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F
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19%
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Cop Out (2010) |
"
Cop Out wouldn't be as disappointing if it hadn't been made by Smith, but for those who dig the vulgar wit of his early, funny films, it's not just stupid, it's sad."
—
Oregonian
Posted Feb 26, 2010
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D-
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7%
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Kaena - The Prophecy (Kaena: La prophétie) (2004) |
"
The animation in Kaena is so ham-fisted that it distracts even from the fairly tedious story."
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Oregonian
Posted Jul 30, 2004
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D
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47%
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The A-Team (2010) |
"
Neeson has played iconic roles, from Qui-Gon Jinn to Zeus, in a number of terrible films, but this may be his most embarrassing yet."
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Oregonian
Posted Jun 10, 2010
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D
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28%
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New In Town (2009) |
"
Reprehensible."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jan 30, 2009
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|
D
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24%
|
The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) |
"
[A] confused, morally queasy, self-important mess."
—
Oregonian
Posted May 2, 2008
|
|
D
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34%
|
Must Love Dogs (2005) |
"
This is one of those utterly generic films that could easily have been spat out by some over-the-counter screenwriting software."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jul 29, 2005
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D
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13%
|
Bigger Than the Sky (2005) |
"
The story is as predictable as it is saccharine. Apart from the presence of local landmarks, there's no reason the Rose City should be proud of this effort."
—
Oregonian
Posted Feb 18, 2005
|
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D
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15%
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White Chicks (2004) |
"
Worthless, tasteless and unfunny."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jun 25, 2004
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31%
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The Room (1998) |
"
Tommy Wiseau's film oozes sincerity, which is then slathered in a thick coating of oblivious narcissism, and sadly serves as an example that not everyone should follow their bliss."
—
Oregonian
Posted Aug 28, 2009
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29%
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Shrink (2009) |
"
[The characters'] fates, naturally, intertwine, with a resolution that could only occur in Hollywood."
—
Oregonian
Posted Aug 14, 2009
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15%
|
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie) (2005) |
"
All this star power goes for naught in Traeger's film, which tries to blend bucolic sweetness with juvenile let's-make-a-porno jokes."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jan 18, 2008
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|
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53%
|
The Hunting Party (2007) |
"
...the subject matter of fugitive war criminals in the former Yugoslavia doesn't mix well."
—
Oregonian
Posted Sep 21, 2007
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31%
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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) |
"
Fiction can sometimes be used to access a deeper truth than mere fact, but in this case all it does is obscure and confuse a fascinating life story."
—
Oregonian
Posted Nov 24, 2006
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84%
|
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"
... it should fit quite snugly next to the inoffensive music CDs in the coffee chain's countertop racks."
—
Oregonian
Posted Apr 28, 2006
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|
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31%
|
November (2005) |
"
A post-Memento, mess-with-your-head thriller that thinks it's much cleverer than it is."
—
Oregonian
Posted Aug 26, 2005
|
|
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41%
|
A Lot Like Love (2005) |
"
A Lot Like Love is, well, a lot like many other movies. It's also a lot like having your eyeballs seared by a propane flame -- in a bad way."
—
Oregonian
Posted Apr 22, 2005
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|
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38%
|
Meet The Fockers (2004) |
"
If it weren't for the talent level involved onscreen, Meet the Fockers would be about as entertaining as a rerun of Dharma and Greg."
—
Oregonian
Posted Dec 24, 2004
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|
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53%
|
Spanglish (2004) |
"
It plays like an after-school special most of the time and contains some weird indication of being cobbled together."
—
Oregonian
Posted Dec 17, 2004
|
|
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63%
|
Stage Beauty (2004) |
"
Stage Beauty becomes too much of a paean to the grand Art of Acting, Life in the Theatah, and all that."
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 22, 2004
|
|
|
51%
|
Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) |
"
A case of preaching to the choir."
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 22, 2004
|
|
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48%
|
Silver City (2004) |
"
Silver City is nowhere near Sayles at his best."
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 8, 2004
|
|
|
15%
|
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"
Armed with a cliche-ridden script and a gaggle of unconvincing performers, the result comes off more like an Ernest Hemingway letter to the Penthouse Forum than a revival of Hollywood magic."
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 8, 2004
|
|
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30%
|
The Forgotten (2004) |
"
Moore acquits herself admirably, though it's frustrating to see this talented actress stuck in such a generic piece."
—
Oregonian
Posted Sep 24, 2004
|
|
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20%
|
Thunderbirds (2004) |
"
A preteen audience unfamiliar with the glorious original probably would find this effort diverting enough."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jul 30, 2004
|
|
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34%
|
The United States of Leland (2004) |
"
A frustrating and disturbing mishmash of vague philosophical noodling, which even the best-chosen cast can't imbue with zip."
—
Oregonian
Posted Apr 9, 2004
|
|
|
17%
|
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"
It's Ocean's Eleven for people who can't count past six."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jan 29, 2004
|
|
|
36%
|
Radio (2003) |
"
All restraint was jettisoned when James Horner was hired to disgorge another of his tediously manipulative scores, attempting to provoke specific emotions with each note without ever bothering to hide his intentions."
