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KARA NESVIG Movie Reviews

17 reviews, averaging 60.3% positive
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1.

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
07/05/12 Very Good "...details Perry's rise from Pentecostal childhood to teen gospel singer to behemoth touring machine with pinwheels on her boobs, spliced with 3-D footage from her shows."
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Wanderlust (2012)

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
02/24/12 Very Good "...produces tons of laughs in its compact 90 minutes and doesn't overstay its welcome. The bad jokes are bad, but the good ones are great."
3.

Monte Carlo (2011)

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
07/01/11 Good (Not Great) "...if you can look past the predictable plot and a few clunky moments, it's a sweet chunk of easy and cute escapism."
4.

Hot Tub Time Machine

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
03/26/10 Very Good "...a surprisingly enjoyable way to waste 90 minutes if you're into dude humor and penis jokes."
5.

The Bounty Hunter

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
03/19/10 Weak "...the main reason 'The Bounty Hunter' stinks is the script. It's riddled with rom-com clichés, action-movie standbys and a confusing web of subplots..."
6.

When in Rome

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
01/29/10 Good (Not Great) "Duhamel is astoundingly attractive, and while he doesn't show off any real depth, when he's offscreen you wish he'd come back."
7.

The Spy Next Door

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
01/15/10 Poor "...pitting a big, strong man against wily, sugar-fueled children is a plot line that's been done to death, and 'The Spy' does nothing to revitalize it."
8.

Leap Year

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
01/08/10 Good (Not Great) "Though the endless series of pratfalls starts to wear thin halfway through, Goode and Adams manage to coax out more than a few laughs.... at least it's fairly fun to watch."
9.

The Fourth Kind

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
11/06/09 Moderate "Whether or not you believe in close encounters, 'The Fourth Kind' is legitimately scary enough to keep you in your seat. (Just don't Google the flick before you see it.)"
10.

Surrogates

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
09/25/09 Moderate "...a subpar sci-fi thriller set in an Atwoodian alterna-future where regular folks stay at home glued to a complex computer screen while their surrogates venture into the world."
11.

Bandslam

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
08/14/09 Very Good "...a surprisingly charming flick about friendship, love and the power of music.... a charming (and well-soundtracked: Hello, Wilco!) little parable for the tween set..."
12.

The Ugly Truth

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
07/24/09 Outstanding "...smart, sexy... neither writers, nor actors, nor director Robert Luketic shy away from the truth about the complicated state of affairs between men and women."
13.

The Proposal

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
06/19/09 Good (Not Great) "...starts out fresh and clever but falls victim to the rom-com's tendency, intentional or not, to refuse to let a woman be defined by her career."
14.

Valentino: The Last Emperor

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
06/12/09 Outstanding "...a must-see for the 'Project Runway' set."
15.

The Last House on the Left (2009)

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
03/13/09 Good (Not Great) "Sure, the movie is predictable, but it keeps its audience on edge. Much of this is due to Dennis Iliadis' camera angles..."
16.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
02/14/09 Weak "Had 'Confessions' been truer to its chick-lit novel inspiration, the movie could have been fizzily enjoyable instead of sickening. It's hard to sympathize with Becky..."
17.

The Uninvited

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
01/30/09 Weak "...provides a few small gasps and jumps and a soundtrack of squeamish violins like most of its contemporaries, but it's 87 minutes of disappointment and cliché."

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