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(CNN.com) Paul Clinton

(CNN.com) Paul Clinton

Agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

Publications:
Boxoffice Magazine , CNN.com , USA Today
Critics' Group:
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
351

Worst Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
72% Bubble (2006) " At times it's so mind-numbingly dull, it becomes funny. But it's not a feature film. I'm not really sure what it is." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 27, 2006
61% The New World (2005) " Watching The New World is like watching a snail cross an eight-lane highway." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 20, 2006
51% The Producers (2005) " This isn't a movie. It's a Broadway musical captured on film." — CNN.com
Posted Dec 16, 2005
88% Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) " Frankly, the entire film felt like the cinematic version of Hamburger Helper -- too little meat trying to do too much." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 18, 2005
61% Jarhead (2005) " As a study of one man's war experience, Jarhead has its moments. But if you want a great movie about the Gulf War, rent David O. Russell's Three Kings." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 4, 2005
68% North Country (2005) " If you want to see good performances and cinematography wasted in a mediocre movie, that would be North Country." — CNN.com
Posted Oct 21, 2005
6% A Sound of Thunder (2005) " Watching A Sound of Thunder could possibly lower your IQ into the single digits." — CNN.com
Posted Sep 2, 2005
37% The Brothers Grimm (2005) " What we have here isn't a movie, it's a coffee-table book." — CNN.com
Posted Aug 26, 2005
13% The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) " The storyline is so dumb and predictable it wouldn't have even made the grade for an episode of the original TV series." — CNN.com
Posted Aug 5, 2005
34% Must Love Dogs (2005) " Calling it a dog is an insult to canines." — CNN.com
Posted Jul 29, 2005
10% House of D (2004) " David Duchovny claims he wrote the screenplay for House of D in only six days. It shows." — CNN.com
Posted Apr 15, 2005
20% The Pacifier (2005) " Without doubt the worst film of the year so far, The Pacifier is actually painful to watch." — CNN.com
Posted Mar 4, 2005
13% Hide and Seek (2005) " Hide and Seek really isn't a suspense thriller at all. It's a mystery movie. It's always a mystery when highly talented people commit the time and effort to a film that is so obviously mediocre." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 28, 2005
38% Meet The Fockers (2004) " [Hoffman and Streisand] make a wonderful team, but it's too bad the material isn't fresher and more worth their time and yours." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 15, 2005
16% Alexander (2004) " A ponderous death march of a story that seemingly never ends." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 23, 2004
56% The Polar Express (2004) " Those human characters in the film come across as downright ... well, creepy. So The Polar Express is at best disconcerting, and at worst, a wee bit horrifying." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 10, 2004
7% Surviving Christmas (2004) " It's just in time for Halloween, and it is a scary movie. Unfortunately it's supposed to be a comedy." — CNN.com
Posted Oct 22, 2004
46% Shall We Dance (2004) " Its missteps turn the delicate footwork of the original into a clunky thud." — CNN.com
Posted Oct 15, 2004
86% Collateral (2004) " A suspense thriller with little real suspense and few thrills." — CNN.com
Posted Aug 6, 2004
60% The Terminal (2004) " The first 45 minutes or so are interesting, as we learn about Hanks' character and his unusual situation. Then the whole thing takes a nose dive and never recovers." — CNN.com
Posted Jun 17, 2004
29% The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) " A big, cheesy sci-fi flick tailor-made for a young male audience looking for things that go boom." — CNN.com
Posted Jun 11, 2004
45% The Day After Tomorrow (2004) " I know disaster flicks rarely make a whole lot of sense, but this film seems to go out of its way to be stupid." — CNN.com
Posted May 27, 2004
55% Troy (2004) " There is a lot of guts and glory here, but not a lot of heart." — CNN.com
Posted May 14, 2004
18% Laws of Attraction (2004) " It tries to emulate the great Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn classics, but ends up a pale copy." — CNN.com
Posted Apr 29, 2004
41% Jersey Girl (2004) " It's way too tame for Smith's hardcore fans -- they'll probably hate every minute of it -- and not solid enough to draw new admirers." — CNN.com
