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B |
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(2006) |
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"Told without sentiment or an excess of didacticism, the story of redemption among the urban underclass carries considerable power but never becomes a truly searing experience."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"One of those feeble little efforts you'd be inclined to skip at a minor film festival--with good reason."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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A- |
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(2001) |
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"Almost a model of what's best in American independent cinema...
provocative but not exploitative, moving but not maudlin."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B+ |
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(2000) |
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"Takes familiar material and gives it texture, subtlety and
refinement."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B- |
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(2000) |
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"Half Preston Sturges and half Sam Peckinpah...though it sometimes takes its swipes with a bludgeon rather than a scalpel, it hits more often than it misses."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Rather fussily structured and ostentatiously virtuosic, and one might wish...it had told us even more. But...it's almost worthy of its subject."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"Smothered by the heart-on-sleeve melodramatics of the storytelling, which seems intent on leaving no cliche unused and pounding each of them home."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Not a great film, but the joy of watching Dench and Smith perform their charming duet for nearly two hours makes it worthwhile."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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F |
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(2000) |
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"A putrid mess...simultaneously vulgar and boring."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Ocean's Seven at best...a puny heist comedy that's nowhere near as clever or amusing as it thinks it is."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"Talky, artificial and opaque...an interesting technical exercise, but a tedious picture."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"It lumbers rather than soars, feeling dry and desiccated despite all the greenery and pink skin on display."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D |
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(2006) |
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"You won't see anything else like it this summer, and you'll be really glad about that."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"Exhibits elegant craftsmanship...Unfortunately, the fragmentary narrative style and a distasteful final act leave it another near-miss."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"'The Ladykillers in Big Momma's House'...a film that, despite some inspired moments, is alternately arch and crude."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"Couldn't be more heavy-handed and schmaltzy: the supposed magic dust is poured on with a trowel rather than a teaspoon."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Little more than a succession of acting exercises....But who cares
when the dialogue is so meaty and the performances so canny?"
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Flawed but intriguing thriller...while the movie is basically a potboiler, the brew that it keeps simmering is more potent than most."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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F |
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(2009) |
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"We're in Howard the Duck and Pluto Nash territory here...so awful that watching all forty-three episodes of the original without a break would be less painful."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"While the contrivances tend to pile up rather uncomfortably...the
picture is saved (though barely) by its remarkable leads."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Obvious hokum, but it's served up with dash and energy...an expertly-crafted bit of dumb fun."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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F |
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(2001) |
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"Bury it -- before the stench overwhelms us all."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"There are so many ways this movie could have gone wrong that it's a minor miracle it never flies off the rails...sweetly quirky, warmly funny and even touching."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"A nice, pleasant, quietly engaging but slow and determinedly old-school piece of family entertainment."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D+ |
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(2001) |
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"An updating of 'Cool Hand Luke' to a modern military
stockade, minus the eggs and the intelligence...just a Michael
Bay movie with delusions of grandeur."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"A slight and implausible romance that nonetheless has moments of charm, thanks to its stars. Unfortunately, that's not quite enough."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C- |
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(2005) |
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"Van Sant hasn't found a means of deepening the premise he initially establishes, and his film bores and irritates rather than entrancing us as its predecessors did."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"Though the movie isn't the 'Holiday' from hell, it's not one you should be anxious to go off on."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"For what it is...The Last House on the Left is effective. The problem lies in what it is--a pure exercise in sadism unencumbered by any larger concerns."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"An uneven film not entirely successful in juggling its very different tones, but...Whitaker's performance is so good that it makes the picture almost insanely watchable."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D |
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(2006) |
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"Muccino's film was a deliciously surprising, high-spirited dance; Goldwyn's is a dreary dirge,...a sadly typical blend of morose relationship tale and second-rate sitcom."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"Intimate in its narrative structure but almost operatically extravagant in its cinematic gestures, it's a genuine find...enormous fun to watch."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"An old-fashioned boys' adventure yarn...no great shakes as a fantasy epic...but there are far worse movies out there for young boys."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"A New Age version of E.T....more fuzzy-headed and inarticulate than the title's stuffed bunny."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"A dispassionate autopsy of a passionate triangle, brilliantly devised if not always perfectly executed."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2002) |
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"The combination of acting brilliance and filmmaking skill makes the
picture...a deeply satisfying experience."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"A prestige product, the very embodiment of good taste...Ultimately, however, the hackneyed story arc makes 'The Last Samurai' seem rather stale."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C- |
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(1999) |
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"Expends so much effort looking good and creating a dreamy atmosphere that its makers seem not to care about maintaining narrative coherence or building emotional resonance."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"Perversely fascinating as a cultural document, but as a movie it's simply dreadful."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C- |
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(2001) |
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"Whatever virtues Israeli audiences might have discerned in
the film haven't survived the oceanic crossing...remarkably
dull."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"May not be the deepest film around, but the sharp writing, an able cast and sensitive direction make it an engaging one."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D |
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(2009) |
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"One of the silliest action yarns in years...There's room for good pulp trash on screen, but lousy pulp, which is what this picture is, deserves a quick trip to the dumpster."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2004) |
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"While it's done up with gloss and good will, it falls far short of its models and winds up innocuous, but thin and decidedly creaky."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
|
(2005) |
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"Half-baked--astronomically high in cinematic calories but very low in nutritional value."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"As a portrayal of the angst that permeates most police work...certainly a success. As drama, however, it's far from riveting."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D |
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(2003) |
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"A clumsy, charmless pastiche of nineteenth-century escapist tales told with twenty-first century technology and attitude--arch, muddled and bereft of characters one can care about in the slightest."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Homely but enjoyable...if you might not want to join this 'League' permanently, you should find it a pleasant crew to spend ninety minutes with."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"In this old-time football saga Coach Clooney gets sacked...succeeds neither as a paean to the rambunctious game of the old days nor as homage to the great screwball comedies."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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F |
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(2001) |
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"A sloppy, disjointed job."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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D |
|
(2001) |
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"Criminally stupid...has all the charm of fingernails scraping a
blackboard for ninety minutes."
[movie review] |
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One Guy's Opinion |
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