Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 13)

A giant turd of a movie that was made because someone had the rights to a brand name and needed to exercise them in a timely manner.

film critic

You know those movies that look like they’re going to be really insipid and then completely surprise you? 17 Again isn’t one of those.

film critic

I've seen audits that were more thrilling.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter

You can sue McDonald’s if you get fat, you can sue Marlboro if you get cancer, you can try suing Guinness for all the ugly people you've shagged, but you can't sue your TV for exposing you to this.

Irish reviewer

House of Wax is cheap, dirty entertainment, and it knows it.

writer, editor & film reviewer

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

I thought the play was frightful but I saw it under particularly unfortunate circumstances…. the curtain was up.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

There isn't enough Visine in the world!

musician & film reviewer

Young men: If you attend this crap with friends who admire it, tactfully inform them they are idiots. Young women: If your date likes this movie, tell him you’ve been thinking it over, and you think you should consider spending some time apart.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter

I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions – the curtain was up.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Hook and Ladder is the sort of play that gives failures a bad name.

(1913 – 1996) writer & Broadway theater critic

Not only could we see that coming a mile away, we could see it wouldn't be funny from a mile away.

(1959 – ) American columnist & film critic

Love is a douche commercial.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

This time, the Force wasn’t with him.

film reviewer

The movie is being revived around the country for midnight cult showings. Midnight is not late enough.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter

If you hear a door slam in the theater, you'll know that Elvis has left the building – in disgust.

American film critic

This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

(1919 – 2001) American film critic

Year One is so dedicated to being historically accurate that it only uses jokes that are at least two thousand years old.

film critic

If an utter lack of effort had its own award show, the people involved with Baseketball could stand proudly next to the Yugo engineers and Monica Lewinsky's personal trainer as deserving nominees.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

A totally stupid movie, Star Trek Into Darkness falls apart as it goes, raining debris as it implodes like a building being demolished.

film critic

Adam Sandler’s latest moronic film instead continually opens a can of dumb ass on filmgoers.

writer, editor, correspondent & film reviewer