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New movie reviews Date published: 3/4/2010
"COP OUT" (R) HH STARRING: BRUCE WILLIS, TRACY MORGAN, KEVIN POLLAK, ADAM BRODY, GUILLERMO DÍAZ Though Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan create a few funny moments, this is a juvenile jumble that could have been much better. Director Kevin Smith ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back") makes this less a movie and more a mishmash of comedy and murder that doesn't begin to hang together or make much sense. Of course, when the story focuses on the theft of a baseball card Willis' character needs to sell to pay for his daughter's wedding, this thing didn't have much of a chance to start with. It feels like every time the solid Willis and the fitfully funny Morgan begin to make a truly funny moment, Smith intervenes with silly chases or juvenile dialogue. Another problem with Morgan is that the silly goof that makes up his one and only character works best in small doses. His mumbling and mugging for an entire film quickly loses its charm. Mostly wasted here are Kevin Pollack and Adam Brody as the straigt-laced lawmen who manage to be memorable even in limited screen time. Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality. 110 min. [RF, RA, M] "THE CRAZIES" (R) H TIMOTHY OLYPHANT, RADHA MITCHELL, JOE ANDERSON, DANIELLE PANABAKER It's a tribute to the talent of Timothy Olyphant that he manages to not embarrass himself in this instantly forgettable film. One minute, people are fine in this little Iowa town; the next, they're hacking people up and setting their families on fire. The question of why and how this came to be is mildly interesting until government troops in gas masks swoop in to kill and carry the townspeople off to cover up a secret weapon gone bad. As the sheriff in this film you'll wish ended sooner, Olyphant does all he can. He's just crazy to have signed on in the first place. Rated R for bloody violence and language. 90 min. [RF, RA, M] "TO SAVE A LIFE" (PG-13) HH STARRING: RANDY WAYNE, DEJA KREUTZBERG (LEAVING TOWN TO-NIGHT) It's a little overdone and simplistic in parts, but this tale of high school suicide and the way it makes a negligent friend rethink his life and find faith has a power all its own. When a high school basketball star watches a former friend kill himself, he's forced to re-examine his life. And face the fact that he could have made a difference by being a true friend. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements of teen suicide, teen drinking, drug content, disturbing images, sexuality. 120 min. [RA]
Date published: 3/4/2010
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