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430,780 | 1,173,088 | 256,103 | 5 | Tries to be artsy , erotic , controversial and deep all at the same time - half-baked on every level . | I expected much more from " Intimacy . " I remember when it first came out in 2001 and got a lot of bad reviews from the critics , but at first I thought it was probably just because they couldn't handle the ( allegedly ) " explicit " content matter . I was wrong : it really is a mediocre movie . The main problem is th... |
430,296 | 1,173,088 | 151,738 | 5 | Typical modern-day teen flick . . . | Ho-hum comedy / romance with the basics : kissing , sex , and relationships . Drew Barrymore plays a highschooler who has never been kissed ; she falls in love with her teacher and you can kind of guess the outcome early on . In light of recent teen films this isn't half bad , but when compared to more intelligent and ... |
429,532 | 1,173,088 | 367,594 | 5 | Huge disappointment | In 2004 I nearly got the chance to visit the set of " Charlie and the Chocolate Factory " at Pinewood Studios ( outside of London ) . Two people I knew worked there ( one with access to all sets ) and I had planned on sitting in the trailer where the stars go to eat . I was pretty excited at the idea of meeting Johnny ... |
429,202 | 1,173,088 | 120,716 | 5 | Not as good as it could of been , but still a decent movie . | Despite the issues of this movie , it just didn't come out the way it should have . Robin Williams gave a good performance , as always , but the movie itself lacked the dramatic touch it needed . Parts of the story , as well as the lines made the movie more of a dramatic comedy , which doesn't work in a movie like this... |
429,195 | 1,173,088 | 120,735 | 5 | Visually and cinematically , " Trainspotting " meets Tarantino - - story-wise , an unfortunate case of style over substance | Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( 1998 ) has become something of a cult classic ( particularly in the UK ) and has a devout fan following . In the wake of the Quentin Tarantino self-knowing genre imitators this is one of the few to stand apart from the rest and make a name for itself . Unfortunately that's all i... |
429,882 | 1,173,088 | 105,417 | 5 | Too routine to be enjoyable . | Sister Act was a huge success when it came out . Harvey Keitel was at the top of his game in ' 92 - " Reservoir Dogs , " " Bad Lieutenant " and this had sparked his career up and Whoopi Goldberg was a couple years off her Academy Award-winning performance in " Ghost . " So , I guess their names attracted the moviegoe... |
430,957 | 1,173,088 | 349,903 | 5 | Dull and disappointing . | Heist movies should be fun and entertaining ? not dull and glib . But that's precisely what " Ocean's Twelve " is ? a smug , slow exercise in Hollywood banality . You can feel the sweaty palms of fattened executives draining the zest and energy out of this picture . Granted , the first movie wasn't anything great , but... |
429,291 | 1,173,088 | 80,024 | 5 | Annoying and off-target | Tim is a mentally handicapped young man who falls in love with an older woman despite his family's objections . Their relationship turns serious and that's basically the point of the movie - can older women love younger men ? I looked forward to this as I'm a big Mel Gibson fan and feel he is too often bagged on by cri... |
429,940 | 1,173,088 | 120,757 | 5 | Not a terrible film , but not a particularly good one , either . . . | 60s and 70s television show remakes are everywhere . " Charlie's Angels " and " Starsky and Hutch " are just two of the more profitable franchises ( the latter of the two bringing in $28 million in its first week ) . But both of those series tend to have fun with what they're parodying , rather than remaking . " The Mo... |
430,377 | 1,173,088 | 65,421 | 5 | If you don't love this movie you probably deserve to die . | I'm joking again . I actually would encourage people to dislike this film . I find it average at best . As a Disney picture , it's a shameless rip-off of " 101 Dalmations " - only instead of dogs , it's with cats . " AristoCATS " - - ha , ha ! How clever I wonder how long it took them to come up with that one . Basical... |
429,445 | 1,173,088 | 271,285 | 5 | A Guilty Pleasure | Face ValueThis movie is about as average as they come . But for being a made-for-TV film , it's not all that bad . Scott Baio , ex-child star in real life , plays a young man who goes to visit an old friend of his who resides in California . His friend's got it all : Nice house , great car , lots of neat accessories , ... |
429,197 | 1,173,088 | 349,710 | 5 | Blind patriotism - - good acting in a poorly-directed movie . | I recall John Travolta showing up on " The Tonight Show " to promote the release of " Ladder 49 " some months ago . He basically said their aim was to create the most realistic fire-fighting movie ever . They have succeeded . Realism is both the strength and downfall of " Ladder 49 . " This is a movie , not a documenta... |
