Hollywood Buzz #160

O que se diz lá fora sobre CASA DE MI PADRE, de Matt Piedmont:



«The movie is only 84 minutes long, including credit cookies, but that is quite long enough. All the same, it's fitfully amusing and I have the sense that Spanish-speaking audiences will like it more than I did, although whether they'll be laughing with it or at it, I cannot say.»
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.

«A likable enough lark that rarely achieves outright hilarity.»
Justin Chang, Variety.

«A quick-sketch routine stretched — amusingly, absurdly, thinly — to feature length.»
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times.

«If you take the film on its own terms, as a kind of Elvis movie dipped in guacamole, it's quirkily engrossing. Ferrell is a good straight actor for the same reason that he's an inspired comedian: He commits himself to every moment.»
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.

«This Spanish-lingo farce plays very much like an SNL sketch. The only problem is that it packs about as many laughs into its 85 minutes as a good skit does in eight or 10.»
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter.

Hollywood Buzz #93

O que se diz lá fora sobre THE OTHER GUYS, de Adam McKay:



«Raises expectations that it has no real inclination to fulfill. The movie’s best bits would stand alone nicely on YouTube, or on Funnyordie.com, the comic video boutique of which Mr. McKay is an owner and where he sometimes dabbles in short-form hilarity.»
A.O. Scott, The New York Times.

«The laughs ultimately take a backseat to a convoluted white-collar crime story.»
Peter Debruge, Variety.

«Ferrell is effortlessly uproarious. And watching hardass Wahlberg, in his first starring shot at farce, shake his sillies out is not to be missed.»
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

«It's a comedy of manhood for the age of emasculation.»
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.

«It's a mixed bag with plenty of gags that fall flat, not a comic masterpiece. But it's got tremendous zing, a sense of mischief and a big heart, more than enough to mark it as a delicious shot of caffeinated ice cream, and the summer season's funniest comedy.»
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com.

Hollywood Buzz #49

O que se diz lá fora acerca de LAND OF THE LOST, de Brad Silberling:



«Confronted with such effects, the actors make not the slightest effort to appear terrified, amazed or sometimes even mildly concerned. Some might consider that a weakness. I suspect it is more of a deliberate choice, and I say I enjoyed it.»
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.

«Modernizing a 1970s children's TV show known for its cheap special effects offered certain possibilities, but the filmmakers have traded in any kid-friendly elements for bathroom humor of dinosaur-sized proportions.»
Brian Lowry, Variety.

«LAND OF THE LOST has stray amusing tidbits, but overall it leaves you feeling splattered.»
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.

«The only marginally interesting, if unsurprising, thing about the pricey movie spinoff of the junky children’s television show “Land of the Lost” is that a lot of money has been spent on yet another cultural throwaway.»
Manohla Dargis, New York Times.

«Dull, unfunny, and completely unsuitable for viewing by anyone who isn't a charter member of the Will Farrell fan club.»
James Berardinelli, ReelViews.