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SUSANNAH BRESLIN
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• Film Threat
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• TNT's Rough Cut

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Total Reviews: 46


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1.5/5
 
" Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffes." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
Meet the Parents (2000)84%
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1/5
 
" Please, for the love of God, don't let it be a franchise. Think of the parents." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)19%
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3.5/5
 
" One of the few films this season able to offer something likely to entertain almost everyone." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
The Family Man (2000)53%
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4/5
 
" Performances throughout are solidly decent." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
Save the Last Dance (2001)54%
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4/5
 
" Profoundly affecting." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
Almost Famous (2000)88%
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3.5/5
 
" It is Bernie Mac who is the true King of Comedy here, following in the footsteps of Pryor and Murphy before him as he crosses from church-raised testifying, to furious black cultural theorizing, to barely controlled comedic genius." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)86%
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1.5/5
 
" Shockingly boring and stupifyingly umoving." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)8%
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2.5/5
 
" Is perfecting the art of middle-of-the-road really what should be applauded in movie making today?" -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
Remember the Titans (2000)71%
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4/5
 
" Emotionally powerful film of rare and grave subtlety." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
The Pledge (2001)77%
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4/5
 
" Crudup's performance alone -- startling in its ability to straddle both subtlety and profundity -- is Oscar-talk worthy, and Hudson does a graceful job of personifying the purity of music's muse." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
Almost Famous (2000)88%
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1/5
 
" Heavy-handed, unbelievable, predictable, and when without Gwenyth, a not very exciting film to find oneself bouncing ultimately boredly through." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
Bounce (2000)50%
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3.5/5
 
" Not much more than a contemporary remix of Scrooged, but it's different enough to keep you awake and hipped-up enough to make you like it." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
The Family Man (2000)53%
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5/5
 
" Soderbergh's carefully braiding of its diverse stories never wanders into incoherence." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
Traffic (2000)92%
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3/5
 
" The perfect example, of how the newest visual effects movies have the capacity to overwhelm everything -- from actors to plotlines -- except in the end, maybe, their audiences." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
The Perfect Storm (2000)47%
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1.5/5
 
" It's a feel good British movie ideal for gangs of middle-aged, middle-minded women on bored afternoons, and toxically saccharine to anyone else." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
Saving Grace (2000)64%
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5/5
 
" Somebody, at least, made sure that a movie based on a comic book wasn't a comic book on screen, but instead, thankfully, just a really good movie." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
X-Men (2000)80%
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2.5/5
 
" At best, Tigerland is not much more than a low-rated, cable-channel movie-of-the-week that should be channel-surfed right on by." -- Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
 
Tigerland (2000)76%
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A Teen Dance Movie you don't have to remove your brain or be obsessed with getting-down to actually like. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 12, 2001
 
Save the Last Dance (2001)54%
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Mamet has his work cut out for him by making egotistical stars and exploitative directors seem funnily new. But State and Main engages nonetheless. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Dec 22, 2000
 
State and Main (2000)87%
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[The] playfully woven combination of cool comedy and realistic romance provides audiences across the board with one of the few films this season that is likely to entertain almost everyone. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Dec 22, 2000
 
The Family Man (2000)53%
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Gracie isn't just unattractive outside, she's unattractive on the inside, and the whole point of Makeover Movies is you're supposed to want to identify with Cinderella. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Dec 22, 2000
 
Miss Congeniality (2000)37%
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It’s as caught up in despising macho men as it is disgusted with modern women. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Dec 15, 2000
 
What Women Want (2000)53%
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Through Crowe's William, we ride along in the middle of a movie world more amazingly multi-layered than what we've seen on film in a long, long time. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Almost Famous (2000)88%
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You can't help but feel a little, when watching Bedazzled, like Fraser and Hurley have sold their talents short in this episodically silly film. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Bedazzled (2000)50%
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The thing that makes it all somewhat tolerable is that Billy Elliot maintains a sense of grittiness throughout. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Billy Elliot (2000)85%
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One of the year's best, a whole lotta laughs, and 4-stars all rolled into one. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Cecil B. Demented (2000)51%
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It is so bad, it actually made me realize that life doesn't hold try-outs and I should use my time doing better things than watching Center Stage. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Center Stage (2000)42%
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Before the opening credits are even done rolling, Coyote Ugly establishes early on how bad it. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Coyote Ugly (2000)21%
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Dinosaur does exactly what it should: Take the wee ones on a vicarious trip through an adventure both visually terrifying and emotionally thrilling at the same time. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Dinosaur (2000)63%
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Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffs. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Meet the Parents (2000)84%
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Sort of schlocky sweet in its depiction of what makes the lives of some men better than others. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Men of Honor (2000)41%
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It can't help but seem like a somewhat sad day in film when mediocrity starts to look and feel good. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Remember the Titans (2000)71%
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It's a feel-good British movie ideal for gangs of middle-aged, middle-minded women on bored afternoons, and toxically saccharine to anyone else. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Saving Grace (2000)64%
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It's a good movie, a competent movie, everything a big summer movie should be with its big star and shoot 'em up scenes and soundtrack that insists you buy it. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Shaft (2000)69%
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Sit back and enjoy the laughs, the violence, and the urine jokes. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Shanghai Noon (2000)78%
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A bit slow, a bit been-done, and the bottom line is that Allen in a pair of shorts these days is a little rough on the eyes. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Small Time Crooks (2000)67%
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Individual performances in The Contender go from good to great. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Contender (2000)77%
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Bereft of funny lines or even vaguely plausible plot twists. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Crew (2000)19%
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The Exorcist still packs a wallop of terror for those with the strength of stomach for it. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000)88%
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Viva Rock Vegas is nothing more than eye candy, and not a very tasty piece at that. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)25%
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A teen screamer with enough implants for the boys and enough bitchiness for the girls to leave its target demographic lusting and screaming happily. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The In Crowd (2000)2%
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A total dud. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Ladies Man (2000)11%
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The Perfect Storm makers forgot the best part of a true story is always the true story. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Perfect Storm (2000)47%
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Writer, Director, and Producer Britt Allcroft should be run over by a fast-moving locomotive. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)19%
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It's some scary fun to watch. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
What Lies Beneath (2000)46%
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Many of the ingredients in this movie melting-pot quickly become so sweet as to spoil the soup. -- TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
What's Cooking? (2000)52%

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