Rotten
The failure is with a script as ungainly as it is and an oversimplified conception of American-Italian and black cultures.
Tony Wong, Toronto Star
In The Mix
2005 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Ron Underwood
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
In The Mix
Overview
A successful DJ named Darrel, managed to rescue a powerful mobster one night. In order to repay Darrell, the mobster, Frank Pacelli, gives him the task of protecting his daughter, Dolly.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
14%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This thing is as formulaically bland as the rest of its Tinseltown kind.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Usher, who has a squinty charm, is forced to display an infinite polite chivalry that would have shamed Sidney Poitier.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Played mostly as a drama but utterly devoid of tension, the film mainly comes across as recycled.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
[A] one-dimensional romantic comedy that ... feels like an old-fashioned vehicle picture, the kind the big movie studios used to make in the 1930's and 40's just to bring in the fans of a particular actor or actress.
Anita Gates, New York Times
More films
The Best You Can (2025)
Comedy · Drama · Romance · R
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of sharp but chronically underachieving security guard Stan Olszewski in this smart rom-com that reuni...
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- Michael J. Weithorn
- Cast
- Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Judd Hirsch
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
55
ATL (2006)
Comedy · Crime · Drama · Romance · PG-13
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Christian Robinson
- Cast
- T.I., Lauren London, Evan Ross
IMDb
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
63
Mr. Right (2016)
Comedy · Crime · Romance · R
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Paco Cabezas
- Cast
- Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
Metacritic
52
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Comedy · Crime · PG
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Cast
- George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon
IMDb
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Greenfingers (2001)
Action · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Romance · R
Prison inmate Colin Briggs is introduced to gardening, and when his thriving prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert Georgina Woodhouse, she offers to sponsor the inmates in an upcoming flower show. At the Hampton Court Flower Show, Colin meets Georgina's daughter and romance is in bloom.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Director
- Joel Hershman
- Cast
- Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, David Kelly
IMDb
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes
48%
Metacritic
46
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as...
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
IMDb
8.6
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
86
Philadelphia (1993)
Drama · PG-13
Two lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
IMDb
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
66
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mystery · Thriller · R
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mys...
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
IMDb
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
76
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Documentary · Music · PG
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
IMDb
8.7
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
94
Something Wild (1986)
Comedy · Crime · Romance · R
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
IMDb
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
73
Comments
Talk about the film with other members