Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 12)

The first time I saw you on stage I realized what a wonderful voice you've got; I think you're so brave not to have had it trained.

(1865-1940) English actress
Entertainment Insults Reviews/Criticism

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

American writer
Art Entertainment Reviews/Criticism

Affleck probably got the part of the blind superhero because he was the only actor too inebriated to duck when the producers flung objects at his head.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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[Director Michael] Caton-Jones has about as much understanding of symbol and metaphor as a sock puppet.

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Amid all the controversy over whether or not Rick Perry is a racist, let’s not lose sight of the fact that he’s a moron.

(1958 – ) American writer, comedian, satirist & actor
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The old man and the Cialis.

American movie critic
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This is an old idea, beautifully expressed by Wordsworth, who said, ‘Heaven lies about us in our infancy.’ If I could quote the whole poem instead of completing this review, believe me, we’d all be happier. But I press on.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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If you plan on seeing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, bring a book. You won't be able to read it in the darkened theater, of course, but it should still provide more entertainment than what’s on the screen. Feel the binding. Flip through the pages. Wear it on your head.

American film critic
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Don't look now, Tallulah, but your show is slipping.

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor
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This is like a better version of George Lucas’ Red Tails without the explosions. Oh yeah, and change fighter pilots with baseball players.

(movie reviews at comedyfilmnerds.com)
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Since the scenes where they're together are so much less convincing than the ones where they fall apart, watching the movie is like being on a double-date from hell.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly; it should be thrown with great force.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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Has anyone told the Fox News anchors that Mad Men was not a documentary of how America should be?

American television critic
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I’m not sure who cast this movie, but the only way they could have come up with two duller performances would have been to have the two leads play their characters using sock puppets.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
Reviews/Criticism

Angelina Jolie has a fine pair of child-bearing lips.

Irish journalist & film critic
Appearance Reviews/Criticism

It was a cute picture; they used the basic story of Wuthering Heights and worked in surf riders.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter
Reviews/Criticism

Incapable of conjuring up any facial expression that she did not learn from watching television, Jessica Alba plays a brilliant scientist who inadvertently acquires the ability to make herself invisible. This is not a gift Alba seems particularly comfortable with, as the last thing she needs is to be heard but not seen.

(1950 – ) American journalist, critic & essayist
Reviews/Criticism

Logic and drama are what get purged here.

film critic
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Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Acting Entertainment Reviews/Criticism Wordplay

Mr. [Channing] Tatum… gives Keanu Reeves serious competition – defining numerous shades of blank of which I had been thus far unaware.

film critic
Reviews/Criticism

I hate The Lone Ranger as much as The Lone Ranger hates The Lone Ranger.

film critic
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