Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 19)

It’s so bad that the Director's Guild should revoke [director Zack] Snyder’s membership and he should never be allowed to direct again.

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Dragging your boyfriend/husband to this movie will give him the leverage to demand multiple screenings of Jerry Bruckheimer films as penance. Ladies, you have been warned.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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I had a premonition this might be a forgettable mediocrity, but I was wrong. It's actually a laughable turd.

editor, director, performer, & film reviewer
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Sarah Brightman couldn't act scared on the New York subway at four o'clock in the morning.

(1943 – 2007) American film critic
Acting Reviews/Criticism

This film appears to be something of an homage to "Some Like it Hot", which is kind of like saying that a bum taking a crap in a dumpster is an homage to “Star Wars.”

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No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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A buxom temptress… more impressive in silhouette than in action.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Acting Reviews/Criticism

Loved Ben, hated Hur.

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I am sitting in the smallest room of my house; I have your review before me… in a moment it shall be behind me.

(1873 – 1916) German composer, conductor, pianist & teacher
Insults Reviews/Criticism

“Flubber” is further evidence of the death of cinema.

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Barb Wire is unlikely to spark heated intellectual debate at film schools anytime soon.

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The works of Richardson… are pictures of high life as conceived by a bookseller, and romances as they would be spiritualized by a Methodist preacher.

(1717 – 1797) English art historian, antiquarian & politician
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… if you’ve ever wondered what kind of jokes dogs would tell if they could speak, here’s your chance.

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I've been reviewing movies for a long time, and I can't think of one that more dramatically shoots itself in the foot.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
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Hard to tell whether somebody wanted to make a pretentious allegory and threw in a naked Melanie Griffith to help market it, or just wanted to market a naked Melanie Griffith and threw in a pretentious allegory as justification.

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Mr Lewis’ pictures appeared to have been painted by a mailed fist in a cotton glove.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet
Art Reviews/Criticism

Two hours of looking up at Marlon Brando's butt cheeks squashed flat against a glass tabletop would have been a preferable to this werewolf masterpiece.

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Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman
Music Reviews/Criticism

If you were to order 42 at the ballpark you’d get a corndog.

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Steve Guttenberg and a friendship between a dog and a dolphin – in what fiery pit of hell was this heartwarming plot conjured?

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