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Superhero Movie
Relentless sadism and farts
There are some chuckles — okay, two — but the film’s big accomplishment is that it elevates the “spoof” genre from ludicrously awful to just plain bad.
By:
JASON O'BRYAN
| April 02, 2008
Horton Hears a Who!
Good-natured, egalitarian, and mildly stupid
Although it scatters a few jokes for adults, some of them earnestly funny, Horton lacks the wit and layered cleverness of the good animated films of recent years.
By:
JASON O'BRYAN
| March 12, 2008
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