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1/5
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19%
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Lay the Favorite (2012) |
"
What has happened to director Stephen Frears?"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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1/5
|
12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
[Cross] has a really bad temper, really big guns and really bad dialogue. He will use all of them excessively if pushed."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 18, 2012
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1/5
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26%
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2016: Obama's America (2012) |
"
The film is not after new insight; rather, it's intent on laying out the arguments of a man who has given the same lecture countless times. That makes for a sluggish film. Even its outrage falls flat."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 27, 2012
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1/5
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12%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) |
"
If only they were truly stranded on that desert island..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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1/5
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13%
|
W.E. (2012) |
"
"W.E.," Madonna's second go at directing a feature film, leaves one wishing she'd find other creative outlets for those times when she's bored with the pop-star life."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 9, 2011
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1/5
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12%
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Tanner Hall (2011) |
"
Allows room for a lot of thinking about other things - its cast most notably, since watching their struggle to move beyond the mundane is painful."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 8, 2011
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1/5
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23%
|
The Smurfs (2011) |
"
Even Neil Patrick Harris, who has proved he can save just about any sinking ship (see prime-time awards shows such as the Emmys or Tonys), cannot make this boat float."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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1/5
|
34%
|
The Hangover Part II (2011) |
"
Oh, what a headache-inducing, unapologetic money grab we have in "The Hangover Part II.""
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 26, 2011
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1/5
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10%
|
Little Fockers (2010) |
"
The sheer pleasure of the first film in 2000, already dimming by the time we got to "Meet the Fockers" four years later, has officially gone kaput."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 22, 2010
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1/5
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52%
|
The Next Three Days (2010) |
"
Haggis seems obsessed with making sure we "get it" in every scene. You can almost feel the hammer poised right above your head to pound the point home. Beyond that, the film is too long on exposition in some places, too short in others, never just right."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 18, 2010
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1/5
|
28%
|
Takers (2010) |
"
Even with all of the action, and with a few plot twists that are kinda cool, there's really not enough to Takers to make it worth your time."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 26, 2010
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1/5
|
13%
|
Our Family Wedding (2010) |
"
Instead of invitations, they should be sending out apologies for Our Family Wedding, a cake-and-kisses comedy that has disaster written all over it and not for the right reasons."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 12, 2010
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1/5
|
28%
|
Dear John (2010) |
"
There's no real depth or texture to the characters of any sort, sentimental or otherwise, and I say that as someone who can be brought to tears by a Hallmark commercial."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 4, 2010
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|
1/5
|
12%
|
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) |
"
Grant has never been less charming and Parker never less fashionable or more grating than they are as Paul and Meryl Morgan."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 18, 2009
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|
1/5
|
45%
|
The Box (2009) |
"
Have you ever actually tried watching paint dry? A sloth walk? Grass grow? You can have all the thrills with none of the chills courtesy of The Box, the painfully sluggish new sci-fi morality play from Donnie Darko creator Richard Kelly."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 5, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
12%
|
Pink Panther 2 (2009) |
"
There's a sort of desperation at work here."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 6, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
28%
|
New In Town (2009) |
"
The timing couldn't have been better for a romantic comedy with a love-among-the-financial-ruins theme to come along. But if you're looking for a welcome mat for New in Town, you won't find it here."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 30, 2009
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|
1.5/5
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
Pick up the book. It does a far better job of breathing life into this monochromatic new world than the film."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
30%
|
Broken City (2013) |
"
Nothing clicks, nothing resonates, everything's broken."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
It's a snooze."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
22%
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
"
Cute couple Kendrick and Crawford are completely lost at sea. But the guys in the Dudes Group have the worst of it - they are a whiny, unappealing bunch through and through."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
22%
|
Darling Companion (2012) |
"
Like Freeway, the lovable stray dog at the center of this very teary comedy, "Darling Companion"has lost its way."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
22%
|
The Sitter (2011) |
"
[A] terribly unfunny and overwhelmingly raunchy film that stars the normally likable, or at least comically forgivable, Jonah Hill. He is neither here."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
30%
|
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011) |
"
The barbs feel stale at best, squandered at worst, and the ominous music that accompanies each sounds as if it has been lifted from the silent movie era."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 29, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
36%
|
One Day (2011) |
"
As so often happens with love, what you hope for is not even close to what you get, and in this case we are left with a heartbreaking disappointment of a film."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
26%
|
After.Life (2010) |
"
Neither horrific enough to scare, nor psychologically thrilling enough to even register a pulse. And whatever fun there is to be found, and there were hoots aplenty, it's of the "laughing at, not with" variety."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 8, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
37%
|
Nine (2009) |
"
Perhaps Zero would have been a better name."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 17, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
9%
|
Opa! (2009) |
"
Everything is flat except for the island's picturesque mountains, but you can look at those for only so long."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 16, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
The English Teacher (2013) |
"
"The English Teacher" is a tragedy masquerading as a comedy and doing a disservice to both."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 16, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
The Iceman (2013) |
"
"The Iceman's" problem rests instead with the script, which the director wrote with Morgan Land, his collaborator on the "Rx" screenplay. It never gets underneath Kuklinski's skin in a way that illuminates the psychosis."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
Like many big weddings - a lot of things go wrong and not much goes right."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Home Run (2013) |
"
Almost from the beginning the message overwhelms the medium."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Pawn (2013) |
"
"Pawn's" cops and robbers game could have been far better played."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
To borrow from Jack in the Box, "G. I. Joe: Retaliation" is one hot mess."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
Regrettably, "Emperor" does not match MacArthur's vigor, or mine his legacy. Instead, the movie is Fellers' tale and dryly told."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
19%
|
Inescapable (2013) |
"
One hopes "Inescapable" is only a momentary stumble for this promising filmmaker."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
Long on beauty shots, short on depth and seriously intent on tugging your heartstrings. Indeed, it demands you reach for those tissues. Sob."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
86%
|
Tabu (2012) |
"
The audience is left to imagine much of the story, though it is clear it involves love, betrayal, guilt, regret and a recurring crocodile."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
When the gun smoke clears, the body count is finished and the blood is mopped up, "Gangster Squad" is little more than another Hollywood wannabe overshadowed by the legacy of "L.A. Confidential"..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Chasing Mavericks (2012) |
"
"Chasing Mavericks" falls into the "Machine Gun" category of disappointments - at best it's a wash."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
Wuthering Heights (2012) |
"
It's just that there isn't enough story - the book shouldn't be required reading for the film to make sense."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
43%
|
Hotel Transylvania (2012) |
"
"Hotel Transylvania" never becomes the great monster mash that seemed in the offing."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
55%
|
Bachelorette (2012) |
"
Even in this dreary, going nowhere role, Dunst is fascinating to watch."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
55%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Scafaria, who made such a splash with her cheeky screenplay adaptation of "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" in 2008, is simply over her head here."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
48%
|
The Perfect Family (2012) |
"
The film's single saving grace is Turner, who channels that legendary Catholic guilt like there is no tomorrow."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
The Raven (2012) |
"
It's neither grand nor grisly enough to seriously satisfy Poe-ish cravings for murder, mystery and literary allusions."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Lockout (Unrated) (2012) |
"
Mostly "Lockout" is lost in space."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
John Carter (2012) |
"
It starts with a great story - of love and politics, time travel and mystical pathways between planets - badly sucked dry."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
The Vow (2012) |
"
This is a movie that leaves you wanting more. To care more, to cry more, to love more."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Albert Nobbs (2012) |
"
Nobbs is such a spectral presence that infusing any measure of life into this person is an insurmountable challenge."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
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