ROTTEN TOMATOES: Review Revue: Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Clone Wars and Mirrors

Review Revue: Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Clone Wars and Mirrors

Which new releases are Certified Fresh, certainly rotten, and weren't screened for critics?

by Jen Yamato | August 15, 2008

There are a whopping four wide releases to choose from this weekend, so how will you decide what to watch? Let the Tomatometer be your guide, that's how! See if critics are going fresh or rotten on the jungle comedy Tropic Thunder, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the CGI animation Clone Wars, and Kiefer Sutherland's ghost thriller Mirrors.

Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder is Certified Fresh and full of take-no-prisoners laughs, but it's also courting controversy over its blackfaced Robert Downey Jr. and a jab at the mentally challenged. Woody Allen's latest could be the best in a string of hot and cold films, and the George Lucas-produced Clone Wars is looking like the kind of Star Wars movie only fanboys could love. The ghost thriller Mirrors wasn't even screened for critics! Watch this week's Review Revue for the skinny on all four films!

Check back next week for another packed slate: Death Race, The Rocker, The House Bunny, and The Longshots!

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 15 2008 03:38 PM

Tropic Thunder was awesome. I thought Vicky Cristina Barcelona was Woody Allen's best movie since Crimes and Misdemeanors. I bet Death Race will suck.

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on Aug 15 2008 03:49 PM

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 15 2008 05:06 PM

Man I hat Lucas! He keeps ruining great series! He just had to have an INDY 4 (pretty good) and it was the weakest of all the movies. Episode I,II, and III had bad dialogue and crappy acting most from Hayden Christenson and my main man JAR JAR. Episode III I thought was pretty good, but Hayden still kinda sucked at times, in Episode II it had the worst dialogue I have eva heard and bad acting (except Ewan McGregor who was pretty cool as OBI WAN, and Episode I was just corny, come on DARTH MOLE and JAR JAR...so stupid.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 15 2008 05:09 PM

Yeah Downy and Cruise definately stole the show, still an awesome movie though. Im glad to see Cruise coming back in all fairness he is a really good actor with just a bad rep, and I bet Valkyrie will give him a huge boost.

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ironmanstarks writes:
on Aug 15 2008 05:13 PM

I was kind of let down with Tropic Thunder. IMO,Pineapple Express was much,much funnier. Honestly, even Step Brothers had me laughing more than Tropic Thunder. Tom Cruise was awesome, and it was great seeing all these actors, such as Matthew McConaghey and Nick Nolte in such nutty roles.

P.S. Is it just me or is Jen Yamato freaking hot?

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on Aug 15 2008 05:50 PM

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707PG13 writes:
on Aug 15 2008 06:12 PM

Take note Seth Rogen, I luv you but TROPIC THUNDER is how you make an action comedy. Sorry ironmanstarks, but TROPIC I thought was better than PINEAPPLE.

And to all the boycotters:

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ironmanstarks writes:
on Aug 15 2008 06:22 PM

Fair enough.Obviously, the critics liked Tropic Thunder a lot more, so I cant really say anything back. I do think the fake trailer with Tobey Maguire was hilarious. I think it was just overhyped for me. I think if I saw it again down the line my opinion might change.

Also, I kind of want to see the Woody Allen movie.

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martinscorsese25 writes:
on Aug 15 2008 08:17 PM

tropic thunder will beat the dark knight in the box office this weekend in my opinion.. i think it will be in the 50-60 mil and tdk will be in the 10

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martinscorsese25 writes:
on Aug 15 2008 08:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#1983472)
"ironmanstarks" i kinda feel it too. the way she spoke is just sexy and hot..

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thereign writes:
on Aug 15 2008 09:23 PM

Jen is ALWAYS a sexy cutie!

As for the movies: Tropic Thunder was funny as hell, Clone Wars was lame and Mirrors just flat out sucked.

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CaptainSiberia writes:
on Aug 15 2008 11:24 PM

No more remakes of Asian films, ever! The truth about Asian horror is that a lot of it sucks *** as much as American horror. Just because the stories are different doesn't make them better, and remaking a film is stupid anyway unless you have something unique to bring to it.

The Tartakovsky series was awful. Don't kid yourself. Horrible scripts, horrible ating (voice and animated,) and then the artful direction comes in to trick people into thinking they're watching something good. And this new Clone Wars movie totally sucks ***. Apparently even kids don't like it. Terrible animation, pointless story, annoying characters, suck on every level.

Gabi is lethargic. He only hurts the group dynamic.

Tropic Thunder looks awesome.

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JKING writes:
on Aug 16 2008 04:04 AM

Lucas went full retard.

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str8updancer writes:
on Aug 16 2008 10:07 AM

^ hahahahahahaha

I see what you did there...bravo!

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Aug 16 2008 12:14 PM

"You went through my purse?"

"Who knows what I would find there? After all, I have thoughts of killing you."
LOL! Classic Woody Allen.

As far as K/J remakes go, I'm pretty sure there'll be an OldBoy remake at some time.

Anna Farris is the hottest mostly pure Comedy actresses. I loved her in "Smiley Face."

IMO Robert Downey Jr.'s best acting is from Chaplin.

I think Death Race will surprise people next week and make a lot of money. There's a lot of pent up desire for R-Rated actioners, as "Wanted" indicated with its box office.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Aug 16 2008 12:18 PM

I forgot,

I think this Review Revue flowed better than the last 2.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Aug 16 2008 12:45 PM

You're not wrong, ironmanstarks. You're not wrong.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Aug 16 2008 12:49 PM

Thanks for the feedback, tomwaitsjr. Captain, lay off of Gabi!

And JKING - so funny. Best summation of clone wars ever.

(I also felt a bit lukewarm on Tropic Thunder, and liked Pineapple Express better. Something about Tropic is a bit too calculated for laughs, too self-aware and full of itself...like they know you're going to laugh. Pineapple is much more earnest.)

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TrickStang37 writes:
on Aug 16 2008 03:21 PM

^^^ that doesn't even make any sense.

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rle4lunch writes:
on Aug 16 2008 09:59 PM

The bridge scene at the end of Tropic Thunder is awesome. That movie didn't go full retard at all. It was probably Ben Stiller's best comedy in 5-6 years. The fake trailers at the beginning are great too, especially Robert Downey's.. I won't post spoilers though.

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