Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 4)

He hasn't just lost the plot, he's lost the whole library!

Entertainment Music Reviews/Criticism

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

They inculcate the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing master.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer
Communication Reviews/Criticism

Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer, according to the credits. Homer’s estate should sue.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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The dialogue was it’s only strong area, but liking the film because of that would be akin to thinking a park bench a good snack because someone spilled your favorite espresso on it.

(movie reviews at themovieguys.net)
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Yes, you can polish a turd.

American writer & film critic
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The only thing I didn’t like about The Barretts of Wimpole Street was the play.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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What big clichés you have!

film critic
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What’s next, “The Old Woman who lives in the Shoe – with Shoulder-Fired Rocket Launchers?”

American film critic
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Their idea of a minority is, in all seriousness, a British dude painted orange.

film reviewer
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Next to Epic Movie and Date Movie, the Scary Movies are French cuisine.

American writer & film critic
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If I felt guilty I’d call this a guilty pleasure but since I don’t I’ll just call it trash I enjoy. So if you decide to go don't complain to me that the film was crap. I warned you.

film critic
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I’d rather spend my 180 minutes seeing how hard a 400-pound gorilla can tighten a vise around my penis before I pass out from the pain.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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Even this comedic triumvirate cannot prevent the script’s biggest feat of magic: making the laughs disappear.

writer & film reviewer
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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star. … If I were taken off the movie beat and assigned to cover the interior design of bowling alleys, I would have some idea of how they must have felt as they made this film.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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Logic and drama are what get purged here.

film critic
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In no other television program that I have ever seen has any other father felt called upon to caution his children to be careful by saying, “Your mother has been reading Schopenhauer.”

professional hockey player
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Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The Frighteners.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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Many TV programs suck, but none has ever sucked with such eye-popping abandon as this one.

Irish reviewer
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To describe this film as “pornographically violent” is an affront to pornography.

film critic
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Although I can accept talking scarecrows, lions and great wizards of emerald cities, I find it hard to believe there is no paperwork involved when your house lands on a witch.

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