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PHIL BROWN Movie Reviews

29 reviews, averaging 47.6% positive
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Creature (2011)

Toronto Now
09/08/11 Poor "If this were a horror parody it might be worth recommending, but sadly, all the laughs are unintentional.... a movie entirely compiled out of clichés and gore."
2. 10/06/11 Poor "...almost incoherent... made worse by slapdash re-editing that awkwardly inserts new dialogue from piss-poor postproduction rewrites into characters' mouths."
3. 10/20/11 Weak "...clichéd spy-movie shenanigans should theoretically tap Atkinson's genius for verbal ('Black Adder') and physical comedy ('Mr. Bean') but never do."
4. 11/11/11 Poor "To say the movie is an uninspired sketch stretched to feature length would be pointless, given that all of Sandler's Happy Madison productions share that quality."
5. 12/15/11 Poor "Preschool viewers might enjoy the movie... after 20 minutes, everyone else will want to cover their ears to make the pain go away."
6.

The Viral Factor

Toronto Now
01/19/12 Weak "...whenever the bullets and bloodshed slow down long enough for characters to interact, the film falls apart... Some action scenes are undeniably impressive, though..."
7. 01/19/12 Good (Not Great) "Though not particularly fresh, 'The Divide' is an entertainingly nihilistic romp if you have a strong stomach for gore, perversion and B movie cheese."
8.

Big Miracle

Toronto Now
02/02/12 Good (Not Great) "...goofy performances help make the drab story compelling... This could have easily been 'Free Willy On Ice,' and avoiding that fate alone makes it a modest success."
9. 02/09/12 Excellent "...almost as disturbing, fascinating and enigmatic as the school shootings that inspired the story."
10.

Love (Ai)

Toronto Now
02/16/12 Weak "...weaves together the meet-cute love stories of a few extended families... a pretty, fluffy date movie. But it's nothing that won't vanish from memory seconds after you leave the theatre."
11. 03/01/12 Good (Not Great) "...filled with silent slapstick, celebrity voice cameos, pop culture references and overlong musical numbers. Seuss won't roll over in his grave - just shudder slightly."
12. 03/22/12 Excellent "This disarmingly sweet and heartfelt Taiwanese fantasy proves that family films needn't be emotionally manipulative or packed with pop culture references."
13.

The Moth Diaries

Toronto Now
04/05/12 Good (Not Great) "...part bubble-gum vampire romp, part study of a disturbed teen mind.... Sadly, Mary Harron's characteristic dark humour isn't present here..."
14. 04/12/12 Good (Not Great) "...the film meanders a bit before coming together for a tearful climax... that rare movie about the elderly that never panders, priming tear ducts without prodding."
15. 04/19/12 Good (Not Great) "Yes, the jokes are puerile and idiotic, rooted in toilet humour, puns and 'man-fall-down-go-boom.' But with the Three Stooges, you wouldn't want it any other way."
16. 04/26/12 Weak "...the largest production in Taiwanese filmmaking history... it's a shame that kind of cash paid for 15,000 extras instead of a compelling screenplay."
17.

Citizen Gangster

Toronto Now
05/10/12 Excellent "...winner of TIFF's best Canadian first feature... gives the notorious Canuck criminal a film worthy of his legacy.... period crime movies rarely play so well."
18. 05/17/12 Good (Not Great) "Amusing, sweet and surprisingly touching... an insightful comic gem that appeals to the secret pervert in all of us."
19. 06/07/12 Weak "Jackie Chan's son takes a crack at his father's brand of action, and the results aren't good.... Jaycee Chan's not much of an action hero... the contents are disposable."
20. 08/16/12 Good (Not Great) "As in any good cheesy action sequel, this time it's personal.... It's all idiotic and gratuitous, but at least knowingly and gloriously so."

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