V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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For 1,266 reviews, this critic has graded:
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48% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.9 points higher than other critics.
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V.A. Musetto's Scores
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Positive: 818 out of 1266
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Negative: 194 out of 1266
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V.A. Musetto 38
Fails to elicit any substantive information from his (Tommy Davis) subjects. And he fails to put their plight into perspective. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Arlyck spends more time following himself and his own lefty family than checking up on Sean. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
If you go to the movies to ogle topless young women, Simon is definitely for you. If, on the other hand, you want something more cerebral with your $10 ticket and overpriced snacks, stay clear of this Dutch melodrama. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Colpaert makes nice use of blue and green hues, and he makes some valid points about the Iraqi war. But the script lacks coherence and ends with a 180-degree flip that lessens the impact of what has gone before. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
A lightweight French comedy worth watching only for Cecile de France. The gamine actress - decked out in short reddish hair, black tights and a thigh-high mini - is charming as Jessica. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Wavers uncomfortably between satire and dime-store existentialism on the big screen. It's sort of as if Charlie Kaufman rewrote "The Fountain." -
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V.A. Musetto 38
The comedy is without distinction and the conclusion is melodramatic. I must note that ads for the film are misleading because they give no hint of the dark side of The Bubble. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
There are some funny moments, plus occasional nudity and sex, but the joke quickly wears off. What might have worked as a half-hour TV show doesn't suit itself to a feature-length film. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
There are a few sweet moments as the story reaches its unsurprising conclusion. But, all in all, Flakes isn't going to bowl you over. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Here the characters aren't compelling enough to ask viewers to give their brains a workout to determine exactly what's going on. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
But by the time events unfold, viewers will most likely have given up on this melodramatic. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Might have worked as a travelogue, minus the story. In its present form, it is hardly worth the $10 you will be asked to fork over at the box office. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Something high schoolers might yawn through in history class, but they have no choice. You do. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Director Ferzan Ozpetek's film doesn't break any new ground; rather, it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
It is a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause. Try again, guys. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Viewers are left wondering just why they should care about them and the rest of the film's one-dimensional characters. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Will go down in history as the movie that showed a turtle getting an enema. It also features a hot performance by Marguerite Moreau. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures? Wouldn't one about their famous dad, author of "Death in Venice," etc., be more valuable? -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Provides a few minor thrills, but overall is talky and implausible. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Your baby is near death. Instead of dropping everything to save his life, you make sure the video camera keeps rolling. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
So beautifully filmed (as if through a gauze curtain), it is especially sad that the script doesn't measure up. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Harper and the film's director, Jeremy Kagan, try valiantly, but they are unable to bring Meir to life or hold viewers' attentions. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
The result is a hodgepodge of plots and styles, a fault compounded by stiff acting and, except for a few scenes, wooden direction. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
The NYU film grad steals liberally from Woody (especially "Annie Hall") - from camera placement to body language to plot twists to the whole Ingmar Bergman thing. That's not necessarily bad, if the project works. This one doesn't - it just annoys. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
The film is light on those kitschy musical numbers that make Bollywood movies fun to watch. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Clichéd stories, clichéd characters. All that's missing is Ed Burns. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Adams and the school's students and teachers deserve an A-plus, although the film rates a much lower grade. It unfolds lifelessly, as Binzer parades a contingent of talking heads before the camera in what could pass for an infomercial. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Is nothing sacred? In the schizophrenic war epic The War lords, Jet Li, the hunky action hero, cries -- no, make that sobs -- several times. What will his legion of young male fans think? -
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V.A. Musetto 38
It's a worthy idea, but the uninspired scripts, acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Katie Aselton has achieved the seemingly impossible. She's turned a movie about sex into a boring, talky snooze. -
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V.A. Musetto 38
Lilien is an amateur filmmaker, and his movie -- which at times is more about Lilien than Pale Male -- shows it.- Posted Nov 27, 2010
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V.A. Musetto 38
Sillen drags out generic talking heads who say generic things about Bernstein, a generic boho. The film might suffice if you're looking for something to watch on cable TV some early morning. But it isn't worth the hassle and expense of going to a theater.- Posted Dec 17, 2010
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V.A. Musetto 38
The preachy movie is hardly worth the hassle and money required to see it in a theater. Better to download it or wait for it to pop up on TV.- Posted May 6, 2011
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V.A. Musetto 38
Love in Space is just what movie fans have been waiting for: a romantic comedy from Communist China.- Posted Sep 9, 2011
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V.A. Musetto 38
While the original was an art-house success, this English-language redo, now getting a one-week run after sitting on the shelf for a year and a half, doesn't measure up.- Posted Oct 28, 2011
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V.A. Musetto 38
A documentary hardly anybody has been waiting for.- Posted Dec 1, 2011
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V.A. Musetto 38
After Fall, Winter would play better minus at least half an hour of flab.- Posted Jan 27, 2012
