|
0/4
|
15%
|
Wild Hogs (2007) |
"
Perhaps it's not within the purview of a mere critic to question the judgment if not the sanity of Disney executives who green-lit this travesty, but who exactly did they envision to be the audience?"
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 2, 2007
|
|
0/4
|
29%
|
Tideland (2006) |
"
Pointless and an excruciating bore."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 27, 2006
|
|
0/4
|
5%
|
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) |
"
When lists of the 10 worst movies of 2006 start coming out, you'll know it's been a truly abominable year if Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector doesn't rate a slot near the top."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 28, 2006
|
|
0/4
|
37%
|
Dear Wendy (2005) |
"
For a film that explores the nuances of this complicated issue, I suggest you rent Gus Van Sant's Elephant."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 23, 2005
|
|
0/4
|
18%
|
Paparazzi (2004) |
"
A vigilante movie so sleazy and creepy it makes Death Wish look like a comedy."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 7, 2004
|
|
0.5/4
|
35%
|
Ask the Dust (2006) |
"
Farrell isn't living up to his hype. He's inheriting the mantle from Andy Garcia as the world's oldest promising newcomer."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 17, 2006
|
|
0.5/4
|
21%
|
The Deal (2005) |
"
Far from the real deal when it comes to even a modicum of plausibility on a politically hot topic."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jun 17, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
26%
|
Stay (2005) |
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Apr 4, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
25%
|
Nobel Son (2008) |
"
Nobel Son is a dreary little thriller that irritates more than it thrills."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Dec 5, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
51%
|
Good Dick (2008) |
"
Surely some of the young woman's porn videos would make better viewing."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 14, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
25%
|
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"
Nothing in this cynical bit of claptrap feels remotely real."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 24, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
50%
|
A Four Letter Word (2008) |
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
54%
|
Choke (2008) |
"
An annoying little film that attempts to be lascivious but is merely ludicrous."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 26, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
48%
|
Towelhead (2007) |
"
It is so disturbing it makes you uncomfortable watching it. For the price of admission, you become an unwilling voyeur."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 19, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
10%
|
Hell Ride (2008) |
"
The script, written by Bishop, barely makes sense. It lacks anything resembling wit, unless you think it amusing that these aging cyclists brag about needing their three B's -- bikes, beer and booty."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 8, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
79%
|
How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2008) |
"
Riedel reveals herself to be a novice filmmaker, especially in the pacing of most scenes."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 24, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
17%
|
Sleepwalking (2008) |
"
Sleepwalking is a slow-moving family drama guaranteed to induce a nap if not somnambulism."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 14, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
35%
|
Southland Tales (2007) |
"
The movie's failure to come together -- indeed to make sense for most of its 144 minutes, each one passing with the speed of molasses -- is a major disappointment."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 16, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
33%
|
Rails & Ties (2007) |
"
One highly unlikely circumstance after another become laughable, preventing you from being moved by the family tragedies depicted. They beg for tears, but a script this chock-full of holes is unlikely to elicit the desired effect."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
12%
|
The Salon (2007) |
"
After scripting both Barbershops, writer-director Mark Brown appears to have exhausted his ability to create new and interesting characters to inhabit The Salon."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted May 11, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
8%
|
The Reaping (2007) |
"
What could Swank really have done with such a cliche-ridden screenplay, except turn it down?"
