The Films of 2000

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The AboutFilm.Com reviewers are: AT = Alison; CC = Carlo; DK = Dana; GS = Glenn; JV = Jeff; KC = Kris.

Film	Genre	Starring	AT	CC	DK	GS	JV	KC	Avg
Achilles' Love	comedy	Mather Zickel, Claudia Besso, John Mouganis
Adrenaline Drive (Japan)	comedy	Masonubu Ando, Hikari Ishida, Yutaka Matsugae					B-		B-
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	comedy	Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo			C			C-	C
An Affair of Love (France)	drama	Nathalie Baye, Sergi López, Paul Pavel					B-		B-
Aimée & Jaguar (Germany)	drama/ lesbian int.	Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Heike Makatsch
Alice and Martin (France)	drama	Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric		C				B+	B-
All the Pretty Horses	Western	Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz	B	D			C+	C-	C
Almost Famous	drama	Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand	B+	B	B+	B+	B+	B-	B
American Pimp	docum.	Directed by Albert and Allen Hughes					B		B
American Psycho	satire	Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, Chlöe Sevigny			B+		C-	B+	B-
American Virgin	comedy	Mena Suvari, Bob Hoskins, Robert Loggia
Animal Factory	drama	Edward Furlong, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi					B-		B-
The Art of War	action	Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Donald Sutherland
The Autumn Heart	drama	Tyne Daly, Ally Sheedy, Jack Davidson
Autumn in New York	drama	Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Joan Chen		D					D
Bait	thriller	Jamie Foxx, Kimberly Elise, David Morse
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	docum.	Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Kris Kristofferson
Bamboozled	satire	Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover
The Basket	drama	Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Karl Burke
Battlefield Earth	sci-fi/action	John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker
The Beach	adventure	Leonardo di Caprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Tilda Swinton	C+	D-			D		D+
Beau Travail (France)	drama	Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin	C		B-	C	B		C+
Beautiful	satire	Minnie Driver, Hallie Eisenberg, Joey Lauren Adams
Beautiful People	comedy	Charlotte Coleman, Charles Kay, Rosalind Ayres			B			B	B
Bedazzled	comedy	Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor				C-		D	D+
Before Night Falls	bio/drama	Javier Bardem, Oliver Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano		C	C+		B-	C-	C+
Beneath the Surface (Sweden)	drama	Johanna Sällström, Tove Appelqvist, Mikhael Persbrandt
Benjamin Smoke	docum.	Directed by Jem Cohen & Peter Sillen
Best in Show	comedy	Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugeny Levy		B-	C	B	B-	B	B-
Better Living Through Circuitry	docum.	Directed by John Reiss
Beyond the Mat	docum.	Directed by Barry Blaustein					B		B
The Big Kahuna	dramedy	Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli					B		B
Big Momma's House	comedy	Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti
The Big Tease	satire	Scott Craig Ferguson, Mary McCormack, Sara Gilbert
Billy Elliot	drama	Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis	B+	C+	C+	B	B	C	B-
Black and White	drama	Power, Brooke Shields, Robert Downey Jr, Mike Tyson					C+		C+
Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows	horror	Kim Director, Jefrey Donovan, Tristen Skyler
Bless the Child	thriller	Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell		D+				C+	C
Boesman and Lena	drama	Angela Bassett, Danny Glover
Boiler Room	drama	Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck, Tom Everett Scott	B	B-	B-	B	B-		B-
Bootmen	drama	Adam Garcia, Sophie Lee, Sam Worthington
Boricua's Bond	drama	Frankie Negron, Val Lik, DMX, Method Man
Bossa Nova (Brazil)	rom. comedy	Amy Irving, Antônio Fagundes, Alexandre Borges
Bounce	romance	Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Natasha Henstridge	B	C+	C-		C	C+	C+
Boys and Girls	comedy	Freddie Prinze Jr, Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs	F						F
Bring It On	comedy	Kirtsen Dunst, Gabrielle Union, Nicole Bilderback	B	C+	C-		C+		C+
Broken Hearts Club	comedy/ gay int.	Dean Cain, Timothy Olyphant, Andrew Keegan
But I'm a Cheerleader	satire/ lesbian int.	Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Julie Delpy
			AT	CC	DK	GS	JV	KC	Avg
The Carriers Are Waiting (Belgium)	dramedy	Benoît Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Lanners
Cast Away	adventure	Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy	B	B-	A-	A-	B+	B+	B+
