April 29--When critics feel passionately about a movie, their writing sometimes seems elevated, as though the words come more easily and they're tapping into the pure critical center of their brain.
Unfortunately for "Mother's Day," it may not have solicited the type of critical passion it was looking for.
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The third film in the Garry Marshall holiday film series (after "New Year's Eve" and "Valentine's Day") has garnered abysmal reviews. On review aggregation website Metacritic, the movie has earned the second-lowest score of the year, a robust 17 on a 100-point scale.
The bright side of these scathing reviews is that they're absolutely hilarious. Here are some of the best barbs lobbed by exasperated reviewers.
Oof. Going for the jugular right off the bat. Hey Roeper, save some adverbs for the rest of us.
That's two separate reviews likening the film to a discount department store. On one hand, Wal-Mart makes $480 billion a year. Maybe "Mother's Day" will be so successful! On the other hand, Kmart.
But not every critic loathed the film. Some were absolutely lukewarm about it.
See? They kind of liked it! Maybe other reviews will agree.
Maybe not.
Oh, that's not good.
Yeah, that's actively bad.
So at least "Mother's Day" has that going for it.
Even we weren't immune from this movie's particular charms. Read Justin Chang's full review of "Mother's Day" here.
If you do decide to venture out to catch a movie this weekend, consider "Mother's Day." It seems to bring out the best in people.
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