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V.A. Musetto 38
Director Jacob Rosenberg makes heavy use of family photos and talking heads, but the person we want most to hear from, Way himself, is largely missing. Go figure.- Posted Dec 7, 2012
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V.A. Musetto 38
Gil Kofman has an interesting and funny story to tell in his documentary Unmade in China. Too bad he spends more time talking about himself than detailing his misadventures in Xiamen, China, population 3.67 million.- Posted May 2, 2013
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V.A. Musetto 25
Unlike Cursed, which resorts to blatant but unconvincing gore and violence, "The Wolf Man" (1941) gets its point across through suggestion, makeup and spooky sets. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Dom DeLuise, as a fruitcake director, and John Waters fave Mink Stole, as Robin's Jewish mother, spice things up, but not enough to make Girl Play worthwhile. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Huppert is wonderful, as usual, and she's to be congratulated for taking this daring role. But, alas, even she can't save Ma Mere. -
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The one highlight is Julia Nickson, who breathes life into the role of Ethan's evil stepmom. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
If the sight of naked, sweaty French hunks gets you going, well, then, Three Dancing Slaves is a must-see. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
It's hard to make a dull movie with copious nudity and all kinds of sex (straight, bi and gay), although French filmmakers Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau manage to do so in Cote d'Azur. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Garcon Stupide features the best gay seduction scene ever filmed on a Ferris wheel. Unfortunately, you have to sit through the entire movie to get to it. Whether you want to will depend on your interest in explicit gay sex. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Almereyda's muddled Happy Here and Now should have stayed on the shelf - where it's been gathering dust for several years. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Andy Lau and Siu Fai Mak, the men behind the successful Hong Kong police thriller trio "Infernal Affairs," should be arrested for directing Initial D. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Schwartz throws in so many characters and implausible subplots - none worth mentioning - that Perception sinks under its own weight. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Not even Sandra Oh, as Phoebe's boss, and Elodie Bouchez ("The Dreamlife of Angels"), as Ashade's sister-in-law, can keep Sorry, Haters from becoming a sorry mess. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Now that even Woody Allen has stopped making "Woody Allen movies," you would think that wannabes would move on, too. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
The film plays like one long commercial. The music's cool, but you're better off buying the CD. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
The story lacks focus. The senses blur as wives and ex-wives come and go, and Harry regularly falls off the wagon, only to reform the next day. -
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As a narrative, Shem, directed by Caroline Roboh, is a pointless hodgepodge, with a finale that will leave viewers scratching their heads. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Mainstream moviegoers will be put off by the subtitles, and art-house fans will be insulted by the story's shallowness. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Sex can be fun and exciting and wonderful. It also can be deadly boring, as in Psychopathia Sexu alis. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
The autobiographical script meanders and the acting never solidifies. Besides, the leads look too old to be in high school - maybe even college. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
There's potential here, but the script is entirely too, shall we say, Hollywood. There's even a dog-poop joke. -
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The movie's one-star rating is solely for Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who provides eye candy as Morris' film-student granddaughter, Lisa. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Lou Diamond Phillips is let down by an uninspired supporting cast, including Bruce Weitz as a crippled con artist and Tracy Middendorf as the requisite femme fatale, a clichéd script, and flat direction by Stephen Purvis. -
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V.A. Musetto 25
There's plenty of material here for a dark comedy, but director Martin Curland isn't up to the job. His film - like Luke - plods along, unsure of exactly what it's supposed to be. -
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We keep waiting for one of those outlandish musical treats to bring some life to the clichéd script. Kunder throws in a few breaks, but they're tepid and brief. -
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The characters are too cliched to be funny, and Jensen's script can't stay focused long enough to make an impression. Where is Lars von Trier when we need him? -
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V.A. Musetto 25
Proves, if anything, that sappy feel-good movies aren't restricted to Hollywood. -
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How can it be that a movie as beautiful to look at as Saawariya is so . . . boring? -
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What they say is superficial. They never really explain why they risk their lives. In the end, Steep plays like a TV infomercial - and who wants to hand over $11 to watch one? -
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It boggles the mind to think that Elite Squad won the top prize at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in February. -
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Let the French stick to love stories and leave stupid comedies to Tinseltown. -
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There is, of course, a maximum of blood and gore. Sometimes the director's ideas work; often they don't. -
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Directed by Susan Montford, While She Was Out is a straight-to-DVD movie making a brief stop in theaters. -
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Marlene Rhein has directed 40 music videos, including ones for Tupac Shakur and Amy Winehouse. Judging by this, her feature debut, she should stick with the music. -
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Having Damon Wayans in the cast might attract viewers to Harlem Aria, but they're bound to be disappointed by the amateurish drama. -
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Every once in a while the old-fashioned costume drama comes alive, only to sink again into run-of-the-mill special effects and long periods of talkative tedium. -
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Comes off as nothing more than a TV soap opera, with overwrought acting, simplistic dialogue and a generic plot. -
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Dirk Shafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting. But it does have oodles of hunky male bodies. The choice is yours. -
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With so many worthwhile movies out there just waiting for a release, it's a shame that this tired drama is getting a run. -
