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Dirty Work (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

McDonald just isn’t funny. No improv skills. And Saget has never made me laugh, either. Chevy is actually not bad, and Rickles is pretty good.

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Amazingly predictable and unwitty. The only time you ever see supposedly normal people have intellectual, high art conversations like this is in the movies, although I do have to admit the discussion about Bono and Eddie Vedder was mildly interesting. Aniston just isn’t powerful enough to carry a movie. Not…

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Enemy of the State (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Complicated plot. Why didn’t the goose-lover just give them the tape, though? And why didn’t Will Smith just give them the tape? The kid takes the tape, just like in Mr. Nice Guy. Very long, which isn’t good for an action movie. Once the boredom sets in, the action is…

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Fallen (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

An eerie, religious Seven. A bit slow. How come it couldn’t get into Denzel when it shook his hand at the beginning but jump right into him at the end? Neat ending, but why didn’t Denzel just shoot himself after shooting Goodman? For dramatic reasons, presumeably. I really liked Denzel’s…

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Godzilla (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

I didn’t think Roland Emmerich could screw this up, but he did. With the visual effects available in the late ’90s, this film had real potential. But Emmerich being Emmerich, the result is a loud, shallow mess: no real story, unconvincing and unlikable characters, weak dialogue, and a complete lack…

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Kissing a Fool (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Way too many decorative tags (a sign of crappy writing) and not enough character for the characters. That “What up!” thing was old even before Schwimmer decided to overdo it.

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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Cartoonish and unrealistic at times. Overall, the action and stunts are pretty good, but I didn’t like the way they tried to mix comedy with action. All that does is make the action seem unimportant and silly. It worked for True Lies because that film revels in over-the-topness like Bond…

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The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Wouldn’t it have been great if this film was directed by Robert Rodriguez and was in Spanish with English subtitles? The fact that the only bit of real Spanish is mocked by a white guy is almost insulting. A neat fantasy-adventure movie. The action and stunts were good. The sword-fighting…

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Mulan (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

A typical Disney affair, with a cookie-cutter storyline and typical stereotypes. Tradition frowns upon a young, beautiful girl, who then decides to slap tradition in the face to show that she can play with the big boys, and in doing so, meets the man of her dreams, who disapproves of…

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Out of Sight (1998)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Reminded me a lot of U-Turn. It had the same kind of whimsical story, characters, intelligent black humor, editing, pace, and camerawork. Only U-Turn was a bit more “experimental” and said that life is bad, and this one was a little more sane and said that life is good. What…

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