http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://critiqal.com/disneys-a-christmas-carol-2009/5520/ http://critiqal.com/disneys-a-christmas-carol-2009/5520/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:26:29 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Drama]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5520 Plot: Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past (Carrey), Present (Carrey) and Yet to Come (Carrey) take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late Animated.]]> http://critiqal.com/disneys-a-christmas-carol-2009/5520/feed/ 1 http://critiqal.com/2009-mtv-movie-awards/5454/ http://critiqal.com/2009-mtv-movie-awards/5454/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:09:54 +0000 Reid Currier http://critiqal.com/?p=5454 Twilight, High School Musical 3 and Hannah Montana: The Movie, everyone can guess who the main audience for MTV is nowadays. And the winners are...]]> http://critiqal.com/2009-mtv-movie-awards/5454/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/yes-man-2008/1590/ http://critiqal.com/yes-man-2008/1590/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:32:21 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1590 Plot: Determined to change his life, a man (Carrey) challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for one year. Based on the novel by Danny Wallace.]]> http://critiqal.com/yes-man-2008/1590/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/dr-seuss-horton-hears-a-who-2008/1347/ http://critiqal.com/dr-seuss-horton-hears-a-who-2008/1347/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:45:31 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Kids/Family]> http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/previews/dr-seuss-horton-hears-a-who-2008/1347/ Plot: An imaginative elephant named Horton (Carrey) hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that is convinced he's lost his mind, Horton is determined to help. Animated. Based on the children's book by Dr. Seuss.]]> http://critiqal.com/dr-seuss-horton-hears-a-who-2008/1347/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/dr-seuss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-2000/5232/ http://critiqal.com/dr-seuss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-2000/5232/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:18:43 +0000 Reid Currier http://critiqal.com/?p=5232 Plot: Having been ridiculed in his youth by the citizens of Whoville, the Grinch (Carrey) decides he's going to stop Christmas from coming by stealing all of their presents - only to discover Christmas doesn't come from presents, it comes from the heart. Based on the story by Dr. Seuss.]]> http://critiqal.com/dr-seuss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-2000/5232/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-number-23-2007/963/ http://critiqal.com/the-number-23-2007/963/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:41:34 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/the-number-23-2007/963/ Plot: When his wife buys him a book for his birthday, dog catcher Walter Sparrow (Carrey) is unimpressed. As he reads the book, however, he begins to discover that he and the degenerate main character share some remarkable similarities. As Walter continues to read, and both he and the main character began obsessing about the number 23, the main character commits a horrible crime...and Walter becomes convinced he's fated to follow the same path.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-number-23-2007/963/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/fun-with-dick-and-jane-2005/355/ http://critiqal.com/fun-with-dick-and-jane-2005/355/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 02:59:00 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/2006/05/07/fun-with-dick-and-jane-2005-review/ Plot: Dick (Carrey) and Jane (Leoni) are happy. Their son, Billy, is happy. Dick has just gotten promoted at his job. But wait - his job has just gone bankrupt. Now he has no job. How will he support his family? He could get another job. No, no one wants poor Dick. What will he and Jane do? A remake of the 1977 film.]]> http://critiqal.com/fun-with-dick-and-jane-2005/355/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/lemony-snickets-a-series-of-unfortunate-events-2004/993/ http://critiqal.com/lemony-snickets-a-series-of-unfortunate-events-2004/993/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:28:37 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/lemony-snickets-a-series-of-unfortunate-events-2004/993/ Plot: When a mysterious fire kills their parents, three children are sent to live with their uncle, Count Olaf (Carrey), whom they have never met. As it turns out, the Count is out for their inheritance - and doesn't care about the children at all. In fact, the sooner they die, the quicker he gets the money. Based on the books The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room and The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket.]]> http://critiqal.com/lemony-snickets-a-series-of-unfortunate-events-2004/993/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004/1023/ http://critiqal.com/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004/1023/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:12:49 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1023 Plot: Joel (Carrey) meets Clementine (Winslet). When they go through a bad breakup, Clementine decides to rid herself of Joel by having him erased from her mind in a new medical procedure. When Joel finds out, he decides to go through the same process. But, when Joel changes his mind partway through, will he be able to remember Clementine, or lose her forever?]]> http://critiqal.com/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004/1023/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/bruce-almighty-2003/261/ http://critiqal.com/bruce-almighty-2003/261/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2003 01:18:02 +0000 Reid Currier Comedy]> Politics/Religion]> http://pezxpress.com/2003/11/29/bruce-almighty-2003-review/ Plot: Bruce Nolan (Carrey) isn’t having a good day. After getting passed up for a promotion at the local TV station, he gets himself fired, he gets in a fight with his girlfriend Grace (Aniston), goes for a drive to blow off steam and ends up getting in a car wreck. Convinced that God hates him, Bruce challenges God to make Himself known to him. Much to his surprise, God responds, and gives Bruce all of His powers. ]]> http://critiqal.com/bruce-almighty-2003/261/feed/ 0