Critic consensus:Though not without its flaws, He Got Game finds Spike Lee at or near the top of his late-period game, combining trenchant commentary with his signature visuals and a strong performance from Denzel Washington.

Numbered reviews:1. He Got Game is flawed, but sharp and moving.
2. This stands with the most exciting pictures Lee has made since Do the Right Thing established him as one of the screen's most inventive young artists.
3. After a couple of seriously worrying missteps, Lee is back at the top of his game, positioning himself as one of the best American filmmakers of his day.
4. Spike Lee got game. Ain't no two ways about it.
5. Spike Lee's respect -- nay, worship -- of basketball is contagious and his audacious metaphors give shape to a powerful story of a father's efforts to save his son. And we all know a thing or two about that story.
6. It's the best basketball film since White Men Can't Jump, only it's better.
7. Could have used a clearer focus, but what does come sharply into view registers strongly.
8. There's enough thematic material here for two films; Lee decides to make them both simultaneously. The resulting film feels scattershot, heavy on interesting images and ideas but light on cohesiveness.
9. Lee is a long way from the size and scope of his best film, Do the Right Thing, but at least he is working on a subject he cares about and is doing it with polish.
10. an effective companion piece to Hoop Dreams and Blue Chips.


Critic consensus:Grim and morose, Seven Pounds is also undone by an illogical plot.

Numbered reviews:1. It's not what you'd call any good, but Claude Lelouch fans, say, might relish its grandiose romantic gestures in the face of all known logic.
2. A collage of strong scenes, dull bits, good filmmaking and a dissatisfying emotional payoff. A laudable attempt to tackle heavyweight subject-matter that ends up just being heavy weather.
3. A clumsily melodramatic movie that tells us too much too soon and forces us to sit through endless morose vacuousness.
4. Takes immense pleasure in letting its audience in on nothing.
5. The creepiest version yet of the Magical Negro routine
6. El ritmo de la cinta es algo lento en un inicio pero después mejora, aunque hay que decirlo, se siente la mano manipuladora del director que parece haber estado más concentrado en pensar si el público se sentiría conmovido que en hacer un filme memorable.
7. Reactions to the movie will largely depend on whether or not viewers decide this time that the divine Mr. Smith has overreached. I say he has -- but I can't tell you why.
8. The ending will divide viewers. Some will shed tears, others will be outraged. It's a bold artistic choice, but one of questionable morality.
9. Seven Pounds may be the most spiritual picture of the holiday season; this story of redemption is a gift for moviegoers.
10. I've never seen such a bad film so well made.


Critic consensus:Though it features some extravagant and entertaining moments, The Other Boleyn Girl feels more like a soap opera than historical drama.

Numbered reviews:
1. It's a straightforward, unpretentious joy, and one of the most purely enjoyable films I've seen in some time.
2. As sorority party filler or a double bill with the likes of Cruel Intentions, this movie can't be beat.
3. The women in the cast are exceptional. ... The men are miscast.
4. All the lush sets and elaborate costumes cannot disguise the fact that Portman is terribly cast.
5. Clumsy and clunky, totally lacking in passion and cohesion, this dull mediocrity is an insult to Philippa Gregory's historical concept of the two rival sisters.
6. A cautionary tale of what unchecked ambition and lust can do to a person, a family, a nation.
7. I think the performances are really good.
8. A disappointing costume drama.
9. There are a few flaws including historical inaccuracies, but the spirited jousting of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson as the Boleyn Sisters tantalises and tempts us royally
10. There isn't an enjoyable character in the bunch of this tragedy that constantly spirals downward.