Movies with music written by Rolfe Kent
1999’s She’s All That was a fine, forgettable slice of mediocrity. In my naivete, I assumed the film’s bland anonymity was the reason it was accorded a gender-swapped remake. After all, while there’s danger in remaking a good movie, when ...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, ...
With Just Like Heaven, director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) wants to have his cake and eat it to. That's not necessarily a bad thing, until you consider that the recipe used for this confection is missing a few ingredients and the final product is ha...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, ...
"Labor" isn't just a word in the title of Jason Reitman's new film, it's a description of what it feels like to sit through the movie. Messy, poorly focused, and overflowing with artifice, Labor Day is an unpleasant surprise to come from the pen of...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-01-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, ...
Legally Blonde fits into the niche occupied by motion pictures like Clueless, Dick, and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion - that is to say, films in which an airhead heroine captures our affection and overcomes her vacuous disability to trium...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-07-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, ...
Legally Blonde 2 should never have been made. It is a cinematic abomination - a source of embarrassment for everyone involved. There have been worse films this year, but none has been marketed as this fun-loving and upbeat. Worthwhile moments ar...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-07-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Cast: ReeseWitherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart, ...
If one was to apply loose definitions, The Lucky Ones could be considered a "war movie." In reality, however, this is less about how the characters react under fire than how they react when removed from it. The Lucky Ones is a road movie and, in ...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña
It's not hard to be enthusiastic about The Matador, an uncommon buddy film starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. The movie has a nicely modulated mix of comedy and pathos, but succeeds as much because of the two lead performances as Richard She...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Richard Shepard
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis
Welcome to George Clooney season. Those who find the actor, who has been described by some as a modern day Cary Grant, engaging will have reason to smile as Hollywood begins its annual push toward the Oscars. Clooney will bring his winning person...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Grant Heslov
Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, ...
Reign Over Me has the best of intentions but, despite its desire to show how the perseverance of a good man can produce profound results, it bungles the attempt. This is a shameless and clumsy tearjerker - a film that inadvertently comes across as...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-03-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, ...
Sideways is from Alexander Payne (Election, About Schmidt), whose films simultaneously satirize and observe life in America. Unlike David Lynch, who uses saws and butcher knives to dissect the American dream, Payne prefers a scalpel. Lynch often ri...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-10-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Hayden Church, Virginia Madsen, ...