1. The bad news (or perhaps this is the good news, if you're a 10-year-old boy) is that the big yucks (in both senses of that word) are derived from fart lighting, elaborate poo gags, and an attenuated bit about a dog who gets his bits frozen to a porch.
2. Beyond a random laugh or two, this is pretty much a waste of celluloid that all but the most rabid of Spade fans would probably be wise to avoid.
3. Woefully unfunny.
4. Life is a garden. If something stinks, bury it.
5. Director Dennie Gordon tries too hard to milk sympathy for the none-too-bright Joe, who at one point adopts what he thinks is a meteor for a friend. Of course, it turns out to be more toxic waste, like Joe Dirt.
6. The first Saturday Night Live-related comedy to produce belly laughs in a long, long time.
7. Joe Dirt knows its audience and doesn't stint on the flatulence jokes, poop jokes, leg-humping dogs and moments of homo-panic.
8. Dirt's cup runneth over with excrement, fornicating animals and that perennial favorite of Hollywood comedy, homophobic slurs.
9. You start to wonder if choking to death on popcorn wouldn't be less painful than sitting through this.
10. Teeters on the fine line between condescending and corrupt.
What is the critic consensus?
A: If you fall within the target audience of Joe Dirt, you may find it funny. Otherwise, the jokes will seem like a tired retread.

1. Herzog, who seems to be drawing on the audience's affection for him as an inspired madman, may not care to tell a story straight anymore.
2. Sensationally entertaining, darkly comedic, witty and refreshingly bizarre. A guilty pleasure. Nicolas Cage is in top form.
3. The iguanas are like the frogs at the end of Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, only better.
4. Nicolas Cage, a born Hollywood skin-walker, somehow hints at a spiritual dimension to all this lunatic mayhem.
5. (The film) has a hard time settling on such simple things as characters' motivations, needs and accents (Cage's changes inexplicably midway through).
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7. We have to go all the way back to Junior Brown, the psychopathic strip club owner in Kiss of Death (1994), to find a meatier heavy in Cage's filmography.
8. Cage acts, at times, as though his head is about to explode. And not the character's head; it's Cage himself who seems in danger of self-immolation.
9. The new film has much in common with some of Herzog's crazed past masterworks like Aguirre, the Wrath of God.
10. Like the water snake that slithers by during the opening credits or the baby crocodile from whose point of view we observe one roadside scene, this movie is a freaky little swamp thing.
What is the critic consensus?
A: Befitting its unorthodox origins, this Bad Lieutenant benefits from Werner Herzog's typically fearless direction and a delightfully unhinged Nicolas Cage in the title role.

1. This is the sort of film critics love to praise because the filmmaker has done good work before; and well, there must be something there. Well, there's not.
2. Thanks to brilliant directorial decisions matched by a cast that was clearly inspired by this unique effort, this will surely be one of the most memorable films of 2011.
3. A promising, intermittently entrancing film that the viewer wishes could have made more of an impact than it does.
4. We watch them trudge for miles, growing tired of listening to the squeaky wheel of a wagon.
5. An existential nightmare of maddening uncertainty, a notion only emphasized by Reichardt’s commitment to ambiguity.
6. Whatever allegory of pre-feminist roles that Reichardt hopes to achieve is slowly put to sleep along with the rest of the audience with a less-is-less narrative style that, like Meek, is too stubborn to realize how lost it is.
7. A film ponderously slow in pace yet kinetically charged with insight; starkly realistic yet allegorical too; psychologically astute yet politically resonant.
8. Stripped of Hollywood embellishment, Meek's Cutoff examines issues of leadership, trust and 'the other' in ways that suggest it could be taken as a metaphor for the American way of thought, then or now. Well, maybe that's just us.
9. Those with the courage to explore uncharted territory will be rewarded with a rough gem of a movie.
10. "Meek's Cutoff" is more an experience than a story.
What is the critic consensus?
A: Moving at a contemplative speed unseen in most westerns, Meek's Cutoff is an effective, intense journey of terror and survival in the untamed frontier.

1. I'm sorry, but it's highly unlikely that few will argue with the point that more than one such 'mon' game, TV show or movie is one too many.
2. It's crudely animated and utterly uninteresting.
3. With its migraine-inducing laser showdowns and puerile gags ... Digimon almost makes you nostalgic for the relative sophistication of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
4. Digimon isn't deserving of much, as it's still not a very good movie. But at least it's not as bad as Pokemon.
5. Parents, if you don't want to compete with popular culture to raise your child ... this is where you draw the line in the sand.
6. If there is any taste left in the world, the buck may very well stop here.
7. The movie can actually make for a great afternoon.
8. Can be surprisingly smart and lively in its early going, thanks to some cheeky, well-written humor, a genuine sense of excitement and topical ties to the Internet.
9. It's tons of fun, but it's also a rapid-fire, chaotic, bizzaro world that may give you a seizure if you stare at it too long.
10. I found the movie exciting enough to keep me interested.
What is the critic consensus?
A:
Digimon is better than Pokemon, but it's still a predictable movie with mediocre animation.