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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Horrible.
One of the worst movies produced in an era of great movies. Just a lot of pointless running around. As a projectionist back then I was forced to watch a lot of bad movies, and I rated this one among the worst. Right up there with "The Legend of Boggy Creek" and "Gator Bait".
You get the flavor of the movie from the very first line screamed by Susan George: "Hey, ass#ole!" Yep, that's some fine-quality dialogue, right there.
But maybe I'm too harsh. Peter Fonda displays a wide emotional range by both grinning and grimacing, and Adam Roarke's smug approach to the role is obviously influenced by the Steve Landesberg School for the Dramatic Arts. But it's Susan George's star turn in the role of Mary that really brings it all together into a teeth-grinding interminal hellscape of cinematic fecality.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
It's OK, but not worth all the boffo accolades
I'm a bit baffled by all the fantastic reviews. Maybe Hulu edited out the best parts? I don't know. I found it cute and interesting. Nice scenery. Aside from Sam Neill's portrayal of the uncle, the characters are broad and one-dimensional. The young man starring as Ricky is fine, but doesn't have much emotional range. Maybe that's what the director wanted. It's a good little movie, but I certainly wouldn't rave about it as so many people seem to.
Suburbicon (2017)
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Movie
The trailer for this movie made it look like a dark comedy. Even the opening seems to imply that we're in for some witty, quirky irony or good fun with a bad streak. But no. It's just a slow, plodding, slog through a bunch of predictable, pointless murders of characters no one could possibly care about.
And the one character you might care about is a poor kid who, in real life, would be completely traumatized by all the lies and murders going on around him.
I love a great many of the Coen Bros. movies, but this one should not have been made. It's evidently the result of trying to combine two pictures into one and it doesn't work. And Clooney (whose acting I very much enjoy) really blows the direction on this turdball. There's just nothing here to redeem this movie.
The most shocking part of my experience is to come here and see that there are people who give it a positive review. Don't believe them.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Great documentary, but with one Grating Performance
I would agree with most of the reviews already left here. It's a Ken Burns documentary - very well-informed, great details, etc.
But the one surprising flaw, at least to my ear, is Meryl Streep. I very much hope that the film doesn't cause some viewers to believe that Eleanor Roosevelt was as one-dimensional and devoid of emotion as Ms. Streep portrays her. She reads each quote with the same measured cadence; they're so similar it makes me want to mute the audio each time she comes on.
Eleanor Roosevelt was an interesting, dynamic, and driven firebrand. She brought as much personality and purpose to the role of first lady as her husband brought to the presidency. Maybe more. To be sure, her public speeches were measured and deliberate, and perhaps that was the only model Ms. Streep had to go on. But surely she let her hair down a tad when speaking informally.
Rosemary & Thyme: The Gooseberry Bush (2006)
Jumping the proverbial shark
This episode made me glad they ended the show after this series. Most episodes of R&T have a few specious elements, but we love the characters and the tone so we overlook the flaws in the plot. But this one had too many egregious bits of business. For example, after finding a baby, they bring him to the car and coo and cuddle, then leave him in the car while both women go up to the house. Why? Who would do that? You either take the kid along, or one stays with him while the other goes for help. Later, Laura sees two young people (the ones who lost the baby) and instead of just telling them that she found a baby, she says something like "Have you two lost something? Perhaps something silly?" Again... no one would actually do that. That's about the point where I gave up and decided to move on to the next episode.
Harvey (1996)
Just awful
Let me put it this way. I finally registered with IMDb just so I could try to warn others away from this dreck.
Harry Anderson plows through his lines like it's an initial read-through. There's nothing likable about his Dowd, which makes the climactic scene meaningless. He's just an average joe, so the serum at the mental hospital will make him - himself. No big whoop.
There's no chemistry between the doctor and the nurse, no comedy in Wilson. Leslie Nielsen pulls of Dr. Chumley, but he can't save the rest of this mess. But in the end, the whole thing centers around Dowd and Anderson seems like he must be thinking of the paycheck rather than the character. Truly, truly terrible.