Pretty by-numbers stuff, but I enjoyed it more than I’d expected to, mostly because of Stanley Tucci.   Streep is getting all the glowing reviews, and she’s great, but when Tucci is onscreen is when …

Loved it!   The kitten-wrangling scene is brilliant, of course, but the whole thing is just so neatly done — it’s funny, it’s not too in love with itself, the pace is great.   I …

Loved it.   Loved it!   It’s confusing and derivative, but who cares — Sam Rockwell is my husband!   All right, all right.   If you want it to make sense, you won’t like …

In spite of the fact that every single member of the cast is really very annoying in it (except Karen Black, who is fabulous, in spite of some hair continuity issues), it’s quite good.   …

I expected to hate it, and particularly to hate Portman, but it’s good, and Portman is very good.   Nuanced, which I’d forgotten she can do.   I still think she has bitchface but she …

Opie, honey: It’s a boxing movie, and we all know the Depression was hard.   The movie is at least twenty minutes too long.   It’s called “the point,” and in a sports film, you …

I laughed, and it’s good, but I think I expected too much.   He repeated himself too much, and some of the marriage material was…I don’t know how to put it, but “beneath him” is …

I liked it; I liked Jane Fonda’s character.   She can be hard for me to like as an actress sometimes; I’m not sure why.   She’s just not fun to watch.   Not the …

Catch Me If You Can.Initially, when I got to the end of it, it didn’t seem like it had a whole lot to it.It’s sweet, and it’s paced well, but it seemed light.But the more …

Now I’d like to rewatch the original — apparently it’s weak, but it could be good peanut-gallery fun — but this one’s quite good.   Good action sequences (muddily shot at times, but it doesn’t …