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0/4
|
28%
|
Kingdom Come (2001) |
"
An offensive portrait of an extended African-American family featuring a roster of characters portrayed without respect, affection, humor, or anything resembling good taste."
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Posted Apr 11, 2001
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|
0/4
|
8%
|
Valentine (2001) |
"
The only reason to see this atrocity is if you want your significant other to terminate the relationship because of your terrible taste in films."
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Reel.com
Posted Feb 2, 2001
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|
0/4
|
63%
|
Chocolat (2000) |
"
Suggests that all a person needs to liberate their soul, forget all the wrongs done to them, and become happy is a piece of candy. It's that simplistic and that stupid."
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Reel.com
Posted Dec 22, 2000
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|
0.5/4
|
42%
|
The Majestic (2001) |
"
Never stirring, never funny, never romantic, and never less than stultifying."
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Reel.com
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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|
0.5/4
|
43%
|
Evolution (2001) |
"
The director takes a step backwards with Evolution, relying on potty humor and special effects to cover a dim-witted and derivative plot."
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Reel.com
Posted Jun 8, 2001
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|
0.5/4
|
37%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2001) |
"
The results are odious."
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Reel.com
Posted Apr 20, 2001
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0.5/4
|
7%
|
Lost Souls (2000) |
"
Dumber than Stigmata, murkier-looking than The Crow, and about as scary as C.H.U.D."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
0.5/4
|
43%
|
Center Stage (2000) |
"
While it seems like Hytner was aiming for something like Fame, the end result is more like a nudity-free Showgirls for the pre-teen set."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
1/4
|
78%
|
8 Women (8 Femmes) (2002) |
"
The result is shrill and charmless."
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Reel.com
Posted Sep 20, 2002
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1/4
|
34%
|
I Am Sam (2001) |
"
More simple-minded than the grade-school primers Penn's character obsessively reads, more manipulative than Fox News' wartime coverage, offers more product placement than Cast Away, and feels twice as long as Reds."
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Reel.com
Posted Dec 28, 2001
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|
1/4
|
54%
|
Bully (2001) |
"
Clark doesn't want to portray disaffected youth honestly; he wants to ogle young flesh."
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Reel.com
Posted Jul 13, 2001
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|
1/4
|
6%
|
Pavilion of Women (2001) |
"
Viewers have to wade through many embarrassing moments (and performances)."
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Reel.com
Posted May 4, 2001
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|
1/4
|
21%
|
Wild Wild West (1999) |
"
An almost complete waste of time, talent, money, and giant mechanical spiders."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
1/4
|
51%
|
Cecil B. Demented (2000) |
"
A film that's as ill-conceived as the movies it mocks."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
1.5/4
|
9%
|
Darkness Falls (2003) |
"
There's a lot that's familiar in Darkness Falls, and not much that's good."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 23, 2003
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|
1.5/4
|
50%
|
The Emperor's Club (2002) |
"
Let's issue a moratorium, effective immediately, on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate."
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Reel.com
Posted Nov 21, 2002
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|
1.5/4
|
17%
|
Abandon (2002) |
"
Gaghan never manages to create any significant suspense nor give any of the plot's red herrings enough color to make them worth considering."
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Reel.com
Posted Oct 18, 2002
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|
1.5/4
|
5%
|
Swept Away (2002) |
"
This remake of Lina Wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero."
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Reel.com
Posted Oct 10, 2002
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|
1.5/4
|
38%
|
Pumpkin (2002) |
"
The film is too timid to offend or amuse."
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Reel.com
Posted Jun 28, 2002
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|
1.5/4
|
60%
|
Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
"
It's only occasionally funny, it's exceedingly aimless, and the newly added subsidiary personalities have no substance."
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Reel.com
Posted Sep 14, 2001
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|
1.5/4
|
71%
|
Baby Boy (2001) |
"
The subject is certainly worthy, but Singleton's script is too repetitive, pedantic, and protracted to do it justice."
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Reel.com
Posted Jun 26, 2001
|
|
1.5/4
|
74%
|
Finding Forrester (2000) |
"
A simplistic, irritating, and often ridiculous travesty posing as a feel-good movie."
