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.5/10
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55%
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Step Brothers (2008) |
"
Some are touting this as the grown-up version of Superbad. Wrong. That earlier film was excellent. "Super bad," as applied to Step Brothers, is a super understatement."
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LivePDX
Posted Jul 24, 2008
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1/10
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21%
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That's My Boy (2012) |
"
It's getting so bad, you have to wonder if Adam Sandler doesn't sit in his gazillion dollar mansion, flipping through scripts, looking for the worst possible piece of crap he can find."
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Doddle
Posted Jun 15, 2012
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1/10
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40%
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The Big Year (2011) |
"
A game of Angry Birds is far more enjoyable than this flocked-up mess. A script written in wingdings would have been preferable."
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Doddle
Posted Oct 14, 2011
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1/10
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23%
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What's Your Number? (2011) |
"
To answer the question, 'What's Your Number?,' I'm thinking 'zero.' As in the amount of time and money that filmgoers should spend on this cellu-void."
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Doddle
Posted Sep 30, 2011
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1/10
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29%
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Take Me Home Tonight (2011) |
"
'80s rocker Eddie Money called ... he wants his song title back."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Mar 4, 2011
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1/10
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4%
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Hemingway's Garden of Eden (2010) |
"
The question that occurs is not whether director Irvin hates actors but rather, how much. We can imagine him shouting to the cast: 'Once more, with less feeling. Get shallow! Can't you do worse than that?'"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jan 7, 2011
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1/10
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10%
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Little Fockers (2010) |
"
Per Fockers' actress Blythe Danner: 'All the films have been a joy. I hope they keep coming, even if we graduate to walkers and wheelchairs ...' Oh God. We're all severely focked."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Dec 29, 2010
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1/10
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13%
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Yogi Bear (2010) |
"
The classic Jellystone sign cries out for an edit: from "Please Don't Feed the Bears," to "Please Don't See the Bears." "
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Dec 17, 2010
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1/10
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29%
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The Virginity Hit (2010) |
"
A 'hit'? Not your life. As sure as feigned night follows fabricated day, comes this grainy bore-fest that is perfectly suited for the auteurian land of YouTube."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Sep 29, 2010
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1/10
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17%
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You Again (2010) |
"
Picture the eager moviegoer, lover of all things Harry/Sally, bounding to her seat. Picture her disappointment when, realizing both 'rom' and 'com' are a no-show, she sums up her disgust with a sneering, 'You. Again.'"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Sep 25, 2010
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1/10
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15%
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Sex and the City 2 (2010) |
"
The tagline states that we should 'Carrie on.' The publicity dept. almost got it right, but the spelling's off. It needs to be 'Carrion' because nothing says putrefying, rotten and vile quite like this sequel. "
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Indie Movies Online
Posted May 27, 2010
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1/10
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47%
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MacGruber (2010) |
"
Kudos to Wiig for creating an actual character: shy, scared, much smarter than she knows. Sadly, not smart enough to reject this rudely-fashioned piece of junk that even MacGyver would have refused to handle."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted May 26, 2010
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1/10
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20%
|
The Last Song (2010) |
"
Hopefully with this, his second critical flop within two months, Sparks will think thrice before hurting us again. This last song? A requiem."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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1/10
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19%
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Cop Out (2010) |
"
Between the scat, snot and drool references, it seems that the targeted audience is an 8-year-old boy named Timmy. A crying shame -- and Timmy might just do that -- since the MPAA rating forbids his attendance."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Feb 26, 2010
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1/10
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16%
|
When in Rome (2010) |
"
There's so much wrong with David Diamond and David Weissman's plot that, with a nod to the Guggenheim Museum's spiral ramp, it's hard to know where to begin."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jan 29, 2010
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1.5/10
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27%
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Project X (2012) |
"
Project X ... as in X-citing? X-rated? Uh, no ... presenting Project X-crement."
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Doddle
Posted Mar 2, 2012
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1.5/10
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58%
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Red Hook Summer (2012) |
"
Career missteps will happen; it comes with the territory. But this particular Red Hook territory is such a wasteland that we have to check twice to confirm that this drivel actually belongs to Lee."
