The Films of 2003 - Page 2

This is a chart of U.S. theatrical releases in 2003. The AboutFilm.Com reviewers rating the movies of 2003 are: AT = Alison Tweedie-Perry; CC = Carlo Cavagna; CS = Claudia Smurthwaite; DV = Dominic Varle; EH = Erika Hernandez; FR = Frances Nicole Rogers; JV = Jeff Vorndam

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Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	CS	DV	EH	FR	JV	Avg
The Magdalene Sisters	drama	Peter Mullan	Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone		B-	B-				B+	B
Malibu's Most Wanted	comedy	John Whitesell	Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs						B-		B-
Mambo Italiano	comedy	Emile Gaudreault	Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Ginette Reno
A Man Apart	action	F. Gary Gray	Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant			C-					C-
Man on the Train (France)	drama	Patrice Leconte	Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Charlie Nelson		B						B
The Man Without a Past (Finland)	comedy	Aki Kaurismäki	Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti							B+	B+
Manic	drama	Jordan Melamed	Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Bacall, Zooey Deschanel
Manito	drama	Eric Eason	Franky G, Leo Minaya, Manuel Cabral					B-			B-
Marci X	comedy	Richard Benjamin	Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin
Masked and Anonymous	drama	Larry Charles	Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, Bob Dylan
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	action	Peter Weir	Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd		B-	A-			C	B+	B
The Matrix Reloaded	action	Wachowski Bros.	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss	B	B+	B-	C+	B	B	B-	B-
The Matrix Revolutions	action	Wachowski Bros.	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss		C				C+	C	C
Matchstick Men	comedy	Ridley Scott	Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman		B-			C+	B	C	C+
May	horror	Lucky McKee	Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris							C-	C-
The Medallion	action	Gordon Chan	Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani
A Mighty Wind	satire	Christopher Guest	Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer		B	B+			B	C+	B
Miranda2	drama	Marc Munden	Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan		C-
The Missing	Western	Ron Howard	Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood	B	B						B
Mona Lisa Smile	drama	Mike Newell	Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles			C					C
Mondays in the Sun (Spain)	drama	Fernando León de Aranoa	Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido		C-						C-
Monster	drama	Patty Jenkins	Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern		B-			C+		C+	C+
My Architect	docum.	Nathaniel Kahn	Louis I. Kahn
My Boss's Daughter	comedy	David Zucker	Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Terence Stamp
My Flesh and Blood	docum.	Jonathan Karsh	Susan Tom
My Life without Me	drama	Isabel Coixet	Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman		B	B-					B-
Mystic River	drama	Clint Eastwood	Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon	B+	A-	A-			B+	A-	A-
National Security	comedy	Dennis Dugan	Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Timothy Busfield
The Navigators	drama	Ken Loach	Dean Andrews, Thomas Craig, Joe Duttine
Never Get Outta the Boat	comedy	Paul Quinn	Sebastian Roché, Harry J. Lennix
New Suit	comedy	François Velle	Jordan Bridges, Marisa Coughlan, Heather Donahue		B-						B-
No Turning Back	drama	Julia Montejo, Jesus Nebot	Jesus Nebot, Chelsea Rendon, Lindsay Price		B-						B-
Northfork	drama	Michael Polish	James Woods, Nick Nolte, Mark Polish		C			B-			C+
Nowhere in Africa (Germany)	drama	Caroline Link	Juliane Köhler, Regine Zimmermann, Merab Ninidze		B-						B-
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	CS	DV	EH	FR	JV	Avg
Old School	comedy	Todd Phillips	Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn		D+		C+	C+		B	C+
On_Line	comedy	Jed Weintrob	Harold Perrineau Jr, Eric Millegan, Vanessa Ferlito
On the Run: Trilogy 2 (France/Belgium)	thriller	Lucas Belvaux	Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Ornella Muti
Once Upon a Time in Mexico	action	Robert Rodriguez	Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek	B	C-	B			C	C+	C+
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands	comedy	Shane Meadows	Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Bruke
Only the Strong Survive	docum.	Chris Hegedus D.A. Pennebaker	William Bell, Isaac Hayes, Wilson Pickett
Open Hearts (Denmark)	drama	Susanne Bier	Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen
Open Range	Western	Kevin Costner	Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening		B	B				B	B
