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07/01/10 |
Poor |
 "...repulses and bores... problems stem from Shyamalan's cavalier, tone-deaf attitude to his source material, others simply result from awful filmmaking." |
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07/17/11 |
Poor |
 "If you like Sarah Palin and want to know more about her, you'd be better served to read her book or watch her reality show..." |
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06/17/10 |
Poor |
 "The best thing about 'Jonah Hex' is that, with its 80-minute running time, there's not very much of it.... a noisy massacre of an intriguing comic book tough guy." |
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05/26/10 |
Poor |
 "...preachy, hackish... It's as if Romero treats the zombie concept as a hoop he has to jump through to bankroll his numskull explorations of social issues..." |
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04/30/10 |
Poor |
 "No one would expect sophisticated humor from a film in which a bear locks Brendan Fraser in a Port-a-Potty, but 'Furry Vengeance' even botches the dumb laughs." |
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04/11/13 |
Weak |
 "The lead actors gamely commit... but the roles ultimately feel ill-served by the film's fake-outs... most of the thrills are cheap ones." |
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03/22/13 |
Weak |
 "...resembles a love letter composed by a teletype machine, which enumerates the facts but never puts the passion on paper." |
| 8. |
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03/08/13 |
Weak |
 "Amid the visual spectacle this movie reveals that it has a heart, but its head contains not enough brain and too much straw." |
| 9. |
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02/14/13 |
Weak |
 "Forget quality -- at 97 minutes, it doesn't even deliver the expected quantity of big dumb action scenes.... Willis never makes much of an effort..." |
| 10. |
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02/08/13 |
Weak |
 "...the sinister atmosphere gives way to contrived, wearying plot mechanics that feel increasingly sleazy. It ends up a different film than the one you signed up for." |
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01/23/13 |
Weak |
 "...takes too many pains to offer a softened, kid-gloves take on a charismatic, bare-knuckled character.... the film tries too hard to keep him from seeming too unlikable." |
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12/26/12 |
Weak |
 "...rarely strikes many sparks.... For a film ostensibly against fracking and the giant corporations that practice it, it makes a surprisingly weak case..." |
| 13. |
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12/19/12 |
Weak |
 "Unfortunately, the film falls into a repetitive cycle of confrontation and reconciliation that the snappy patter can't redeem." |
| 14. |
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11/21/12 |
Weak |
 "...features frequent chase scenes... Ultimately the film's emotions feel even more programmed than its visual effects." |
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10/19/12 |
Weak |
 "...suffers from being draggy and low on dramatic incident.... viewers might echo the cliché from old suspense films: 'It's quiet... it's too quiet.' " |
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10/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...trivializes the moral and military themes it wants to take seriously, but at least it offers some pleasant scenery in the background." |
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09/13/12 |
Weak |
 "...the dramatic stakes remain stubbornly low and the film echoes the visual blandness of an investment prospectus.... 'Arbitrage's' conflicts come across as misdemeanors..." |
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08/22/12 |
Weak |
 "Audiences may watch 'Cosmopolis' and alternate between admiring its audacity and feeling desperate to leave the theater.... most will want to leave this limo early." |
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08/22/12 |
Weak |
 "Lee shot 'Red Hook Summer' in 18 days -- six more than his debut film, 'She's Gotta Have It' -- and it feels like the clock ran out just when it started hitting its stride." |
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08/17/12 |
Weak |
 "With overly familiar characters but some cool set pieces, it operates at much the same amusingly mediocre level as 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.' " |