430,854 | 1,173,088 | 202,470 | 5 | Laughably bad to the point of unintentional self-satire | Marky Mark Wahlberg plays a rock star wannabe who rocks out at rock concerts with his rockin ' girlfriend and rocking friends . He gets into fights with competing rock band members and his older brother , who hates rock music and is a police officer , makes fun of him for being a wannabe rock star . So the titular rock... |
430,970 | 1,173,088 | 143,145 | 5 | Danger . Suspense . Excitement . Not This Time . | The World is Not EnoughI have tried to sit through this Bond film multiple times , and I only did so the first time I viewed it . I figure that you should stick with a movie , through good times and bad . First of all , I don't like wasting money on something . Secondly , I like to see it all just to say I saw it . Thi... |
430,796 | 1,173,088 | 120,685 | 5 | Most disappointing film experience I've ever had ( well , almost ) | I bought into the hype when this came out in 1998 . I was younger then and went to go see it opening day with my friend . He loved it , but the entire time I saw there awestruck thinking to myself , " Wow , this is actually BORING ! " It's not that the film is just stupid . All blockbusters are , after all . It's that ... |
430,680 | 1,173,088 | 268,380 | 5 | Not very impressive . | So far DreamWorks Pictures has only produced two worthwhile computer-animated films ( the " Shrek " movies ) and " Ice Age " is another reminder of why Pixar has them beat in almost all aspects . First of all the only good thing about this movie is the cast - Ray Romano , John Leguizamo and Denis Leary . The animation ... |
429,288 | 1,173,088 | 243,133 | 5 | A Disappointing , Dull Film Noir . . . | The Man Who Wasn't ThereFilm noirs have been done excellently over the past years , but not many are as great as they could be . That's why , after seeing commercials and reading reviews for ' The Man Who Wasn't There , ' I expected a lot from the film . Unfortunately , it was very disappointing . Ed Crane ( Billy Bob ... |
430,768 | 1,173,088 | 93,649 | 5 | Pretty lame | Pretty terrible little Disney film starring Jay Underwood as a robotic " son " engineered by Alan Thicke who proceeds to find himself engaged in " wonderfully imaginative " situations of " comic unfortunate . . . ness . " unfortunately for us the film is a dire little copycat clone of other real - looking - robots - cr... |
430,022 | 1,173,088 | 279,889 | 5 | An okay family movie , but not particularly memorable | I like Tim Allen and I hate to see him selling himself out like this . Here he's playing an average joe ( named Joe ! Haha the irony ! ) who gets beat up outside work one day by a meanie co-worker ( played by the brilliant Patrick Warburton , one of the most underrated comedians out there ) . Feeling like he has lost h... |
429,642 | 1,173,088 | 106,627 | 5 | Entertaining in a bad way . | The Crush is about a fourteen-year-old girl ( Alicia Silverstone ) who falls in love with a journalist neighbor , played by Cary Elwes ( of " Saw " infamy ) . Elwes rejects her come-ons and after she tries to kiss him gives her a slight warning . However her advances are so strong that after a while he is left dazed ... |
429,862 | 1,173,088 | 116,240 | 5 | What's the point ? | I don't understand the point of this movie . " Terms of Endearment " already did all this - and it was better . What's the point of bringing Shirley MacLaine back almost fifteen years later ? The original audience of the first film are much older by then and younger girls don't give a damn because they weren't around w... |
430,365 | 1,173,088 | 43,548 | 5 | Well , everybody has to start somewhere ! | This film was made by Stanley Kubrick when he was twenty-four years old . He accepted the job - - a nine-minute short feature about a New Mexico-based priest - - solely for money , as - - at the time - - he was a struggling up-and-comer who had yet to direct the classic " Paths of Glory " ( 1957 ) that would officially... |
429,661 | 1,173,088 | 166,943 | 5 | Boring and average . . . | A very boring and surprisingly average , sappy drama about a music teacher ( Streep ) who taught inner-city-kids the meaning of life through music . Based on a true story but it's been Hollywoodized for sure . Boring , sappy , predictable and almost overbearably corny . Meryl Streep remains an unimpressive actress in m... |
430,287 | 1,173,088 | 89,469 | 5 | A mess of a movie whose " director's cut " is as bad as the edited version | Legend is a legend of film-making because , similar to films by Orson Welles and Sergio Leone , it was assaulted by editors against the director's wishes and transformed into an entirely other picture . The difference between Ridley Scott's " Legend " and the other directors ' films is that both versions of Scott's f... |
429,835 | 1,173,088 | 437,758 | 5 | I could go a lifetime without ever seeing Tyra Banks on television again | Talk about over-exposure . First she had a grating , oh-so-very-staged " reality " television show named America's Top Model - which was repetitive garbage - and the next thing you know she's got a big-budget talk show , complete with a huge flickering sign that says " TYRA ! " in the background . Yay ! ( As if we migh... |
