Critic consensus:Led by an unforgettable performance from Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July finds director Oliver Stone tackling thought-provoking subject matter with ambitious élan.

Numbered reviews:1. Hey...Cruise can act!
2. Tom Cruise proves he's more than a chiseled face in Stone's anti-war epic.
3. Signaled Oliver Stone's transition from iconic commentator to tremulous anarchist.
4. Sledgehammer Stone deals from a grotesquely stacked deck as usual
5. Typical jingoistic Stone bullroar, but professional.
6. A forceful and admirably heartfelt performance by Tom Cruise galvanizes this picture, which should be more powerful than it is considering the darkness and fullness of the emotions at its center.
7. Born on the Fourth of July is...the most ambitious nondocumentary film yet made about the entire Vietnam experience.
8. This is a sad case of a film with high and noble intentions that features great dramatic performances, but it ends up being a superficial epic, diluted, limited, and strangely unmoving.
9. Made when Oliver Stone still had cred and Cruise wasn't a laughing stock. A fine movie.
10. I'll give Stone credit for capturing the craziness of Kovic's life, but he fails to give a human face to his free fall.


Critic consensus:Unaccompanied Minors, while featuring credible performances by its mostly young cast, is simply a rehash of other, funnier movies.

Numbered reviews:1. Designed only for the youngest of children, who might be roused by the silly action, or perhaps for John Hughes, who might delight in the fact that his influence continues to color the landscape.
2. Feig's sympathies toward young misfits are still thankfully evident, but the mature, realistic approach that made 'Freaks and Geeks' so refreshing is missing here.
3. The kids in the film behave badly. The adults behave worse.
4. Unexpectedly warm and huggable, and far funnier than you'd ever guess... one of the wittiest, most endearing holiday films in recent memory.
5. Why, and at what point, did Feig choose to ally himself with the bullies of the world and substitute broad stereotype for insight into character?
6. Predigested drivel.
7. Mixes youthful angst and hilarious hijinks in a way you'd expect from the creator of Freaks and Geeks.
8. There are fragments of good comedy packed amidst the many forgettable scenes that you've seen a dozen times before in a dozen other forgettable comedies
9. Irresponsible content notwithstanding, it's the low standard of filmmaking that really defies belief.
10. It's clear very early on that Warner Bros. wanted less a thoughtful film about divorce or coming of age than a chipper family pick-me-up. And thus we have Unaccompanied Minors, which is one-third heart and two-thirds cheese.


Critic consensus:Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher's teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars.

Numbered reviews:
1. A supremely watchable example of something the '80s did right.
2. For the most part, the movie is goofy fun.
3. The movie may not offer a lot in the way of serious frights or even originality, but it is most definitely weird and decidedly funny.
4. It laughs at the form it embraces, adds a rock-and-roll soundtrack and, if you share its serious-satiric attitude, manages to be very funny.
5. Killing bloodsuckers was enough to make Fright Night a hit, and it will probably do the same for the crass, obvious Lost Boys.
6. Ultimately, this is a film for nostalgic fans and for kids with the appropriate dark leanings, but it's not going to wow anyone else.
7. Did I mention both Coreys are in it?
8. Directed with a cavalier disregard for intelligibility, this has to be one of the most anaemic vampire flicks ever made.
9. The Lost Boys is not a movie you want to put in a time capsule or even revisit, unless your name happens to be Corey.
10. A coffinload of DVD extras to sate your Lost Boys bloodlust!