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0/5
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——
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Creating Karma (2009) |
"
A picture so emotionally, comically and, yes, karmically out of touch with the real world -- not to mention the sheer basics of filmmaking -- that watching it feels as if you're being Punk'd, movie-style."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 16, 2009
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0.5/5
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——
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Monday Morning (2012) |
"
Movies don't come much worse than "Monday Morning," a rambling, incoherent, ineptly assembled mess..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
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1/5
|
0%
|
Reuniting The Rubins (2012) |
"
A frantic, badly constructed, slightly offensive muddle that doesn't so much end as run out of things on a checklist."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 22, 2012
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1/5
|
18%
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A Warrior's Heart (2011) |
"
A ho-hum drama whose many moving parts feel decidedly recycled."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
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1/5
|
——
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In Search of God (2011) |
"
[A] painfully inept, mercifully short documentary."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 23, 2011
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1/5
|
——
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First Dog (2011) |
"
Dolly Parton provides three original songs that suitably match this spottily acted picture's corn and treacle."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 16, 2011
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1/5
|
——
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The Putt Putt Syndrome (2011) |
"
After watching the leaden comedy "The Putt Putt Syndrome," you actually might understand less about marriage than you did going in."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 2, 2011
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1/5
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——
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Devolved () |
"
Cregan covers the basics of character, situation and theme here but never finds his comic footing, resulting in a debut feature that's more tired than inspired."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 3, 2011
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|
1/5
|
88%
|
Inspector Bellamy (2010) |
"
A sadly bland footnote to an illustrious and influential career."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 9, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
0%
|
Nutcracker in 3D (2010) |
"
Your Thanksgiving turkey has arrived on schedule and it's called "The Nutcracker in 3D.""
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 23, 2010
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1/5
|
15%
|
The Romantics (2010) |
"
Proves unsatisfying not only because of its unlikable characters and often contrived conflicts but for the thoroughly implausible bride and groom at its core."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 9, 2010
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|
1/5
|
9%
|
Happiness Runs (2010) |
"
An astoundingly bad memory piece that blows its potential dramatic heft at every turn."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 13, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
——
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Victory Day (2009) |
"
Led by the affectless, monotone Ramsay, the cast is laughably bad, making the whole enterprise seem like a Saturday Night Live version of The Bourne Identity, as helmed by Ed Wood."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 5, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
18%
|
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) |
"
Satire aside, what the oddball folks here never feel is real, despite the filmmakers' claims of autobiographical parallels."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 30, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
17%
|
This Beautiful City (2007) |
"
Gass-Donnelly tricks up this phony baloney with nervous camerawork and editing while also stranding his actors with scads of second-rate dialogue. A bad time is had by all."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 28, 2009
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|
1/5
|
——
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That Game of Chess (2009) |
"
So unconvincingly played and poorly crafted that it's checkmate from the first move."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 3, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
——
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Circulation (2008) |
"
Cheesy visual effects involving, apparently, spiders and caterpillars round out the ineptitude."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 7, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
——
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P.J. () |
"
P.J. is an unconvincing drama saddled with dime-store psychology and a clunky inspirational message."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 7, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
5%
|
College (2008) |
"
A tedious, by-the-numbers raunch-fest that exists strictly because it can."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
31%
|
Midnight Eagle (Middonaito Îguru) (2007) |
"
A stupor-inducing, would-be thriller from Japan whose sporadic action and inept storytelling is as generic as its title."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 7, 2007
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|
|
——
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Chain Link (2008) |
"
The writer-director's self-described emphasis on "performance over perfection in image" nets mixed results."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 20, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
85%
|
2 Days in Paris (2007) |
"
Simply put, it's the worst film I've seen in ages."
—
Reel.com
Posted Sep 22, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
18%
|
Grandma's Boy (2006) |
"
It's a one-line pitch in search of an actual script. And, given how difficult it is to sell a screenplay to a studio, much less get it made, it's really sad to see something this lazy and meager actually work its way through the system."