429,368 | 1,173,088 | 160,236 | 5 | Mr . Magoo Meets " George Of the Jungle " | If you liked " Mr . Magoo " and / or " George Of the Jungle " , you'll most likely enjoy " Dudley Do-Right . " I , personally , found it better than " George of the Jungle , " even though " Dudley " has some very stupid moments . Together as a whole it works , even if it is . . . well . . . stupid . stars on a stupid f... |
429,470 | 1,173,088 | 78,718 | 5 | A great performance stuck in a subpar movie that plays like a daytime drama with awful music | I'm a big Al Pacino fan . I bought " And Justice for All " because of the fact that it starred Pacino , and I was excited because I had heard he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar . Now , after seeing the film , I can see why - - his performance is great . Unfortunately , it's a great performance stuck in a lousy mov... |
431,026 | 1,173,088 | 274,795 | 5 | Not very good | I'm a fan of Eddie Murphy's work on both " SNL " and in movies ( up until the late ' 80s , anyway ) . I expected a lot from this " best of " collection but it's simply not very good . There are a few good gags - the " white man disguise , " James Brown's hottub , The Little Rascals bit - but overall it has more misses ... |
429,536 | 1,173,088 | 332,226 | 5 | Fallon is just OK and the awards ceremony isn't anything special ; but the Guns are back ! | I don't like Jimmy Fallon so it is hard for me to " review " this program properly . Last time I submitted a review it mysteriously disappeared a few months later so I better be careful what I say this time . Overall I don't feel this awards show is particularly good . I'm not into MTV to begin with and seeing Eminem a... |
430,934 | 1,173,088 | 107,473 | 5 | So disappointing . | I had heard really good things about this comedy . The reviews all seemed to rave that it was clever , outrageously funny , and featured good acting . The real selling point seemed to be the " role reversal " of the two main stars - Robert De Niro playing a shy everyman and Bill Murray playing a suave gangster . When I... |
429,763 | 1,173,088 | 43,274 | 5 | Classic Disney cartoon but not memorable for me | I am not a Disney fan , perhaps because I grew up in a household with a father obsessed with them . In fact I came to loathe Disney by the time I was a teenager ; I am a WB enthusiast and only like Pixar's films with Disney , along with " Aladdin " and " The Lion King " - which I found a bit more " adult " in nature ( ... |
429,938 | 1,173,088 | 89,530 | 5 | Annoying and off-key with a family-friendly marketing approach | This is the PG-13 " Mad Max " film which introduced the kiddies into the mix , which is hugely disappointing as the two previous entries were ultra-violent , R-rated action masterpieces ( or so the critics say ) with no little kids in sight . This is like the " Jedi " addition to the series - as if George Lucas got his... |
430,035 | 1,173,088 | 78,723 | 5 | A different kind of " disaster movie " for Spielberg | Forget " Jurassic Park . " This was Steven Spielberg's first true " disaster movie , " albeit it a more literal one . Yes , " 1941 " is a pretty bad film and probably deserves its reputation . It was such a flop in 1979 that advance teasers for " Raiders of the Lost Ark " boasted " from the director of . . . " and list... |
430,288 | 1,173,088 | 794,714 | 5 | A very big disappointment | I thought seasons one and two of " Chappelle's Show " were very funny . Some skits weren't as good as others , of course , but most of the material was funnier than any modern " Saturday Night Live " episode . After Chappelle left , I admired his reasoning - he was smart enough to avoid what a lot of other performers f... |
429,466 | 1,173,088 | 307,453 | 5 | The best parts are on the trailer , and the trailer was poor . | I didn't think this looked very promising from the trailers I saw , but it had the vocal talents of Robert De Niro , Angelina Jolie , Will Smith , and Martin Scorsese , so I figured it had to be pretty good , right ? Surely they all saw something in the material ? Perhaps Jack Black would be funny as the cowardly shark... |
429,184 | 1,173,088 | 190,865 | 5 | Do people take this seriously ? | If you take this movie seriously , you'll have no fun like I did . But if you laugh at it , it's pretty funny . I always need a good laugh , and Vertical Limit delivers just that . . nah I'm just kidding . But seriously , if you take it too seriously you'll have no fun . Even then though , it's a pretty dumb movie . I ... |
429,686 | 1,173,088 | 158,062 | 5 | I like how Pamela Anderson is credited on IMDb as a " cinematographer " | If your idea of a good time is watching some druggie rock star bonking a famous Playboy bunny then this " movie " will certainly fulfill you . It is , at least , leagues better than that awful Paris Hilton tape . However , in general , I just have a hard time of finding entertainment in watching two famous people going... |
