Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 4)

When you’ve seen all of Ionesco’s plays… you’ve seen one of them.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Reviews/Criticism

Just three of the least-likable actors in Hollywood paired up with three total has-beens in an over-long, convoluted rehash of every “I hate my boss” plotline that you've ever seen. Except all of the funny ones. 

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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They inculcate the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing master.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer
Communication Reviews/Criticism

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

(1932 – 1963) novelist & poet
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

To describe this film as “pornographically violent” is an affront to pornography.

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

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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The results are more akin to a high school production of Pearl Harbor.

American film critic
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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star. … If I were taken off the movie beat and assigned to cover the interior design of bowling alleys, I would have some idea of how they must have felt as they made this film.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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Wild Wild West is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen…

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

Chozen is a truly bizarre blend of programming as it mixes prison and rap culture with Revenge of the Nerds.

film reviewer
Entertainment Reviews/Criticism Television

Trump’s nothing like Hitler… there’s no way he could write a book.

(1972 – ) Scottish comedian
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It's a car movie made by people who couldn't find reverse in a Volkswagen; a puzzle box thriller assembled by the functionally insane.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Gone in 60 Seconds seems to be trying hard.

movie writer, reviewer & columnist
Reviews/Criticism

Sometimes he was inaudible – those were his best moments.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor
People Reviews/Criticism

She appeared to be suffering from: ‘Fallen archness.’

(1838 – 1918) journalist, historian, academic & novelist
Reviews/Criticism

“ …as fascinating as chewing styrofoam – with the occasional firecracker jammed in to make you chew faster.

film critic
Reviews/Criticism

It’s a death march with cocktails.

American journalist
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While it’s almost certainly the movie event of the year for filmgoers passionate about deer urine humor, Grown Ups 2 will bore, annoy, and disgust audiences of nearly every other persuasion.

(movie reviews at rottentomatoes.com)
Reviews/Criticism

I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of Patch Adams again.

(1946 – 1999) American film critic & journalist
Reviews/Criticism

Watching [Nicolas] Cage karate chop Leelee “Made-for-TV” Sobiesky into submission is almost worth the price of admission. Well, assuming admission was free.

editor, director, performer, & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

This movie is so badly acted and directed that it would have improved its seriousness significantly by casting finger puppets in the major roles.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
Reviews/Criticism