Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
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For 1,336 reviews, this critic has graded:
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.4 points higher than other critics.
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Lawrence Toppman's Scores
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Positive: 858 out of 1336
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Mixed: 229 out of 1336
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Negative: 249 out of 1336
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Lawrence Toppman 38
An unmemorable, frenzied, characterless hodgepodge that delights the eyes while numbing the brain. -
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Lawrence Toppman 38
The Critic's Code of Honor forbids me from explaining in detail why the storytelling is so inept, because I'd have to spoil the silly surprises. So I'll say only this: You can interpret the climax two ways, and both will probably infuriate you.- Posted Dec 9, 2010
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Lawrence Toppman 38
The sequel doesn't develop the characters, interject any warmth into its frenetic story or take us anywhere we haven't been.- Posted Jun 23, 2011
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Lawrence Toppman 38
The worst thing about the picture is that the people involved all seem to realize it's generic.- Posted Aug 9, 2012
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Lawrence Toppman 38
The movie that's meant to be his (Apatow) most personal turns out to be his most dully generic.- Posted Dec 20, 2012
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Lawrence Toppman 38
It begins as energetic, clichéd nonsense and ends as irritating, clichéd nonsense.- Posted Jan 10, 2013
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Lawrence Toppman 38
The film's filled with inconsequential scenes and supporting characters who add useless atmosphere or by-the-book diversity.- Posted May 24, 2012
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Slater narrates as if reading a restaurant menu. Reid seems to have learned each long sentence in segments, so she wouldn't be overtaxed. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Messing may simply be one of those actresses who's the right size for TV and the wrong size for the big screen. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Everything here has been done better in other books, other movies. The lone remarkable thing is the level of violence, which exposes the cowardice and hypocrisy of the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Weak, obligatory stabs at humor make it more generic than it might've been. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Even if we leave aside the obvious time travel paradoxes, we can have a good horse laugh at the rest of the plot's inanities. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Not even the repeated sight of Jessica Alba in a bikini, the camera caressing her like the eyes of a strip-club patron, can lift this leaden refuse off the ocean floor. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Goes awry within moments and never gets on track. The scripters and director Harold Ramis have no idea whether to aim for cynical humor, film-noir romance or post-crime tension, so they miss all three targets completely. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Its main feature is incessant, unimaginative profanity...Take out the cursing, and you're left with a plebeian drama about angry, aimless potheads, sloppily directed by the man who wrote it. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Once again, something that might have been a faintly amusing sketch on "Saturday Night Live" -- maybe even a tolerable 30-minute short, had the writing been more clever -- gets tortured into the shape of a feature film. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Bertino directs at a funereal pace. Speedman remains comatose, though Tyler flickers fitfully to life. The mournful look on her face suggests she's remembering the days when she was given more psychologically complex scripts, such as "Armageddon." -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Designed to appeal to people who thought "She's All That" was too mentally demanding. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Atmosphere goes only so far in a story where the major characters fade from memory. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
The picture lasts 111 minutes, partly because of numerous false endings. Now, that constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Affleck simply wasn't meant to play action heroes or tough guys. He's about as tough as tapioca pudding. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
It's the cheapest looking, least exciting, least funny Chan project I've ever seen. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
Mostly, you get a pain in the head from the assault on your senses and déjà vu as thick as heartburn after an anchovy pizza. -
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Lawrence Toppman 25
"I didn't write this." In heaven, Graham Greene is mumbling those same words over and over right now. -
