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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
51%

Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

"It ain't art, but it sure is a good time for anyone who enjoys the occasional bit of bone-crunching entertainment. "

Mike McGranaghan

15%

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

"The movie plays just like the rush job it is."

Mike McGranaghan

73%

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

"If A.I. is sometimes maddening in its circuitous approach to the subject, that is only because it is filled with big ambitions."

Mike McGranaghan

63%

Crazy/ Beautiful (2001)

"crazy/beautiful is essentially about understanding that people with mental health issues are absolutely worthy of love."

Mike McGranaghan

26%

Swordfish (2001)

"I'm willing to buy the idea of a flying bus, but a movie had better distract me from all logical thought while I'm doing it. Swordfish can't pull that one off."

Mike McGranaghan

92%

Memento (2000)

"One of the coolest, twistiest pieces of movie mystery ever made."

Mike McGranaghan

42%

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

"Dr. Dolittle 2 is a reminder that you can be funny without being edgy, hip without being self-obsessed."

Mike McGranaghan

19%

Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (2001)

"Quite simply, I had a blast watching it."

Mike McGranaghan

43%

Evolution (2001)

"It's a good, goofy time at the movies."

Mike McGranaghan

76%

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

"Moulin Rouge may not be easily classifiable, but it is daring and artistic. It is also one of the best pictures of the year."

Mike McGranaghan

33%

Angel Eyes (2001)

"There aren't enough grown-up relationships on screen these days. Angel Eyes is refreshing in its refusal to stoop to easy cliches."

Mike McGranaghan

58%

A Knight's Tale (2001)

"The jousting scenes are incredible to watch."

Mike McGranaghan

25%

Pearl Harbor (2001)

"On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. On May 25, 2001, Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay did it again."

Mike McGranaghan

89%

Shrek (2001)

"The new technology is opening up entire worlds for moviegoers. Shrek is a prime example of this new movie magic."

Mike McGranaghan

92%

Startup.com (2001)

"There is an old adage that business and friendship don't mix. That's not entirely true. Business and friendship and money don't mix."

Mike McGranaghan

47%

The Mummy Returns (2001)

"In its determination to be bigger, faster, and louder than the original, The Mummy Returns loses sight of the very things that made the first one so popular."

Mike McGranaghan

14%

Driven (2001)

"By the end, I was ready to hop in my own car and do 200 MPH out of the parking lot."

Mike McGranaghan

11%

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

"Freddy Got Fingered is a special kind of awful: the kind that is potentially career-ending."

Mike McGranaghan

59%

The Low Down (2001)

"If you hid a video camera in a room, recording every word and action of the people there, watching that video would be something like watching The Low Down."

Mike McGranaghan

81%

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

"Balances laughs and heart while still retaining a touch of that rage against the "smug marrieds.""

Mike McGranaghan

53%

Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

"Josie and the Pussycats is a lot of fun, a movie filled with laughs and enough ammunition to hit the satiric bullseye more often than not."

Mike McGranaghan

32%

Along Came a Spider (2001)

"As with a magic show, you know you are being fooled but you sit back and enjoy the illusion anyway."

Mike McGranaghan

88%

Roozi ke zan shodam (The Day I Became a Woman) (2001)

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzz."

Mike McGranaghan

93%

Spy Kids (2001)

"If I had seen this as a child, I would have thought it was the greatest movie ever made. Having seen it as an adult, I felt like a kid all over again."

Mike McGranaghan

53%

Heartbreakers (2001)

"Why beat around the bush? This is one of the funniest comedies to hit the big screen in a long time."

Mike McGranaghan

43%

Someone Like You (2001)

"It says, loud and clear, that many men are not, in fact, pigs. Or cows, for that matter."

Mike McGranaghan

67%

Too Much Sleep (2001)

"Too Much Sleep seems more like a home movie made by your brother-in-law and his frat brothers than a real film."

Mike McGranaghan

9%

Say It Isn't So (2001)

"As creepily funny as the premise is, the execution leaves something to be desired."

Mike McGranaghan

42%

Miss Congeniality (2000)

"There are many great actresses working in film today, but few of them have the flair for comedy that Bullock does."

Mike McGranaghan

53%

The Family Man (2000)

"For all its obviousness, there is a sweetness in this movie that really got to me."

Mike McGranaghan

18%

Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

"To paraphrase Bart Simpson, it achieves the impossible by both sucking and blowing at the same time."

Mike McGranaghan

92%

Traffic (2000)

"It examines our national drug problem on many different levels, leaving the audience with an accurate picture of what we're up against."

Mike McGranaghan

73%

Snatch (2001)

"Like a cinder block tossed into a swimming pool, "Snatch" sinks from the get-go."

Mike McGranaghan

28%

Sugar & Spice (2001)

"A lot more perceptive and witty than most other cheerleader movies."

Mike McGranaghan

92%

Panic (2000)

"One of the year's ten best films!"

Mike McGranaghan

53%

Save the Last Dance (2001)

"This movie recognizes the value of dance and of love. I walked out of the theater feeling very happy."

Mike McGranaghan

17%

The Wedding Planner (2001)

"This is exactly the kind of movie that thinks it's funny for someone to be demolished by a speeding dumpster."

Mike McGranaghan

18%

Saving Silverman (Evil Woman) (2001)

" I am embarrassed for having laughed at it, but not too embarrassed to suggest that you might laugh as well."

Mike McGranaghan

39%

Hannibal (2001)

"There are so many tactical errors in "Hannibal" that it's hard to know where to start."

Mike McGranaghan

16%

Sweet November (2001)

"It's sappier than a Christmas tree."

Mike McGranaghan

97%

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)

"This one has it all: adventure, romance, spectacle, morality."

Mike McGranaghan

75%

Quills (2000)

"Quills valiantly argues that bold ideas can not - and should not - be stopped."

Mike McGranaghan

20%

Down to Earth (2001)

"Down to Earth may be about Heaven, but it can go elsewhere. "

Mike McGranaghan

54%

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

""Enemy at the Gates" gives its standoffs historical weight. It really does matter who wins, as the fate of Stalingrad rests in the balance."

Mike McGranaghan

61%

When Brendan Met Trudy (Stolen Nights) (2001)

"About 15 minutes into the picture, the story takes a sharp left turn, never to return to normality. Having the rug pulled out from under you has rarely been so much fun."

Mike McGranaghan

56%

The Mexican (2001)

""The Mexican" is just different enough to really capture my interest."

Mike McGranaghan

33%

15 Minutes (2001)

"15 Minutes is a very compelling movie about a situation which has no easy answers."

Mike McGranaghan

44%

Get Over It (2001)

"Here's a fundamental rule of filmmaking: if you need to rely on a dog humping everything in sight to get laughs, you are not making a good movie."

Mike McGranaghan

16%

Left Behind - The Movie (2001)

"The only thing "Left Behind" made me want to do was pray that it would soon be over. "

Mike McGranaghan

58%

Crash (1996)

"[There] are movies which are utterly without value, movies that may even offend your sensibilities. For me, Crash was just this kind of film."

Mike McGranaghan

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