Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 26)

The acting is always good, but when it's not, you can always expect that character to flash her boobs, so who's complaining?

editor, director, performer, & film reviewer

Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.

(1897 – 1977) British politician & Prime Minister

Which is he playing now?

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

My guess is that African Americans will be offended by the movie, and whites will be embarrassed. The movie will bring us all together, I imagine, in paralyzing boredom.

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

Little Indian, Big City is one of the worst movies ever made. I detested every moronic minute of it…if you, under any circumstances, see Little Indian, Big City, I will never let you read one of my reviews again.

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

If you’re a Stooges fan, go see the movie. If you like crude, silly slapstick, go see the movie. If you have a stick up your ass, go see Titanic.

film critic

It's not music, it's a disease.

(1911 – 2010) American bandleader

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right… he failed.

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

Next to Epic Movie and Date Movie, the Scary Movies are French cuisine.

American writer & film critic

Robbing casinos? Shit, these guys should be in charge of Katrina relief!

writer, editor & film reviewer

I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than The Brown Bunny.

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

You know, when the Devil’s spawn are susceptible to steak-knife attacks, evil has a problem.

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Those who cannot remember history are doomed to learn it from Oliver Stone movies.

(1954–2007) Canadian film critic

About the only thing this cinematic whirligig skimps on is coherence, both narrative and aesthetic.

film critic

This is a woman who thinks the Spanish Inquisition was just tough love for heretics.

(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer

… if you’ve ever wondered what kind of jokes dogs would tell if they could speak, here’s your chance.

film critic

The only reason you could possibly want to sit through this low-rent rip-off is to force your significant other to terminate the relationship because of your terrible taste in films.

When Mr. Wilbur calls his play ‘Halfway to Hell,’ he underestimates the distance.

(1894 – 1984) theatre critic

Did the studio put so little faith in this snowball of ineptitude that the filmmakers couldn’t even afford a tripod?

film critic

There is some serious venom spewing from this movie, probably because screenwriters Steve Franks and Tim Herlihy are beginning to realize their only talent in life consists of riding their friend’s coattails through the Garden of Mediocrity.

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