2004 Films Reviewed

2004! The year of the Monkey, US elections and LOTR withdrawal symptoms! Except I don't live in the US, and I'm glad to see the back of Frodo and Co. (I am a Monkey, however.)

Ratings are hand-crafted and rolled on the thighs of nubile Cypriot virgins. Can we interest you in our 2004 Films Ranked by Rating? Middle aisle, right between the bootleg Korean DVDs and two-gallon tubs of shoe polish...

(V) = film seen only on video

(TIFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the 2003 or 2004 Toronto Film Festival

(ThIFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the 2003 or 2005 Thessaloniki Film Festival

Title (Rating)

• AFTER THE SUNSET (53)
• ALEXANDER (66)
• ALFIE (31)
• ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (34)
• ALONG CAME POLLY (37)
• ANATOMY OF HELL (V) (53)
• ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (V) (61)
• AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (50)
• THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON (TIFF) (59)
• ATASH (THIRST) (V) (45)
• THE AVIATOR (55)
• BAADASSSSS! (V) (64)
• BAD EDUCATION (56)
• BEFORE SUNSET (75) (second viewing: 77)
• BEING JULIA (V) (52)
• THE BIG BOUNCE (V) (65)
• BIRTH (63)
• BLOOD (TIFF) (46)
• BON VOYAGE (54)
• THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (57)
• BRIDES (43)
• BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (21)
• BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD (V) (42)
• THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (63)
• CATWOMAN (34)
• CELLULAR (72)
• LES CHORISTES (TIFF) (w/o)
• THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (32) 
• CLEAN (TIFF) (65)
• CLOSER (V) (76)
• COFFEE AND CIGARETTES (V) (66)
• COLLATERAL (56)
• CONNIE AND CARLA (35)
• CONTROL ROOM (V) (71)
• COOL (TIFF) (30)
• THE CORPORATION (V) (49)
• CRIMSON RIVERS 2 (46)
• CZECH DREAM (V) (67)
• LES DALTON (17)
• DAWN OF THE DEAD (59)
• THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (57)
• DEAD LEAVES (58)
• DEAD MAN'S SHOES (V) (40)
• DIG! (V) (68)
• DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (55)
• THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR (V) (69)
• DOWNFALL (TIFF) (74)
• THE DREAMERS (V) (51)
• DUCK SEASON (TIFF) (72)
• ENDURING LOVE (TIFF) (51)
• L'ESQUIVE (68)
• ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (79)
• EXILES (V) (43)
• EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (39)
• FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (47)
• FATHER AND SON (V) (49)
• 50 FIRST DATES (41)
• FINDING NEVERLAND (V) (45)
• 5 x 2 (TIFF) (71)
• FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (V) (43)
• THE FORGOTTEN (60)
• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (V) (43)
• FROZEN (w/o)
• THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS (V) (75)
• GARDEN STATE (V) (38)
• THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (55)
• GOOD BYE, DRAGON INN (V) (67)
• THE GRUDGE (50)
• HARDCORE (V) (42)
• HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (V) (52)
• HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (54)
• HEAD-ON (V) (58)
• HELLBOY (V) (56)
• HENRI LANGLOIS: THE PHANTOM OF THE CINEMATHEQUE (TIFF) (45)
• A HOLE IN MY HEART (TIFF) (48)
• THE HOLY GIRL (TIFF) (63)
• A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD (V) (55)
• HOTEL RWANDA (V) (67)
• HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (47)
• HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (81) (second viewing: 78)
• I HEART HUCKABEES (TIFF) (57)
• I, ROBOT (53)
• I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (V) (73)
• IN GOOD COMPANY (48)
• IN YOUR HANDS (ThIFF) (46)
• INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (V) (56)
• THE INCREDIBLES (77)
• INTERMISSION (V) (61)
• L'INTRUS (TIFF) (45)
• JAPANESE STORY (TIFF) (47)
• JERSEY GIRL (26)
• KAD PORASTEM BICU KENGUR (V) (54)
• KEANE (TIFF) (74)
• THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE (V) (64)
