When we started MovieSnobs, we set out with the intent to bring you the true opinions of regular movie-goers. We had no idea at the time just how different our opinions were from those of the professional movie critics. Here are some examples of actual quotes from professional movie critics followed by quotes from our MovieSnobs staff reviews of the same movies.
| Movie |
The Other Guys |
MovieSnobs |
| Lucky Number Slevin |
2.5 Stars
“too clever”
“the plot is irrelevant and the dialogue too mannered to be taken seriously”
“Trying too hard to be clever in a Pulp Fiction kind of way.”
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5 Stars
“best movie I’ve seen this year”
“excellent cast”
“great script”
Read our review of Lucky Number Slevin |
| Rent |
2.5 Stars
“It may be about as good a film as the material can inspire”
“weak direction, inescapable staginess and an irritating faux-boho pretension”
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5 Stars
“It was an absolute treat to see the original cast members on screen together”
“Idina Menzel was absolutely incredible”
Read our review of Rent |
| The Village |
1 Star
“The Village is a colossal miscalculation”
“Critics were enjoined after the screening to avoid revealing the plot secrets. That is not because we would spoil the movie for you. It’s because if you knew them, you wouldn’t want to go”, appropriately creepy, but the twist ending disappoints.”
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5 Stars
“M. Night Shyamalan is a genius”
“The other characters in the film are equally well-written and well-acted.”
Read our review of The Village |
| Blow |
2.5 Stars
“Johnny Depp is a versatile and reliable actor who almost always chooses interesting projects”
“pretty much been-there-done-that”
“too sentimental”
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5 Stars
“This is the way movies should be made!”
“Depp was amazing in his role, as was Ethan Suplee”
Read our review of Blow |
| Broken Flowers |
4 Stars
“No actor is better than Bill Murray as doing nothing at all, and being fascinating while not doing it.”
“Murray has the uncanny ability to invite us into his performance, into his stillness and sadness.”
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0.5 Star
“Broken Flowers was recommended to me by a co-worker, who shall remain nameless, mainly because thinking about it makes me want to be violent.”
“probably the most boring movie I have ever seen in my entire life.”
“Murray used to be charming, witty, and funny. Now, he’s just old, and sad looking. The rest of the cast, you can blink your eyes and forget about. No memorable performances, no characters that had any depth.”
Read our review of Broken Flowers |
| Sideways |
3.5 Stars
“you won’t have a better time at the movies this year than you will at Sideways“
“(Thomas Haden) Church, best known for TV’s Wings and Ned and Stacey, is irresistibly appealing as rat-bastard Jack”
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1 Star
“Thomas Haden Church couldn’t make a good movie/tv show if his life depended on it.”
“This movie is crap. C-r-a-p, crap. There is absolutely no redeeming quality about it.”
Read our review of Sideways |
| V For Vendetta |
3 Stars
“”Tantalising set-up in place, it flounders for the next two hours, desperately piling on exposition and flashback”
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4.5 Stars
“V for Vendetta is easily the best film to come out this year “
“Natalie Portman gives her best screen performance to date.”
Read our review of V For Vendetta |
Release Date 7/2/2008 
