question: Gags aren't that funny.

numbered reviews: 1. One of the summer's more pleasant surprises.
2. Brendan gets hit in the face a lot, that's good for a few laughs but you've already seen it in the trailer.
3. Dudley is merely a dud.
4. Barely gets a plus for comedy, but Brendan Fraser is always fun to see.
5. '90s live-action remake of '60s cartoon has iffy humor.
6. Surprisingly pleasant.
7. The fanciful associations and bad jokes are more often stupid than silly, making all the spectacle and contrived dance numbers seem a colossal waste.
8. Why in the wide, wide, world of sports would anybody make a big-budget feature film from a decades-old, animated cartoon parody of Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald movies?
9. Only for little kids or anyone with no discerning taste.
10. There's not one joke, one slapstick moment, one innuendo that's funny.


question: Little Miss Sunshine succeeds thanks to a strong ensemble cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, and Abigail Breslin, as well as a delightfully funny script.

numbered reviews: 1. ...mediocre black comedy.
2. Like little kids spouting dirty words in certain comedies, this film from first-time directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris undermines the subversive with the self-conscious. But it's still funny.
3. I loved it, every bit of it.
4. Sundance-calibrated sitcom
5. Harmless enough as passable road movies go, but I can't help but wish directors of films like these would grow some damn balls.
6. While the screenplay is impressive and deserving of its recognition, it is Alan Arkin's performance-of-a-lifetime that separates this from other well-written small movies.
7. An achingly deliberately madcap family adventure that skates by thinly on the collective charms of its ensemble cast.
8. Sentimental low points and contrived idiosyncrasies aside, Little Miss Sunshine still boasts wonderful performances, a cheeky sense of humor and an original story.
9. Little Miss Sunshine employs razor-sharp humor and a deceptively realistic style to satirize a corrupt society that heroes of low status must navigate by their wits alone.
10. The characters in the Sundance hit Little Miss Sunshine are so adeptly drawn -- and superbly played -- that you can easily forgive the film's sometimes forced kookiness.


question: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are just charming, goofy, and silly enough to make this fluffy time-travel Adventure work.

numbered reviews: 1. The penultimate film about teen apathy in the 1980s
2. It's not at all important, but it's still a great guilty pleasure.
3. Silly time-travel teen flick succeeds due to the goofball leads and a surprisingly clever concept.
4. Still funny after all these years, this is the rare kind of movie that you could watch along with your kids and actually feel like you're teaching them something.
5. Good goofy fun. This film was made for Keanu Reeves.
6. Pretty funny even it embarasses you to admit it
7. Whoaa! What a weird film!
8. Cheerfully stupid comic classic.
9. Whether you enjoy this piece of fluff in the Wayne's World mould (although not as funny) depends on whether you can stomach early 1990s American teenager subculture and its lingo.
10. An insanely effective no-brainer of a film, sparkling with a simple charm and energy rarely witnessed this side of illegal substances.


question: Diamonds are Forever is a largely derivative affair, but it's still pretty entertaining nonetheless, thanks to great stunts, witty dialogue, and the presence of Sean Connery.

numbered reviews:
1. ...a bit sillier than most Bond adventures but probably not as bad as it could have been.
2. The ending, while high on pyrotechnics, is low on tension, bringing Connery's era to a rather dissatisfying conclusion.
3. Classic Bond.
4. Sean Connery playing Bond at his best.
5. This film is as over-the-top as they come.
6. We see different movies for different reasons, and Diamonds Are Forever is great at doing the things we see a James Bond movie for.
7. It seems that the only legitimate attack that is made on Bond's character comes from his male enemies.
8. Arguably the least memorable Bond film, it's still exhilarating fare and good to see Connery in the role one more time.
9. Maybe not in the top five Bond adventures, but it comes pretty close.
10. Big, silly and essential Bond.