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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A flavorless sci-fi family picture that fools itself into thinking it is more grandiose than it is. Has all the thrills of a race between a slug and a hermit crab."
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Wrenching and uncompromising, but not without an all-important glimmer of hope. Hathaway's performance is one that Oscar voters would be remiss to overlook."
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Having seen it all before, and in a superior, more charming fashion, the most likely response from viewers will be lackadaisical indifference."
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1.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"This low-rent, convoluted follow-up gives the great original a bad name."
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"So pure at heart that, even with its over-the-top moments and cliches, one is willing to forgive the flaws and admire all that it achieves."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"An acrimoniously cookie-cutter affair without an honest bone in its body."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Hollow, hopeless, horridly written and wholly unpleasant. One would be hard-pressed to imagine a conventional narrative being any thinner than the one in Rambo."
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2/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Random Hearts has one half of terrific material, and then resorts to the ultimate betrayal: formulaic filmmaking."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Bar none, the funniest film of the summer."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Pixar's weakest film in almost a decade."
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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"I found myself often shrinking down in my seat, afraid to see what was going to happen next, but not daring to take my eyes off the screen, either."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A disappointingly unoriginal and one-note biography of a man and his life that were anything but."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Tells an involving, touching and unusual story, and tells it well."
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DustinPutman.com |
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0.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Take Dumb & Dumber, add a wrestling angle to the storyline, and strip the proceedings of all signs of wit, interest, and laughs."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"May be more at home on a television screen once it goes to DVD, but it is admittedly a lot of fun all the same."
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DustinPutman.com |
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0.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Ungodly awful."
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.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The worst family feature so far this year...Rebound stinks like a rancid pair of sweaty old gym sneakers."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Its intense storyline and engaging characters gradually manage to enthrall you up until the clumsily orchestrated climax."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Satisfyingly wraps up the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, creating a whole that is, ultimately, far greater than some of its parts."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A relentless heaping of masterfully created full-throttle suspense in a thriller that is as time and story-efficient as it is good, old-fashioned fun."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"One of the most involving and well-made space-set thrillers since Ridley Scott's 1979 opus, Alien."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"There is a place for staunchly political cinema like Redacted, just as there is a place for any genre or personal perspective. In this case, it is the crude treatment of the material that spells its undoing."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"The premise of Reign of Fire is an exciting one that, ultimately, does not translate into an exciting film."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Sandler is uneven, but Reign Over Me is affecting in its own right."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2000) |
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"A blatantly gimmicky action-thriller with the sole purpose of consistently fooling the audience."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A facetious yet sincere documentary that makes the case for why all of the world's organized religions are not only, well, ridiculous, but also detrimental and downright dangerous."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"A veritable winner."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Such a well-meaning drama that you almost feel guilty criticizing it."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A stale, murky drama so oversimplified that its politics boil down to a single tidy, elementary-level message: torture is bad."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Has its crude little charms, but for a movie based upon such a cutting and acerbic series there is no excuse for how forgettable it ultimately is."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"An emotional, exhilarating experience, Rent is alive with such boundless energy and joy that it is one of the year's most purely entertaining cinematic efforts."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"People may want to label this emotionally cold curiosity piece as a cult in the making, but such claims might be jumping the gun. The picture doesn't hold nearly enough charm for that."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The film demands to be taken as a prestigious Oscar hopeful, but the material just doesn't have that level of potency; it's more akin to a slick but forgettable made-for-TV effort."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Dumbed-down, lowest-common-denominator filmmaker with...no scares to be had."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Creatively bankrupt trash made by a committee of hacks who don't know the first thing about generating suspense, frights, or cohesive storytelling."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The good news is that Resident Evil: Extinction is about twice as good as its predecessors. That's not saying much."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Hopelessly convoluted and vague."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(1987) |
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"The premise is admittedly pretty crafty, but other than that two-minute distraction, Return to Horror High is certainly no great shake."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"While Return to Me plays out, you are not bored, but you also are not as satisfied as you could be."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Extremely well-acted and not without its effective interludes, Mendes' latest effort is done in by a final ten minutes that lessen the story's would-be impact with an overload of tacked-on contrivance."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Isn't as great a film as it aspires to be, but it is an entertaining one, and Drew Barrymore is a standout."
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"One of the most patently imbecilic thrillers to come down the pike in many a moon."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Moves fast and isn't without its freakish images—but it becomes obvious the film was rushed into production without much thought or faithfulness into the first picture's lore."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"When The Ringer was over, my world hadn't changed, but there was a smile that remained on my face."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Didn't seem to add up to much when it was all over."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The picture glimpses what it might really be like if the earth went to hell. As shattering as the sights are, turning away is out of the question."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Has an underlyingly hopeful current running throughout, but at its soul is one of an impossible heartbreak that can never be fully mended."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Strictly a wild comedy, and it works surprisingly well, sure to attract wide audiences that break out from the teenage crowd."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Doesn't contain a whole lot to grasp onto and take away with you, but it's pleasurable and bright and inoffensive while it lasts."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"An affectionate romantic drama made by and for people in love with music."
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