give top-notch, nuanced performances; Antonio Banderas does a good...