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 75
Isn't just a feel-good movie; it's a feel-good-and-righteous movie. And audiences will forgive its flaws. -
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Janice Page 50
It’s cute and clever to a point -- especially if you don’t know much about the film’s premise going in -- but then the cleverness runs on like the one-note punch line of an interminable “Saturday Night Live’’ sketch, sponsored by Audi. -
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Janice Page 63
Wolf Creek is ultimately all about the torture and the trauma. Happy holidays. -
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Janice Page 63
As a political thriller, Formosa Betrayed has enough suspense and intrigue to pull viewers along willingly. It doesn’t try too hard, which is refreshing. -
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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 63
The cast is up to the challenges of that arc, but the plot doesn't always keep them afloat. -
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Janice Page 63
It's worth noting that the movie's spiritual underpinnings are sometimes fairly subtle and other times veer into "Touched by an Angel" territory. The third act is downright Bible-thumping. -
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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 50
It's mostly flat, despite being presented in 3-D, and the writing is so unimaginative that at one point a character yells out "yabba dabba doo!" -
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Janice Page 63
While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience, the film still does the job in a pinch, and looks cool doing it. -
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Janice Page 50
As cartoon rip-offs go, Open Season can be surprisingly entertaining, in a made-for-6-year-olds kind of way. -
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Janice Page 63
Isn't the most seductive film ever made about border life or undocumented immigrants, but in a way it's unfair to compare it to such artistic triumphs as ''Touch of Evil,'' ''El Norte,'' ''Lone Star,'' and ''Traffic.'' -
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Janice Page 63
Would have benefited from putting a wider lens on the man and his detractors. -
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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 63
More storytelling and less preaching would have served those messages better.- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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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
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 50
Isn't so much awful as it is self-conscious, overdone, shallow, and just not up to the level of its star. -
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Janice Page 63
Though it never rises to its full potential as a film, still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed. -
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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 50
Unfortunately for Tatum and Seyfried, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams did a far more convincing version of this same basic dance in “The Notebook.’’ -
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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 50
It's not that What a Girl Wants is dreadful; it's merely slapdash, wildly inconsistent in tone and style, and mind-numbingly predictable in character and plot. -
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Janice Page 63
No sophisticated dance, but it moves about with an open heart. And hey, it's at least as funny as that Greek thing. -
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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
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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