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Don't feel too bad about failing the first pop quiz, because everybody fails all of the pop quizzes all of the time.
He fails to take responsibility.
One might think it being a recipe for a successful flick... here it fails miserably.
I realize movies use a lot of "poetic license" as the biblical account isn't that long, but, if making a biblical movie they still need to reflect the facts known, and keep the general flavor of the main biblical character, this movie fails in this aspect, and in many others.Even though the 1956 version has its problems as well, theatrically it was much better.
This film fails on many many levels.
It fails at the first post by not being scary OR funny.
What a huge difference a few years made in the quality films she got as well as her acting ability!! On top of the horrendously silly character, the film also fails because it just isn't interesting or exciting--just very, very stagy and stupid.
Unfortunately "Ashes of Time" fails in telling these simple stories of love and hate.
Very disappointing, since it fails to catch any of the flavor or beauty of the island - just the hot, dry, and barren elements.
If he is attempting to get people to subscribe to these opinions through this film, he fails miserably and (unintentionally) makes light of them.
Overall, Blood Feud fails to impress.
The movie is frequently lacking direction, and fails to develop its characters to any degree whatsoever.
I think that this was an attempt to emulate things like Jean Claude Van-Damme fight sequences, but if it is it fails utterly.
You get that feeling as the film moves that everything is not what it seems, yet I feel the movie fails at giving you enough to go on to truly care afterward.
It fails for many reasons - bad acting, bad script, no clear point.
Finally, Evan Almighty also is an insult to the brilliant actors in it and any halfway-intelligent moviegoer, in that it fails both of them miserably.
Produced, directed, and edited by a bunch of nobodies, it's no surprise that "Clonus" fails to horrify anyone in the least, much less keep anyone's attention!
The movie fails at being serious, because the idea of killing for any school position (this being Prom Queen) crosses the line into insanity (not to mention shots of flag burning and drive-by shootings, a poor attempt at being controversial and edgy), and fails at being a comedy, for all the forced and awkwardly placed jokes (big butt mama, "funky" black principal, and excessive cussing delivered poorly by the principal cast).
Aside from his poor research and unbalanced portrayal of chassidic life, Gitai fails in other aspects as well.
Unfortunately I was disappointed to find that L'Auberge Espagnol fails to satisfy in many ways: the characters are stereotyped, the events are trite and the story is shallow.
This film tries hard but fails.
AWiP tries to be funny, scary, tense, and romantic ... and fails in every respect.
The Nest is really just another 'nature run amock' horror flick that fails because of the low budget.
The movie fails to engage on an emotional level.
Animation isn't everything either, but from an artistic point of view, this show fails also, proving yet again that Family Guy strives for as many cheap jokes and easy shortcuts as possible.
Seems like The Doll Master tries very hard to be a very scary horror film, but it fails.
These bizarre additions eat up screen time at the expense of elements you'd think would be quite important, like Dickens's dialogue and key chunks of his plot - the movie buggers up the game of twenty questions, for example, and at times fails to put scenes in the right order.
The Man with the Golden Arm (the movie) is a decent career vehicle for Frank Sinatra, but fails abysmally as a good adaptation of a fantastic book.
Surely, audience "maangey more" and here film fails to deliver.
Potentially exciting story fails to take off, despite an eclectic cast.
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