The Order	thriller	Brian Helgeland	Heath Ledger, Shannyn Shossamon, Mark Addy		D-						D-
OT: Our Town	docum.	Scott Hamilton Kennedy						B			B
The Other Side of the Bed (Spain)	musical	Emilio Martinez-Lazaro	Paz Vega, Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Verbeke		D+			D+			D+
Out of Time	thriller	Carl Franklin	Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan		C+					B-	C+
Owning Mahowny	drama	Richard Kwietniowski	Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin							B-	B-
Party Monster	drama	Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato	Macauley Culkin, Seth Green, Chloë Sevigny
Passionada	comedy	Dan Ireland	Sofia Milos, Jason Isaacs, Emmy Rossum		C+	C+					C+
Paycheck	SF	John Woo	Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart		C						C
People I Know	drama	Daniel Algrant	Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal
Peter Pan	fantasy	P.J. Hogan	Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Lynn Redgrave			B					B
Phone Booth	thriller	Joel Schumacher	Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Keifer Sutherland		D+	C+	C-		B+	D	C
Pieces of April	comedy	Peter Hedges	Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson	C+	C+	C+	B-				C+
Piglet's Big Movie	anim/family	Francis Glebas	John Fiedle, Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	adventure	Gore Verbinski	Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Kiera Knightley	B+	B	B+	B-	B+	B-	B+	B
Pokémon Heroes	anim/family	Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama	Addie Blaustein, Rachael Lillis
Poolhall Junkies	thriller	Mars Callahan	Chazz Palminteri, Rick Schroder, Christopher Walken
Porn Theater (France)	drama	Jacques Nolot	Jacques Nolot, Vittoria Sconamiglio, Sebastien Viola
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times	docum.	John Junkerman	Noam Chomsky
Prey for Rock & Roll	comedy	Alex Steyermark	Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty		C+	B-	C				C+
Pride & Prejudice	comedy	Andrew Black	Kam Heskin, Orlando Seale, Lucila Sola
Prisoner of Paradise	docum.	Malcolm Clarke	Kurt Gerron, Ian Holm (voice)
Radio	drama	Mike Tollin	Ed Harris, Cuba Gooding Jr., S. Epatha Merkerson
Raising Victor Vargas	drama	Peter Sollett	Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie Diaz		C-			B+		B	B-
The Real Cancun	docum.	Rick de Oliveira	Lots of bosoms & pectoral muscles, few brains
The Recruit	thriller	Roger Donaldson	Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan	C+	C+	C+	C-		C		C
Respiro (Italy)	drama	Emanuele Crialese	Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa		D+						D+
Returner (Japan)	SF action	Takashi Yamazaki	Anne Suzuki, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Goro Kishitani		D						D
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	docum.	Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain	Hugo Chavez							C+	C+
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time	docum.	Thomas Riedelsheimer	Andy Goldsworthy
Rolling Kansas	comedy	Thomas Haden Church	Rip Torn, Kevin Pollak
Rugrats Go Wild!	anim./family	Kate Boutilier	Michael Bell, Jodi Carlisle, Nancy Cartwright
Runaway Jury	thriller	Gary Fleder	John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman		C					C	C
The Rundown	action	Peter Berg	The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken
Russian Ark (Russia)	drama	Aleksandr Sokurov	Sergei Dreiden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy							B+	B+
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	CS	DV	EH	FR	JV	Avg
The Safety of Objects	drama	Rose Troche	Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Moira Kelly		C+						C+
Scary Movie 3	spoof	David Zucker	Charlie Sheen, Pamela Anderson, Anna Faris
School of Rock	comedy	Richard Linklater	Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White		C					B+	B-
Scorched	comedy	Gavin Grazer	Alicia Silverstone, Rachel Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson
The Sea (Iceland)	drama	Baltasar Kormákur	Gunnar Eyjolfsson, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Hélène de Fougerolles
The Sea Is Watching (Japan)	romance	Kei Kumai	Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tono, Masatoshi Nagase
Seabiscuit	drama	Gary Ross	Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper	B	C				B+	B-	B-
Seaside (France)	drama	Julie Lopes-Curval	Jonathan Zaccaï, Bulle Ogier, Ludmila Mikaël
Secondhand Lions	comedy	Tim McCanlies	Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall		C+	B-					B-
The Secret Lives of Dentists	drama	Alan Rudolph	Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Denis Leary		B					B-	B-
September 11	docum.	Sean Penn, Ken Loach	Other directors: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mira Nair, Danis Tanovic, et al.