429,177 | 1,173,088 | 358,082 | 5 | Poor animation and simply not very funny or enjoyable | I'm already tired of DreamWorks ' animation studios . They've stolen the ideas of Pixar and created ugly , annoying films like " Shark Tale " and " Madagascar . " Oh , and " Robots . " This one is just as bad as DreamWorks ' other animated films Whereas Pixar gave 3D animated films a good name back in ' 95 with " Toy S... |
429,987 | 1,173,088 | 120,317 | 5 | That Darn Remake ! | That Darn Cat is a makeover of the Disney film with Haley Mills . This time around , the world is darker , the main character is darker . . . and the cat is darker . Christina ( " Addams Family , " " Sleepy Hollow " ) Ricci is the main character for our story . She's a psychopathic , Gothic creature with black all ar... |
430,110 | 1,173,088 | 104,850 | 5 | A nice try , but no cigar | The believability of " invisible man " pictures has been a problem long left ignored in Hollywood . The main problem is that invisible characters never seem to do what real humans would do if they were given the powers . This creates a distance between the viewers and the characters themselves , resulting in alienation... |
429,997 | 1,173,088 | 179,626 | 5 | Disappointed . Expected more from DeNiro . | This gritty crime / cop buddy movie disappointed me . The message they passed was too strong . I rented this movie for entertainment , not a message . It would be okay if it was hidden , but no , it's the WHOLE way through the movie . Robert DeNiro was barely in this movie , and when he was he was just a nothing . De N... |
431,009 | 1,173,088 | 100,529 | 5 | Pretty interesting plot but poor execution | Professor David Rhodes ( Robert Hays ) lost his older brother to the Vietnam War in 1966 . When he hears that a famous professor is working on a time machine , he persuades the scientist to allow him to travel back in time and correct history , by saving the life of President Kennedy and therefore ( somehow ) preventin... |
429,228 | 1,173,088 | 423,977 | 5 | I wanted to like it , but . . . | I thought the ads for this film looked fairly promising , and the fact that it was rated R seemed to indicate that it wasn't going to be another teen-geared PG-13 comedy . When I saw that Robert Downey Jr . was in the cast , I was even more interested in seeing it . And , in all fairness , the first twenty minutes or s... |
430,121 | 1,173,088 | 117,765 | 5 | Not as bad as they say it is , but still pretty poor . . . | StripteaseDire , but strangely fascinating , Demi Moore vehicle about a single mother who turns to a life of stripping in order to gain custody of her daughter . ( Robert Patrick is the drug-stealing ex-husband who gains custody of the child . ) Ving Rhames is a bodyguard and Burt Reynolds has a nice co-star role as a ... |
430,011 | 1,173,088 | 87,225 | 5 | Very silly and outdated cash-in , but I used to love it | It's unfortunate that sometimes nostalgia can turn out to be a deceiving pain . I used to watch " The Ewok Adventure " on VHS when I was younger and was a huge fan - I'd view it frequently ( probably even before I saw all the original " Star Wars " films ) and , although I recognized it was cheesy even as a child , I s... |
430,772 | 1,173,088 | 146,675 | 5 | Arnie vs . Satan | Arnold peaked at the end of the ' 90s , I guess . He's battled Terminators , Greek gods , bears , alligators , planes , and macho men in fish net clothing . The only choice left is , of course , Satan . So they put together a movie about Satan and gave Arnie the lead . I think everyone working on this thought it would ... |
431,142 | 1,173,088 | 1,135,985 | 5 | A simple enough diversion , but not very memorable | Sex Drive looked funny based on commercials I saw , and its early reviews were rather positive , but I was pretty disappointed . It was only marginally entertaining and came across like a really lame Superbad attempt at raunchy teen comedy . There are a few decent cameos ( David Koechner is worth mentioning ) but as a ... |
431,107 | 1,173,088 | 120,179 | 5 | It's certainly on cruise control . . . | Disappointing , unnecessary sequel sees returning Bullock boarding a ship with new boyfriend Patrick , only for the cruise to be interrupted when hassled , angry terrorist Willem Dafoe takes the vessel hostage in hopes of getting a personal vendetta sorted out . Surprisingly directed by Jan De Bont ( " Speed " ) and wi... |
430,301 | 1,173,088 | 120,188 | 5 | We Three Kings . . . | The Review " Three Kings " is a grand movie . It's got superbly choreographed action sequences , a hilarious dark side , and one of a human side , as well . Its characters stand on their own and make up their minds about what they want to do , and a lot of the time it's not the best decision . They are on a quest by th... |
429,472 | 1,173,088 | 102,798 | 5 | The absolute worst Kevin Costner movie ever made . | Saying a Kevin Costner movie is bad is kind of like saying cheese smells . It just does . To be fair , some of his films have been quite good . . . " Open Range , " " Field of Dreams , " " The Untouchables , " " No Way Out " . . . you could do worse than watch these films . But he's made far more bad films than good on... |