—
Reel.com
Posted Jan 9, 2006
|
|
1.5/5
|
——
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Nothing Special (2011) |
"
Badly paced, ineptly written and filled with superfluous moments, the film is further hindered by awkward performances."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
44%
|
The Catechism Cataclysm (2011) |
"
A grating and witless would-be spoof of religion, male-bonding and, it seems, horror movies."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
0%
|
Brother's Justice (2011) |
"
Better to revisit such memorable Hollywood satires as "The Big Picture" or "For Your Consideration" before indulging Shepard's uninspired whimsy."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 12, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
41%
|
Footprints (2011) |
"
This often risible head-scratcher never cracks the surface of its muddled ambitions, largely wasting its iconic settings on a series of motley interactions, Tinseltown trivia and self-conscious philosophizing."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 14, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
80%
|
Ticked-off Trannies With Knives (2010) |
"
It's as if writer-director Israel Luna hatched a startling title and then flailed around trying to match its minor promise."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 21, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
9%
|
My Soul to Take (2010) |
"
A thrill-free snooze that will certainly rank as one of the least -- if not the least -- effective entries in Craven's nearly 40-year canon of cinematic shockers."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 15, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
——
|
Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) |
"
A hugely well-meaning but painfully inept melodrama."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
71%
|
Loren Cass (2006) |
"
It's tedious, dispiriting stuff."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
30%
|
The Final Destination (2009) |
"
[A] silly and predictable fourth installment in the lucrative thriller series about pretty young people attempting to cheat death."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 1, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
29%
|
Shrink (2009) |
"
Director Jonas Pate and screenwriter Thomas Moffett have turned this strongly cast, potentially smart tale of personal intersection among a mostly rarefied group of Los Angelenos into an irritating and unconvincing slog."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
0%
|
C Me Dance (2009) |
"
It's fine to know your audience and cater to its entertainment needs, but even the most devout viewer subjected to Robbins' ham-fisted film might think, "OK, now tell me something I don't already know.""
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 3, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
0%
|
Super Capers (2009) |
"
Super Capers begins as a campy tribute to comic book heroes and their 1960s and '70s TV incarnations, but quickly descends into an ineptly paced, toothless lampoon of sci-fi and fantasy films."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 20, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
31%
|
While She Was Out (2008) |
"
Writer-director Susan Montford eschews all plot and character development for the hackneyed action scenes and grade-Z dialogue, while struggling to stretch the paper-thin story into a feature length film."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 12, 2008
|
|
1.5/5
|
——
|
The Neighbor (2007) |
"
Modine does what he can to sell the flimsy premise, but he's so hamstrung by Eddie O'Flaherty and J.P. Davis' sketchy script -- not to mention by O'Flaherty's clumsy direction -- that it's a losing battle."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 8, 2008
|
|
1.5/5
|
50%
|
Dirty Laundry (2006) |
"
Overwritten and under-directed by Maurice Jamal, the movie contains several honest moments but remains too awash in clichà (C)s and stereotypes to take seriously."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 7, 2007
|
|
C-
|
43%
|
Bella (Beauty) (2006) |
"
A sweet, life-affirming picture, but it's just not authentic or captivating enough to justify its wildly concocted scenario."
—
Baltimore Sun
Posted Oct 26, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
10%
|
Moving McAllister (2007) |
"
Though Moving McAllister's heart and soul are in the right place, it's a terrible excuse for a movie."
—
Reel.com
Posted Sep 14, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
59%
|
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) |
"
Note to anyone who stumbles into this snoozefest: forget about taking the stairs-head straight for the nearest exit."
—
Reel.com
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
7%
|
License to Wed (2007) |
"
The worst idea for a studio comedy since last year's equally dreadful Failure to Launch."
—
Reel.com
Posted Jul 3, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
68%
|
Hard Candy (2006) |
"
Not only arch and preposterous but a serious con job to boot."
—
Reel.com
Posted Apr 14, 2006
|
|
1.5/4
|
25%
|
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"
It's the lamest idea for a romantic comedy in recent memory, as well as one of the sorriest star vehicles in ages."
—
Reel.com
Posted Mar 10, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
19%
|
Mansome (2012) |
"
There's no real center to the film's potentially insightful topic, with Spurlock never zeroing in on a cohesive message."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
Nesting (2012) |
"
Writer-director John Chuldenko stretches a sitcom episode premise to feature-length breaking point in "Nesting.""
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
43%
|
Blue Like Jazz (2012) |
"
An overlong mishmash of coming-of-age comedy, social satire and spiritual think-piece whose ultimate stance on religion feels awfully fuzzy."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Iranian Taboo (2012) |
"
A crucial civil rights issue receives dull, inelegant scrutiny in "Iranian Taboo"..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 23, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
Angels Crest (2011) |
"
Catherine Trieschmann's script, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, barely scratches the potentially loaded surfaces it serves up."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
9%
|
Answers to Nothing (2011) |
"
There's a lack of real conclusiveness to many of the film's characters and situations."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
63%
——
97%