Cecil B. Demented	comedy	Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt			F				F
The Cell	thriller	Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio	C+	B-	C	C	C		C+
Center Stage	drama	Ethan Stiefel, Amanda Schull, Sasha Redetsky
Charlie's Angels	action	Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu	C+	D-	B-	C+	B-	D+	C
Cherry Falls1	horror	Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, Jay Mohr					B-		B-
Chicken Run	anim./family	Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson	B+	B+	B+	B+	B	B+	B+
Chocolat	dramedy	Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench		B	C+		C	C	C+
Chuck and Buck	comedy	Michael White, Chris Weitz, Beth Colt			C	D	C	C	C-
The Claim	drama	Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley		C-	C-		B-	C	C
Cleopatra's Second Husband	drama	Paul Hipp, Boyd Kestner, Radha Mitchell		C-	C+				C
The Closer You Get	dramedy	Ian Hart, Niamh Cusack, Sean McGinley
The Color of Paradise (Iran)	drama	Mohsen Ramezani, Hossein Mahjoub, Salime Feizi			B+		B		B
Committed	comedy	Heather Graham, Luke Wilson, Casey Affleck	B-		C+			C	C+
Condo Painting	docum.	George Condo, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg
The Contender	drama	Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman		B	B-		C-	B	B-
Cotton Mary	drama	Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, James Wilby
Coyote Ugly	rom. comedy	Piper Perabo, Maria Bello, Tyra Banks	C-				C		C
The Crew	comedy	Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya		D					D
Crime & Punishment in Suburbia	dramedy	Ellen Barkin, Monica Keena, Michael Ironside
Criminal Lovers (France)	drama	Natacha Régnier, Jeremie Renier, Salim Kechiouche
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan)	action	Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang	A-	A-	B	A	B+	A+	A-
Croupier	crime	Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee		B	B	B+	B-	B-	B
The Crow: Salvation	action	Eric Mabius, Kirsten Dunst, Fred Ward
The Cup (Tibet)	comedy	Jamyang Lodro, Orgyen Tobgyal, Neten Chokling
Cyberworld	IMAX	Jenna Elfman
Dancer in the Dark	music./drama	Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse		B+	A-	B	C+	B	B
Dark Days	docum.	Directed by Marc Singer
Deterrence	drama	Kevin Pollack, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph		B			D+	A-	B-
Digimon: the Movie	anim./family
Dinosaur	anim./family	D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard
Disney's the Kid	comedy	Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer			B				B
Double Parked	comedy	Callie Thorne, William Sage, Noah Fleiss
Down to You	teen comedy	Freddie Prince Jr, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
Dr. T and the Women	dramedy	Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Liv Tyler		B-	B-		B-	B	B-
Dracula 2000	horror	Jonny Lee Miller, Omar Epps, Christopher Plummer
Drowning Mona	comedy	Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Danny DeVito	D+						D+
Dude, Where's My Car?	comedy	Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Kristy Swanson					B-		B-
Duets	comedy	Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, André Braugher		C-					C-
Dungeons & Dragons	fantasy	Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Jeremy Irons		F					F
			AT	CC	DK	GS	JV	KC	Avg
East Is East	dramedy	Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge		C		B		B	B-
East-West (France)	drama	Oleg Menchikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve			C-			B+	C+
8½ Women	drama	John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Toni Collette
The Emperor's New Groove	anim./family	David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt	B						B
Erin Brockovich	drama	Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart	B+	B	B+	B+	B+	B+	B+
An Everlasting Piece	comedy	Barry McEvoy, Billy Connolly, Anna Friel						B	B
Eye of the Beholder	thriller	Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, K.D. Lang		F				C-	D
The Eyes of Tammy Faye	docum.	Tammy Faye Bakker, Roe Messner, Jim Bakker
The Family Man	fantasy	Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle		D+	D		C+	C-	C-
Family Tree	drama	Robert Forster, Cliff Robertson, Naomi Judd
Fantasia 2000	animation	music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Stravinsky		B-					B-
The Fantasticks	musical	Joey McIntyre, Jean Louisa Kelly
Farewell, Home Sweet Home (France)	dramedy	Nico Tarielashvili, Lily Lavina, Otar Ioseliani	C-				D		D+
The Filth and the Fury	docum.	The Sex Pistols	A-		B+	A-	A-		A-
Final Destination	thriller	Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith		C-	C+		B-		C+
Finding Forrester	drama	Sean Connery, Robert Brown, F. Murray Abraham		B-	C+		C+	C+	C+