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
8%
|
Premonition (2007) |
"
The convoluted setup doesn't produce a payoff worthy of the attention this film demands."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 16, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
19%
|
Two Weeks (2006) |
"
Attempts at black humor, although not unrealistic during such a trying time, fall flat. Far worse than not laughing at the jokes, you're unlikely to be moved to tears at sad moments."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 2, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
8%
|
Gray Matters (2007) |
"
[The characters'] goings-on are so implausible that you quickly lose patience with, and interest in, any of this motley crew, despite the best efforts of an attractive cast and the diversion of fabulous clothes and shots of a glistening New York skyline."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 23, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
54%
|
Seraphim Falls (2007) |
"
A Western short on dialogue and long on pomposity, is little more than an extended chase scene down a snow-filled mountaintop to a desert floor."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 9, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
4%
|
Happily N'ever After (2006) |
"
The movie's animators have been quoted saying they sought to give it a classic look. Cheesy would be more accurate."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jan 5, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
30%
|
Unaccompanied Minors (2006) |
"
Filmmaker Paul Feig has proven his creativity directing The Office and Freaks and Geeks (which he created). With Unaccompanied Minors, he piles on one unfunny gag after another, leaving little room for character development."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Dec 8, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
51%
|
The Fountain (2006) |
"
Like the time traveler at its center, it's all over the map."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 22, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
31%
|
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) |
"
The film takes enormous liberties by embellishing one small aspect of her life to the point of silliness."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 21, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
66%
|
Shortbus (2006) |
"
The film proves that nudity and unbridled sexuality alone are not enough to entertain."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 6, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
25%
|
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"
It would require a near-lethal injection of nitrous oxide to induce laughter."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 29, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
11%
|
All The King's Men (2006) |
"
It has a labored feel. The editing is choppy, allowing little of the film to flow naturally."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 22, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
——
|
Three Dollars (2006) |
"
Three Dollars, a depressing muddle of a film from Australia, isn't likely to cause a stampede to purchase the award-winning novel on which it is based."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 8, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
22%
|
The Quiet (2006) |
"
A creepy family drama that reeks of pretentiousness."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
20%
|
Step Up (2006) |
"
A lot of movies are derivative. What makes Step Up particularly dispiriting is that it has almost nothing fresh to add."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 12, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
26%
|
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2006) |
"
With words streaming out of their mouths instead of into bubbles, Ethan and his gang of past, present and future lovers sound laughingly unbelievable."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jun 30, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
24%
|
Autumn (2006) |
"
A colossal misfire, a tedious film noir wannabe."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jun 23, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
31%
|
The Promise (Master of Crimson Armor) (Wu ji) (2005) |
"
Laden with a plot that could generously be called silly or, less forgivingly, stupid, it never achieves lift-off despite numerous scenes of warriors doing battle in midair."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted May 5, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
7%
|
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) |
"
What Basic Instinct 2 is missing, besides any of the trashy good fun of the original, is a subtitle. Here's a suggestion: A Girl's Guide to Dressing for Her Shrink."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 31, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
26%
|
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) |
"
Family Reunion doesn't know if it wants to be a comedy or a drama and ends up as mostly a melodrama with scenes that would be embarrassing on a soap opera."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 27, 2006
|
|
|
7%
|
Date Movie (2006) |
"
A lame pastiche of Hollywood romances."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 21, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
39%
|
End of the Spear (2006) |
"
Too bad this sincere but inept movie doesn't do justice to any of the real people whose powerful story it tells."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jan 20, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
6%
|
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) |
"
Everything in the film is totally predictable."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 23, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
20%
|
Derailed (2005) |
"
[Derailed has] a ludicrous script whose twists and turns are laughably obvious or just plain laughable."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 11, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
70%
|
Sex Is Comedy (2004) |
"
Annoying, soporific and, despite its title, singularly humorless."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Dec 24, 2004
|
|
1/4
|
0%
|
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) |
"
Whatever wit could be mined from the idea of breaking the code to baby talk was exhausted in the original Baby Geniuses five years ago."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 27, 2004
|
|
1/4
|
33%
|
What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004) |
"
A ponderous documentary."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 23, 2004
|
|
1/4
|
43%
|
Twentynine Palms (2004) |
"
Muddled."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jun 18, 2004
|
|
1/4
|
44%
|
Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants) (2004) |
"
It stretches to the snapping point the French tendency to forgive lovers' transgressions, while presenting as love interests a pair of cretins whose casual cruelty and immature antics render them entirely loathsome."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted May 28, 2004
|
|
1/4
|
34%
|
The United States of Leland (2004) |
"
Besides being puffed up with its importance, it's also inert and totally implausible -- one of those movies where nobody behaves in a way that seems remotely human."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Apr 9, 2004
|
62%
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