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Reading Proust is like bathing in someone else's dirty water.

Alexander Woollcott

(1887 – 1943) theater critic & commentator

Reviews/Criticism Marcel Proust

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

Mr. Cranky

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

Reviews/Criticism

I even watched Mulholland Drive in French… it didn't make much more sense in French, but I have to say, it didn't make any less sense either.

Tom Dunne

Irish radio broadcaster

Reviews/Criticism “Mulholland Drive”

It resembles a tortoise shell cat having a fit in a plate of tomatoes.

Mark Twain

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Art Reviews/Criticism On painter J. M. W. Turner's ‘The Slave Ship'

Perhaps it was made by beings from another planet, who were able to watch our television in order to absorb key concepts such as cars, sex, leukemia, and casinos, but formed an imperfect view of how to fit them together.

Roger Ebert

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

Reviews/Criticism “Breaking the Rules”

Their idea of a minority is, in all seriousness, a British dude painted orange.

Vincent Mancini

film reviewer

Reviews/Criticism “The Big Wedding”

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

Tallulah Bankhead

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Reviews/Criticism To Tennessee Williams after seeing the film of “Orpheus Descending”

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

(1865-1940) English actress

Reviews/Criticism Of a play

Mostly, Rome looks like X-rated Masterpiece Theater…

Alessandra Stanley

American journalist

Reviews/Criticism Rome

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.

Colin Murphy

Irish reviewer

Reviews/Criticism Reviewing “The Big Bow Wow”

Wet she’s a star; dry she ain’t.

Fanny Brice

(1891 – 1951) comedian, singer, theater & film actress

Acting Reviews/Criticism On Esther Williams

Saving Silverman is so bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it, as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell-shaped curve.

Roger Ebert

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

Reviews/Criticism “Saving Silverman”

It’s like Isacsson wrote the dialogue to be performed by two sales consultants at a marketing conference.

Mr. Cranky

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

Reviews/Criticism Down to You

It not only promotes every stereotype and invokes every cliché of Brooklyn lore, it combines them all into an insulting composite, fuses that to the chrome-and-fins of the pointless Fifties, and then – weirdly – pretends it’s Shakespeare.

Jack Mathews

film critic

Reviews/Criticism Reviewing the film “Deuces Wild”

This film could have been two hours of [Mel] Gibson scanning through microfiche and it wouldn’t have been any more dull.

Devin Faraci

film critic

Reviews/Criticism “Edge of Darkness”

You say ‘psychotic codependency’ like it’s a bad thing.

Rob Vaux

writer, editor & film reviewer

Reviews/Criticism “Crazy Love”

I understand your new play is full of single entendres.

George S. Kaufman

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

Reviews/Criticism Dialogue Theater

As awful as you've heard and as bad as you've imagined.

Washington Post

Reviews/Criticism Review of “Swept Away”

Think of it as a carefully constructed entertainment for the benefit of people who really, really like beer commercials.

Anthony Lane

(1962 – ) British journalist & film critic

Reviews/Criticism Of the film “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”

It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.

Robert Brault

American writer

Reviews/Criticism Flattery

This is the same old, tired crap that Woody Allen has been exporting for who knows how many years now. It's like drinking milk with an expiration date from the Reagan era.

Mr. Cranky

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

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Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 3)

Reading Proust is like bathing in someone else's dirty water.

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

I even watched Mulholland Drive in French… it didn't make much more sense in French, but I have to say, it didn't make any less sense either.

It resembles a tortoise shell cat having a fit in a plate of tomatoes.

Perhaps it was made by beings from another planet, who were able to watch our television in order to absorb key concepts such as cars, sex, leukemia, and casinos, but formed an imperfect view of how to fit them together.

Their idea of a minority is, in all seriousness, a British dude painted orange.

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

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Mostly, Rome looks like X-rated Masterpiece Theater…

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.

Wet she’s a star; dry she ain’t.

Saving Silverman is so bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it, as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell-shaped curve.

It’s like Isacsson wrote the dialogue to be performed by two sales consultants at a marketing conference.

It not only promotes every stereotype and invokes every cliché of Brooklyn lore, it combines them all into an insulting composite, fuses that to the chrome-and-fins of the pointless Fifties, and then – weirdly – pretends it’s Shakespeare.

This film could have been two hours of [Mel] Gibson scanning through microfiche and it wouldn’t have been any more dull.

You say ‘psychotic codependency’ like it’s a bad thing.

I understand your new play is full of single entendres.

As awful as you've heard and as bad as you've imagined.

Think of it as a carefully constructed entertainment for the benefit of people who really, really like beer commercials.

It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.

This is the same old, tired crap that Woody Allen has been exporting for who knows how many years now. It's like drinking milk with an expiration date from the Reagan era.