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95%
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The Truman Show (1998)
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"The important thing is that Carrey and the filmmakers have taken pains to give Truman that soul -- which, in itself, provides a kind of depth. In any case, it gets you to care about how it's going to end."
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Jay Boyar
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88%
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
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"If the pleasures of The Usual Suspects are the more superficial ones of ingenuity and style, those are abundantly available. The twists and turns of the plot are an awful lot of fun, while the ending is genuinely satisfying and surprising."
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Jay Boyar
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1%
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Disaster Movie (2008)
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"Disaster Movie is the latest and most slap-dash of the movie parodies to atrophy out of the Scary Movie franchise."
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Roger Moore
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44%
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Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
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"The film seems... to be a precisely timed affair: so many seconds for this, so many for that, and the natural flow of the story be damned."
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Jay Boyar
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0%
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American Anthem (1986)
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"Cast and crew are guided by the director from manipulative cliche to manipulative cliche, as everyone tries his or her best to overlook the fact that Gaylord, despite his athletic prowess, has little or no show-business talent."
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Jay Boyar
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78%
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Fatal Attraction (1987)
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"Under the direction of Adrian Lyne, most of the picture's situations seem like randomly chosen place holders, flat events that just fill time until the final bizarre confrontation."
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Jay Boyar
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15%
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Jade (1995)
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"Car-chase aficionados are advised not to miss out on Jade, but others can safely give it a pass."
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Jay Boyar
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63%
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Telling Lies In America (1997)
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"The Hungarian angle gives the film a little distinctiveness."
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Jay Boyar
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75%
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Music Box (2003)
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"Amazingly, director Costa-Gavras and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas navigate these perilous waters smoothly."
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Jay Boyar
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50%
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Betrayed (1988)
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"The filmmakers end up with a jarring, often suspenseful movie that, ultimately, misses the mark."
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Jay Boyar
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17%
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Showgirls (1995)
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"One thing I'll say for Showgirls, it's educational. But sadly, it isn't much else."
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Jay Boyar
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82%
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Jagged Edge (1985)
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"The biggest fault of Jagged Edge is that whatever suspense it manages to generate in its climactic scenes is achieved artificially, through tricky editing and manipulative ''danger'' music."
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Jay Boyar
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8%
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Problem Child 2 (2004)
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"[Problem Child 2 may] be the most sheerly repulsive kiddie movie ever filmed."
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Jay Boyar
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5%
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Caddyshack II (1988)
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"This PG-rated romp is bland bananas compared to its R-rated predecessor."
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Jay Boyar
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8%
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Spy Hard (1996)
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"More of a cinematic joke book than a real movie, Spy Hard hits you with gags faster than Henny Youngman on speed. Even when individual bits misfire, the unrelenting barrage of silliness can break down your resistance."
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Jay Boyar
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6%
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Kazaam (1996)
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"I'd call the film innocuous, except that Max's gangster dad is apparently an Italian-American and the movie's main villain is an Arab. Do kids really need these stereotypes reinforced? There's also more violence here than you might expect."
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Jay Boyar
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3%
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Speed 2 - Cruise Control (1997)
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"In Speed 2, De Bont is, so to speak, at sea."
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Jay Boyar
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4%
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Getting Even With Dad (1994)
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"Tone: Home Alone-style slapstick with occasional (almost random) heart-tugging."
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Jay Boyar
|
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10%
|
Fire Birds (1990)
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"Sir. No, sir."
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Jay Boyar
|
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5%
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
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"Is it as bad as all that? Oh yes."
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Roger Moore
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42%
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Phil Spector (2013)
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"The results are tedious, talky and self-important. "
|
Hal Boedeker
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0%
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Wagons East! (1994)
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"A poorly focused and rhythmless collection of vignettes, Wagons East! does contain a few funny ideas and some decent performances that simply are not enough to rescue the movie."
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Jay Boyar
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9%
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Milk Money (1994)
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"It's pointless to blame the cast members, who at least are in there trying."
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Jay Boyar
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35%
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Young Einstein (1988)
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"Considering the pre-opening buildup this film has had, it could turn out to be a bigger bomb than the one Einstein's theory anticipated."
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Jay Boyar
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8%
|
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
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"Because the cast is basically the same in both parts of the Nerds saga, the blame for the saga's decline must be assigned elsewhere. A good bet is that the change in director and screenwriters."
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Jay Boyar
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6%
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Vibes (1988)
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"Luckily, Vibes has those quirky stars, a wacky threesome who give off good vibes under any circumstances."
