Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 4)

If you hear a door slam in the theater, you'll know that Elvis has left the building – in disgust.

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Let me tell you, if your marriage is in trouble, skip the therapist and find a psycho; nothing brings people together faster.

(1959 – ) American film critic
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Sun Tzu believed that becoming predictable would lead to disaster. Apparently, the creators of The Art of War couldn’t be bothered to take him to heart.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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I've seen audits that were more thrilling.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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Less an exercise in catharsis than an obstacle course of premise-heavy, flashback-drenched plot points, it’s an emotional flat-liner…

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You have but two topics, yourself and me and I'm sick of both.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer
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My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

(1957 – ) American actor, director, writer & fireman
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Even this comedic triumvirate cannot prevent the script’s biggest feat of magic: making the laughs disappear.

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The director, whose name is Pitof, was probably issued with two names at birth and would be wise to use the other one on his next project.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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Not even Ian McKellan can bring it to life… and when Ian McKellan throws in the towel, you know the difficulties are too large to fix.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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MTV isn't even ashamed anymore that it doesn't play videos. Uh, that ‘M’ means music. A couple of videos would be great. Oh, that would be giving in to us. Forget it.

American television critic
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I would much rather see two hours of [Robert Downey, Jr.] improvising without any script, than watch five minutes of Zach Galifianakis’ tired shtick.

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It’s an underestimation of the intelligence of your average eight year old to believe his or her rapt attention can be held for long by a film like this.

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One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. An instant landmark of crap.

American movie critic
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One can’t judge Wagner’s opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don’t intend hearing it a second time.

(1792 – 1868) Italian composer
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Safe House will have you on the edge of your seat – so you can spring out of it the second the credits roll.

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This is the same old, tired crap that Woody Allen has been exporting for who knows how many years now. It's like drinking milk with an expiration date from the Reagan era.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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A critic often has to play the role of coroner, dissecting a work to find out why it died (or never lived). 

(1959 – ) American film critic
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Thus, it should surprise no one that what's eventually expelled onto the screen resembles the discharge of an animal that's been eating poorly to begin with.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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Honestly, I’m trying to remember what happened during the mid part of this movie other then a few hazy isolated moments of plot development.

(movie reviews at themovieguys.net)
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Bratz (freaky looking teen dolls for girls whose parents won’t let them play with real teenagers) is now a high school movie made for people in Grade 6.

American writer & film critic
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