Laine Ewen

Laine Ewen's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Premiere Magazine
Biography:
Film Critic, Premiere
Publications:
Premiere Magazine
Movie Reviews Only
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1.5/4 | 8% | The Reaping (2007) |
The Reaping isn't completely terrible. It just majorly overreaches. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Apr 4, 2007
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2/4 | 14% | Wild Hogs (2007) |
Throughout the film, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, et al don't seem to be bonding so much as acting at each other. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Mar 1, 2007
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2.5/4 | 43% | Night at the Museum (2006) |
After a slow start, this feel-good family film is a nice postcard from the Big Apple that may benefit New York and the Museum of Natural History as much as it does 20th Century Fox. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Dec 20, 2006
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2.5/4 | 73% | Flushed Away (2006) |
Though Flushed Away certainly aims to please viewers of all ages, it's the anglophiles of all ages who are going to get the most out of the film. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Nov 3, 2006
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2.5/4 | 48% | De-Lovely (2004) |
The musical interludes, albeit entertaining, yank the viewer out of the early 20th century. Had the film stayed in its own time, it would have been more de-lovely. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Jun 30, 2004
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2/4 | 25% | Raising Helen (2004) |
A mediocre film at best, but Hudson and the rest of the cast help raise the bar to make it a bit more palatable. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted May 28, 2004
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2.5/4 | 56% | The Girl Next Door (2004) |
With a more focused plotline, The Girl Next Door might have surpassed its genre. Still, as far as teen sex films go, this one scores. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Apr 13, 2004
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2/4 | 28% | The Prince & Me (2004) |
. . . feels more practical than whimsical, more politically correct than sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Apr 5, 2004
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1/4 | 14% | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
Harmless fare, but as bland as an unsalted water cracker. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Mar 16, 2004
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1.5/4 | 47% | Eurotrip (2003) |
The premise of the film is serviceable, but the execution is flawed and entirely underwhelming. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Feb 24, 2004
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2.5/4 | 76% | Teacher's Pet (2004) |
While Teacher's Pet lacks big-budget majesty, it has humor and heart. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Jan 20, 2004
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2/4 | 15% | Gothika (2003) |
Deserves credit for embracing the ghost story genre so whole-heartedly, but as any ten-year-old girl can tell you, there's nothing original here to see. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Dec 2, 2003
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2/4 | 62% | Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) |
The clear and simple plot is bogged down by too many characters and too many clichés. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Oct 22, 2003
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1.5/4 | 58% | Girls Will Be Girls (2003) |
Even the acerbic wit slowly eats away at the story line until, at the end of the 82 minutes, there is little left but an acid-washed Lifetime movie. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Oct 22, 2003
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1.5/4 | 12% | Cold Creek Manor (2003) |
It is difficult to say anything about the plot without giving away the ending, simply because the ending is apparent within the first half hour of the movie. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Sep 19, 2003
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2.5/4 | 42% | The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
The cast is endearing, and despite a ridiculously contrived story line, the film plays like a happily toe-tapping song. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Sep 19, 2003
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2/4 | 13% | Uptown Girls (2003) |
While the movie hits on a bunch of emotional topics, the dialogue veers into the mawkish far more than necessary. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Aug 27, 2003
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0/4 | 6% | Gigli (2003) |
Gigli rhymes with "really." As in "really bad," or "really offensive," or "really wish I'd remembered my gun so I could just shoot myself now and end the misery." - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Aug 1, 2003
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2.5/4 | 38% | On_Line (2003) |
At its heart, On_Line is just an old-fashioned movie about people, relationships and making connections in an isolated world. And in this sense, the movie is very successful. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Jul 1, 2003
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2/4 | 11% | Alex & Emma (2003) |
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| Posted Jun 24, 2003
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2/4 | 39% | Rugrats Go Wild (2003) |
Television-loving children will scream for Rugrats Go Wild!, and in this case, their parents can go ahead and let them-they won't be missing much. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Jun 23, 2003
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1.5/4 | 10% | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) |
The easiest way to write a review of Dumb and Dumberer might be to say that it lives up to its title. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Jun 23, 2003
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3/4 | 40% | The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) |
Duff is a charming heroine who carries the movie cheerfully, if not gracefully-the pratfalls come early and often. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted May 6, 2003
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2/4 | 14% | View from the Top (2003) |
Though it does not exactly have wings, View from the Top might be worth a viewing -- particularly when it's next to Sweet Home Alabama on the video rack. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Mar 25, 2003
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3/4 | 83% | Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
Informative, compelling, and music to the ears. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Mar 4, 2003
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2.5/4 | 67% | Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2003) |
Stengade, in her first leading role, is at once vulnerable and frighteningly manic. - Premiere Magazine
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| Posted Mar 4, 2003
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