Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 8)

This film could have been two hours of [Mel] Gibson scanning through microfiche and it wouldn’t have been any more dull.

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He has a splendid repertoire of 500 words; why does he insist on using only 150?

(1915 – 2002) Israeli diplomat & politician
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The last time I was in Spain I got through six Jeffrey Archer novels; I must remember to take enough toilet paper next time.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer
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Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.

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

In AI, Spielberg is bleaching the dirt out of the human mind and leaving behind only the vacant gaze of machine ‘love.’ Coca Cola ads do much the same thing — and they don't take two hours.

(1951 – ) British journalist & author
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Regarded by many as the moment in US cinema when brain cells truly became optional…

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The most surprising thing about “New Moon,” the second film in the Twilight series, is how much worse it is than the first.

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Saving Silverman is so bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it, as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell-shaped curve.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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He’s a writer for the ages… for the ages of four to eight.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

There's less in this than meets the eye.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
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They say state-of-the-art special effects can create the illusion of anything on the screen, and now we have proof: It's possible for the Jim Henson folks and Industrial Light and Magic to put their heads together and come up with the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects, and I am not forgetting the Chucky doll…

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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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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It's probable that if a meteor landed right in the middle of Los Angeles, nobody would even notice. I say this because apparently nobody noticed that the first Anaconda sucked.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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Dumb as rocks, thin as paper and dull as scissors…

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Think of Cowboys & Aliens as the wet spot on your mattress after a night of questionable passion. Everyone knows who made the wet spot, but no one wants to own up to it.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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If you have a dog, it will be sniffing and whimpering at the screen in recognition of one of its one kind… a film whose special badness defies virtually any attempt at description.

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Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse… but enough about Kanye West.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
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“House Beautiful” is the play lousy.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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If you hear a door slam in the theater, you'll know that Elvis has left the building – in disgust.

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Psst! DreamWorks! Your Nemo envy is showing!

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Motion Sickness Nightmare

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