ROTTEN TOMATOES: Rotten Tomatoes: Celebrities – Celebrity Movie Stars from your Favorite Movies

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	300 (2007)	"All this bellowing and testosterone gets old fast -- especially since there's not much of a plot outside of the combat scenes, and the not-much-of-a-plot scenes are laden with dialogue worthy of Anakin and Padmé."	Tricia Olszewski



	51 Birch Street (2006)	"A portrait of a marriage, Capturing the Friedmans-style."	Tricia Olszewski



	Atonement (2007)	"Ronan has a remarkably self-possessed, haunted quality that would be impressive for a newcomer of any age."	Tricia Olszewski



	August Rush (2007)	"It doesn't matter if you love music or inspirational stories or Robin Williams (anyone?) -- this is enough to make your teeth ache."	Tricia Olszewski



	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)	"The most impressive ingredient is Cohen, whose inflection and timing are dead-on as he negotiates a vague accent, a native language composed of gibberish and a sprinkling of Polish, and a way of making tired American jokes funny again."	Tricia Olszewski



	Bug (2007)	"Letts' story is ultimately an extreme cautionary tale about how a little bit of passion can make you do magnificently fucked-up things."	Tricia Olszewski



	Cocaine Cowboys (2006)	"With a nearly two-hour running time that includes its share of blowhards, repetition, and cheesy attempts to heighten drama, Cocaine Cowboys brings to mind an unfortunate comparison: Miami Vice. The movie."	Tricia Olszewski



	Driving Lessons (2006)	"Driving Lessons is as dull as its title."	Tricia Olszewski



	Enchanted (2007)	"This modern-day, partly animated fairy tale is a cheery love story, yes, but it's also a little Scream and a lot of Hairspray, cleverly sending up its shamelessly feel-good genre yet sending you off with a fizzy high nonetheless."	Tricia Olszewski



	Eragon (2006)	"Regardless of your feelings about the fantasy genre, there's one thing everyone can agree on: Elves should not be 5-foot-6."	Tricia Olszewski



	The Heartbreak Kid (2007)	"Bobby and Peter Farrelly don't bring any fresh insight or relevance to their remake of The Heartbreak Kid. Mainly, they've taken a decent comedy and turned it into a...decent comedy."	Tricia Olszewski



	Hitman (2007)	"47 doesn't even want the girl. What kind of action movie is this? A skippable one, ultimately."	Tricia Olszewski



	Honeydripper (2007)	"Honeydripper is an electrifying period piece about how music can bring folks together and generally save one's soul -- or at least its final 15 minutes is. The rest of the time, it's just a lot of sassy talk and scenery."	Tricia Olszewski



	I Am Legend (2007)	"If a horror movie is of true holy-bejesus caliber, you should be exhaling with relief at the end instead of thinking, 'Gee, that went fast!'"	Tricia Olszewski



	Iraq in Fragments (2006)	"Visually, the director's flair is impressive. But Longley's clear intention of using children's faces to better tug at our heartstrings would be more admirable if it didn't feel as shamelessly staged."	Tricia Olszewski



	The Last Mimzy (2007)	"Considering that parts are frightening, parts are nauseatingly sweet, and it's all confusing, it's not clear which demographic Mimzy is aiming for."	Tricia Olszewski



	Life of Reilly (2007)	"This is a story about all wide-eyed dreamers as much as it is about him: When Reilly reads off the roster of his classmates in a New York acting class for the dirt-poor, it's a simple act that's hugely inspiring."	Tricia Olszewski



	Martian Child (2007)	"The things Martian Child gets right are strong enough to save this apparent glucose-spiker."	Tricia Olszewski



	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)	"The result, for all its swirly colors and surrealism, is alternately dull and irritating, an experience akin to learning that you're going on a field trip only to discover that it's to the box factory."	Tricia Olszewski



	National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)	"Ultimately, Book of Secretsis an embarrassingly by-the-numbers rehash of the first National Treasure, lighter on the swirly, emotion-cuing music but still well-trafficked in ridiculous feats and worse dialogue."	Tricia Olszewski



	No Country for Old Men (2007)	"This is the Coens' masterful return to Blood Simple territory. The biggest thing you'll notice is the quiet: Whether it's the lack of a soundtrack or a lack of dialogue, the silence often makes the tension unbearable."	Tricia Olszewski



	No End in Sight (2007)	"By the time No End in Sight gets to a late chapter titled "Things Fall Apart," you'll believe that call could have been made a long time ago."	Tricia Olszewski



	Off the Black (2006)	"To put it plainly, most of Off the Black is simply terrible."	Tricia Olszewski



	Rocket Science (2007)	"Please, enough with Napoleon Dynamite Syndrome already."	Tricia Olszewski



	Severance (2007)	"Severance is a story of terrible things that couldn't have happened to funnier people."	Tricia Olszewski



	Southland Tales (2007)	"While Donnie Darko is a fine film regardless of your level of sobriety, Richard Kelly's sophomore effort most definitely is not."	Tricia Olszewski



	Stick It (2006)	"Like most sports movies, Stick It has a message: Unless they're equipped with loads of sass-back and a pile of band T-shirts that announce their hardcoreness, female gymnasts are really, really stupid."	Tricia Olszewski



	Superbad (2007)	"Audiences who've laughed their asses off at Rogen's other work will be pleased to know that Superbad is not just another teen movie."	Tricia Olszewski



B-	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)	"It's not a bad film -- grading on a curve, it's actually rather enjoyable. But Burton-Depp devotees salivating for a bleak holiday blockbuster need to dial down their expectations."	Tricia Olszewski



	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)	"Who knew that Judd Apatow, the master of sex comedies, also spoke jive?"	Tricia Olszewski



	Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)	"It's certainly melancholic, occasionally funny, and ultimately life-affirming. But overall, it feels as if writer-director Goran Dukic dropped a rather promising ball."	Tricia Olszewski



	Youth Without Youth (2007)	"It often feels like a dream -- specifically, someone else's, a nonlinear, illogical synapse explosion that's always fascinating to the person in whose head it detonated but not so much to those experiencing it secondhand."	Tricia Olszewski

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