Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 15)

It’s not giving away the surprises that ruins the movie, it’s the surprises that ruin the movie… this director is a young dog who needs some new tricks.

(1959 – ) Canadian-born writer, political commentator & cultural critic
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The Citizen Kane of sperm-donor comedies.

film editor, writer & reviewer
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[Kevin] Spacey would have looked more believable playing Joan Rivers. I was convinced this was a science fiction film for a while because Spacey was wearing so much makeup I thought he was an android.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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What’s next, “The Old Woman who lives in the Shoe – with Shoulder-Fired Rocket Launchers?”

American film critic
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This film has all the energy of a rotting corpse.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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Real-life military trainers – regardless of gender – never make you say, ‘Wow you’re hot!’ They make you say, ‘I’ll do whatever you want, please don’t hurt me.’

writer, editor & film reviewer
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I hate The Lone Ranger as much as The Lone Ranger hates The Lone Ranger.

film critic
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If you hear the phrase "Italian caveman epic" and your heart doesn't sing at least a little bit, then I pity your sad and joyless existence.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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He hasn't just lost the plot, he's lost the whole library!

Entertainment Music Reviews/Criticism

For me, there was a perverse masochistic pleasure in enduring the damn thing all over again, just to remind myself how cross it made me the first time round.

(1963 – ) English musician & film critic
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Though I could follow the outline of the story and found some of the images memorable, the meaning of it all eluded me. There was a child in the audience, but unfortunately she left during the final credits, so I was unable to turn to her for elucidation.

film critic
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Just as long as the real thing and twice as noisy.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
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Tomorrow You're Gone looks like it was made after reading the first chapter of Noir for Dummies.

film reviewer
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Darling, they’ve absolutely ruined your perfectly dreadful play.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
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Planes is an abomination wrapped inside a bullshit party. That’s really all I want to write about this endless crap festival of a film…

(movie reviews at comedyfilmnerds.com)
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It probably helps if you're high too when checking out Bad Teacher, as that might help you get through the film’s excruciating lack of plot, combined with a cast of characters that might as well have been lifted directly from every single f**king movie about a school ever made… ever.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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Identity Thief starts off moronic and then goes downhill.

British broadcaster, writer & film critic
Driving Reviews/Criticism

The best I can say about Conan the Barbarian is that it’s not as bad as I was expecting.

film critic
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If I were married to her, I’d be sure to have dinner ready when she got home.

(1920 – ) U.S. Secretary of State economist, statesman & businessman
People Reviews/Criticism

Some newspapers have complained about the graphic scenes of sex and killing, but frankly it was the violence done to the facts that really made me squirm… What is so irritating about Rome is its unerring instinct for missing the point.

English journalist novelist & television reporter
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Battlefield Earth should be shown only at maximum-security prisons when a prisoner is tossed in solitary for bad behavior.

American film critic
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