Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. Like an actual State of the Union address, there is nothing in State of the Union you haven't encountered already.
2. ...going for the hip hop-loving teen market (both city and suburbs) that is more than willing to drop big money on flashy hubcaps, flavor-of-the-month CDs and crappy movies.
3. There isn't a fresh moment in the entire 100-minute running time. The tediousness is impossible to dispel.
4. The plot swings between pathetically implausible and aggressively stupid.
5. If this sequel is any indication, the next XXX will be subtitled 'Bigger, Louder, Dumber.'
6. The stunts and explosions are effective, but the dialogue and characters are not.
7. This flashy atrocity, clearly a lost cause from the first five minutes, offers viewers no option but to assume crash position and brace themselves for the worst.
8. The only thing that really matters is whether the action scenes push the envelope -- and they don't, especially compared with the extreme sports style of the first XXX.
9. Like the original, it's ultra loud and often looks like a PlayStation game. But when the fast and furious bludgeoning and blow-ups wane, the screen may as well be tuned to channel zero.
10. This new XXX has a story that may break all recent records for rampaging cliches and utter nonsense.

Here is the consensus of critics:Even more absurd and implausible than the first XXX movie, State of the Union is less inspired and technically competent than its predecessor.

Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. Desperately wants to be as thrilling as ... In the Line of Fire, but it has much more in common (from a quality standpoint) with "Guarding Tess.
2. worse than those episodes of 24 featuring cougars chasing Kim Bauer
3. Recommend this one to a friend with a bum ticker. Not a single moment in the 108-minute running time is sufficient to even quicken the pulse.
4. Just good enough to not embarrass anyone involved.
5. sleepy
6. And that's really the point here: The Sentinel is about boys, bonding, squabbling, scheming, running, and shooting. Shooting a lot.
7. A political thriller that lacks thrills--and motivation.
8. The characters are underwritten but the stars' natural charisma holds our attention and keeps us on their side, the action scenes are crisply filmed, and the location shots provide an authentic feel.
9. In an age when surprise endings and indie budgets are hip and trendy, it's nice to get a decent throwback thriller. The script may be manufactured, but the sweat stains are real.
10. Director Clark Johnson ("S.W.A.T.") brings a little style to what is otherwise a pretty meat and potatoes presidential thriller with a solid if unexceptional cast.

Here is the consensus of critics:The Sentinel starts off well enough but quickly wears thin with too many plot holes and conventional action sequences.

Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. Director Richard Linklater has wisely stayed with the structure of the 1976 classic (with Walter Matthau in the Butterworth role) but populated it with dialogue from Bad Santa's Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.
2. Thornton [knocks] every one-liner out of the park with the free rein Linklater allows him, though a picked-up pace would've been welcome.
3. Having cast a knowing eye on teen debauchery in Dazed and Confused and coaxed a stellar performance out of Jack Black in School of Rock, the director is just the man to launch a surprise spitwad attack in the current culture wars.
4. If you're looking for another Adam Sandler/Jack Black comic masterpiece, this isn't it. It is, though, Billy Bob Thornton at his best, dropping analogies that would make a Hooters waitress blush.
5. Even if you never saw the original Bad News Bears, you've probably seen this movie. You know, the one where the reluctant coach pulls together the ragtag bunch of misfits and teaches them important lessons about teamwork.
6. Linklater's spirit is true: Practice still unfolds to the waltz of Carmen. Sentiment is avoided at all costs.
7. The best reason to see Richard Linklater's wholly unnecessary but highly enjoyable remake of The Bad News Bears is Billy Bob Thornton, who's doing a PG-13 version of his Bad Santa.
8. Fortunately almost everyone acquits himself coolly and admirably.
9. Billy Bob Thornton has proven he can do pretty much anything, but he simply does not look haggard, washed-up or miserable enough to be a believable Morris Buttermaker, the role Walter Matthau immortalized.
10. It's no Bad Santa, but it's fun.

Here is the consensus of critics:This too-faithful remake aims low for laughs, turning off the easily offendable; despite another lovably irascible contribution by Thornton, it lacks the ensemble strength and originality of the 1976 version.

Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. Ultimately, instead of drawing us in, his swagger and the dazzle of his pyrotechnics keep us at a remove from the savagery. They become abstractions, too.
2. An original and brilliant combination of comedy, action and sophisticated political comment.
3. ...very stylish, often surreally funny, and actually contains sound criticisms of American foreign policy...
4. In a day where so many films are showing the influence of music videos, it's refreshing to see such groundbreaking visuals with a style that's all its own.
5. It's George Clooney's best showcase to date -- a picture that is as strong as the war itself was dubious and one-sided.
6. A work of strangely bold, distinctly American pop art.
7. What we have here is not just a surprisingly proficient action picture, but also an enlightening and touching human drama that hits the heart in more ways than one.
8. Three Kings does just about everything right. That's why it's the best picture of the year so far.
9. a Desert Storm action flick with conscience
10. Funny, poignant, and unrepentantly forthright in its dissection of U.S. military policy and switching with ease from side-splitting black comedy to thoughtful drama...

Here is the consensus of critics:
Three Kings successfully blends elements of action, drama, and comedy into a thoughtful, exciting movie on the Gulf War.