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12/21/11 |
Good |
 "...a sweet, sincere, utterly affable kids' movie about how parents are all kinds of screwed up and unable to tell their kids what they want or show them how they feel..." |
| 2. |
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09/21/11 |
Excellent |
 "It really happened, it's really corny, and it's really great. Who needs Roy Hobbs? Hey, Dad? You wanna have a catch?" |
| 3. |
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03/16/11 |
Moderate |
 "...lightweight and less than essential... the smart-ass stoner's 'E.T.,' the movie the fanboy parent won't be able to hand down like some tattered, squeaky-clean memento to their action-figure-collecting kids." |
| 4. |
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01/12/11 |
Poor |
 "...a mess, in short -- not comedy, not drama, not clever, not insightful, only forgettable. What were we talking about again?" |
| 5. |
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11/03/10 |
Weak |
 "A seven-year-old boy asked me, halfway through: 'Is this supposed to be funny?' 'Dunno,' I said. 'Because it's not,' he said. 'Nor any fun, either.' " |
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10/13/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Not the best. Not the worst. Just the classiest -- Helen Mirren (and Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich and Brian Cox and Richard Dreyfuss) can spruce up any pulp.... absolutely, thoroughly enjoyable." |
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08/11/10 |
Excellent |
 "Wright fits in more ideas per frame than most filmmakers per feature.... You don't have to be dazzled or tickled by the movie, or get every joke, to be touched by it..." |
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08/04/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...ultimately Scorsese-lite -- 'Goodfellas' set in naked lady-filled San Fernando Valley office complexes... the compelling story holds, mostly due to Wilson." |
| 9. |
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07/07/10 |
Good |
 "...fart guns, shrink rays, and squid shooters! ...a cavalcade of kiddie giggles, titters, and belly laughs with as much heft as helium. It's rather joyful and heartfelt.... pleasant and diverting, if ultimately forgettable..." |
| 10. |
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07/01/10 |
Poor |
 "Confusing! Drab! Sluggish! Where's the twist?" |
| 11. |
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06/08/10 |
Poor |
 "The plot has something to do with counterfeiting plates, but it's just an excuse to blow shit up for two hours. How can something this loud be this boring?" |
| 12. |
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06/02/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a mess, but an amiable and occasionally uproarious one... an Apatow film, all right: the stoner movie that eventually turns into a just-say-no PSA. Now, group hug!" |
| 13. |
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04/27/10 |
Weak |
 "...made for the 6 to, oh, let's say 6½ year old set... my kid was tickled by the sight of a dude with a huge belly being slathered in bird shit, skunk spray, gallons of tomato juice and Port-o-Let piss." |
| 14. |
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04/14/10 |
Fair |
 "What plays hard and dark for the film's first half goes squishy and blindingly bright as calamity and then outright tragedy lead to the saw-it-coming resolution..." |
| 15. |
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03/09/10 |
Fair |
 "...tries with modest success to blend the sticky-sweet with the plain ol' sticky..." |
| 16. |
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03/03/10 |
Poor |
 "Filled with every cop-movie convention since the invention of gunpowder and curse words... Seen it. Seen it. And seen it." |
| 17. |
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01/06/10 |
Weak |
 "Writer Gustin Nash has severed the jokes and hijinks from novelist C.D. Payne's plain yet playful narrative with a dull ax..." |
| 18. |
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12/23/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a thoroughly delightful throwaway.... Marc Lawrence writes and directs -- as he did for 'Music and Lyrics' -- and he sure knows his way 'round a snappy tune." |
| 19. |
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12/03/09 |
Poor |
 "...no more a Christmas movie than 'Yentl.' " |
| 20. |
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12/03/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...the most vulnerable, the most playful, the most human performance of Clooney's career." |
