Looking at Film from Every Angle

2002 Reviews

Best Film of the Year: Spirited Away

Best Actor: Nicolas Cage – Adaptation
Best Actress: Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven
Best Supporting Actor: John C. Reilly – Chicago
Best Suporting Actress: Julianne Moore – The Hours
Best Director: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Original Screenplay: Far From Heaven
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chicago
Best Score: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Song: “Gollum’s Song” – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Cinematography: Far From Heaven
Best Production Design: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Costume Design: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Top Ten of 2002

Spirited Away
Far From Heaven
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Bowling for Columbine
Chicago
Catch Me If You Can
Minority Report
The Powerpuff Girls
Adaptation.
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Honorable Mentions: Dahmer, Garage Days, The Good Girl, Lilo & Stitch, Road to Perdition, Simone, Treasure Planet

— # —

8 Women (*** ½)

— A —

About a Boy (***)
About Schmidt (***)
Adaptation. (*** ½)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (**) (Full Review)

— B —

The Banger Sisters (** ½) (Full Review)
Better Luck Tomorrow (***) (Full Review)
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (** ½) (Full Review)
Bloody Streetz (0) (Full Review)
The Bourne Identity (***) (Full Review)
Bowling for Columbine (****)

— C —

Catch Me If You Can (****)
The Cat’s Meow (***)
Chicago (****) (Full Review)
Clockstoppers (***) (Full Review)
The Count of Monte Cristo (**) (Full Review)

— D —

Dahmer (*** ½) (Full Review)
Die Another Day (**)

— E —

The Emperor’s Club (***)

— F —

Far From Heaven (****)
For Da Love of Money (* ½) (Full Review)
Frailty (***)

— G —

Gangs of New York (** ½)
Garage Days (*** ½)
The Good Girl (*** ½)

— H —

Halloween: Resurrection (* ½) (Full Review)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (*** ½) (Full Review)
High Crimes (** ½) (Full Review)
The Hours (***)

— I —

Ice Age (** ½) (Full Review)
In America (****) (Short Review)

— L —

Lilo & Stitch (*** ½)
Lone Star State of Mind (* ½) (Full Review)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (****) (Full Review)
Love Relations (*)

— M —

Minority Report (*** ½) (Full Review)
Moonlight Mile (**)
Mummy’s Kiss (½ *) (Full Review)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (** ½)

— O —

One Hour Photo (***)

— P —

The Pianist (***)
The Powerpuff Girls (*** ½)

— R —

Real Women Have Curves (** ½)
Red Lined (** ½) (Full Review)
Reign in Darkness (*) (Full Review)
Resident Evil (** ½)
Road to Perdition (*** ½)

— S —

Scooby-Doo (***) (Full Review)
Signs (**)
Simone (*** ½) (Full Review)
Solaris (** ½)
Spider-Man (** ½)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (** ½)
Spirited Away (****)
Star Trek: Nemesis (**)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (***) (Full Review)