This week's new movies, 3 in wide release: "Chappie" with Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel & Sigourney Weaver (rotten, 31%), "Unfinished Business" with Vince Vaughn (truly rotten, 12%), and "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" with Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel (barely fresh, 63%) - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/browse...
Mar 6, 2015
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- Stephen Mack
"Chappie" (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m...) consensus: "Chappie boasts more of the big ideas and visual panache that director Neill Blomkamp has become known for -- and, sadly, more of the narrative shortcomings." Lou Lumenick of the NY Post: "I haven't been as happy to see a movie end since the third 'Transformers.' "
- Stephen Mack
"Unfinished Business" (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m...) consensus: "Unfocused and unfunny, Unfinished Business lives down to its title with a slipshod screenplay and poorly directed performances that would have been better left unreleased." Kyle Smith of the NY Post: "That 'Unfinished Business' thinks it's a really fun idea to have a leading character named Mike Pancake tells you all you need to know."
- Stephen Mack
"The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m...) consensus: "is about as original as its title -- but with a cast this talented and effortlessly charming, that hardly matters." Connie Ogle of the Miami Herald: "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is exactly that - second best."
- Stephen Mack
Dev Patel is a very interesting actor to me (he was compelling in The Newsroom). It's fascinating to see him appear in two such very different movies in the same week.
- Stephen Mack