Caine, Michael

• Cider House Rules, The (1999)

  [6/10]

  "Movies often use an innocent outsider like Homer to bring the viewer a new perspective of contemporary issues. The Cider House Rules effectively uses this cliched character to present its pro-abortion agenda. As Homer falls in love (and has sex), he must adjust his views on abortion, especially when faced with the implications of the unwanted pregnancies of Rose, a fellow apple picker. "

• Curtain Call (1999)

  [5/10]

  "Unless Spader can soon find a role where he does not play a bungling but gifted character, his career will soon slip until he'll be lucky to get roles like his in Curtain Call."

• Miss Congeniality (2000)

  [5/10]

  "Put a hard nosed, glamour neutral, female FBI agent undercover as a contestant in a major beauty pageant (under threat of terrorist attack) and you could get a lot of laughs. But the writers of Miss Congeniality didn't write an all-out gut-busting comedy."

• On Deadly Ground (1994)

  [1/10]

  "Hot off the success of Under Siege, Warner Brothers let Steven Seagal direct On Deadly Ground. What a mistake. Someone has probably made a worse movie, but I haven't seen it."

• Quills (2000)

  [6/10]

  "So how do you make a movie that documents the life or works of the Marquis de Sade, the person from whom we get the word sadism? Quills answers this question with, 'You don't,' but you can piggy-back your movie on his reputation."

  Average score: 4.60