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F
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19%
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The Life of David Gale (2003) |
"
The filmmakers work so hard to bewilder and to preach that they give us no opportunity to think clearly about the serious life-and-death issues that the film claims to address."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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0/4
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9%
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Catwoman (2004) |
"
The summer that gave us what is arguably the best comic book movie of all time -- Spider-Man 2 -- has now choked up what is arguably the worst."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jul 23, 2004
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D-
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33%
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Entropy (1999) |
"
Since the main character makes foolish decisions, and then makes worse decisions, his pleas for our sympathy are annoying and unsuccessful."
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Looking Closer
Posted Sep 21, 2007
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D-
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30%
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Dreamcatcher (2003) |
"
I challenge you to name a movie with a more convoluted or preposterous storyline."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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0.5/4
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8%
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The Reaping (2007) |
"
When Ben exclaims, 'There's still three plagues to go! We gotta get outta here!', most viewers will have already come to that same conclusion..."
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Christianity Today
Posted Apr 5, 2007
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D
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0%
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Hangman's Curse (2003) |
"
... [these] are Christian filmmakers stooping to use the same manipulative storytelling tactics that anti-Christian filmmakers often use to express their own bias."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 19, 2007
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D
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40%
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The Island (2005) |
"
It seems to assume that its audience is made of idiots, constantly reminding us of the simple plot details and having characters define things for each other."
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Looking Closer
Posted Sep 12, 2007
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D
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78%
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Sin City (2005) |
"
Eager to blaze trails for desktop moviemaking, what did these artists do? Throw fuel on the fires of viewers' basest appetites."
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Looking Closer
Posted Sep 7, 2007
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D
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62%
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Arlington Road (1999) |
"
It merely exploits our fears and emotions to jerk us around."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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43%
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Anger Management (2003) |
"
[It's] like going to the NBA All-Star Game and seeing a fantastic team take the floor, but when the game begins you realize they left their brains in the locker room."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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54%
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
"
I feel a strange disturbance in the Force."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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45%
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The Cell (2000) |
"
It's not the villain but the director who seems most interested in these grisly spectacles. He was certainly uninterested in his characters."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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39%
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Men in Black II (2002) |
"
Sadly, the movie has no new ideas worth mentioning."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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51%
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Kiss of the Dragon (2001) |
"
We are coaxed to rejoice in the name of vengeance."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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57%
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From Hell (2001) |
"
They want it to feel like one really bad dream ... and by the film's end we're too dizzy to think, to see if it all lines up."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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68%
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Red Dragon (2002) |
"
Hopkins should know better than to lessen the impact of these performances with redundant encores."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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41%
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K-PAX (2001) |
"
It tries to frighten us into doing the right thing by declaring that there is no grace, no forgiveness, and no escape from our lives once we are done living."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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42%
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The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
"
You might think this prodigal would learn to take responsibility for his lies ... or humbly accept the consequences of his crimes and change. Nope."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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54%
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What Dreams May Come (1998) |
"
This is what happens when you try to make a philosophical movie about spirituality without making anybody uncomfortable."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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D
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73%
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Snatch (2001) |
"
It's rather like the favorite pastime of this movie's villain ... throwing wild dogs into a pit and watching them fight until there's only one left standing."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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1/4
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27%
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Evening (2007) |
"
Evening feels artificial from the very first shot. ... It looks like a contest to see which actress can shed the [Oscar-winng] tears. "
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Christianity Today
Posted Jun 29, 2007
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81%
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Oldboy (2005) |
"
Its tentacles are still wriggling in my memory, as if I just ate something that should never have been served in the first place."
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Looking Closer
Posted Oct 31, 2005
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D+
|
61%
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American Pie (1999) |
"
American Pie is the latest in a long tradition of immature, self-indulgent comedies that celebrate the recklessness of adolescents."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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C-
|
33%
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Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"
This franchise, like its villains, has become more machine than man. "
—
Filmwell
Posted Jun 15, 2012
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C-
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44%
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Casa de mi padre (2012) |
"
It's not just boring ... it's frustrating, because we now how much better Ferrell can be when he's given creative material."
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Looking Closer
Posted Mar 17, 2012
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C-
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38%
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Cars 2 (2011) |
"
Cars dazzled my eyes and warmed my heart. Cars 2 ... inspired resistance instead of welcome."
