Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 12)

Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile last night as Cleopatra – and sank.

(1900 – 1969) American drama critic & author
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Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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“House Beautiful” is the play lousy.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer, made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist
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I'm afraid I missed large portions of this movie because my eyes spent so much time rolling.

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

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Hook and Ladder is the sort of play that gives failures a bad name.

(1913 – 1996) writer & Broadway theater critic
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Ryan O’Neal is so stiff and clumsy that he can’t even manage a part requiring him to be stiff and clumsy.

(1944 – ) film critic & motion picture screenwriter
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Like all self-made men he worships his creator.

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All books over five hundred pages that weren’t written by Dickens or a dead Russian are better left on the shelf.

journalist & author
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Perhaps the only use this film has is to give philosophers who sit through it some way of experiencing what eternity truly means.

film critic
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Wet she’s a star; dry she ain’t.

(1891 – 1951) comedian, singer, theater & film actress
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He’s a writer for the ages… for the ages of four to eight.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being lousy from the first shot.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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After Earth merits comparison with 2000’s Battlefield Earth, John Travolta’s godawful film tribute to the sci-fi novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Yes, it’s that bad.

American film critic & televison interviewer
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Oh come on. Like you couldn’t smell this turkey rotting from miles away.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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The Road to Wellville… is basically a… production of a Benny Hill episode.

American film critic
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She was so bad he shot himself in it.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
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Not even Ian McKellan can bring it to life… and when Ian McKellan throws in the towel, you know the difficulties are too large to fix.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Chozen is a truly bizarre blend of programming as it mixes prison and rap culture with Revenge of the Nerds.

film reviewer
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The film’s critique of the American dream is outclassed by your average Bruce Springsteen song.

English movie reviewer
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