429,840 | 1,173,088 | 115,819 | 5 | Has some good parts , but is ultimately sophomoric and not as consistent as Trey and Matt's later work | Cannibal ! The Musical is inspired by the true story of Alferd Packer ( although his real name was allegedly " Alfred " and " Alferd " came about because he didn't know how to spell his own name correctly ) . Packer was one of only two men - along with Albert Fish - to ever be convicted of cannibalism in America . ( ... |
430,081 | 1,173,088 | 120,070 | 5 | The beginning shows promise , but soon it just goes downhill | The film opens in Paris . Joshua ( Dennis Quaid ) , a U . S . Military official , is eating with his family . He decides to leave and as he walks away he witnesses his wife and young son killed in a brutal suicide bombing . In a fit of rage , after their funeral Joshua goes to the nearest Muslim temple and shoots about... |
430,136 | 1,173,088 | 386,588 | 5 | Sorry , I didn't fall for it . | Will Smith is the world's most popular film star . No , seriously . He is . Statistically , he draws the most customers for Hollywood . It's rumored that every time a Will Smith movie bombs and the statistics drop , so do the film executives ? from their skyscrapers . ( Just kidding , I made that one up . ) They say it... |
429,696 | 1,173,088 | 290,226 | 5 | Disappointing Look at John Williams ' Music for " Jaws 2 " . . . | I kind of hoped this would be an intriguing look into John Williams and his music . Instead , I got Williams talking about how he doesn't like to do music for sequels but did here - - okay , that's nice , but why doesn't he tell us HOW he gets inspiration for film themes ? Nope , no insights into the man's mind here , ... |
431,053 | 1,173,088 | 115,759 | 5 | Worn , Misused , and Slightly Entertaining . . . | ( some spoilers ) " Broken Arrow " - starsI first saw " Broken Arrow " as an in-flight movie from Heathrow to Dulles . I enjoyed it the first time , but only on second viewing did it strike me how average , misused and mediocre this film is . Christian Slater and John Travolta play US pilots who have to fly nuclear wea... |
430,050 | 1,173,088 | 107,144 | 5 | Lazy slapstick , but it will entertain you | Topper Harley ( Charlie Sheen ) is living in a Buddhist monastery , doing odd jobs for the locals , when he's recruited by the Military to rescue a rescue team ( which initially was sent in to rescue a rescue team to rescue a rescue team to rescue . . . etc . ) from Iraq . At first he's reluctant but eventually agrees ... |
429,645 | 1,173,088 | 181,739 | 5 | Good premise , but it wears thin fast | This was an odd directorial choice for the Farrelly Brothers ( " Dumb and Dumber , " " There's Something About Mary " ) . It's an animated film ( in parts ) about the internal workings of a man's body . The man is played by Bill Murray during the " live action " sequences . These are intercut with animated sequences th... |
430,119 | 1,173,088 | 298,388 | 5 | Quite disappointing | Call me anything you want , but the old " VeggieTales " shorts are very fun to watch . They appeal to both adults and children ; their humor is juvenile on one level and very adult on another , similar to " The Simpsons . " " VeggieTales " actually became so famous for a while in the regular mainstream market that Big ... |
431,029 | 1,173,088 | 107,808 | 5 | Incredibly disappointing . | I had really looked forward to seeing " A Perfect World " and was excited when it finally came on television in the UK . Clint Eastwood is always a reliable director , I adore low-key character studies and it seemed as though it might have a very promising story at its core . The first twenty minutes or so are great . ... |
430,021 | 1,173,088 | 107,843 | 5 | Does every successful foreign film have to be remade by Americans ? | Point of No Return is a remake of the successful French film " La Femme Nikita , " by Luc Besson ( " The Fifth Element " and " Leon the Professional " ) . I've seen parts of the original and thought it was really good . I've seen the remake on TV about a million times ( I haven't actually sat through it each time ) a... |
429,669 | 1,173,088 | 117,608 | 5 | I love Steve Martin , I don't love this movie . . . | Basically a one-joke movie adaptation on yet another classic television show . Some scenes reminiscent of Martin's " Roxanne , " but basically only one or two scattered jokes throughout . After this film tanked at the box office in 1996 , Steve Martin said that he didn't feel funny anymore and stopped movies for a whil... |
429,931 | 1,173,088 | 119,488 | 5 | Disappointing and overrated . | Loads of people are going to disagree with me and press the " unhelpful " button on this review , but I don't care . I saw " L . A . Confidential " back when it was released , after all the hype , and was severely disappointed . It recently came on television again and I thought to myself that maybe - - hopefully - - I... |