• KING ARTHUR (52)
• KINSEY (V) (59)
• KOKTEBEL (V) (63)
• LADDER 49 (27)
• THE LADYKILLERS (V) (41)
• LAND OF PLENTY (TIFF) (w/o)
• LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (V) (43)
• LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (59)
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS (V) (23)
• THE LIFE AQUATIC (69) (second viewing: 67)
• LIFE IS A MIRACLE (54)
• LOOK AT ME (V) (69)
• LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF (V) (67)
• THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA (V) (53)
• LOVE ME IF YOU DARE (47)
• MA MERE (V) (62)
• THE MACHINIST (V) (56)
• MAN ON FIRE (58)
• THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (56)
• MARIA FULL OF GRACE (62)
• MEAN CREEK (V) (38)
• MEAN GIRLS (57)
• MEET THE FOCKERS (15)
• METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER (V) (59)
• MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM (TIFF) (34)
• MILLION DOLLAR BABY (72)
• MILLIONS (TIFF) (49)
• THE MIRACLE OF BERN (41)
• MONDOVINO (V) (59)
• MONSIEUR IBRAHIM (V) (46)
• MOOLAADE (TIFF) (43)
• THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (45)
• LOS MUERTOS (V) (61)
• NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (67)
• NATIONAL TREASURE (65)
• NEW GUY (V) (40)
• NICELAND (TIFF) (38)
• 9 SONGS (TIFF) (46) (second viewing: 56)
• NOBODY KNOWS (TIFF) (60)
• THE NOTEBOOK (48)
• NOTRE MUSIQUE (TIFF) (62)
• OCEAN'S TWELVE (62)
• OLDBOY (TIFF) (65) (second viewing: 62)
• OPEN WATER (51)
• OR (MY TREASURE) (V) (66)
• OSAMA (V) (46)
• PALINDROMES (TIFF) (60)
• THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (46)
• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (29)
• THE POLAR EXPRESS (64)
• PRIMER (TIFF) (69) (second viewing: 71)
• THE PRINCE AND ME (V) (34)
• THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2 (49)
• PRIVATE (TIFF) (72)
• P.S. (61)
• RAHTREE: FLOWER OF THE NIGHT (TIFF) (53)
• RAISING HELEN (V) (44)
• RAY (54)
• RED LIGHTS (V) (74)
• ROLLING FAMILY (V) (48)
• S21: THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE (V) (63)
• SAMARITAN GIRL (V) (46)
• SARABAND (V) (57)
• SAVED! (V) (36)
• SAW (TIFF) (24)
• SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (26)
• THE SEA INSIDE (TIFF) (40)
• SECRET WINDOW (42)
• SHALL WE DANCE (51)
• SHARK TALE (42)
• SHAUN OF THE DEAD (V) (62) (second viewing: 56)
• SHREK 2 (50)
• SIDEWAYS (V) (62)
• SINGING BEHIND SCREENS (V) (61)
• SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (39)
• SOMERSAULT (V) (48)
• SOUL PLANE (V) (40)
• SPANGLISH (V) (56)
• SPARTAN (V) (64)
• SPIDER FOREST (TIFF) (68)
• SPIDER-MAN 2 (61)
• THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (V) (55)
• SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN (V) (68)
• STARSKY & HUTCH (35)
• THE STEPFORD WIVES (27)
• SUPER SIZE ME (V) (54)
• A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (V) (55)
• TARNATION (TIFF) (71)
• TAXI (37)
• TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (V) (45)
• THE 10th DISTRICT COURT: MOMENTS OF TRIAL (TIFF) (67)
• THE TERMINAL (33)
• 13 GOING ON 30 (V) (57)
• 3-IRON (TIFF) (67)
• TOMORROW WE MOVE (TIFF) (64)
• TORQUE (60)
• TOUCHING THE VOID (V) (52)
• TRILOGY [as a whole] (V) (63)
• TRILOGY: AFTER LIFE (V) (51)
• TRILOGY: AN AMAZING COUPLE (V) (58)
• TRILOGY: ON THE RUN (V) (53)
• TRIPLE AGENT (V) (75)
• TROPICAL MALADY (TIFF) (89)
• TROY (71)
• THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (65)
• 2046 (52) (second viewing: 57)
• UNDERTOW (V) (48)
• VAN HELSING (32)
• VERA DRAKE (V) (74)
• A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (69)
• THE VILLAGE (47)
• WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (V) (55)
• THE WEEPING MEADOW (54)
• WHEN WILL I BE LOVED (V) (57)
• WHISKY (TIFF) (58)
• WHITE CHICKS (V) (37)
• WHO KILLED BAMBI? (V) (65)
• WICKER PARK (V) (43)
• THE WOODSMAN (TIFF) (42)
• THE WORLD (TIFF) (58)
• THE YES MEN (57)