Jeff Bridges deserves his Best Actor Oscar, but, as a whole, Crazy Heart is just OK, though its elevated because of his performance.
The Lovely Bones is, as a movie not living in the shadow of the book upon which it is based, unique and engaging, and full of a very frightening Stanley Tucci.
Dont run out and plunk down your hard-earned bucks for it, but if you want a pleasantly forgettable afternoon of harmless, melodramatic sweetness, go to a matinee with the family.
Dont let anything that might make this movie look appealing fool youeven Brendan Fraser cant save this zoo.
Remakes arent always a bad thing, but the lack of charisma from the leads and the script that feels like it was written by six different people who never met converged to make this a mostly bad thing with a few good bits.
Jennifer Lopez is acceptable, and there are a few good laughs, but overall a bland and forgettable romantic comedy.
With all those names in the cast, and a premise full of promise, Death at a Funeral is just THAT much more disappointing because of all that its not.
Better than The Hangover if you were an eighties kid, Hot Tub Time Machine may lack in making sense, but its funny, which is the job of a comedy.
Letters to God is a sweet tribute to a real-life little boys courageous fight with cancer but as a movie, despite some good performances, it wont appeal to everyone.
Date Night doesnt break any new ground, it doesnt offer any sort of existential treatise on life, and it doesnt succumb to crude humorit simply is funny.