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Looking Closer
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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C-
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57%
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
"
When Jean Grey starts gasping, 'Kill me!' it's like she's the voice of the franchise...."
—
Looking Closer
Posted Jun 21, 2006
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C-
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87%
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Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
Essentially, [this] is the same as most stories of lust and infidelity -- two people who 'can't control' their desires end up hurting others, lying, and denying responsibility for their actions."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 30, 2005
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C-
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52%
|
Titan A.E. (2000) |
"
... flat characters, flat animation, a bland rock soundtrack ... Titan A.E. might as well be Titanic A.E. (as in, the ship that sunk, not the movie that scored.)"
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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C-
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52%
|
The Lost World - Jurassic Park (1997) |
"
If you liked Jurassic Park, you'll probably like this one a little less. What the first film did poorly, this film does worse."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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C-
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86%
|
The Wings of the Dove (1997) |
"
The problem is this: We're given no reason to care about these two yearning hearts. Our only evidence of their love is a garish display of hormones."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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C-
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46%
|
What Lies Beneath (2000) |
"
If the ghost can go hunt for the villain by itself, why does it bother writing cryptic messages to strangers?"
—
Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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C-
|
87%
|
The Blair Witch Project (1999) |
"
They just want to scare us by confusing us, disorienting us, and by playing a simple trick on our inner ear."
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Looking Closer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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C-
|
57%
|
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) |
"
This sequel seems afraid of confusing people, so much so that it dumbs down the plot to an insulting level."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
——
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Joseph - King of Dreams (2000) |
"
... fails to bring Joseph and his brothers to life the way Moses and Rameses came to life in The Prince of Egypt. Sappy, run-of-the-mill songs drown out any subtleties."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
70%
|
Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (2004) |
"
For every good punchline, there are fifteen that sound like they were scraped off the walls of mens' room stalls."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
60%
|
Little Secrets (2002) |
"
These character live in an unblemished neighborhood, where everyone has bite-sized problems that can easily be resolved with a few kind words, a hug, and some tears."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
50%
|
The Emperor's Club (2002) |
"
While it does trumpet good virtues and offer good lessons, it does so without grit, passion, or originality."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
25%
|
Godzilla (1998) |
"
Godzilla ... is so poorly written and so un-original that it makes Independence Day sound like Shakespeare."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
88%
|
American Beauty (1999) |
"
A stylish film about an American family that pretends to be moral and enlightened, but revels in its mean-spirited sarcasm and its championing of self-interest."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
56%
|
The Mexican (2001) |
"
The Mexican fails because the entire movie changes its tone from one moment to the next."
—
Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
|
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C-
|
68%
|
Treasure Planet (2002) |
"
Hey mom, I went to another planet and found money for you to buy back the family farm. Sure, I blew up the planet in the process, but aren't you proud of me?"
—
Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
|
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C-
|
33%
|
Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls (1995) |
"
... if you want to watch something brainless, this isn't a total waste."
—
Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
|
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C-
|
45%
|
Daredevil (2003) |
"
The relationship between Murdock and Elektra could have made for an interesting film."
—
Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
|
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C-
|
60%
|
Old School (2003) |
"
Will Ferrell ... makes about ten minutes of this movie side-splittingly hilarious. That's like finding a few pieces of crunchy cereal in a bowl of sour milk."
—
Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
|
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C-
|
29%
|
The Devil's Own (1997) |
"
The line 'This is not an American story, it's an Irish one' means nothing ... it is a story as American as McNuggets -- all extra-crispy coating and no real meat underneath."
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Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
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C-
|
54%
|
Troy (2004) |
"
Troy is an empty and dispiriting game, a contest of steroid-ingesting brutes who have made themselves gods in their own minds."
—
Looking Closer
Posted Dec 6, 2004
|
|
1.5/4
|
82%
|
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"
Woody Allen's work should be taking him deeper into complex and revealing stories about the heart. Instead, he's becoming more preoccupied with the lurid and the lewd."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
1.5/4
|
52%
|
Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
"
Margot at the Wedding is a story told from a perspective that's as viciously condescending and critical as Margot's own worldview."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 21, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
29%
|
Madison (2005) |
"
Madison only reinforces stereotypes that 'old-fashioned' and 'small-town' mean 'good' while 'modern' and 'big city' mean 'bad.'"
—
Christianity Today
Posted Apr 26, 2005
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