430,790 | 1,173,088 | 187,393 | 5 | Politically correct , racist and dumb . | I used to really like " The Patriot . " Unfortunately , I watched it again recently and found myself quite disappointed . It's too silly , really . The ending , for example , is a hoot ( somehow I had overlooked it countless times before ) . The Brits are all these vicious , stupid dogs and the Americans are smarter , ... |
430,820 | 1,173,088 | 280,590 | 5 | The whole Sandler routine starts to get old ( er ) | I like " Happy Gilmore . " It's Sandler's best comedy . " Billy Madison " is pretty lame , " Big Daddy " is amusing , " Little Nicky " is a terrible mess and " Mr . Deeds " ( a remake of the Jimmy Stewart film ) is proof that you should let a sleeping dog lie - this is like watching " Big Daddy " all over again ! It's ... |
429,316 | 1,173,088 | 146,316 | 5 | Jolie does bring the character to life , but the screenplay's just dull ! | While Angelina Jolie does bring the Lara Croft Tomb Raider character to life on the big screen , unfortunately the script and dialogue is just boring . The overall effects are done nicely . In one scene there is a fight involving a bunji harness in Croft's mansion where Jolie swings around doing little martial arts mov... |
429,825 | 1,173,088 | 280,609 | 5 | The first hour is great , the second hour . . . isn't . | Low-budget horror movies were once original back when Sam Raimi and Tobe Hooper actually made good films out of them , but nowadays it's exactly the opposite . Cheap movies are just as bad as expensive ones , if not more so , and they've become the very thing they shouldn't be : boring . " Dog Soldiers " is a low-budge... |
430,371 | 1,173,088 | 133,152 | 5 | A terrible remake / re-imagining of the original that is boring , silly and over-the-top | Apparently Tim Burton was very excited about making this film , but ended up being incredibly disappointed with the outcome . The film itself was a dud , and got a ruthless beating from critics and the general public , despite making a profit in theaters . The problem is that they tried to " re-imagine " the original m... |
430,343 | 1,173,088 | 51,638 | 5 | Really pathetic special effects ; an overall silly and forgettable film | It's the late 1880s and Victor Barbicane ( Joseph Cotton ) has invented a new power source called " Power X . " He realizes it has the potential to boost a rocket into outer space ( or , more specifically , to the moon ) . After some initial flubs he manages to embark on his journey along with his assistant ( Don Dubbi... |
429,910 | 1,173,088 | 280,720 | 5 | Lame . | So this insecure Indian guy moves to the US in the hopes of following the American Dream like his relative . He messes up and lands a role , accidentally , in this low-grade porn flick with a beautiful girl , played by Heather Graham . And at first he doesn't want to " perform , " but when he does , it's really good , ... |
429,883 | 1,173,088 | 280,707 | 5 | Very disappointing . | Robert Altman is one of my favorite directors of all time and his " Player " ( 1992 ) starring Tim Robbins is a great dark satire of the film industry . He's a great genre-swapper and so I expected quite a bit from " Gosford Park , " which I pictured as an Agatha Christie-style period piece . The movie stars Weese Rith... |
430,152 | 1,173,088 | 117,723 | 5 | Typical Nielson | This James Bond spoof never accomplishes much and resorts to typical Leslie Nielson fare , with half-hearted laughs , and not enough to name the film " great , " just like " Wrongfully Accused " and " Dracula : Dead and Loving It . " Don't get me wrong , the film isn't awful by any account - it just isn't good enough t... |
430,795 | 1,173,088 | 190,138 | 5 | Lame . | This is a lame comedy about a hit-man ( Bruce Willis ) who buddy-buddies with his next-door neighbor , a dentist ( Chandler ) , to predictable results . It has a few brief inspired moments , but they're far apart and even then don't deliver all they should . It borrows its style from " There's Something About Mary " ( ... |
429,969 | 1,173,088 | 111,901 | 5 | A very average television show in the vein of " Full House " | Joey , Matt and Andy are three brothers living in Philly in a building above a car garage where they work . The garage used to be owned by their father , but he has recently passed away , leaving the three boys ( one an adult , one a high-schooler and a middle-schooler ) to live with their mother . Every episode of the... |
429,650 | 1,173,088 | 102,057 | 5 | I can't believe I haven't commented on this yet ! | I could have sworn I already wrote a review for " Hook , " but glancing at my review archive just now , I realized I hadn't - what a shock ! I've seen it so many times over the years . . . and each time it grows worse and worse . ( But in a good way , if that makes any sense . ) " Hook " is a terrible film , yes . But ... |
429,553 | 1,173,088 | 368,578 | 5 | Not as awful as I thought it would be , but still pretty bad ! | Nick Persons ( Ice Cube ) is a loveless bachelor who's looking for the right woman . When he finally finds her , it's love at first sight - but then he finds out she's a single mom with two kids at home . In order to prove to her that he can be a good father , Nick agrees to drive them cross-country on a road trip - wi... |
