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Jumanji: The Next Level movie review: this game needs to be over

Wed, Dec 11, 2019
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It’s more of the same tedious nonsense, all action sequences bereft of excitement and body-swap comedy minus any real laughs. An abysmal lack of fun with stakes way too low to generate much suspense.

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The Secret Life of Pets 2 movie review: gone to the dogs

Fri, May 31, 2019
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Underwhelming: episodic, a random collection of unconnected vignettes rather than one cohesive story. Inoffensive, but missing the first movie’s fantastical animals’ perspective on the human world.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie review: jungle feeble

Tue, Dec 19, 2017
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Culturally clueless cinematic vomit, a cynical undertaking embracing the most diminishing clichés it can apply to its characters. Low stakes, and low humor.

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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie review: a brief look at the long and the shorts of it

Fri, Jul 21, 2017
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Sweet, subversive, and absolutely hilarious, at once a snarky superhero sendup and an unironically joyful celebration of friendship and imagination.

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from Facebook: someone is dressed inappropriately for the new Jumanji reboot/sequel

Tue, Sep 20, 2016
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The Secret Life of Pets movie review: dogs and cats living together…

Tue, Jul 05, 2016
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Charming. A cleverly constructed and amusingly rendered fantasy adventure that sings with a sweet, wistful devotion to home, family, and friendship.

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Ride Along 2 movie review: don’t get in this car

Fri, Jan 22, 2016
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Dubious police procedures, by-the-numbers buddy-cop-comedy shenanigans, and characters who hate one another, none of which is as fun as it sounds.

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Get Hard movie review: go directly to jail

Thu, Mar 26, 2015
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All the comedic and visual elan of an amateur YouTube fratboy prank, including nonstop rape jokes and rampant homophobia. Are you laughing yet?

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The Wedding Ringer movie review: manfriendwhore for sale

Fri, Feb 20, 2015
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A festering pile of fatphobic, homophobic, sexist, grossout garbage in which men are manipulative liars but women are worse.

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