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05/09/13 |
Poor |
"You feel for these co-stars, but it's the only genuine feeling the picture affords." |
| 2. |
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05/09/13 |
Poor |
"Should we laugh? Is this a comedy? If so, are we also expected to giggle when a gang of escaped convicts chase down and rape one of the women?" |
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04/18/13 |
Poor |
"...terrible. For an alleged comedy, it's remarkably laugh-free; as insta-parody, it already feels dated ('Inception' references?)." |
| 4. |
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03/21/13 |
Poor |
"The lurid premise is clearly predicated on one potential outcome -- seeing some grown-up go apeshit on these prepubescent psychos..." |
| 5. |
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01/17/13 |
Poor |
"Are the movie's half-dozen genuine laughs there just to tease the audience? What can we do to keep 'A Haunted House 2' from happening?" |
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11/01/12 |
Poor |
"...less a nightmare than an afternoon nap.... a film whose early warning to Heather should be heeded: 'Don't go to Silent Hill.' " |
| 7. |
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10/25/12 |
Poor |
"Now a master of the smugly inept line reading, Ed Burns is the key to appreciating the film as an unintentional but thoroughgoing parody of itself." |
| 8. |
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07/19/12 |
Poor |
"...boasts a distinctly mid-90s funky, sex-positive vibe... structured around a roundelay of sexual liaisons." |
| 9. |
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05/31/12 |
Poor |
"...there was a time when Tom Sizemore was considered one of America's most promising actors.... 'Cellmates' won't trigger memories of that promise." |
| 10. |
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04/12/12 |
Poor |
" 'It's called post-irony,' says one character of the swarming references. I can think of another word for it." |
| 11. |
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03/08/12 |
Poor |
"The supposedly frothy tone is tarry and flavorless, and the drill is painfully familiar..." |
| 12. |
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02/09/12 |
Poor |
"There's a good film to be made about Halston, the dashing man who went from Iowa-born milliner to revered fashion designer... but dear Lord, 'Ultrasuede' is not it." |
| 13. |
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02/02/12 |
Poor |
"...allows the actress to finally stretch: Her hair is brown, not blond; her Jersey accent roams freely all over the tristate area." |
| 14. |
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12/08/11 |
Poor |
"Mayans might have predicted the end of the world in 2012, but could they have known that the countdown to eternal hellfire would begin with Garry Marshall's 'New Year's Eve'?" |
| 15. |
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12/01/11 |
Poor |
"Nudging past two lengthy hours, 'Answers to Nothing' also answers to nobody, oblivious to how far-fetched and emotionally fraudulent its lost-soul crises are." |
| 16. |
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10/06/11 |
Poor |
"Once director Tom Six's conceptual project becomes clear, his escalating audience-mocking torture is increasingly pointless." |
| 17. |
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08/25/11 |
Poor |
"Having already struck the 3D barrel's bottom with its last, third installment, this film goes the extra step to deliver a new gimmicky way to repel: '4-D.' " |
| 18. |
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07/14/11 |
Poor |
"...it's unclear if this is the crazy Nick Nolte's career apex or nadir." |
| 19. |
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07/07/11 |
Poor |
"...convoluted mess sets new lows in underimagined, overplotted narrative -- not to mention grade-Z thesping and dimly portentous dialogue." |
| 20. |
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06/16/11 |
Poor |
"...makes the great -- and even the mediocre -- teen movies of 30 years ago, like 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' 'Fame,' and 'Foxes,' look even more radical..." |