|
0/4
|
9%
|
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) |
"
Good for Schneider that he was able to bilk a major Hollywood studio out of an estimated $20 million to make this reeking bucket of sewage. Bad for anyone who has the misfortune of seeing it."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 12, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
71%
|
Paul (2011) |
"
Most of it crash-lands."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Mar 17, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
33%
|
Morning Light (2008) |
"
Morning Light fails as film or TV. It's essentially a vanity project for sailing enthusiast Roy E. Disney."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Nov 7, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
14%
|
All Roads Lead Home (2008) |
"
It's not that the film is too complicated, it's just unwieldy."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Sep 26, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
13%
|
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) |
"
This sequel is inferior even to its predecessors (three, if you count the prequel The Scorpion King), themselves poor versions of the George Lucas-Steven Spielberg franchise."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 1, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
16%
|
Jumper (2008) |
"
Jumper is a special effect in search of a movie."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Feb 14, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
14%
|
Hitman (2007) |
"
Hitman is another cynical attempt to make some cash off the gaming crowd, but gamers arenā(TM)t stupid. This is a film thatā(TM)s made for someone who finds word balloons in comic books too complicated."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Nov 21, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
37%
|
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) |
"
Alert readers spotting similarities to Willy Wonka should now reward themselves with a handful of Everlasting Gobstoppers."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Nov 16, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
14%
|
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) |
"
When you're more intrigued by the appearance of Richard Chamberlain than the film's final courtroom denouement, you know this union of movie and moviegoer was doomed from the start."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
1/4
|
47%
|
The Holiday (2006) |
"
[Director Nancy Meyers] hits all the notes of the chick-flick formula -- heartbreak, ice cream, Aretha Franklin -- but she never creates a melody."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 8, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
16%
|
Underworld: Evolution (2006) |
"
So this is what eternal damnation feels like."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jan 20, 2006
|
|
1/4
|
10%
|
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"
Charlize Theron has her Oscar. Now she has her Catwoman."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 2, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
25%
|
Bewitched (2005) |
"
Instead of smart commentary on the state of entertainment, we're given a mundane, risk-averse romantic comedy."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jun 28, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
14%
|
The Honeymooners (2005) |
"
Never rises above the level of a Friday night network sitcom."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jun 10, 2005
|
|
|
64%
|
Robots (2005) |
"
Robots is most like Polar Express. It may represent a new zenith for computer animation, but the uninspired story drags the film into obsolescence."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Mar 11, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
24%
|
Walking Tall (2004) |
"
At a too-short 86 minutes, the remake sacrifices exposition and coherence in the name of action. But when the action is lame, what's the freaking point?"
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Apr 2, 2004
|
|
|
53%
|
Blood Work (2002) |
"
Anyone who has consumed more than a handful of detective stories will get the 'whodunit' early on and be stranded with a protagonist who is lagging behind in a visually stale environment."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 9, 2002
|
|
|
53%
|
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) |
"
Technically, the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jan 25, 2002
|
|
1.5/4
|
23%
|
Van Helsing (2004) |
"
A two-hour bludgeoning that smacks more of grave-robbing than resurrection."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted May 7, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
49%
|
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) |
"
The camera work is frequently pedestrian, the acting is bland, and the jokes often fall flat."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Feb 12, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
50%
|
Notorious (2009) |
"
Notorious is slightly better than the average hip-hop biopic (50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' among them). But the Great American Hip-Hop Film is still out there somewhere, waiting to be told."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jan 16, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"
Continuing on this trajectory, the much-maligned funnyman probably will create yet another generation of fans. And maybe even another generation of haters."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 29, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
19%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
It's the finest 97-minute advertisement for Yoda underpants released this week."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 14, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
32%
|
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (The X Files 2) (2008) |
"
While it's nice to drop in on Scully and Mulder again, moviegoers new to the franchise might have trouble drumming up empathy for this odd couple."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 25, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
56%
|
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) |
