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0/4
|
53%
|
The Last Mimzy (2007) |
"
If this is what the guys who run the studios think movies ought to be like, it's a wonder that anything good comes out of the studios at all."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
20%
|
Thunderbirds (2004) |
"
The plot abounds with holes, and the dialogue is often delivered in a bland, perfunctory manner."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
12%
|
Couples Retreat (2009) |
"
Somewhere in all of this, there is the potential for a pretty good comedy, but this movie isn't it."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 31, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
35%
|
Space Chimps (2008) |
"
The movie is so routine that you welcome offbeat things like an alien who makes incredibly high-pitched noises. It's the sort of thing that might jolt you out of your sleep."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jul 18, 2008
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|
1.5/4
|
8%
|
10,000 B.C. (2008) |
"
It promises spectacle and action but fails to deliver all that much of either, and ends up being so dull it can't even be enjoyed for its camp value."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Mar 7, 2008
|
|
1.5/4
|
26%
|
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"
If there was ever a film that not only preached to the choir but threatened to put it to sleep, this is it."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
13%
|
Mr. Woodcock (2007) |
"
If this film were one of his students, Mr. Woodcock would have every reason to tell it to take another lap."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 14, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
7%
|
License to Wed (2007) |
"
If ever there was a ceremony or ritual that needed to be called off, it is the one that begins with the act of buying a ticket for this movie."
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Christianity Today
Posted Jul 11, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
21%
|
The Invisible (2007) |
"
Some of the key players tend to be either off-putting or unconvincing."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Apr 30, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
Pathfinder (2007) |
"
Once the actual fighting begins, the film turns dull and lifeless. From beginning to end, the film plods when it should pulse."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Apr 16, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
6%
|
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) |
"
The film is directed in typically dull, overblown, idiotic fashion by Raja Gosnell, the man responsible for Big Momma's House and both of the Scooby-Doo movies."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 17, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
2%
|
Twisted (2004) |
"
Overcooked dialogue, some wildly implausible story devices, and a dearth of remotely likable characters, and Twisted is a crime story that just doesn't pay."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
22%
|
Taking Lives (2004) |
"
The film's villain may take fictitious lives, but the film itself takes up real time that could be spent on better things."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
26%
|
Stay (2005) |
"
Ultimately the film delivers such a weak payoff that it makes nearly everything that came before it seem rather pointless."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 11, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
6%
|
A Sound of Thunder (2005) |
"
The film is full of rumbling sounds that will make your innards tremble (at least in some theaters). But that's about all it has going for it."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 11, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
21%
|
Resident Evil - Apocalypse (2004) |
"
Just because a film is about the undead, that doesn't mean the film itself has to feel like it was made by the undead or for the undead."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 2, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
42%
|
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) |
"
This film will not do much to restore Disney's fortunes. Lohan does seem to want to grow up . . . but she pretty much sleepwalks through this film."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 28, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
13%
|
Just My Luck (2006) |
"
One day Lohan will make movies for grown-ups, but this movie certainly isn't one of them."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 25, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
36%
|
The Great Raid (2005) |
"
While the historical events depicted were unusual and cause for genuine celebration, the film that depicts these events is a dull, by-the-numbers set of war-movie clichés."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 25, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
Exorcist - The Beginning (2004) |
"
Some things are better left mysterious, and some movies better left unmade."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
25%
|
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"
If you want an entertaining yarn about the Knights Templar, historical secrets, and cryptic codes hidden in famous documents and artifacts, go rent National Treasure."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
All The King's Men (2006) |
"
Unanswered questions leave you wondering if entire subplots ended up on the cutting room floor, and by the end of the film, you wonder who or what it was supposed to be about."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
A Cinderella Story (2004) |
"
I took a friend's 10-year-old daughter to see the film, and she found it 'too childish.' And who am I to argue with a member of this film's target audience? "
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 11, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
34%
|
The Break-Up (2006) |
"
A romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor particularly funny."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 8, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
10%
|
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"
The telling of this story is rather dull and lifeless; the film is full of rote combat sequences and no real sense of danger or adventure."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 8, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"
Are We There Yet? is more interested in crass humor than in creating remotely believable characters that we might actually care about."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