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 24, 2003
|
|
|
12%
|
Cold Creek Manor (2003) |
"
Cobbled together from other sources without much thought to originality."
—
Oregonian
Posted Sep 19, 2003
|
|
|
54%
|
A Wedding for Bella (2003) |
"
The plot is straight off the shelf, the performances are television- caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jun 20, 2003
|
|
|
38%
|
Star Trek - Nemesis (2002) |
"
Even though it doesn't feel like an appropriate send-off, the lethargy of Star Trek: Nemesis is probably indication enough that the series should end here."
—
Oregonian
Posted Dec 13, 2002
|
|
|
34%
|
The Weight of Water (2001) |
"
A well-acted movie that simply doesn't gel."
—
Oregonian
Posted Nov 22, 2002
|
|
|
25%
|
Formula 51 (The 51st State) (2002) |
"
As sometimes occurs in unsupervised experiments, the result proves foul-smelling and potentially toxic."
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 18, 2002
|
|
D+
|
23%
|
Repo Men (2010) |
"
The presence of such a talented cast only makes the one-dimensionality of the characters and the unoriginality of the world they live in more of a shame."
—
Oregonian
Posted Mar 18, 2010
|
|
D+
|
26%
|
Ninja Assassin (2009) |
"
Humorless, pedestrian and overly flashback-laden, the film's only distinction is the over-the-top gore made possible by digital effects."
—
Oregonian
Posted Nov 29, 2009
|
|
D+
|
40%
|
Henry Poole Is Here (2008) |
"
Every so often there's a tabloid news story about the Virgin Mary seen in a piece of toast or Mother Teresa on a tortilla, and most of us equate them with Elvis sightings. This film is for the rest."
—
Oregonian
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
C-
|
22%
|
Darling Companion (2012) |
"
Perhaps the neurotic, self-entitled cluelessness on display, especially from Keaton's character, was meant to be amusing or gently satirical, but it's really just grating."
—
Oregonian
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
C-
|
43%
|
Blue Like Jazz (2012) |
"
The potential for an interesting story is high. Unfortunately, Miller's autobiographical tale, as told in "Blue Like Jazz," squanders this potential by failing to take place in a recognizably real world."
—
Oregonian
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
C-
|
20%
|
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (2011) |
"
The performances, often delivered for no good reason in awkwardly accented English, are almost universally wooden. And the film's overall message is an ode to sorority that's so saccharine as to be insulting."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jul 28, 2011
|
|
C-
|
32%
|
How Do You Know (2010) |
"
Brooks can rightly lay claim to a dizzying film and TV résumé, but an effort like this should be advertised as being "from the man who brought you 'Spanglish.'""
—
Oregonian
Posted Dec 16, 2010
|
|
C-
|
73%
|
Get Him to the Greek (2010) |
"
When one of the funniest moments in the comedy you've just made is the Paul Krugman cameo, you should wrap things up quickly."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jun 3, 2010
|
|
C-
|
26%
|
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) |
"
Most effective as a reminder that Williams' works emerged from a certain time and place, and to approach them from another is fraught with peril."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
|
C-
|
66%
|
The Blind Side (2009) |
"
Lewis' earlier and even better sports book, Moneyball, also is in a turbulent journey toward the big screen, but after this film, he may hope it never gets there."
—
Oregonian
Posted Nov 19, 2009
|
|
C-
|
——
|
Pig Hunt (2008) |
"
Despite the retro-dirt-track ambience of a Rob Zombie film, Pig Hunt comes off more like a SciFi Channel B movie."
—
Oregonian
Posted Apr 3, 2009
|
|
C-
|
36%
|
Transporter 3 (2008) |
"
What more could a bad-movie fan want?"
—
Oregonian
Posted Nov 25, 2008
|
|
C-
|
30%
|
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
"
The Children of Huang Shi is an old-fashioned story of courage and self-sacrifice in the face of war and deprivation. It's also sappy, boring and obvious."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
C-
|
26%
|
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"
Talky, didactic and essentially free of any real narrative..."
—
Oregonian
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
C-
|
31%
|
The Hottest State (2007) |
"
The passionate Mexican interlude, the Shakespearean pleas to yonder windows, and the naive, earnest pillow talk all melt into one self-indulgent, faux-hipstery soup."
—
Oregonian
Posted Sep 14, 2007
|
|
C-
|
67%
|
Everything's Gone Green (2007) |
"
Minor pleasures don't come close to compensating for a bloodless film that aims for wry but leaves you merely asking 'why?'"
—
Oregonian
Posted Apr 27, 2007
|
|
C-
|
45%
|
Nearing Grace (2005) |
"
[It] makes you feel like a heel for not liking it: Independently made and heartfelt, it also happens to have been shot in Portland. Nonetheless, the accumulation of cliches big and small manage to erase whatever goodwill its other features have engendered"
—
Oregonian
Posted Oct 13, 2006
|
|
C-
|
23%
|
Psychopathia Sexualis (2006) |
"
The turgid accumulation of tedious sex just bores."
—
Oregonian
Posted Jun 16, 2006
|
68%
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98%
