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Darren Bignell

Darren Bignell's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Mercury Rising (1998) 21% 2/5 EDIT “An anaemic time-waster you've seen before that fails to create tension or generate the suspense this genre cries out for.” – Empire Magazine Apr 21, 2020 Full Review Carpool (1996) 14% 2/5 EDIT “The whole madcap production is at best faintly amusing, at worst, painfully protracted.” – Empire Magazine May 2, 2014 Full Review Spy Hard (1996) 7% 2/5 EDIT “Sporadically funny, but never more than a sting of crude gags.” – Empire Magazine Jun 4, 2013 Full Review Beautiful Girls (1996) 78% 4/5 EDIT “This film really succeeds with its warm treatment of ordinary hang-ups -- no life-shattering revelations or pain repressed since childhood, just the genuine, everyday trials of life.” – Empire Magazine Aug 20, 2010 Full Review The Saint (1997) 30% 3/5 EDIT “There's no lack of style or pace from Noyce, just the sense that it isn't quite gelling together.” – Empire Magazine May 20, 2008 Full Review Happy Gilmore (1996) 65% 3/5 EDIT “At the end of the day, it's exactly what most spectators would really love to see on the fairway.” – Empire Magazine Apr 15, 2008 Full Review The Devil's Advocate (1997) 65% 4/5 EDIT “High art this may not be, and certainly no Paradise Lost, but fine filmic entertainment it most definitely is.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (1997) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Before you know it, you're caught up in a difficult but touching friendship, and enjoying a history lesson more than you ever thought possible.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 47% 3/5 EDIT “...this appetiser proves that nouveau horror is alive and kicking hard.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review American Pie (1999) 62% 3/5 EDIT “There's a good balance struck between bite-size chuckles offered by the central caricatures, and belly-laughs provoked by the scrapes they get into.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Lost in Space (1998) 27% 3/5 EDIT “Praise is nevertheless due to the host of effects houses responsible for hideous space spiders, a ship ominously reminiscent of Event Horizon and countless other amazing visuals.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review There's Something About Mary (1998) 84% EDIT “There are some scenes of stand-out hilarity that will actually leave you in pain.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Empire of the Sun (1987) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Good-looking but hollow.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2/5 EDIT “Unfortunately, such lack of clarity is evident at surface level too: just who is this movie for? ” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Blade (1998) 59% 3/5 EDIT “Norrington's ability with stuntwork, fight sequences and positing CGI are unquestionable.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Big Daddy (1999) 39% 3/5 EDIT “Big Daddy is clear evidence that -- for the moment at least -- this pony doesn't need a new trick.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Pitch Black (2000) 58% 4/5 EDIT “This is filmmaking that's lean, mean and (in Diesel) boasts one hell of a fighting machine.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Leading Man (1996) 69% 3/5 EDIT “Like the characters' imminent theatre - there's a pervading sense of unreality which makes full connection with the movie rather difficult.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Liar Liar (1997) 83% 4/5 EDIT “...a reliably entertaining slice of comic nonsense.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Basketball Diaries (1995) 46% 3/5 EDIT “Not exactly upbeat watching but the charm of an early DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg makes this worthwhile viewing.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Deep Impact (1998) 45% 3/5 EDIT “The subject matter can't fail to make you think about your own reaction to such a crisis, and Leder has packaged the premise in a way that's never boring and frequently telling.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Cotton Mary (1999) 36% EDIT “All very, very long-winded. And it's a basic filmic truth that if you fail to provide an audience with even one character to sympathise with, interest will rapidly flag.” – Empire Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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