30. THE DAMNED UNITED
►An uninspiring depiction of an uninspiring true story [which] never once makes you want to learn of the politics behind [Brian] Clough's failure.◄
31. THE SOLOIST
►A well-meaning, well-played film with too little substance to sustain its 2-hour running time◄
32. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
►...not just the same ol' same ol' Woody-among-the-nouveaux-riches, it's a cliché of that.◄
33. CREATION
►... first problem with [this] film is its foregrounding of Darwin's personal life over his political postulations. The second is that his personal life is not very interesting.◄
34. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 /2009/
►... the makers of this unnecessary thriller are adamant that it isn't a remake.◄
35. SURROGATES
►Bruce Willis' 'surrogate' wears a wig that makes him look like a shop-window dummy past its expiry date.◄
36. THE FINAL DESTINATION /2009/
►... the usual: one boy correctly 'dreams' a disaster and people begin dying because they 'cheated death', another plays Devil's advocate and pours scorn on the whole thing.◄
37. DUPLICITY
►...shuffles the script until it plays in seemingly random chunks.◄
38. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
►The leads seem to be performing as if on stage, where this no doubt woudn’t seem the empty
experience it does on film◄
39. HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU
►... distressingly close to those made-for-cable disasters in which people talk direct to camera about their hang-ups.◄
40. THE SECRET OF MOONACRE
►The pairing of a promising young star with a promising director yields little of substance.◄
41. YES MAN
►When will a US studio film give up pedalling the same romantic plot?◄
42. THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
►Suitably 'mad', but rarely funny.◄
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