"
And as far as sermons go, it's a good one. You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 14, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
The Simpsons Movie was expected to raise the bar for animated film -- especially 2-D animation. Unfortunately, it's just another example of what could have been."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
72%
|
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"
Talladega is full of fun moments and funny performances that are more engaging as bits than as a cohesive narrative."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 4, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
21%
|
You, Me and Dupree (2006) |
"
Dupree sustains its groove for the most part, and in this summer of bloated spectaculars, it feels tight. It may be silly, but it's a pleasant enough diversion."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 14, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
34%
|
The Break-Up (2006) |
"
While the situations are real and the dialogue is authentic, "The Break-Up" is mundane and trite."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jun 2, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
79%
|
Brick (2006) |
"
More than a novelty and it's occasionally mesmerizing, but without the affectation of dialogue, it hardly rises above after-school special."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jun 1, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
57%
|
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) |
"
Parents forced by unruly ankle-biters to spend an afternoon at the multiplex could do worse than Ice Age: The Meltdown (Valiant, anyone?). But if kids could be persuaded to wait a few months for the DVD, it wouldn't be the end of the world."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Mar 31, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
44%
|
She's the Man (2006) |
"
She's the Man, based on the Bard's changing-room farce Twelfth Night, is a decent little piffle well-suited for boy-crazy fifth-graders."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Mar 17, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
17%
|
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"
50? Well, as an actor he's a great rapper. His inexperience shows."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Nov 9, 2005
|
|
2/4
|
13%
|
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) |
"
Mindless piffle."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 5, 2005
|
|
2/4
|
82%
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"
Lacks a creative spark."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 15, 2005
|
|
2/4
|
27%
|
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"
A human rubber band, a transparent woman, a guy on fire, a walking rock pile, and a guy named Doom seem perfectly plausible in the funny books.On the big screen, not so much."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 8, 2005
|
|
2/4
|
56%
|
Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
"
A shell game without a pea."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 10, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
42%
|
Two Weeks Notice (2002) |
"
While the ending is a foregone conclusion, the journey is more clever than cute."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 20, 2002
|
|
3/4
|
37%
|
Mars Needs Moms (2011) |
"
A fun, all-ages space adventure."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Mar 11, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
The Hangover (2009) |
"
If there is any justice in the universe, The Hangover will make Zach Galifianakis a household name."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jun 5, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
62%
|
Changeling (2008) |
"
The film slowly and deliberately builds a head of righteous indignation; along the way it becomes a sort of feminist fable."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Oct 30, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) |
"
That Kit largely succeeds is testament to not only its timing but also its craft."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jul 2, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
52%
|
Leatherheads (2008) |
"
"Zellweger's Lexie isn't some silly sexpot or spoiled simp; she's a thoroughly modern moll.""
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
34%
|
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) |
"
Some of Book of Secrets is quite ridiculous, but in a film that plays fast and loose with history and reality, nothing is impossible."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 21, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
74%
|
The Mist (2007) |
"
If you ever want to produce an adaptation of a Stephen King story, call Frank Darabont."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Nov 21, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
49%
|
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"
Matthew McConaughey is the MVP of We Are Marshall."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 22, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
40%
|
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"
Jared Hess has made another sweet PG-rated movie populated with determined oddballs in surreally timeless settings. "
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Jun 16, 2006
|
|
|
40%
|
The Ringer (2005) |
"
The Ringer is often predictable, frequently offensive and occasionally boring, but its heart is in exactly the right place."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Dec 27, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
58%
|
Last Days (2005) |
"
This is not a mainstream film. It's an impressionistic, minimalist anti-movie that attempts to discover an existential truth by showing next to nothing."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Aug 12, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2004) |
"
The die-hards will dig it, and those who skipped its initial run should greater enjoy their first trip through the cellar door of Donnie's universe."
—
Kansas City Star
Posted Sep 9, 2004
|
68%
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