430,935 | 1,173,088 | 104,231 | 5 | Watchable , but it could have been " great . " | The year is 1892 and Irish immigrants Joseph Donnelly ( Tom Cruise ) and Shannon ( Nicole Kidman ) have arrived at a shipping port in Boston , greeted by enticing faces who offer them jobs and safety . . . for a price . Joseph has used Shannon to help cross the Atlantic ; there's a long prologue in which their characte... |
430,405 | 1,173,088 | 379,417 | 5 | Not very insightful , although the James Woods interview is good | An excerpt of this documentary based on Sergio Leone's life is included on the two-disc " Once Upon a Time in America " Director's Cut DVD . Unfortunately it seems very amateur , the interviews are poorly edited , repetitive and contain little insight ; and worst of all , the people interviewed themselves had little to... |
429,295 | 1,173,088 | 113,972 | 5 | It's been done before - and much better | Some guy's girl gets kidnapped and he's given orders by the thief ( Christopher Walken ) to kill a politician in a certain amount of time , or else . Sound clever ? No ? Well , how about if the film's length is as long / short as the time our hero has to kill the politician ? I'm sure this looked good on paper and in p... |
429,861 | 1,173,088 | 94,332 | 5 | Nicholson is fun , the movie is just so-so | The Witches of Eastwick is about three women in a town called Eastwick and how Satan visits them and alters their sex lives . It's kind of a weird movie . Actually , come to think of it , really weird . But when the women include Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher and the devil is Jack Nicholson himself , you know you're at ... |
429,952 | 1,173,088 | 181,316 | 5 | Another Forgettable " Comedy " . . . | Blue Streak stars Martin Lawrence as a thief , who for some complicated reasons ( complicated for him - not for the film viewers ! ) must disguise himself as a police officer and infiltrate police headquarters . With an uninspired premise , decent acting talent , and a bad script , " Blue Streak " offers few laughs ,... |
429,198 | 1,173,088 | 163,978 | 5 | Utter trash | I couldn't believe just how trashy this film is . To be fair the cinematography is good and it has a cool blue-ish tint that gives it a visceral edge - - but that's about it . The acting is bad . Leo DiCaprio is a great actor when he's given a chance ( What's Eating Gilbert Grape , The Aviator , Catch Me If You Can ) b... |
429,673 | 1,173,088 | 106,292 | 5 | Another Miserable Retread . . . | That's it , nobody calls me Ed McMahon ! - Emilio Estevez saying the funniest line from a rather dry sequel " Another Stakeout " was six years in the waiting . After the first film , " Stakeout , " made a huge splash at the box office in 1987 ( the same year another cop-buddy film came out - - can you guess which one... |
429,569 | 1,173,088 | 119,668 | 5 | Not particularly very good | A magazine reporter named John Kelso ( John Cusack ) decides to do a story on a Christmas party hosted by an infamous eccentric named Jim Williams ( Kevin Spacey ) in Savannah . John enjoys the part but feels taken aback and apprehensive when he meets Jim's abusive lover , Billy . Billy winds up dead , and Kelso stays ... |
430,538 | 1,173,088 | 118,972 | 5 | Alan J . Pakula's last film is incredibly disappointing . . . | This is a very mediocre movie , and a bad sign-off for Alan J . Pakula ( who died a year later in 1998 from a car crash ) . Listen to Brad Pitt's awful accent for a few moments and you'll get a clear idea that this film is going nowhere . It caused some controversy on release because of its simplified view of the IRA /... |
430,621 | 1,173,088 | 108,330 | 5 | What went wrong ? | A few years ago , when it was cool to hate " Titanic , " I picked mercilessly on Leonardo DiCaprio ( as all males at the time did ) . I criticized his performances in every film I saw , mainly " Titanic . " Even though I liked the film , if you were a guy and admitted to enjoying it , you were automatically labeled gay... |
429,255 | 1,173,088 | 118,971 | 5 | Charlize Theron acting better than Al Pacino ? I never thought I'd see the day . . . | ' The Devil's Advocate ' works as neither a supernatural thriller nor a courtroom drama ? instead it relies heavily upon excessive content and performances , silly over-the-top concepts and a genuinely unpleasing conclusion , all of which stain an otherwise fairy enjoyable modern-day parable . The movie rambles on far ... |
429,698 | 1,173,088 | 95,107 | 5 | Ernest Saves Ernest's Career | Ernest Saves Christmas is one of the films in the seemingly endless line of " Ernest " flicks with Jim Varney . I've had the ( un ) - pleasurable experience of sitting through " Ernest Goes to Camp , " " Ernest Scared Stupid , " " Ernest Saves Christmas , " and perhaps some others that I don't remember . ( There are ... |
430,408 | 1,173,088 | 108,399 | 5 | Didn't work for me | Seems as though it were crafted by a real geek . Sorry , Quentin . TRUE ROMANCE ( 1993 ) out of Much of Tony Scott's " True Romance " seems as though it were crafted by a real geek . The film's hero , Clarence , is a quintessential loser - - every year on his birthday he goes to see a movie and all 364 other days are s... |
