Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 10)

I can sum it up like this: no boobs, no blood, no point. Walk away from this one please!

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My name is Bob, and I am a father who is very afraid.

movie writer, reviewer & columnist
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It's probable that if a meteor landed right in the middle of Los Angeles, nobody would even notice. I say this because apparently nobody noticed that the first Anaconda sucked.

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It’s obvious that nobody believed in this project longer than it took for the check to clear.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Shakespeare in the mud.

American television critic
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Yes, you can polish a turd.

American writer & film critic
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At least it’s not in 3D.

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I thought I heard one of the original lines of the show.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist
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He has his head in the clouds and his feet in the box office.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Communication Insults Reviews/Criticism

Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow God to go on first; I can also remember that on that particular occasion He gave a singularly uninspired performance.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Acting People Reviews/Criticism

I had a premonition this might be a forgettable mediocrity, but I was wrong. It's actually a laughable turd.

editor, director, performer, & film reviewer
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We could have done just as well to watch the proceedings on Court TV — free, as it were, to flip channels or get up for a snack and skip the parts that disinterest us, rather than be held hostage by 125 minutes of drive-by clichés.

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Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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Watching Mad Dog Time is like waiting for the bus in a city where you're not sure they have a bus line.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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I have read your book and much like it.

(1900 – 1986) American teacher & translator
Books Reviews/Criticism

Progressing from nowhere to nothing and leaving only a greasy taste in the mouth as a reward.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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If given the choice between going to class and seeing the high-school comedy General Education, go with school.

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He’s a writer for the ages… for the ages of four to eight.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

Drew Barrymore sings so badly, deaf people refuse to watch her lips move.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
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What’s next for (Director Paul W.S.) Anderson? Maybe “Hannibal 2,” in which Anthony Hopkins escorts a group of toddlers to Chuck E. Cheese?

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