Movie Reviews4/10
Pay It Forward Review: Trevor’s Chain of Favors Is Manipulation, Not Kindness
A boy's plan to change the world through favors spins out of control in this earnest, flawed drama.
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TV Reviews6.8/10
Mad About You Review: Solid Comfort Comedy, Rarely Great
A married couple, Paul and Jamie, navigate daily friction and occasional crises in this cozy, Emmy-winning sitcom.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Thirty Years On, Twister Still Can’t Decide Whether the Tornado or the Divorce Is the Real Disaster
A tale of a tempest-chasing device, a doomed marriage, and a vortex of ruin. Twister reviewed.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
As Good as It Gets: A Well-Built Film with a Real Performance and a Real Problem
As Good as It Gets gave Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt Oscars, but the film's use of bigotry as comedy keeps it from earning its happy ending.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Rom-com premise outlasts the film that squandered it
What Women Want gave Mel Gibson mind-reading powers and a hit $374M gross, but a script that never follows its own premise anywhere uncomfortable.