Posted Mar 25, 2004
14% Welcome To Mooseport (2004) " A tremendous waste of Academy Award-caliber talent." — CNN.com
Posted Feb 20, 2004
44% 50 First Dates (2004) " This pedestrian pic starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore never gets out of neutral, and should have been left in park -- back in the junkyard." — CNN.com
Posted Feb 12, 2004
16% The Big Bounce (2004) " Director George Armitage and screenwriter Sebastian Gutierrez have managed to hit every wrong note possible with this heavy-handed tale ..." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 29, 2004
33% The Butterfly Effect (2004) " Overwrought, over-the-top, ham-fisted potboiler." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 22, 2004
11% Dr. Seuss - The Cat in the Hat (2003) " It's perfect for parents looking for harmless entertainment to keep the young ones engaged during the holidays, but less than perfect for anyone else." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 21, 2003
36% The Matrix Revolutions (2003) " The special effects are spectacular, and the final attacks on Zion are amazing -- too long, but amazing. But the emotional impact of this movie is zilch." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 4, 2003
7% Gigli (2003) " A huge waste of celluloid." — CNN.com
Posted Jul 31, 2003
10% Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) " If you think it's funny, you may just be 'special' too." — CNN.com
Posted Jun 13, 2003
35% The In-Laws (2003) " One of those films where you can tell everyone had a great time making it, but most of the fun was left on the sound stage floor." — CNN.com
Posted May 23, 2003
74% The Matrix Reloaded (2003) " Ultimately, all the razzle-dazzle becomes mind-numbingly repetitive and drains the film of any tension involving the main players." — CNN.com
Posted May 14, 2003
31% The Hunted (2003) " The new psychological thriller The Hunted, proves once again that even performances by two Academy Award-winning actors -- in this case Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro -- can't save a misconceived, misguided project and a one-note premise." — CNN.com
Posted Mar 13, 2003
34% Bringing Down The House (2003) " Diehard fans of any of these stars [Martin, Latifah, Levy, Plowright and White] may be amused -- the movie is, at times, an amusing diversion -- but most will probably find it wanting." — CNN.com
Posted Mar 6, 2003
19% The Life of David Gale (2003) " Parker and screenwriter Charles Randolph throw plausibility to the wind at every turn, and every emotional moment feels contrived." — CNN.com
Posted Feb 21, 2003
60% Old School (2003) " Old School doesn't even deserve to go to video and DVD. This film should go straight to landfill." — CNN.com
Posted Feb 20, 2003
43% The Recruit (2003) " The Recruit is not a bad film, it's just not a very good one." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 30, 2003
24% A Guy Thing (2003) " A classic case of a bad, bad movie happening to perfectly good actors." — CNN.com
Posted Jan 16, 2003
27% Analyze That (2002) " De Niro and Crystal are capable of being a great comedic team, but just like any other actors they're only as good as the script -- and this one is decidedly underwelming." — CNN.com
Posted Dec 5, 2002
59% Die Another Day (2002) " There's a heavy stench of 'been there, done that' hanging over the film. It's everything you'd expect -- but nothing more." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 22, 2002
57% Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) " There are no romance, no humor, ultimately nobody to care about in this oddly sterile movie." — CNN.com
Posted Nov 15, 2002
33% The Truth About Charlie (2002) " No matter how you slice it, Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton are not Hepburn and Grant, two cinematic icons with chemistry galore." — CNN.com
Posted Oct 25, 2002
5% Swept Away (2002) " Neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment. Still, it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered." — CNN.com
Posted Oct 10, 2002
41% The Four Feathers (2002) " Unfortunately, this epic saga, so grounded in Victorian manners, has not aged well." — CNN.com
Posted Sep 19, 2002
51% Simone (S1m0ne) (2002) " Simone is not a bad film. It just doesn't have anything really interesting to say." — CNN.com
Posted Aug 23, 2002
83% Road to Perdition (2002) " Feels strangely hollow at its emotional core." — CNN.com
Posted Jul 11, 2002
22% Mr. Deeds (2002) " If you're over 25, have an IQ over 90, and have a driver's license, you should be able to find better entertainment." — CNN.com
Posted Jun 27, 2002
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