Funny People Review
This isn’t the type of comedy we’ve come to expect from Judd Apatow. And that’s fine. But while this labor-of-love is at times bittersweet and raucously funny, it’s also an over-long, meandering mess.
This isn’t the type of comedy we’ve come to expect from Judd Apatow. And that’s fine. But while this labor-of-love is at times bittersweet and raucously funny, it’s also an over-long, meandering mess.
Often-histrionic, quasi-Gothic entry in the long line of "evil child" movies suffers from an identity crisis. It’s not quite horror, not quite a thriller and not quite worth seeing.
A nebbishy low-level British politico commits a minor verbal gaffe that takes on a life of its own in this mediocre British satire.
An attempt to show us the horrific plight of women in an Islamic fundamentalist country ends up being almost too brutal to watch.
Autism speaks and has plenty to say in "Adam", the sweet-natured, atypical romance from writer/director Max Mayer.
Here comes another standard movie about the dating escapades of beautiful, successful, foolish-in-love white folks.
Writer-Director Boaz Yakin delivers a searing, black-as-night study of a family shredded by circumstance and their own flaws.
The sixth Harry Potter film is the most mature and fully-realized yet – which is great news for fans, but may hold little interest for the uninitiated.
Michelle Pfeiffer stars as an aging courtesan in the early 20th-century. She and everything else look fine but there is nothing much more to see here.
Quite possibly the worst comedy ever made, assuming it really is a comedy.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |