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| 1. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
02/13/09 |
Weak |
 "...an unnecessary and strictly mercenary effort.... plays by the rules to a fault. Fears of upsetting franchise fanatics seem to have inhibited the film's imagination." |
| 2. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
03/20/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Glossy but semi-sloppy, crude but sweet... The sincerity, laid on thick, is fake and forced. The laughs are not." |
| 3. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
04/03/09 |
Weak |
 "The cars, with all their extravagant gear, are too otherworldly to be cool like the wheels in earthier car pictures such as 'Two-Lane Blacktop' and 'Vanishing Point.' " |
| 4. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
04/10/09 |
Weak |
 "Laughs flitter here and there. A guffaw happens. But writer-director Jody Hill is after something deeper, darker, creepier." |
| 5. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
04/17/09 |
Weak |
 "That sound, that disturbance in the atmosphere, is a million girls collectively swooning.... sweet little life lessons bop you over the head like a throw pillow." |
| 6. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
04/24/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...rote and routine emotional pablum about friendship and salvation through art, but Joe Wright's occasionally visionary direction keeps it aloft, just above the snoozingly ordinary." |
| 7. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
05/01/09 |
Poor |
 "...seems to waver between satire, parody, soft porn and domestic soap opera. Maybe I'm confused and didn't realize I just saw the greatest comedy of the year." |
| 8. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
05/21/09 |
Fair |
 "...wants to be a serious action picture but can't muster the drive, ambition or vision. It's a headache spectacle hellbent on action for action's sake..." |
| 9. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
05/29/09 |
Excellent |
 "Uproariously gooey and cartoonishly ghoulish... lives by its straightforward title to a delirious degree." |