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Jay Boyar
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5%
|
Cocktail (1988)
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"This vacant, misshapen film is basically an extended beer commercial that presents the world as a ludicrous place populated by sex-and-cash-and-booze-crazed zomboids. Cruise, meanwhile, comes off as a somewhat taller Spuds MacKenzie."
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Jay Boyar
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4%
|
Ghost Dad (1990)
|
"When a picture's biggest selling point is that it's risque by kiddie standards, that doesn't say much for its overall quality."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
4%
|
Mobsters (1991)
|
"A potboiler in the quick-and-dirty tradition of the B movies of the '30s, it may not win any Oscars or garner rave reviews, but it's consistently entertaining, nevertheless."
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Jay Boyar
|
|
0%
|
Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
|
"Things are pretty much the same for the semi-nude kids in this movie as they were for the semi-nude kids in the first Blue Lagoon."
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Jay Boyar
|
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32%
|
Radio Flyer (1992)
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"A movie is not a public-service announcement, and a movie that tries to squeak by on intentions doesn't generally doesn't get very far. Viewed from any normal perspective, Radio Flyer never takes off."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
40%
|
Newsies (1992)
|
"Stop the presses! Newsies is the best live-action movie musical since Little Shop of Horrors."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
29%
|
The House of the Spirits (1994)
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"The House of the Spirits is like Gone With the Wind with the fun and excitement replaced by lofty. All that's left is the wind."
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Jay Boyar
|
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68%
|
The Crucible (1996)
|
"What happened in long-ago Salem does still seem to matter."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
22%
|
Color of Night (1994)
|
"I'm tempted to go ahead and explain just exactly how transparent -- and implausible -- this mystery is. But then I don't want to spoil it for people who are even worse than I am at this sort of thing. People like Forrest Gump."
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Jay Boyar
|
|
94%
|
Pulp Fiction (1994)
|
"In terms of mood and style, it could be the most influential film to come along since Blue Velvet."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
80%
|
The Boxer (1997)
|
"If The Boxer doesn't quite score a knockout, that's because of such flaws as the too-sketchy development of the character of Maggie's son, who turns out to be pivotal. But the movie carries the day by aiming its strongest punches straight at the heart."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
100%
|
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
|
"This new British picture raises enough issues for a half-dozen more conventional movies. And though this approach makes for a structure that's a little shaky, the film somehow holds together."
|
Jay Boyar
|
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91%
|
Scandal (1989)
|
"The greatest virtue of the filmmakers' straightforward approach is that it avoids the obvious pitfall of pretentiousness."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
46%
|
Agnes of God (2002)
|
"It is Meg Tilly who makes the movie live. Her performance, which works on both realistic and symbolic levels, allows you to believe in the story."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
82%
|
Wish You Were Here (Too Much) (1987)
|
"Wish You Were Here is the story of Lynda's messy coming of age. It's a movie to cherish -- bouyant, affecting, one of a kind."
|
Jay Boyar
|
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70%
|
In Country (1989)
|
"The scene at the memorial is one of the film's best, but director Jewison fails to find in it anything close to the level of emotional force that the same scene in Mason's book has."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
97%
|
Schindler's List (1993)
|
"What the visual immediacy of Schindler's List does is to prod each of us to fill in the gaps of emotion for ourselves. To put this another way, the more you are able to invest in this superb, demanding film, the more you are likely to get back."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
97%
|
Groundhog Day (1993)
|
"A movie that continually replays a single day could quickly become tedious but, strangely enough, Groundhog Day never does."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
98%
|
One False Move (1992)
|
"The biggest difference between One False Move and most other action films is the sting in its violence. There is so little stylization here -- so little gimmickry -- that when someone is shot or knifed, you feel it."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
59%
|
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (1992)
|
"For those who are willing to go the distance with Lynch, the return trip to Twin Peaks is well worth the trouble."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
34%
|
Hackers (1995)
|
"After the mechanics of the thriller plot start to kick in, the film drags. And when it's time for the big cyber-showdown, we're stuck, once again, with footage of frantic typing."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
98%
|
The Wild Bunch (1969)
|
"It is certainly one of the best westerns ever made, and the best film of any kind to come out in 1969."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
91%
|
Men in Black (1997)
|
"This spaced-out comedy may not be bliss, but it sure is fun."
|
Jay Boyar
|
|
77%
|
The Mask (1994)
|
"If a movie star was born in Ace Ventura, he is christened in The Mask. Quite simply, this is the best and freest crazy comedy to come along since Beetlejuice."
|
Jay Boyar
|
75%
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62%
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