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Jackie's Movie Review Archive


The Lucky One - by Nicholas Sparks

The ‘Eagle’ Has Landed

10 Items Or Less
DietTribe

“An Honorable Death”

Score Definitions
TITLE SCORE(1-10) RATING
Australia

10

PG-13-Violence & Profanity

Kidman/Jackman bring Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling epic vividly to life
Bedtime Stories

7

PG-13-Mild Profanity & Some Adult Humor

A clean Adam Sandler is great in this family friendly film
Bolt In 3-D

6

PG-Mild Violence

Entertaining animated movie but those 3-D glasses are still a pain
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

7

PG-13-War situations & Intensity

The film is based on a children’s book but this harrowing movie isn’t for kids
Cadillac Records

6

R-Profanity, Violence & Brief Nudity

Too many stories crammed into one movie – but solid acting all around

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

6

PG-13-Profanity & Violence

Strange premise, good acting but Pitt/Blanchett have no chemistry between them
The Day The Earth Stood Still

4

PG-13-Profanity & Violence

Seems like the movie stood still because the 2 hour running time seemed like 4
Doubt

6

PG-13-Adult Situations

Strong acting but a weak plot make this only a mildly successful film
Four Christmases

4

PG-13-Profanity & Sexual Situations

Witherspoon/Vaughn play two spoiled and silly people who aren’t worth our time
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

5

PG-Mild Violence

Fun for the small kids but not terribly funny for adults
Milk

5

R-Profanity & Sexual Situations

Penn & the movie try hard but they fail to capture the charisma of Harvey Milk

Nothing Like The Holidays

6

PG-13-Profanity & Mild Violence

Okay movie peopled with a likeable group of characters - and that’s important
Quantum Of Solace

7

PG-13-Profanity & Violence

Action from start to finish; Craig is quickly becoming the quintessential Bond
Rachel Getting Married

5

R-Profanity

A chaotic look at a dysfunctional family; Hathaway and Winger are excellent

Role Models

6

R-Profanity, Sexual Situations & Nudity

More profanity/foul language than you want to hear but also a moral message
Seven Pounds

7

PG-13-Profanity & Brief Violence

Downbeat and depressing but Will Smith’s acting talent makes it all worthwhile
Slumdog Millionaire

7

R-Violence & Profanity

A rags to riches story that is toned down by too much time spent on the rags

Twilight

7

PG-13-Violence & Intensity

Its Romeo & Juliet time once more – he’s a vampire, she’s a human
Valkyrie

6

PG-13-Profanity & Violence

Whoops, somebody told the ending! Still a well acted & fairly interesting film
Yes Man

6

PG-13-Profanity & Nudity

Looks like old Carrey movies mashed into one, but he still makes you laugh
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