Reviews

Mr. Box Office is an American sitcom that debuted in first-run syndication in the United States on September 22, 2012. Created by Byron Allen and produced by Allen's production company Entertainment Studios.

With that said, this show is not funny, not original and not worth the 30 minutes of electricity it takes to sit and watch this train wreck. The more I watched it the more I realized this sitcom is a burial ground for actors from the 80's & 90's. There is no doubt in my mind that someone blew the dust off of the writers and gave them a second chance to jump start their career as well. I have to admit, I kept watching an episode to the end because I was amazed at how every scene was worst then the last. This is a perfect teaching tool for future writers, actors and producers on what not to do when creating a sitcom.

I cannot believe that I didn't see this movie in the Male Top 100 list. That right there tells me the list is very flawed. I have yet to meet a guy who didn't think this was, at the very least, a Top 10'r of all time. This is coming from across the board both ethnically and economically too. I'm impressed with the fact that Oliver Stone and De Palma actually spent time with Southern Florida drug-dealers, for over a month, to add to the realism of this urban rags to riches story. I'm not going to sit here and explain this and that because everyone should have seen this flick by now. Al Pacino was way more challenged playing this role than his Godfather character. Number 234????. I'm speechless.

When I first saw this movie, I watched it with my daughter who was 10 years old at the time. The language was kind of edgy but not too serious. I'm sure she hears worst from her friends at school (even though we try to ignore those facts). This flick had it all. From the coach struggling with his own morality, vices and (of course) romance, to the kids plagued by the daily atrocities of their neighborhood. Through these tribulations, however, we learn that "showing up" (coined from the movie) was the best way to face and overcome our problems. This applies to all of us across the board.

I read a few reviews that discouraged kids from seeing this movie and I wholeheartedly disagree. Why can we let our kids watch The Bad News Bears and The Mighty Ducks but discard a movie that gives us a taste of the reality of our inner city youth whom want to play "Hardball"? Yes they spoke more freely with there swearing than a kid from the burbs. But isn't that the point? They're not from the burbs. Yes there was a shooting scene but you didn't actually see the shot hit. But it's ok for our kids to see the Matrix where people are getting shot left and right. sheez. I hope that one day America can stop hiding the inner city from their kids and let them know how their less fortunate counterparts living (and dying). Maybe they will take less for granted and appreciate their situation more after seeing this flick. Maybe they will want to help solve some of the problems when they get older except ignoring them like their parents are doing because their parents sheltered them from the same things in the 70's & 80's. I'm not trying to sell this movie by saying it's going to change any social order or make your kid a better person. What I'm saying is... Let them watch it, talk about it and "YOU" will make your kid a better person through your dialogue and time. This movie is just to supplement your efforts.

You don't have to be a "war" movie buff to appreciate the action, suspense and grittiness of this film. This movie shows us how much firepower, calculation and luck was involved in winning just one battle against a determined enemy in Vietnam. The audience can see that there was little room for error when dealing with the Vietnamese flank and overwhelm tactics. The occasional scene swap back to America to deal with the first of 58,000 eventual grieving families was a nice touch. I give it a nine. If not for anything else, and it had "else", for the fact it made me proud to be an American.