Shanghai Knights	comedy	David Dobkin	Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Aidan Gillen		C+		B-				C+
The Shape of Things	drama	Neil LaBute	Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol							B-	B-
Shattered Glass	drama	Billy Ray	Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Hank Azaria		B-					B+	B+
Short Eyes (re-release)	drama	Robert M. Young	Bruce Davison, Jose Perez, Nathan George				B-				B-
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	animat.	Tim Johnson	Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer		C+	C-					C
The Singing Detective	musical	Keith Gordon	Robert Downey Jr, Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson		C-		C+				C
The Slaughter Rule	drama	Alex Smith Andrew J. Smith	Ryan Gosling, David Morse, Clea DuVall
Small Voices	drama	Gil Portes	Alessandra de Rossi, Dexter Doria
So Close (Hong Kong)	action	Cory Yuen	Karen Mok, Shu Qi, Zhao Wei
Something's Gotta Give	comedy	Nancy Meyers	Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves			B			B	C-	B-
The Son (France/Belgium)	drama	Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne	Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart							B	B
Spellbound	docum.	Jeffrey Blitz	Harry Altman, Angela Arenivar, Ted Brigham		B	B+				B+	B+
Spider	thriller	David Cronenberg	Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne							C+	C+
Spun	drama	Jonas Åkerlund	Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Mena Suvari
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	family	Robert Rodriguez	Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Sylvester Stallone			B			B		B
The Statement	thriller	Norman Jewison	Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam		C			C-			C
The Station Agent	drama	Thomas McCarthy	Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale		B	B	B+			B	B
Stevie	docum.	Steve James	Steve James, Stephen Fielding, Tonya Gregory							B	B
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator	docum.	Helen Stickler	Mark "Gator" Rogowski
Stuck on You	comedy	Farrelly Bros.	Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Seymour Cassell							B	B
Suddenly (Argentina)	comedy	Diego Lerman	Tatiana Saphir, Veronica Hassan, Carla Crespo
Suddenly Naked	comedy	Anne Wheeler	Wendy Crewson, Peter Coyote, Joe Cobden
S.W.A.T.	action	Clark Johnson	Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez		C-	C+					C
Sweet Sixteen	drama	Ken Loach	Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane	B+	D+					B+	B-
Swimming Pool	thriller	François Ozon	Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance		A-					C-	B-
Sylvia	drama	Christine Jeffs	Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport		B-						B-
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	CS	DV	EH	FR	JV	Avg
Taking Sides	drama	István Szabó	Harvey Keitel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård
Tattoo (Germany)	thriller	Robert Schwentke	August Diehl, Cristian Redl, Nadeshda Brennickev
Tears of the Sun	war	Antoine Fuqua	Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser		C+						C+
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	SF action	Jonathan Mostow	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes		B-				B-	B-	B-
Texas Chainsaw Massacre	horror	Marcus Nispel	Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Eric Balfour
Thirteen	drama	Catherine Hardwicke	Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed		C	C+				C-	C
Till Human Voices Wake Us	romance	Michael Petroni	Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Brooke Harman		D+	C-					C-
Timeline	adventure	Richard Donner	Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Billy Connolly
To Be and to Have (France)	docum.	Nicolas Philibert	Georges Lopez							B+	B+
Together (China)	drama	Chen Kaige	Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen