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Reel.com
Posted Dec 20, 2000
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|
1.5/4
|
68%
|
Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
"
The Danish director has made an incredibly dour, music-tinged drama that might break some hearts, but just made me want to break things."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
1.5/4
|
34%
|
Woman on Top (2000) |
"
Its whimsicality is forced, its attempts at cross-cultural humor are tired, and some of the acting is flat-out terrible."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
1.5/4
|
68%
|
Unbreakable (2000) |
"
M. Night Shyamalan attempts a more ambitious scheme with his latest effort, but, in a shocking misjudgement, he includes a lugubrious plot explication that leads to heavy-lidded eyes and unintentional laughs."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/4
|
79%
|
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
"
An odd, haphazard, and inconsequential romantic comedy."
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Reel.com
Posted Oct 10, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
59%
|
Skins (2002) |
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Reel.com
Posted Sep 27, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
47%
|
Mad Love (Juana la Loca) (2002) |
"
Shame on writer/director Vicente Aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens, obsessive relationships, and rampant adultery so dull."
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Reel.com
Posted Aug 30, 2002
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|
2/4
|
67%
|
Sade (2000) |
"
The movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man."
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Reel.com
Posted Aug 8, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
71%
|
Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo) (2002) |
"
Instead of being truly erotic, like Y Tu Mama Tambien, or provocative, as with some of Catherine Breillat's work, Sex and Lucia is, quite simply, flaccid."
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Reel.com
Posted Jul 26, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
84%
|
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O. (2002) |
"
Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled, others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere."
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Reel.com
Posted Jun 28, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
20%
|
Circuit (2001) |
"
A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men."
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Reel.com
Posted Apr 26, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
49%
|
Human Nature (2002) |
"
The movie's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite, but the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness."
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Reel.com
Posted Apr 12, 2002
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|
2/4
|
29%
|
No Such Thing (2002) |
"
Constantly slips from the grasp of its maker."
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Reel.com
Posted Mar 29, 2002
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|
2/4
|
86%
|
El Hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) (2002) |
"
It's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground."
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Reel.com
Posted Mar 22, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Super Troopers (2002) |
"
While Super Troopers is above Academy standards, its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling."
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Reel.com
Posted Feb 15, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
46%
|
Orange County (2002) |
"
Though it is intermittently amusing, the movie unwisely chooses broad jokes over subtle humor, coy casting over talented actors, and forced feel-good moments over genuine emotion."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 10, 2002
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|
2/4
|
43%
|
Piñero (2002) |
"
Too scattered and problem-riddled to ever do its subject justice."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 6, 2002
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|
2/4
|
91%
|
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo) (2001) |
"
The slow pace and problematic exposition keep it from succeeding on any level."
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Reel.com
Posted Dec 14, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
47%
|
Life as a House (2001) |
"
In addition to the predictability problems, Life suffers from poor editing and a reluctance to portray the realities of construction."
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Reel.com
Posted Oct 26, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
71%
|
Bread and Tulips (2001) |
"
An unsurprising and leaden effort that doesn't even show off the beauty of this wondrous setting."
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Reel.com
Posted Sep 7, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
92%
|
Ghost World (2001) |
"
Belabored, smug, and unfocused."
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Reel.com
Posted Aug 3, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
65%
|
Bread and Roses (2001) |
"
Bread and Roses is not just a well-acted and moving drama about the plight of a group of Latino janitors; it's also a wake-up call to get our collective head out of the sand."
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Reel.com
Posted May 11, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
8%
|
The Forsaken (2001) |
"
Unoriginal but not terrible."
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Reel.com
Posted Apr 27, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
45%
|
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) |
"
An unsatisfactory melange of social-issues drama and mystery, hurt further by unbelievable characters and uneven performances."
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Reel.com
Posted Mar 2, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
70%
|
Series 7: The Contenders (2001) |
"
The script unfortunately compounds this fundamental problem with numerous unleavened ideas and characters, resulting in an overwhelmingly mediocre moviegoing experience."
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Reel.com
Posted Mar 1, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
39%
|
Hannibal (2001) |
"
Take away the blood-'n'-guts and the A-list actors, though, and Hannibal really has little to offer."
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Reel.com
Posted Feb 12, 2001
|
|
2/4
|
28%
|
Just One Time (2000) |
"
Instead of making people a little bit uncomfortable and poking holes in various sexual taboos, Janger's film floats past the eyes without leaving anything behind."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/4
|
73%
|
Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000) |
"
Water Drops must be seen as a failed experiment,"
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/4
|
43%
|
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) |
"
Besides the confused romantic subplot and the trite utterances of the title character, Leven never manages to disclose anything meaningful about golf itself."
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Reel.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
65%
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