The Five Senses	drama	Mary Louise Parker, Molly Parker, Daniel McIvor		B	C+			C+	B-
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	comedy	Mark Addy, Kristen Johnston, Stephen Baldwin
Followers	drama	Sam Trammell, Mark Dobies, Jessica Prunell
Frequency	sci-fi	Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, André Braugher	B	B	B		B	B-	B
George Washington	drama	Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III					B+		B+
Get Carter	thriller	Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Alan Cumming		D-					D
Getting to Know You	drama	Heather Matarazzo, Zach Braff, Bebe Neuwirth
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	drama	Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman	B		B		B	C	B-
The Gift	thriller	Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Greg Kinnear	C+	B-	C-		C-	B	B-
The Girl Next Door	docum.	Stacy Valentine; directed by Christine Fugate		B+					B+
Girl on the Bridge (France)	drama	Daniel Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis, Demetre Georgalas					B		B
Girlfight	drama	Michelle Rodriguez, Santiago Douglas, Jaime Tirelli	B	B			B+		B
Gladiator	drama/action	Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen	A-	A	B	A-	B+	C	B+
Godzilla 2000 (Japan)	action	Takehiro Murata, Naomi Nishidi, Mayu Suzuki				C-			C-
Gone in 60 Seconds	action	Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Duvall	D+	C	B		C		C
Gossip	drama	Kate Hudson, James Marsden, Norman Reedus			D+				D+
Goya in Bordeaux (Spain)	bio	Francisco Rabal, José Coronado, Daphne Fernández
Grass	docum.	Woody Harrelson; directed by Ron Mann
Groove	dramedy	Lola Glaudini, Hamish Linklater, Denny Kirkwood
Gun Shy	comedy	Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt
			AT	CC	DK	GS	JV	KC	Avg
Hamlet	Shakesp.	Ethan Hawke, Diane Venora, Julia Stiles	C+		B+		B	B-	B-
Hanging Up	comedy	Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau						D-	D-
Held Up	comedy	Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Jake Busey
Here on Earth	drama	Chris Klein, Josh Hartnett, Leelee Sobieski
High Fidelity	comedy	John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black	A-	A-	A-	B+	B+	B-	B+
Highlander: Endgame	action	Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne		F					F
Hollow Man	sci-fi	Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin		C+	D		D+	B-	C-
Homo Sapiens 1900 (Sweden)	docum.	Jan Holmquist; directed by Peter Cohen
The House of Mirth	drama	Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd		A-	A-		A	B	A-
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	family	Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon
Human Resources (France)	drama	Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Valled, Chantal Barré					A-		A-
Human Traffic	drama	John Simm, Shaun Parkes, Danny Dyer
Humanité (France)	drama	Emmanuel Schotté, Severine Caneele, Philippe Tullier
I Dreamed of Africa	drama	Kim Basinger, Vincent Pérez, Eva Marie Saint		D-					D-
The Idiots (Denmark)	comedy	Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing
I'm the One That I Want	comedy	Margaret Cho		C-					C-
The In Crowd	thriller	Lori Heuring, Susan Ward, Matthew Settle
The Interview	thriller	Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery			B		B-		B-
Into My Heart	drama	Rob Morrow, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber
Into the Arms of Strangers	docum.	Narrated by Judi Dench					B		B
Isn't She Great	biography	Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, David Hyde Pierce
Jerome	drama	Drew Pillsbury, Wendy Malick, Scott McKenna
Jesus' Son	drama	Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary	C+		C		B-	A-	B-
Joe Gould's Secret	drama	Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Steve Martin	C+		C-		B	C+	C+
Judy Berlin	drama	Edie Falco, Bob Dishy, Aaron Harnick, Madeline Kahn		B+	B		B+	A-	B+
Just Looking	comedy	Ryan Merriman, Joey Franquinha, Gretchen Mol
Just One Time	comedy	Lane Janger, Jennifer Esposito
Keeping the Faith	rom. comedy	Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman	C+	B-			C+	B+	B-
Kirikou and the Sorceress (France)	anim./family	Theo Sebeko
Kikujiro (Japan)	dramedy	Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto	B	B			B	B	B
Knockout	drama	Maria Conchita Alonso, Tony Burton, Ralph Cooper
			AT	CC	DK	GS	JV	KC	Avg
The Ladies Man	comedy	Tim Meadows, Will Ferrell, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
The Last September	drama	Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Jane Birkin				C-			C-
Left Behind	thriller	Brad Johnson, Chelsea Noble, Kirk Cameron
Left Luggage	drama	Isabella Rosselini, Laura Fraser