| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: C | Oct 18, 2008

Would-be screenwriters are advised to catch Reservation Road on cable as it provides an object lesson of three awful script clichés that are to be avoided at all costs.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 1, 2008

It starts with devastation and closes, after a few reels of narrative dithering, with a climax of hairpin emotional turns and indisputable power.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 26, 2007

With a cast as good as this one, you're willing to look past the occasional glaring improbability.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 26, 2007

A film of distinguished performances that rise above a coincidence-riddled and perfunctory screenplay -- without redeeming it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 26, 2007

An exercise in frustration and wasted opportunities.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 25, 2007

This is kind of a terrible movie with some really talented people.

Full Review | Oct 22, 2007

Reservation Road is all about the darkness that lurks in the hearts of men, and although it's dark in there, all right, the power of redemption is always a possibility. This dour, ponderous picture just can't show the way.

Full Review | Oct 20, 2007

The major failure here is fear of the very emotions the movie purports to be about.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 20, 2007

If you're a fan of strong acting performances, you really should grab the Kleenex and take the trip

Full Review | Oct 19, 2007

You know exactly where the story is going, and, dang, that's exactly where it goes.

| Oct 19, 2007

Unfortunately, the film grows contrived.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 19, 2007

Original and gripping.

| Oct 19, 2007

...You resent the manipulative mechanics of the story.

| Oct 19, 2007

A hit-and-miss drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 19, 2007

A deadly earnest and deadly dull psychological thriller.

| Oct 19, 2007

There's a problem when you make a film so dark that Hotel Rwanda looks like a crowd-pleaser -- especially when the story asks filmgoers to leave their reasoning skills at home.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 19, 2007