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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"So preachy in its anti-drug stance that it might as well have had the financial support of D.A.R.E. during its production."
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4/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Filled with endless imagination and wonder...sure to go down, in time, as one of the brilliant achievements in modern moviemaking."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2002) |
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"The premise of "Abandon" holds promise,... but its delivery is a complete mess."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A comical, heartfelt gem that sidesteps an easy maudlin tone for something more grounded in reality."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"That a film such as About Schmidt can be so dark and yet so funny, so poignant and yet so uplifting, is something of a miracle."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A vanilla version of a raunchy romp just a few 's'-words away from Disneyfication."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"An ambitious failure, but a failure nonetheless. For a film celebrating life and love, Across the Universe ironically and unforgivably leaves the viewer feeling cold."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"When all is said and done, [it] could have afforded another rewrite and a willingness to avoid pandering to the MPAA ratings board."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Endlessly enlightening, always fascinating, and nothing short of miraculous, to see Adaptation is to live, see, breathe, and feel in an entirely different way than any other motion picture released this year has offered."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"As a universal tale of the post-adolescent experience, Adventureland is knowledgeable and wise, virtually every bone in its body an honest one."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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0/4 |
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(2002) |
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"If there really was a merciful God, the film negatives would have been burnt to a crisp in a freak accident. No such luck."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Has a rushed, thrown-together feel to it made all the more glaring by cheesy 3-D that is ugly and doesn't work in any way, shape or form."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The waste of talent and money thrown into this cheesy, haphazard production should be a criminal offense the world over."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(1997) |
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"Such an angry and bitter motion picture that you can almost physically feel the emotional coldness that is brewing under the surface."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A long slog through a pretty sea of thankless twaddle."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"A soft, undernourished biography that plays things too safe."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"A wasteful, if painless, diversion."
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A junky, creatively bankrupt rush job of a sequel that has no connection to the original outside of the title character."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A winning and suitably uplifting way to spend a couple hours."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Truth be told, for most of its running time The Alamo plays like a vague, badly written history lesson aimed at grade schoolers."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The scenes between Alex and Emma offer a handful of nice laughs and winning moments, but because the majority of them are set within a dank-looking Boston loft, they feel more suited for an off-Broadway stage."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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0/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Boring, empty, anticlimactic, uninspired and bankrupt of humanity."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2004) |
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"An enormous cinematic mess. Alexander is not so much mind-numbingly boring as it is intriguingly nonsensical."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A gratifying early surprise of the autumn movie season, an intelligent and wise film that finds vast entertainment value in one man's own existential crises."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"An intriguing failure that ultimately leaves you disappointed, rather than inspired or invigorated."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Has been rendered impotent by the insane demands of a studio obsessed with the PG-13 rating. An attractive but empty horror-lite version."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Aliens in the Attic is inoffensively mediocre, bereft of subtext and depth but too playful to get terribly bent out of shape about its shortcomings. It could have been a whole lot better, but it also could have been a great deal worse."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Scares are few and far between. Suspense is in short supply. As for the battle sequences pitting the slimy aliens against the metal-geared predator, they are plentiful but forgettable, nondescript freneticism shot in murky lighting."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"When Mary tearfully confesses that she wears her red boots because they make her toes "feel like ten friends on a camping trip," the viewer doesn't know whether to explode in laughter or die from the osmosis of Sandra Bullock's own humiliation."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Tedious and hackneyed, you would have thought that New Line Cinema could have invested a few more benjamins into getting a workable script before filming commenced."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"One of the more memorable teen-oriented horror movies of the last few years. As much a comment on the objectification of women as it is a grimy, violent, enthralling slasher pic."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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0/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The disastrously hollow All the King's Men forgoes entertainment in favor of trying to cause death by way of crushing boredom."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Perfectly cast from top to bottom, with many fine performances shining through."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"This is jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring, 'I-can't- believe-someone- made-this-crap' badness we're dealing with."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Not completely agreeable, but nonetheless, it manages to somehow remain a strong entertainment."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A purely formulaic romantic comedy not fresh or memorable enough to garner an identity of its own."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Alpha Dog isn't a total wash, but it is unfocused, overstuffed and routine."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Children may laugh at the broad humor, but what's lurking underneath the comedy is dark and disheartening."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Overly glorifies its human subject, cautious to get its hands dirty and dig beneath the surface of Earhart's public life. And yet, even so, Hilary Swank is a joy to watch."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"If it wants to be a romance between [Cusack and Roberts], I've seen more sparks fly between ostriches."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(1999) |
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"American Beauty is a devastating motion picture of unconceivable power."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"While it is the liberals of America who receive the brunt of abuse, it is the conservatives, portrayed as hypocritical, narrow-minded hicks and heathens, that unintentionally look like fools."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A toxic love letter to hate."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Strictly paint-by-numbers filmmaking any way you slice it, and not even the individually riveting performances from Washington and Crowe can save it."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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0.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Boggles the mind with how many things it gets wrong."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Lazy storytelling at its worst, so disposable it is likely to be forgotten before it even reaches the end."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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"The biggest laugh I've had at the movies all year."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"When it comes to sheer, unadulterated laughs, one couldn't hope for much better...Alyson Hannigan is absolutely charming."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Are you, more or less, setting yourself up for disappointment if you go to see a film adaptation of one of the most powerfully written novels you can recall reading?"
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"If American Teen isn't a particularly deep documentary, it is an entertaining one."
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DustinPutman.com |
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