429,829 | 1,173,088 | 238,380 | 5 | I didn't like it | Someone had highly recommended " Equilibrium " to me , claiming it was better than " The Matrix " and a forgotten film that slipped under the radar in 2002 . Seeing how I never really bought into the whole " Matrix " craze , I figured this might be the more intelligent and unpretentious stylized action film I was looki... |
429,741 | 1,173,088 | 86,465 | 5 | OK but too long and not as consistently funny as it probably should be . . . | I just saw Trading Places in its true entirety for the first time in many years . I have often caught various scenes on TV but never sat down and watched it since first viewing long ago . My opinion remains the same . I'm a big fan of Eddie Murphy , a pretty big fan of Dan Aykroyd , and in general ' 80s comedies and SN... |
430,134 | 1,173,088 | 120,900 | 5 | Very oddball film | I'm not really sure what the point of this was but to be fair it is watchable in a mildly amusing sort of way . Kelsey Grammar is a down-on-his-luck alcoholic who dresses up as a children's TV cow ( a la Barney ) , and in the process begins a friendship with a young girl which he never expected . I rented this movie ye... |
429,251 | 1,173,088 | 170,691 | 5 | Haven't I seen this before ? | Well-filmed , but little else , TIGERLAND is another routine Army-training flick about some Texas recruits getting ready to be shipped off to Vietnam in 1971 . Colin Farrell is the star , once again eager to show us all his vital organs during sex and shower scenes . What is it with this guy ? Overall the movie feels l... |
429,411 | 1,173,088 | 325,710 | 5 | A rather good story reminiscent of " Little Big Man , " although not quite as good . . . | After watching " Little Big Man " and " The Last Samurai " within a week of each other , it seems as though they are both very similar . A man is taken in by another culture , then freed and decides to defend them out of his own free will . Both films bash Custer , too . Edward D . Zwick , the man behind " Glory " and ... |
430,006 | 1,173,088 | 86,312 | 5 | Too heartless | This movie plays like a made-for-TV , cheap biography . Meryl Streep gives a good performance but otherwise the film itself is rather disappointing . Mike Nichols , one of our most respected directors , leaves much to be desired in the directorial department . The overall impact of the movie is dull and unmoving . Stre... |
429,832 | 1,173,088 | 105,585 | 5 | I've never understood the appeal of this film | I think Val Kilmer is a superb actor and Michael Apted has made some good films . Plus , Robert De Niro is credited as a producer here , which means he had at least some effect on its production . However , I've never really understood the appeal of " Thunderheart . " I first saw it on television in the ' 90s and recal... |
430,858 | 1,173,088 | 101,745 | 5 | I've never been able to warm up to this | Minor SPOILERS ahead ! I've never been able to watch " Doc Hollywood " the entire way through . There is something about it that I find very hard to focus on . No , I don't have a low attention span . The story just doesn't interest me . It's very rare for me , especially , to ever just " not " watch a movie - I'm the ... |
429,474 | 1,173,088 | 139,462 | 5 | Poor Paul Newman . | Theresa ( Robin Wright Penn ) is a single city mother slash reporter . Garret Blake ( Kevin Costner ) is a hick in a small seaside town who fixes boats and takes care of his pappy , Dodge ( Paul Newman ) . Garret wrote a letter to his ex-wife two years ago ( P . S . She's dead now , this makes us feel sorry for him bec... |
430,837 | 1,173,088 | 195,761 | 5 | Ha . Ha ha . Ha . | Rhea Perlman plays a character named Ms . Beezlebub . Get it ? If you don't , then you won't appreciate this made-for-TV Disney movie about a famous hockey player ( Matthew Lawrence , the kid who said " Why don't I get Indian burns ? " in " Planes , Trains and Automobiles ) who sells his soul to a demon played by the f... |
429,400 | 1,173,088 | 172,495 | 5 | Braveheart : Redux . Give me the original any day . . . | I originally saw " Gladiator " ( 2000 ) in the year of its release , and after seeing the movie again last night , my position on the film has not changed . I did not like it three years ago , and I still do not like it . Back then I was not reviewing on a professional basis - - in fact , I had just started submitting ... |
429,499 | 1,173,088 | 450,278 | 5 | It's either a severely mis-advertised comedy or a terrible horror film - but I will admit I was entertained | I still can't decide whether " Hostel " is a mis-marketed comedy or a terrible excuse for a horror film . It's no surprise Quentin Tarantino produced it - he loved " Wolf Creek , " which was also very gory - but " Wolf Creek " was scary and well-made whereas " Hostel " was cheesy , humorous and so unbelievably over-the... |
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