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 A- |
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(2007) |
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"You'll come out of the movie happier than you went in, and humming a few peppy new tunes to boot."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(2006) |
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"It's serious, yes, but not oppressively so. There is hope in it. It has a whiff of brilliance about it."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D |
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(2002) |
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"No, I don't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D- |
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(2007) |
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"Zombie is a one-trick pony. I don't like the trick or the pony."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(1978) |
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"It's hard to get behind a main character who's so unexciting. But maybe Michael Myers is the real main character. In which case, mission accomplished: I'm freaked out."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 F |
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(1982) |
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"Were it not for the middle 30 minutes, which take approximately 73,000 hours to watch, forgetting it would be easy."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D |
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(1988) |
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"While Part 4 is better than Part 3, it is still worse than, say, being bitten in the retina by fire ants."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C- |
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(1989) |
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"'Halloween 5: The Failure of Michael Myers' would be more accurate, though admittedly not as appealing in a mass-marketing sense."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C |
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(1996) |
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"It is still not a 'good' film. But it is generally competent -- that is, it appears to have been made by grown-ups, not by retarded preschoolers."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C+ |
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(1981) |
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"It's a little cheap to have a sequel that merely completes the story you SHOULD have told in Part 1, but as sequels go, this one's not bad."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D+ |
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(1998) |
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"Then Michael shows up and blah blah blah."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2000) |
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"The play's dreariness and Hamlet's feelings of isolation and inaction are powerfully conveyed in what is truly a remarkable film."
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(2008) |
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"In a year punctuated with very funny movies, Hamlet 2 stands out as the most peculiar and comedically risky."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2008) |
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"Most of the film is zippy, funny, and fascinatingly strange -- all qualities that are often lacking in some of the more bloated action blockbusters."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C- |
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(2000) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2009) |
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"As gleefully dirty as Old School, and maybe funnier."
[movie review] |
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Cinematical |
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 D+ |
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(2009) |
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"You grant a little leeway for a movie aimed at kids, but come on. Plenty of kids' movies are clever and make sense. This one isn't and doesn't."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C+ |
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(2001) |
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"Like liver and brains, a little bit of Hannibal Lecter goes a long way. Put too much on your plate, and it's going to seem bland after a few bites."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C |
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(2007) |
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"Traumatic early-life experiences can only go so far, can only prove so much. Lots of people have horrible childhoods and still manage not to become flesh-eating serial killers."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D |
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(2008) |
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"There's never an ounce of suspense, mystery, or surprise."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D |
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(2007) |
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"Deeply lame."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B- |
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(2008) |
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"It's a movie that wants to be your pal, and hey, doggone it, what's not to like?"
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2005) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2006) |
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"In a year that's had a glut of animated films, it's nice to see one so different from the norm."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(1999) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B+ |
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(2008) |
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"She is charming and funny, and her blithe, carefree spirit actually comes across as a legitimate way of dealing with life -- or, at the very least, as being better than some of the alternatives."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 3/5 |
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(2005) |
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Click here to see the review!
[dvd review] |
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DVDTalk.com |
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 B- |
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(2005) |
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"An intense, well-acted film that deals with its alarming subject matter in an audacious way."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C |
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(2003) |
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"The film seems unsure what it wants to be about, only that it wants to be edgy while it’s doing it."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 F |
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(2001) |
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"By the end ... I fled the theater with ill wishes for everyone involved, including the projectionist and the guy who sold popcorn."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Like most comedy sequels, it is not as funny as its predecessor -- but, like most comedy sequels, that won't matter too much if you get stoned before you watch it."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B- |
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(2004) |
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"I will tell you without compunction that I laughed many times during the film, and I will add that 90 percent of those laughs were at things I cannot repeat here."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D+ |
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(2005) |
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"The dialogue is either porn-film cheesy or soap-opera trite, and the performances are far from convincing."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B- |
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(2002) |
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"Where Chamber of Secrets will be viewed a success is in accurately, and occasionally imaginatively, bringing the book to life. As a movie, judged on its own merits, it's too long, too slow and too unfocused."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(2005) |
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"It's nearly as epic in its scope and deep in its philosophy as the 'Lord of the Rings' films were -- the first film in this series to even approach such heights."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(2009) |
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"A richly entertaining adventure that adds more details to the mythology and at the same time tells a ripping good story."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B+ |
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(2007) |
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"The movie works the way a Harry Potter movie ought to. It's not perfect -- a few ends remain loose, a few characters get shafted -- but it's very good."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(2004) |
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"The other films felt like nothing more than companion pieces to the novels, illustrations to go along with the words; this one stands on its own."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2001) |
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"Here's the long and short of it: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is good, but not great."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B- |
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(2002) |
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"Boasts solid performances against a bricolage of ideas, of which the more interesting are underused and the less interesting are overused."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B- |
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(2003) |
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"It's neither as clever nor as campy as the attraction it's based on, but it's a suitable representation of its, er, spirit."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C |
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(2009) |
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"You won't find much new in this mundane but atmospheric thriller."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 D+ |
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(2008) |
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"I've read fortune cookies that were scarier, not to mention smarter and more interesting."
[movie review] |
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Cinematical |
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 C+ |
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(2004) |
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"It is hard not to smile at a movie as simple as this one. It's like a children's story, but with more rhythmic pelvic thrusting."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 1/5 |
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(2006) |
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Click here to see the review!
[dvd review] |
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DVDTalk.com |
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 C- |
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(2006) |
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"The tone is moody and bleak, the characters are petty jackasses, and Flowers' heavy-handed messages about colonialism are trite."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 A- |
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(2003) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 C |
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(2009) |
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"Easily as generic a chick flick as has come down the pike in many a moon."
[movie review] |
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Film.com |
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 C |
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(2004) |
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"The film is emotionally distanced from its audience, too stoic and stuffy. You'd never guess a film with as much sex as this one could be so stodgy, but there you go."
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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 B |
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(2003) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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EricDSnider.com |
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