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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The good news is that W. isn't bad at all. In fact, it is a decidedly evenhanded depiction of the President. The problem, then, is that it is rushed, choppy and lacks an ending."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The story itself isn't a complex one, but the characters are, and the journey they endeavor upon from the month of June to the dog days of August is one that is emotionally satisfying, easily relatable and well worth taking."
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Sharp-witted and fairly consistently hilarious, rustling up some affectionate, but mostly disturbing, flashbacks to my own restaurant days."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Genial and appealing...Keri Russell essays a heroine that is worth rooting for and caring about."
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Forces a non-stop barrage of pseudo-deep theories and questions on the viewer that, more often than not, resemble a bunch of psycho-babbly hooey."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A bawdy, rib-tickling, anything-goes spoof of such recent music biopics as Ray and Walk the Line, and here's the kicker--it's actually a better movie than both of those."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Unmistakably feels like a rough cut of a possibly good movie."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The powerhouse performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sell even the mustier of moments."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Far from perfect, but its heart is in the right place...innocent and well-meaning."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Meanspirited, empty, pointless, and absurdly condescending."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"An original, mature and borderline-artsy family film that makes a name for itself. Like the rest of Pixar's titles, it is destined to endure for years to come."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2005) |
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"There seems to be a fairly rabid cult following for the quirky claymation characters of Wallace and Gromit, but count me out. This is a chaotic mess of a film."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Alive with stylistic innovation and impressively clean storytelling. The experience is close to exhilarating."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"War is largely a yawner."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Overlooking a disappointing conclusion, War of the Worlds is a marvelous entertainment of imagination, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and surprising thoughtfulness."
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DustinPutman.com |
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0/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A depressing, stereotypical affair that can be thanked by the African American community for portraying their race as lazy, drug-addicted, and whorish."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Comes this close to overcoming its problems and succeeding as a thriller, but doesn't quite make it."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"About as uneven as a movie can get, singular moments of dizzying brilliance arriving amidst an unfocused, lugubrious narrative and pacing that would make a turtle's crawl appear speedy. A visionary motion picture more ambitious than successful."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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"The type of film that must have been made for 8-year-olds."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Syrupy, vapid, unfocused."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A highly charged, poignant study of the imperfections within human nature and the frailty of otherwise powerful love relationships."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Taut, intelligent and confidently unpretentious about what it sets out to, and does, achieve within the crime-thriller mold."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"As far as war movies go, this is the best studio effort since Terrence Malick's brilliant 1998 picture, The Thin Red Line ."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Superbly mixes darkness with effortless comedy without ever becoming overly depressing or silly."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Headed straight for divorce court."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Elicits a handful of smiles but not many laughs as it approaches a finale that comes as a foregone conclusion."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A distressingly lifeless romantic comedy."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a happy surprise of a movie, a heartfelt comedy that probably shouldn't work, but does. (Would it have hurt to add a comma to the title?)"
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"It doesn't have that extra spark required to make it anything but instantly forgettable."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Keenly observational and quietly poignant, Wendy and Lucy is a personalized hymn to economic strife and the sort of everyday financial demands that keep one from getting the leg-up they need."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"As fluffy and innocuous as the first two acts are, the overlong and schmaltzy last thirty minutes become an endurance test."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"So moronic it almost makes the recent mediocre Made of Honor seem sophisticated by comparison."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"So very good in so many scenes that it almost makes you angry the movie is hampered by an uneven, flawed screenplay."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Will delight adult viewers who are in the mood for a feel-good comedy that turns out to not only be about the punchline of jokes, but also takes its characters and their situations seriously."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"A film with a truly fascinating and clever premise that nevertheless collapses under the weight of everything that surrounds the central storyline."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"What's the worst that could happen, you say? Well, for starters, getting locked in a theater showing this movie on a continuous, 24-hour loop."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Whatever It Takes is light, fluffy, fast-paced, and through the sludge of overdone ideas are a couple original moments."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Minor, to be sure, but Woody Allen's most unabashedly sunny movie in years."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Stylistically and technically, the film is top-notch."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(1991) |
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"A serious-minded motion picture on the trials, tribulations, and (good and bad) experiences of young adults, is not to be missed."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Episodic, uneven screenplay."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Bold and cinematic, at once wondrously epic yet achingly intimate and honest. Touting it as this century's answer to 1939's The Wizard of Oz would not be flagrant hyperbole."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Never less than sheer fun, Whip It enlivens Bliss' touching journey and makes roller derby seem so much cooler than boring old football or basketball."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Fails miserably at every turn."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Yes, there are some big—even giant—laugh-inducing moments, but this is one ribald cinematic effort that could have used another extensive rewrite."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"An utterly abysmal wannabe-horror film. Never even remotely frightening—the trailer is worlds above this lame finished product in terms of a visceral response."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Exemplary performances across the board...Poignant without turning into a sapfest, and subtle when it could have more easily been overwrought."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"When serious moments are accompanied again and again by collective widespread laughter from an otherwise well-behaved audience, it is a tell-tale sign that something has gone very wrong in translation from page to screen."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Rests solely on the presumed charm of the cast, and half of the actors are not charming at all. Now, what does that tell you?"
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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0/4 |
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(2004) |
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"One of the most embarrassingly unfunny comedies to crawl down the pike in some time."
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