Janice Page, Boston Globe
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For 148 reviews, this critic has graded:
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On average, this critic grades 0.8 points lower than other critics.
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Janice Page's Scores
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| Average review score: | 59 |
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88
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12
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 83 out of 148
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Mixed: 33 out of 148
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Negative: 32 out of 148
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movie reviews
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Janice Page 38
Ignore the hype. You won't find anything startling or memorable in the derivative Hide and Seek. -
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Janice Page 38
But this film, with its many cliches and borrowed substitutes for creativity, suggests his (Schroder) career in the boxing arena might have peaked with ''The Champ." -
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Janice Page 38
In the end, the thing that Cussler's fans will probably object to most is the nonsensical way Sahara manhandles his story. -
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Janice Page 38
Isn't all wrong. But even at its very best, it's just all right. -
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Janice Page 38
Dylan and Nikki are an awkward match at best, and their combined story is about as creative/convincing as a Hallmark card. -
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Janice Page 38
Though Murray and Curry gamely deliver some chuckle-worthy one-liners along the way, they're mostly leashed to material as moldy and uninspired as the "Jeffersons" theme song. -
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Janice Page 38
An overwrought story of American politics and image-making that really only gets interesting in the final act. -
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Janice Page 38
The real problem with The Astronaut Farmer is that it has no spark. -
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Janice Page 38
Underdog! Rest assured, there is no superhero cliche left unchewed; they even manage to slide in a "Lady and the Tramp" homage while they're at it. -
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Janice Page 38
The film logs almost all of its laughs when it's at its crudest, meanest, and most unfiltered. Everything else - and that is to say most of the movie - is a big, fat, derivative waste of time. -
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Janice Page 38
It's a warmed-over suspense thriller that's more disturbing than it is surprising or scary. -
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Janice Page 38
When the big twist is revealed at the end of The Life Before Her Eyes, you might think the only way to appreciate its cleverness is to see the film again. I did that. It didn't help. -
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Janice Page 38
None of these characters provides more than a smattering of laughs, but Def is the one guy we might like to see more of, if only because his role is small and better executed than it deserves. -
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Janice Page 38
It can’t be recommended even to people who mostly just want to see Amanda Seyfried naked. -
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Janice Page 38
Dukakis gets off some of the film's best lines and keeps the worst from sinking the whole affair; Polley's role is limited, but her character's audition for a feminine hygiene commercial is by far the best thing here. -
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Janice Page 38
For all the controversy surrounding Buffalo Soldiers, you'd think the film would at least be interesting. -
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Janice Page 38
Comes up short when things get serious, resorting to cliches and a whole lot of hooey about "moral fiber." -
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Janice Page 38
Falls flat on two fronts: It's neither deep and interesting enough to be a brainteaser nor sufficiently thrilling to count as a mindless diversion. -
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Janice Page 38
No one in the film offers a shred of real proof that IBM cheated. -
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Janice Page 38
Ultimately, Jordan's vision is so murky that Ned Kelly remains as foreign to us as wombat stew. -
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Janice Page 38
Serves up a silly story and clunky dialogue that gets better than it deserves from Jennifer Aspen as Lenny's would-be girlfriend. -
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Janice Page 38
The next time Grodin attempts a comeback, it would be so great if he avoids movies where he might be upstaged by a sandwich stunt. -
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Janice Page 38
Despite timely and worthwhile subject matter, there is nothing very inspired or inspiring in what makes it to the screen. Maybe they're saving all of that for the sequel, too. -
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Janice Page 38
Fienberg’s film spends most of its time trying to convince us that true love starts when you stop playing games. Then, in the final minutes, it reverses itself and puts gamesmanship back up on another wobbly pedestal. The result is hard to cheer. -
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Janice Page 25
It winds up being predictably charmless and forgettable, even as a travelogue or iPod download. -
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Janice Page 25
If ridiculous, hackneyed, gratuitously violent slasher movies aren't your thing, don't go near Venom with a 10-foot snake pole. -
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Janice Page 25
Put it this way: National Lampoon's Gold Diggers makes "The Anna Nicole Show" look sophisticated. -
