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I’d never seen it all the way through before. I’d expected to feel kind of “eh” about it, but I like Peter Riegert’s dry delivery more and more, and I really liked Boon and …
Heeeeee hee hee. Not every joke works, but enough of them do, and Tim Robbins’s hair alone is worth the price of the ticket. High-larious. The best part is watching Paul Rudd …
I’d read enough sterling reviews that I half expected to be disappointed, or think it was gimmicky, but it’s really good, and Paul Giamatti has deserved this kind of star turn for a while now. …
Just completely and irredeemably terrible, with the possible exception of David Alan Grier. It’s like the worst SNL sketches in history all strung together, AND you glimpse Ed Begley Jr.’s penis, which GOOD GOD …
(Don’t ask. It’s for work.) Blech. I loved the book, and the elements of the movie are not bad — except for Penelope Cruz, who just is not an actress — but …
Herzog is off-puttingly self-congratulatory, and I wish he hadn’t bothered mentioning all the players he could tell had drug problems if he’s not going to name some damn names, and I know it’s the fashion …
Hated it. Stomped on it when I finished reading it. Condescending, priggish, hypocritical, poorly written pap. Loathsome book.
The writing can be kind of pro forma at times, but Rathbone does paint a vivid picture most of the time. My only real complaint is that I’d have liked more follow-up on some …
It is — to the surprise of nobody, I’m sure — an excellent book. It’s funny, it’s touching, and it’s so smoothly written that you just can’t stop reading it; I finished it in …