Tomb Raider 2: Lara Croft and the Cradle of Life	action	Jan de Bont	Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds		D+	B-					C
The Trip	comedy	Miles Swain	Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun, Sirena Irwin
The Triplets of Belleville (France)	animated	Sylvain Chomet	Michele Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda		C	B+	A-				B
Tupac: Resurrection	docum.	Lauren Lazin	Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur		B+						B+
12 Hours (Puerto Rico)	comedy	Raúl Marchand Sánchez	Jaime Bello, Marcos Betancourt, Cielomar Cuevas
28 Days Later	horror	Danny Boyle	Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston		B		B			B-	B
21 Grams	drama	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Naomi Watts	F	A-		D+	A		B+	C+
2 Fast 2 Furious	action	John Singleton	Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser
Tycoon (Russia)	thriller	Pavel Lungin	Vladimir Mashkov, Mariya Mironova
Unconditional Love	comedy	P. J. Hogan	Dan Aykroyd, Jonathan Pryce, Julie Andrews
Under the Skin of the City (Iran)	drama	Rakhshan Bani Etemad	Golab Adineh, Mohammad Reza Forutan
Under the Tuscan Sun	drama	Audrey Wells	Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh		C+	C+					C+
Underworld	horror	Len Wiseman	Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy		B-				D+		C
Unknown Pleasures (China)	drama	Zhang Ke Jia	Hong Wei Wang, Qiong Wu, Tao Zhao				B-			B	B-
Uptown Girls	comedy	Boaz Yakin	Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear					D			D
Venus and Mars	comedy	Harry Mastrogeorge	Daniela Lunkewitz, Ryan Hurst, Lynn Redgrave
Venus Boyz	dcoum.	Gabrielle Bauer	Mo B. Dick, Dréd Gerestant, Diane Torr
Veronica Guerin	drama	Joel Schumacher	Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Ciarán Hinds		C+						C+
View from the Top	comedy	Bruno Barreto	Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen
Waiting for Happiness (France)	drama	Abderrahmane Sissako	Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid
Warrior of Light (Germany)	docum.	Monika Treut	Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Álvaro Bezerra de Mello
Washington Heights	drama	Alfredo De Villa	Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Danny Hoch
The Weather Underground	docum.	Sam Green, Bill Siegel	The Weathermen			B+				B	B
Whale Rider	drama	Niki Caro	Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton		B	B+	B	B+		C	B
What a Girl Wants	comedy	Dennie Gordon	Colin Firth, Amanda Bynes, Kelly Preston		D+						D+
What Alice Found	drama	A. Dean Bell	Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond		C-						C-
When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb and Dumberer	comedy	Troy Miller	Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson
Willard	horror	Glen Morgan	Crispin Glover, Laura Elena Harring, R. Lee Ermey					C+			C+
Winged Migration	docum.	Jacques Perrin	A great many birds		B		B+			C-	B-
Wonderland	crime	James Cox	Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow, Josh Lucas		B			B+			B
Wrong Turn	thriller	Rob Schmidt	Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui		D+						D+
X2: X-Men United	action	Bryan Singer	Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen	B	C+	B			B+	B	B
XX/XY	drama	Austin Chick	Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange
Yossi & Jagger (Israel)	drama	Eytan Fox	Yehuda Levi, Ohad Knoller, Assi Cohen
Young Black Stallion	family	Simon Wincer	Richard Romanus, Patrick Elyas, Gérard Rudolf
The Young Unknowns	drama	Catherine Jelski	Devon Gummersall, Eion Bailey, Arly Jover							F	F
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	CS	DV	EH	FR	JV	Avg

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1 - Straight to video/cable release.
2 - Theatrically released abroad; no U.S. release.