Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 25)

We are living here on a planet in shambles, terrorists running murderously amok, the Mideast on the verge of exploding, humanity plagued by hateful prejudices that go back centuries, poverty and depravity rampant, and when God decides to intervene, it’s to straighten out a few troubled folks in a small town and solve a murder case?

British film critic & writer

No, Cameron! Not another musical interlude! Please, I’ll be good!

writer, editor & film reviewer

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: They could just have called it How to Lose an Intelligent Audience in 10 Seconds.

British editor, writer, author & reviewer

It’s a ship. It sinks. People die. Sound familiar?

film critic

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

American writer

Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse… but enough about Kanye West.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

The most surprising thing about “New Moon,” the second film in the Twilight series, is how much worse it is than the first.

film critic

Once you've put one of his books down, you simply can't pick it up again.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Two hours of looking up at Marlon Brando's butt cheeks squashed flat against a glass tabletop would have been a preferable to this werewolf masterpiece.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

George Moore wrote excellent English until he discovered grammar.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Keanu Reeves, perhaps worried that he was showing too much range, has purged himself of all expression apart from a worried frown and a sorrowful grimace.

(1966 – ) American journalist & film critic

Identity Thief starts off moronic and then goes downhill.

British broadcaster, writer & film critic

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)

This couple has endured for over 900 years; the least Tristan & Isolde can do is show us a reason why.

writer, editor & film reviewer

To call Jackass the worst movie of the year is practically a compliment. It is an appalling illustration of how low corporate America will go to make a buck.

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

Colin Farrell’s manful battle with the puerile dialogue, dodgy [Irish] accents, wandering plot and some unreliable supporting performances is greater than anything the real Alexander would have faced, and is ultimately one he cannot win.

Irish film critic

Bratz (freaky looking teen dolls for girls whose parents won’t let them play with real teenagers) is now a high school movie made for people in Grade 6.

American writer & film critic

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

(1900 – 1969) American drama critic & author

How do you say, “I want a refund,” in Italian?

film critic