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Doddle
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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1.5/10
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20%
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Beastly (2011) |
"
No one erred by choosing to mothball Beastly for eight months. It was only in the mistaken decision to release it that the ugly came roaring out."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Mar 4, 2011
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|
1.5/10
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77%
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Tiny Furniture (2010) |
"
A film can't get much smaller than Tiny Furniture, a glorified home movie rife with non-actors, a vague plot and flaccid direction. Neither entertaining nor compelling, it's just painfully dull."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Dec 30, 2010
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|
1.5/10
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6%
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The Last Airbender (2010) |
"
Paraphrasing a quote from another Shyamalan star, Haley Joel Osment, it seems like "there's dead actors walking around like regular actors." From The Sixth Sense to no sense?"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jul 1, 2010
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1.5/10
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9%
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Grown Ups (2010) |
"
Doing double duty (yay, another poo-poo joke!) as both the mundane lead and writer, Sandler is living proof that splitting oneself down the middle can result in some seriously half-assed work."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jun 25, 2010
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2/10
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12%
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Alex Cross (2012) |
"
While Tyler Perry slips into Madea's wigs and plus-size dresses just fine, his attempt to squeeze into the guise of psychologist/detective Cross strains at the seams as well as the credibility."
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Doddle
Posted Oct 18, 2012
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2/10
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——
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About the Pink Sky () |
"
With its slight story, amateur actors and lethargic direction, sitting through this slog is as riveting as sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic during Sundance's opening weekend."
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Doddle
Posted Feb 1, 2012
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2/10
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19%
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Lay the Favorite (2012) |
"
Like Rebecca Hall's inane giggle, Lay the Favorite comes across as high-pitched and annoyingly animated without any reason. Not my favorite ... by a long shot."
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Doddle
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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2/10
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24%
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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) |
"
The tagline states, 'Forever is only the beginning ...' After viewing this lifeless pap for mere minutes, we realize that it's not a slogan at all. It's a warning."
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Doddle
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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2/10
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29%
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Machine Gun Preacher (2011) |
"
Butler's hero stomps, scowls, snarls and storms ... and 20 minutes later, having used up all the ill-mannered "s" verbs, he's a new man. Oh, for a documentary instead of this insipid muddle."
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Doddle
Posted Sep 23, 2011
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2/10
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66%
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Insidious (2011) |
"
It's a horror show all right. Stilted line readings creep hand-in-demonic claw with pacing that could induce rigor. If only Mrs. Gas Mask Psychic could have warned us in advance ..."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Apr 1, 2011
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2/10
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47%
|
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (2011) |
"
Rodrick schools his brother to always lower people's expectations. The film succeeds ... in doing just that."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Mar 25, 2011
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2/10
|
20%
|
Peep World (2011) |
"
Dysfunction rages more behind the camera than in front, the amateurish direction matched by hackneyed writing. Simply put: this faltering family plot cries out for a whole other kind of family plot."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Mar 25, 2011
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2/10
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34%
|
Hall Pass (2011) |
"
Appealing not to the lowest common denominator but the shortest, i.e., the toddler set, barred due to the R rating. Or, as one young lad said to his friend in the sandbox: "Waaaaaah!""