24%
|
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"
The best thing I can say about Andrew Douglas's remake of The Amityville Horror is that it gave me a reason to track down the original film."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
22%
|
AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (2004) |
"
In the end, we are left with a dull woman who is surrounded by puppets and voiceless actors covered in prosthetics -- and it's never a good sign when the special effects give more memorable performances than the hero. "
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
18%
|
After the Sunset (2004) |
"
After the Sunset is the sort of movie that may not find its ideal audience until channel-surfing insomniacs discover it late some evening, long, long after sunset indeed. "
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
39%
|
Surrogates (2009) |
"
Good ideas rub up against bad ideas, and the result is a movie that is worth a look but could have been much more."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 31, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
15%
|
Year One (2009) |
"
A buddy comedy that takes a relentlessly lowbrow look at the Book of Genesis."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jun 24, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"
For parents who aren't Sandler fans, Bedtime Stories may seem like just another dumb comedy that their kids will drag them to over the holidays."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Dec 23, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
21%
|
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"
Caught between the need to bring the material up to date and the pressure to recycle familiar elements from the original, even when they don't seem to fit."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Dec 16, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
——
|
Billy: The Early Years (2008) |
"
Hammer does a credible Graham impression, but if the script isn't up to snuff, none of the other stuff matters. And this particular screenplay is nowhere close to that."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 10, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
26%
|
Eagle Eye (2008) |
"
If you have a taste for this sort of nonsense, then all this hyper-implausibility is actually kind of fun."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 29, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
68%
|
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"
The noisier and bloodier it gets, the more you notice how uninspired the movie is. If you're high, this might not be a problem. But for the rest of us, it's a bit of a drag."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Aug 8, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
37%
|
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) |
"
Any positive messages are practically drowned out by the film's relentless crude humor, much of which is too dumb to be all that funny."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jun 6, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
16%
|
Jumper (2008) |
"
The film . . . ends up promising more than it can deliver. For all its epic locations, Jumper remains pretty small-scale."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Feb 14, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
34%
|
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) |
"
You will probably want to spend some time with Wikipedia after watching this film, and you may never look at famous monuments and presidential furniture in quite the same way again"
—
Christianity Today
Posted Dec 21, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
37%
|
August Rush (2007) |
"
A light, fanciful touch at times bolsters its "fairy tale" feel, but at times the story incorporates just enough "realistic" elements to drag the whole thing back down to earth."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 21, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
33%
|
Martian Child (2007) |
"
The film feels lazily conventional. There are truths to be had here, but much of the film still rings false."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 2, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) |
"
The Golden Age recycles much of the same basic material without offering any real insight into the woman or the times in which she lived"
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
28%
|
The Game Plan (2007) |
"
As comedies go, The Game Plan is srictly by the playbook, but Johnson is game for anything, and he does a fine job of entertaining the child in all of us."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Sep 29, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
17%
|
The Last Legion (2007) |
"
This movie, for all its quasi-realism, is never as inspiring, interesting, or disturbing as the stories to which it points."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Aug 18, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
20%
|
The Invasion (2007) |
"
The bigger problem with this film is that it simply isn't very scary."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Aug 18, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
78%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"
A dark, grim, serious film, with little of the joy or whimsy that animated the first four movies."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jul 11, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
66%
|
Meet the Robinsons (2007) |
"
There is a strong sense around Meet the Robinsons that the folks at Disney are trying to find their bearings. Which leaves the film itself looking kind of lost."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Apr 4, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
——
|
Pride (2003) |
"
Pride has its heart in the right place, but it is so eager to conform to the demands of its genre that it misses the opportunity to explore the more unique aspects of swimming."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
19%
|
The Last Sin Eater (2007) |
"
As a window into an older culture, or an evening's entertainment with the family, you could certainly do worse."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Feb 9, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
19%
|
The Wild (2006) |
"
The Wild is pretty tame, and in the increasingly crowded, competitive, survival-of-the-fittest world of computer animation, it meows but does not roar"
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 17, 2006
|
63%
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