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"The movie is clearly aimed at kids, but is this really the kind of stuff we should be filling their brains with?"
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1.5/4 |
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"Does what should seem impossible: it makes serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring."
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2/4 |
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"The movie has its charms, especially the performances, but they're not the charms of family togetherness and finding love after loss that the movie so sappily tries to pound home near the end."
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2/4 |
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"It’s pretty hollow at its core -- even for a comic book."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Finds Anderson back in fine form."
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1/4 |
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"Darkness Falls has pushed my tolerance for Hollywood horror movies to the edge."
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3/4 |
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"Answers the eternal question: The world will not end in fire or ice but by a yo-yo."
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Goes to show how dumb some people in the movie industry think the general public is."
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Cares about poker just a bit more than it cares about the characters, and the movie doesn't give a shit about its characters."
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3/4 |
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"A fine example of how much tone and execution affect low humor."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"There's an inherent disconnect with the material."
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1/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so. The movie is without intent."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"I admired the film’s overall craft and structure, but without capturing my complete sympathies, it misses greatness."
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Short on mystery and long on testing our patience for obligatory coincidence."
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Like a sucker punch to the gut, and I do mean that as a compliment."
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2.5/4 |
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"If anything, Die Another Day shows that Brosnan makes a good Bond. I’ve thought that since GoldenEye, and I’d hate to see this outing be his last, if only because it’s my least favorite of his stints so far."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The rest of the movie can't keep up with its truly cracker-jack premise, turning it into a series of action sequences that might sound imaginative but play just as ludicrously as they sound."
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3.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"We’re given time to let the impact of this feat truly impact us."
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4/4 |
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"In spite of its holiday trappings, A Christmas Carol is an incredibly bleak look into the deepest and darkest human fears, but it is also a vibrant celebration of our better natures."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Its early allegory may be blunt, but its second half begs for something even as heavy-handed as that to keep it involving."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Works well enough -- not enough to ignore the intellectual robbery, but enough to be a derivative but fun little thriller."
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1.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A dull, inconsistent, dishonest female bonding picture."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Julian Schnabel's telling of the story is ingenious."
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Hits one predictable plot point after another until its rather sudden conclusion."
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3.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"An honest, humorous, bittersweet, disturbing look at the confusion of adolescence."
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Shows, once again, that most [video games]... are best left in their original form, allowing people to get their visceral thrills in the way they're accustomed -- with a control pad."
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1/4 |
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(2001) |
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"The plot itself is simple. The twists are simply thrown in to make it seem complex."
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1/4 |
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(2001) |
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"To put it bluntly: this is a bad movie."
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Amazingly simple and breezy stuff but how completely and unexpectedly refreshing it is."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Hardly ever elevates its humor beyond the mindset of a 10 year old."
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0/4 |
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(2007) |
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"This one really should have been immediately relegated to the discount bin."
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1.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Mistakenly, all about the payoff."
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1/4 |
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(2003) |
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"A simplified, truncated mess."
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It's loud, with lots of pretty colors, but there's nothing holding back the melodrama or making it emotionally relevant."
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