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Norm Schrager

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Publications:
24 Frames Per Second , Filmcritic.com , Meet In The Lobby
Total Reviews:
249
Total QuickRatings:
2

Worst Reviewed Films

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1/5 6% The New Guy (2002) " When the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year, you'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence." — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 9, 2002
1/5 3% Rollerball (2002) " Klein, charming in comedies like American Pie and dead-on in Election, delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 7, 2002
1/5 10% Slackers (2002) " How many knockoff attempts of There's Something About Mary must we suffer (including those by the Farrellys themselves)?" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 1, 2002
1.5/5 23% Angels Crest (2011) " a bare-bones affair for the cast and the audience." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 29, 2011
1.5/5 15% Sex and the City 2 (2010) " ... puffed-up epic-sized grotesquery" — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 28, 2010
1.5/5 59% Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) " ... sullies the do-it-yourself charm of the 2009 original, turning a single-camera video exercise into a cheap attempt at a franchise. " — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 21, 2010
1.5/5 55% Mao's Last Dancer (2010) " There's a surprising lack of craftsmanship in the true-life ballet drama Mao's Last Dancer, enough to practically negate what should be a powerful story" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Aug 19, 2010
1.5/5 13% The Informers (2009) " It's Los Angeles 1983 and everyone is vacant, vapid and soulless. Not unlike this movie." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2009
1.5/5 12% Couples Retreat (2009) " It's one bland scene after another, played at medium pace with middling creativity, punctuated with a near-desperate attempt at a laugh" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 8, 2009
1.5/5 29% Harold (2008) " confidently struts along, seemingly unaware of its lackluster script and distinct lack of professionalism." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 1, 2008
1.5/5 14% The Genius Club (2006) " a low-budget wannabe thriller that's anything but smart." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 30, 2007
1.5/5 12% The Messengers (2007) " maybe there's something positive about a horror film that doesn't go for the jugular, one a younger kid could see with a parent or older sibling. If only it weren't this bad." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 11, 2007
1.5/5 37% Keeping Up With The Steins (2006) " a stiff would-be comedy filled with talented stars and very few laughs." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 15, 2006
1.5/5 30% Finding Home (2003) " Thomas Wolfe may have been right when he said you can't go home again. But, in this case, you really shouldn't." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 25, 2006
1.5/5 7% Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) " Even the bloopers during the closing credits stink." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 24, 2005
1.5/5 21% Septem8er Tapes (2004) " a sad case of indie filmmakers who want to do something vital and lasting, but execute so poorly as to make their work merely forgettable" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 16, 2004
1.5/5 25% Masked And Anonymous (2003) " self-serving hyper-idealized drivel" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 24, 2003
1.5/5 47% Final Destination 2 (2003) " They've run the idea to staleness with only two films." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 30, 2003
1.5/5 11% The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002) Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 13, 2003
1.5/5 —— One Eyed King (2001) Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 26, 2002
1.5/5 23% Domestic Disturbance (2001) " Call it what you will, but just avoid calling it out loud while standing at your local theater box office." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 2, 2001
1.5/5 77% Tape (2001) " A failure of a low-budget project if ever there was one." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 6, 2001
1.5/5 19% Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (2001) " If it's just a hot babe wearing a closet-full of tight shirts, this movie just might do. But if it's Tomb Raider you really want, keep your Playstation plugged in." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 15, 2001
1.5/5 20% Down to Earth (2001) " We know [Rock] can bring smarts and laughs. Just not here." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 15, 2001
1.5/5 76% The Contender (2000) " The primary problem is that Lurie just can't direct. He rushes and bumps through his somewhat appealing script in the first half." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
2/5 25% Autoerotic (2011) " ... the presentation isn't necessarily funny or mature enough to inspire the laughs that Autoerotic appears to be shooting for (pardon me.)" — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 31, 2011
2/5 70% Beautiful Boy (2011) " The filmmakers are shooting for vulnerability and emotional desperation, but the set-up is too contrived and immature to feel whole. " — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 2, 2011
2/5 0% Brother's Justice (2011) " as any film school student will tell you, usually in hindsight, you need a script. " — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 12, 2011
2/5 43% Dinner for Schmucks (2010) " ... too much time spent on the borderline of smart and silly; the longer we're there, the more trying the attempt can feel." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 19, 2011
2/5 91% Kings of Pastry (2010) " We've got the passion. So where's the beauty? " — Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 17, 2010
2/5 18% Valentine's Day (2010) " bright and smiley, full of stars, wholly inoffensive%u2026 and as bland as a glass of milk." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 12, 2010
2/5 43% Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2010) " With such deliberately playful humor, you'd expect a livelier pace, but Galland's inexperience behind the camera shows." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 4, 2010
2/5 29% The Open Road (2009) " plays like a familiar checklist" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 17, 2009
2/5 36% Descent (2007) " "an exercise in human soullessness."" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Aug 9, 2007
2/5 45% Fay Grim (2007) " When it runs in circles... it exists only for the "art" and can be annoying as hell." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 27, 2007
2/5 38% The Girl from Monday (2005) " Not every shoestring indie needs to be energetic and edgy, but it could've really helped in this case" — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 16, 2005
2/5 52% The Notebook (2004) " performances can't lift the cursory, stagy dialogue out of the muck. " — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 23, 2004
2/5 64% My Life Without Me (2003) " insulting and irritating" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 15, 2003
2/5 30% Dreamcatcher (2003) " It does take a little while for Kasdan's adaptation to completely fall apart, so there are some decent shakes and scares along the way -- but nowhere near enough to make for a satisfying moviegoing experience." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 21, 2003
2/5 43% DysFunKtional Family (2003) " Even at a fairly trim 82 minutes, the film doesn't urge enough of that eyebrow-raising, doesn't provide nearly enough laughs and is sunk by its little 'cinematic' stunts." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 3, 2003
2/5 20% Knockaround Guys (2002) " Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets. Some of the characters die and others don't, and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson, and, really, nobody in the viewing audience cares." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 10, 2002
2/5 40% Some Body (2001) " Exists then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise." — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 8, 2002
2/5 32% Along Came a Spider (2001) " Flat and derivative." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 26, 2001
2/5 23% See Spot Run (2001) " The laughs are few and the comic action is a bore -- even the dog looks kind of fed up." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 5, 2001
2/5 21% The Invisible Circus (2001) " Lacks the cohesion needed to keep the viewer's interest." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 5, 2001
2/5 56% The Gift (2000) " A muddled thriller, filled with tired clichés and some of the worst casting in years." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 18, 2001
2/5 17% Passion of Mind (2000) Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
2.5/5 76% Rampart (2012) " When Moverman stays out the way, the action is plain, almost matter of fact. When he gets his camera moving in artificial ways, the action is practically neutered." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2011
2.5/5 72% The Adjustment Bureau (2011) " ... light suspense, basic action and a pedestrian treatment of a higher power. " — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 3, 2011
2.5/5 56% Trash Humpers (2010) " It?s tough to tell whether Harmony Korine feels his ideas are a giant artistic crapshoot or just crap." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 7, 2010
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