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Feb 25, 2011
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2/10
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22%
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Country Strong (2011) |
"
It's a relief when Paltrow's character bursts into song. That's the only time when she's not pitching fits to beat the band ... making the band, and the audience, extremely grateful."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jan 8, 2011
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2/10
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32%
|
How Do You Know (2010) |
"
Some more whine with your waffling? All of you?"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Dec 20, 2010
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|
2/10
|
32%
|
A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop (San qiang pai an jing qi) (A Simple Noodle Story) (The First Gun) (2010) |
"
The Coens' original Gothic film noir, wound as tight as a Texas rattlesnake, unravels to the point of amateur slapstick. Though the exterior shots look like Sedona on acid, it's still not worth the, um, trip."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Sep 20, 2010
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2/10
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12%
|
Jonah Hex (2010) |
"
Hex has a direct line to the cemetery, able to unearth old acquaintances for some good old-fashioned catch-up time. Whoa, pardner ... is this paranormal activity or merely Facebook, circa 1876?"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jun 18, 2010
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2/10
|
9%
|
Marmaduke (2010) |
"
Biting the neighbors' tires for 90 minutes seems like a far better use of time. Like an overpopulated puppy park on a Fourth of July weekend, this shaggy dog story stinks to high heaven."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jun 7, 2010
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2/10
|
11%
|
Killers (2010) |
"
It's to die for. Seriously, you could kill yourself. The script is idiotic. The leads display little chemistry. The deathly struggles go on so long that we pray that both sides collapse from boredom before we do."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jun 7, 2010
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2/10
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13%
|
The Bounty Hunter (2010) |
"
The lame finale makes a TV crime show look like something construed by Stephen Hawking. If Hawking could explain why this waste of time was ever greenlit, we might find a reason to understand the universe once again."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Mar 22, 2010
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2/10
|
18%
|
Valentine's Day (2010) |
"
The Valentine's Day card: light on content, big on frills. And yet far more substantive than this flimsy piece of cinematic cardboard that's even more commercial than the holiday it celebrates."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Feb 12, 2010
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2/10
|
21%
|
Leap Year (2010) |
"
Not only does this film's release miss the Leap Year day, month and year, but with its babbling script, flat characterizations and flaccid direction, the entire project misses. It is, if nothing else, beautifully consistent"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Jan 8, 2010
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2/10
|
38%
|
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) |
"
The non-actors artlessly stumble through scenes that might best be described as lifeless. Meanwhile, the over-actors project far beyond the camera lens. Miles beyond. Say, Transylvania."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Oct 23, 2009
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2/10
|
20%
|
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) |
"
These unchained masses of tin men, their cumbersome cubic feet galumphing across screens worldwide...sheer lightweights. With an iron deficiency like you wouldn't believe."
—
Indie Movies Online
Posted Jun 26, 2009
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|
2/10
|
37%
|
Gigantic (2009) |
"
Like committee-created sketches at comedy clubs, where the audience shouts out random, zany ideas, Gigantic is huge on the random. But unlike the comedy club, there is little, if anything, to enjoy."
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Apr 27, 2009
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2/10
|
48%
|
Towelhead (2007) |
"
It turns out that 'Towelhead' is not a slur, it's a directive. Putting towels over our heads, large enough to cover our faces, may be the preferred mode in which to view this film."
—
LivePDX
Posted Sep 26, 2008
|
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2/10
|
19%
|
Righteous Kill (2008) |
"
Why take on new characters when instead, they can play cops? How cutting edge. With a plastic butter knife."
—
LivePDX
Posted Sep 12, 2008
|
|
2/10
|
13%
|
The Women (2008) |
"
Reinterpreting a 1939 film through a modern day lens -- how's the fit? Like a size ten foot squeezing into a size 4 Manolo slingback, it limps. Painfully."
—
LivePDX
Posted Sep 12, 2008
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|
2.5/10
|
20%
|
The Lucky One (2012) |
"
Wondering who, exactly, is The Lucky One? If, due to any combination of will, intuition or sheer ignorance, you circumvent this film then you, dear reader, are indeed the lucky one. And I am inordinately jealous..."
—
Doddle
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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|
2.5/10
|
36%
|
One Day (2011) |
"
The movie lumbers from one insufferable moment after another. But at least the title's accurate: it seems like you're sitting there for 24 hours."
—
Willamette Week
Posted Aug 17, 2011
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2.5/10
|
43%
|
Faster (2010) |
"
Just released from a 10-year stint in jail, the Rock looks more like the Hulk, stomping across the landscape, bent on revenge. Maybe it's a ruse -- he's trying to scare away any further offers for family films."
—
Indie Movies Online
Posted Nov 25, 2010
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|
2.5/10
|
40%
|
Middle Men (2010) |
"
If it weren't for James Caan's shyster Las Vegas lawyer, the whole, um, pornucopia would be a complete waste of time. Best to think of this as Middling Men."
—
Indie Movies Online
Posted Sep 16, 2010
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2.5/10
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37%
|
Eat Pray Love (2010) |
"
Rather than winning us over, this protagonist merely annoys. We edge close to AA territory as a friend tells her to "do the work!" He also exhorts her to forgive herself. For what? Boring us to death?"
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Indie Movies Online
Posted Aug 13, 2010
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78%
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