Highlights from the week in criticism.

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• Ringside Seats 
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 28, 2001
  
• They Love the Lord What the critics are saying about Fellowship of the Ring, A Beautiful Mind, and more.
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 18, 2001
  
• Vanilla Cruise 
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 11, 2001
  
• Rat Redux 
  Adam Baer Dec. 4, 2001
  
• Mission Gone Bad 
  Adam Baer Nov. 27, 2001
  
• Rough-Riding Rex 
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 20, 2001
  
• Harry Hits 
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 13, 2001
  
• Hitting the Jack Blackpot  
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 6, 2001
  
• Monster Mash  
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 30, 2001
  
• Halloween Horror   
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 26, 2001
  
• Taking Out the Garbage   
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 23, 2001
  
• Home Alone 4: The Nixon Years 
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 17, 2001
  
• King of the Castle  
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 17, 2001
  
• Willis and Thornton Score 
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 10, 2001
  
• Chance Encounters 
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 3, 2001
  
• A Day With the Zoo 
  Adam Baer Sept. 26, 2001
  
• Glitterific 
  Adam Baer Sept. 19, 2001
  
• A Hardball for Softies 
  Eliza Truitt Sept. 19, 2001
  
• Mark Wahlberg's Hard Rock 
  Eliza Truitt Sept. 5, 2001
  
• Not Your Average Creep 
  Bryan Curtis Aug. 29, 2001
  
• Curse of the Nebbish Shtick 
  Ben Wasserstein Aug. 22, 2001
  
• An Off-Key Mandolin 
  Ben Wasserstein Aug. 15, 2001
  
• Tossing Pies 
  Sian Gibby Aug. 11, 2001
  
• 'N Sync Comes of Age  
  Joshua Foer Aug. 1, 2001
  
• Tucker'd Out?   
  Joshua Foer Aug. 1, 2001
  
• How To Be Good Enough 
  Joshua Foer July 18, 2001
  
• Jet Crashes and Burns  
  Joshua Foer July 11, 2001
  
• Furry Fury 
  Joshua Foer July 4, 2001
  
• Intelligent but Artificial 
  Sian Gibby June 27, 2001
  
• Dolittle Does Little for Critics 
  Eliza Truitt June 20, 2001
  
• Stacked and Packed 
  Yael Schacher June 13, 2001
  
• Devolution 
  Yael Schacher June 6, 2001
  
• Animal Repulsion 
  Yael Schacher June 2, 2001
  
• A Bomb of a Blockbuster   
  Yael Schacher May 26, 2001
  
• Xtreme Jousting 
  Yael Schacher May 16, 2001
  
• Shrek's Not Dreck 
  Yael Schacher May 16, 2001
  
• Mummy's the Word 
  Yael Schacher May 2, 2001
  
• Night at McCool's, and Tyler Too 
  Yael Schacher April 25, 2001
  
• Freddy Got Nauseated  
  Yael Schacher April 18, 2001
  
• Keeping Up With the Joneses 
  Yael Schacher April 11, 2001
  
• Along Came a Stinker 
  Sian Gibby April 4, 2001
  
• Tailor. The Tailor of Panama.  
  Sian Gibby March 27, 2001
  
• Seagal and Love Hewitt Defy Gravity  
  Sian Gibby March 21, 2001
  
• The Dish on The Dish 
  Yael Schacher March 14, 2001
  
• Hard Drinkin' De Niro 
  Eliza Truitt March 7, 2001
  
• The Mexican's the Pitts  
  Yael Schacher Feb. 28, 2001
  
• Blue Suede Ewws  
  Yael Schacher Feb. 21, 2001
  
• Hollywood Heartbreak 
  Yael Schacher Feb. 14, 2001
  
• Hannibal and the Melted Muppet  
  Yael Schacher Feb. 7, 2001
  
• The Lowdown on J. Lo 
  Jeremy Derfner Jan. 31, 2001
  
• Sugar & Spice Ain't So Nice 
  Ben Wasserstein Jan. 24, 2001
  
• Who's That Guy? 
  Eliza Truitt Jan. 17, 2001
  
• Anti-AntiTrust 
  Yael Schacher Jan. 10, 2001
  
• Willem the Conqueror 
  Yael Schacher Jan. 3, 2001