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The 1947 mystery-thriller,"The Two Mrs.Carrolls"is considered by many critics to be a tepid,unrealistic film and one of Humphrey Bogart's lesser works.
But, instead of the whiz-bang, rise-and-fall saga laced with comedy which this introduction leads us to expect, we get 100 minutes of routine montages followed by more expository talk (mostly about financial deals), interspersed with boisterous crowd scenes and
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romantic interludes with the exquisite Frances Farmer, who plays Josie Mansfield, an aspiring stage actress who is taken under Fisk's wing.
It never really yanks you into the story, and the music is extremely loud and dirge-like, making you feel like you're watching a very
tepid
documentary made without much thought.
It's heart might be in the right place, but this
tepid
misfire looks like a bad TV schools production in every way.
I tried to think of funnier Billy Bob Thornton films than his latest
tepid
comedy, "Mr.
Everything about this show is just
tepid
and dull.
I just saw this film at the International Film Festival in Provincetown, Mass., where the audience response was
tepid
to say the least.
What the film is is a rather
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film made in English with Richard Grieco as the hit-man and Maggie Q as the target.
It is a tepid, overcomplicated and downright silly horror film.
To faint-hearted US citizens - who tend to pass out or cry havoc at the mere sight of a female nipple - this decidedly
tepid
tale of a 17-year-old lesbian girl falling in love with her 40-ish teacher and dragging her into bed might have SCANDAL written all over it; to more enlightened people, it's simply shallow and, even at its b-movie running time of 76 minutes, immensely boring.
It is just a
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variation on the standard romantic mystery/comedy.
RTSL is one of those films that has all the stinky ratings at IMDb and
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to scathing reviews at the few places that even bothered to review it.
In adapting the book for the screen, writer Denis Johnson has stripped the novel of all its dark humor and subtext and given us a
tepid
and dull film.
I saw this film at a special screening in Hollywood, and most of the cast and crew were in the audience and it received quite a
tepid
response, I guess they suffered a great deal watching it and didn't have enough energy to fake enthusiasm.
Especially because, at that point, the cameramen probably didn't yet know anything about how
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the story lines and how ridiculous the plot of "Mako: The Jaws of Death" actually were!
Sure there are amusing parts, but the two characters had the chemistry of a pebble and
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tap water.
The script is torpidly
tepid
and convolutely penned with a weak bunch of characterisations and muddled motivations.
How some critics could extrapolate any glowing positives from such a
tepid
offering truly indicates that a career in film critique is available to just about anyone.
All you'll find there is a
tepid
cauldron of algae-coated swamp water.
Unfortunately, it became clear that adventure for the featured traveling couple, and the producers of the show was
tepid
at best.
Exposition-heavy fantasy keeps stressing the same trivial points over and over, and Montgomery is rather
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in the lead (the whole film depends upon his performance, but Montgomery hasn't that much charisma as an actor to carry the weight).
but not before having to endure one of the most tepid, uninspired ensemble deathbed scenes 'performed' by name-brand actors I've ever seen.
Fast and furious, this movie's infectious energy makes double espressos seem like
tepid
water.
Even more disheartening, CHI L'HA VISTA MORIRE (known to English-speaking audiences as WHO SAW HER DIE?) is cynical enough to use Venice as a distraction technique to keep people from realizing that this is simply just another tepid, poorly paced, clichéd-to-the-max murder mystery we've seen dozens of times before.
Having read a few
tepid
reviews of this film I hoped seeing it wouldn't be a disappointment.
Until the central government is willing to yield its control over SOE management, ownership reforms are likely to spark only
tepid
interest from the private sector.
The main problem is not just that growth is tepid, but that it is driven largely by debt.
This may not amount to much in practice, but the language in this section is much less
tepid
than elsewhere.
Earlier this year, the US National Academies of Science gave the technique a
tepid
endorsement, and the Chinese government announced a major investment in weather modification, which could include solar radiation management.
With global growth so tepid, exports will not restore Europe and America to prosperity any time soon.
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