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Robert Payne

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Swimming (2000) 74% 3.5/4 EDIT “Building slowly and subtly, the film, sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations, develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise.” – Reel.com Jul 26, 2002 Full Review Apocalypse Now (1979) 91% EDIT “It's a movie that dazzles and assaults viewers at a level of consciousness somewhere beyond the boundaries of traditional storytelling. Love it or hate it, there is nothing quite like Apocalypse Now.” – Reel.com Jan 17, 2002 Full Review Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) 27% 2/4 EDIT “It's depressing that films like The Klumps pass for seasoned comedy in the beginning of the 21st century.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Patriot (2000) 61% 3.5/4 EDIT “A walloping entertainment.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) 29% 2/4 EDIT “Donkey-Boy exists in an uneasy space between documentary, improvisation, and fictional narrative, and often makes one suspect that Korine may be exploiting his oddball cast.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 76% 3/4 EDIT “Kubrick fans would do wisely to sit back, take a deep breath, and just appreciate Eyes Wide Shut for what the film is -- a departed master's final gift. We will never see the likes of it again.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review American Beauty (1999) 87% 2.5/4 EDIT “Though the film is outrageously entertaining, its relentless struggle to find social relevance becomes so heavy-handed that it leaves you feeling sucker-punched.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Almost Famous (2000) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “If for no other reason, Almost Famous delights because it refreshingly captures the essence of a less inhibited, pre-MTV rock-'n'-roll generation -- complete with a smashing soundtrack of '70s-era classics” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Boys and Girls (2000) 11% 1.5/4 EDIT “Boys and Girls is a nondescript nothing of a film.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Dick (1999) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “The thing Dick resembles most is a wildly uneven Saturday Night Live skit.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review What Planet Are You From? (2000) 41% 2.5/4 EDIT “This loony battle of the sexes flick offers a generous supply of laughs for fans of broad humor and actor/screenwriter Garry Shandling.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Loser (2000) 24% 1.5/4 EDIT “The flick is hollow.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) 82% 2/4 EDIT “Little of the material feels distinctive, fresh, or insightful -- let alone edgy.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 50% 2/4 EDIT “The problems with Grinch stem from the lackluster script.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Gossip (2000) 29% 2.5/4 EDIT “Gossip is truly brainless, over-the-top Hollywood fun.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Coyote Ugly (2000) 23% 2/4 EDIT “A homogenized and humdrum cinematic.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) 85% 4/4 EDIT “A quietly disturbing, visually dazzling anomaly.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Meet the Parents (2000) 85% 3/4 EDIT “The real comic bite comes from the combustible energy between the two lead actors.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Scary Movie (2000) 51% 2.5/4 EDIT “When it comes to pushing the envelope in comedy, the Farrelly brothers have nothing on those badass Wayans.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Show Me Love (1998) 91% 3/4 EDIT “Successfully captures the frenzied angst and boredom of youth, as well as the powerful, unbridled emotions of first love.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Whipped (2000) 13% 1/4 EDIT “A 90-minute blab session between a bunch of horny dudes that could easily have been called In the Company of Idiots.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Crew (2000) 20% 2.5/4 EDIT “In a summer filled with crappy gross-out comedies, The Crew is a pleasant and amusing alternative.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Never Been Kissed (1999) 56% 2/4 EDIT “This is a film that doesn't worry about being bad, doesn't even try for passable. Why bother?” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Charlie's Angels (2000) 68% 3/4 EDIT “This Angels clearly rocks.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Autumn in New York (2001) 20% .5/4 EDIT “I couldn't help rooting for Charlotte's tumor.” – Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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