Corny, predictable, beyond cheesey, forced slapstick humor, bwah..
597327
I am a Matthew M fan and Kate Hudson can be decent at times.  Together they can have some chemistry, however, this movie is as corny, cheesy, and about as non-funny as it gets.  There is never any sense of excitement or danger since the bad-guy is a rapper, and the attempt at violence is slapstick and just not funny.  Romantic comedy? I think not... it is just a ball of cheese!!
3396000
This book was incredibly cheesy! The idea behind it was good, but I found myself laughing my way through it, thinking, really? I couldn't wait for it to be done. I'm not one expect novels to be 'real' but this was beyond corny. It didn't matter what kind of event happened, ben was always there to save the day. Others may like it, but it was too corny for my liking.
3644616
A friend of a friend went to see this overblown mess of a movie, despite my warnings and boy, did he receive the disappointment of his life. Just look at the previews, even they look like a disaster. Why make an action film this bad and THEN give it a theatrical release? Still curious? Here is the movie in a nutshell, its a very simple formula folks: throw in every tired action/horror/scifi film cliche, add an annoying heavy metal music soundtrack, base the 'plot' on a boring/simplistic computer game (kill the zombie, find a key, open the door using the key, repeat), add plenty of gore and a hoochie female lead and mix. What do you get? A wasted evening at the theatre and a headache.
3356832
This movie reminded me of a cheap StarWars spin off.
It didn't have anything sexualized in nature that was a red flag. It didn't have anything in it that was overly gross/gory or torture-like scenes. It did of course have lots of slap stick type humor and alot of fighting. As all superhero movies-they decided to sacrifice themselves for other's well being.  What it did have that made the move a big fat ZERO for me was (I wouldn't even give it one star) a lot of filthy language. The whole film practically was littered with it. I can't stress this enough... lots of language. If you have kids, (or even if you don't) pass this up. Plenty of other stuff to watch that doesn't have that. The plot of the movie was mediocre at best. It wasn't terrible story wise, but it wasn't great either and was predictable. This is not a movie I'd watch twice, regardless of the language. It just wasn't intriguing.
1036089
Big question for the second installment, of Scary Movie, which, I might add, part one- I loved...how long did it take them to write this?  A half hour?  If it took longer than that, I was fooled.  It is amazing how horrible a comedy can be, and I think this one might just take the award for the worst ever.  Unlike part 1, there was no coherent story.  Granted, the plot in part one wasn't totally solid, but in part 2- it wasn't there at all.  It seemed more like a series of skits that made no sense together, and none of them were funny at that.  The same old jokes used in the same exact way.  Some of the jokes in this movie were IDENTICAL to the jokes in part one...the "sex" scene being one of those.  Same fire hose like spray of liquid knocking the very annoying Faris down.  That's another thing...if that girl wasn't annoying in the first, in this one- she is so annoying you just want someone to strangle her to get her out of the movie.  I am very disappointed in the writers and everyone involved in making the film, because it seems like they thought they had to automatically make a part 2 to make some more cash, and they clearly thought it had to be made, edited, and released within a few days...that's what it looks like.  This is a horrible mess that has maybe 2 funny jokes, and the rest is just gross out humor...unlike the first, this gross out humor is not funny, just gross.  Miss this one at all costs.  1/10
3486831
I am a big fan of having family Christmas movie time. However, if you are looking for entertainment value, skip this and grab you a copy of Elf, Charlie Brown Christmas, or The Grinch. This is not nearly so artful nor creative as VeggieTales has been in the past. And ultimately, I'd skip it.

If movies that are just sort of thrown together a la a fifth grader's short story for English class bother you because of poor writing, overdone plot elements, contrived and clunky conflict and resolution, and unlikable/unsympathetic characters, you'll also want to skip this one. It's kind of a kids' version of a cheesy Lifetime movie with old 80s sitcom stars from supporting roles.

And if you look to VeggieTales as an aide in teaching your children about the Bible and hope to find this as a way to relate to them the true meaning of Christmas, you're REALLY going to want to skip it--

I just watched this for the second time with two of my children (8 and 5) and asked them what they thought it was about. They got it right for the most part, they said it's about a little boy who thinks his parents have died. He's really sad and lost for a while and gets in with an odd (the kids seem confused about their character) crowd but then eventually finds his parents at the end. That about sums it up. Junior plays two characters, the Drummer Boy in the story set at the time of Christ's birth, and himself in the story set in modern times. The character from the part set in modern day is, in a word, smarmy. The character of the Drummer Boy is an Anakin Skywalker of sorts who, while not as dark as the future Darth Vader, is completely consumed by the death of his parents. First of all, why do so many writers of children's stories decide that one or both parents should be missing? It is not only overdone, it is a weak plot device. The stakes need not be so high, and relying on such a worn out and overly dramatic scenario seems lazy. Second of all, the change in the Drummer Boy is intended, upon close examination (and really because we are told rather than shown), to come when he sees Jesus. However, the Drummer Boy sees Jesus almost instantly before he is reunited with his parents, so the whole reason for the change in him is lost on children. They think the Drummer Boy is happy now because he has found his parents, not because he has found his Savior. Honestly, it's only because I know that Jesus is the Savior that I even inferred that message. It's debatable that it's even there.

Shouldn't the point of a VeggieTales Christmas movie set at the birth of Christ BE the birth of Christ? There are many of us out there who think that the quality of VeggieTales has gone down significantly since the departure of Phil Vischer as CEO in 2003. The messages are watered down and the artistic and creative quality has certainly suffered. A friend asked me recently why I still even let my children watch VeggieTales. My answer to that is that they are better than a whole lot of the other things out there that they could be watching. On the other hand, there are also a whole lot of things out there that would be more educational! It used to be that VeggieTales communicated the stories of the Bible in an accessible way for children. It was an aide in teaching them what we want them to learn about God and his people. This movie does not do that. There is nothing in it that shows children how the birth of Christ changes anything, much less everything! What a missed opportunity for Big Idea! If you are looking for something new this Christmas that helps teach children (and remind us all) what Christmas is all about, grab you a copy of Song of the Stars, Sally Lloyd-Jones' new book that is beautifully and artfully written to help us share the story of how the long-expected birth of our Savior changed the world.
627980
I'm flabbergasted at just how incredibly awful this movie is. The first two entries in this series were cheesy but still fun to watch. This one is just... well, awful. Plot thinner than skim milk, eye-rollingly terrible dialogue, and entirely unbelievable acting. Worse than that Silver Surfer movie, even.
1646181
If you don't want to read my full thoughts on the movie, scroll down to the bottom for a quick summary.

This movie is perhaps the worst Disney movie I've ever seen. The plotline is trite, and over done. I swear I lost brain cells just watching it. The lipsynching is terrible, and the songs are just mediocre at best. The only reason I didn't give it less stars is because Amazon won't let you give zero stars, the choreographed scenes are actually really decent, and the actors ARE talented. Overall, a waste of time, money, and good talent.

Honestly, what I think upsets me most about this movie is the fact that it could have been good. It had the potential to be a decent movie, it really did. There was a good premise. "What happens when the children of Disney villains meet and socialize with the children of those their parents tried to destroy?" But they tried to shove so many freaking plot points into one movie. "Love conquers all", "Don't judge someone based on their looks", "Good always wins in the end", "Get the fairy godmother wand to free your parents that you fear", "We were never shown love as children and were abused regularly, but we still love our parents even though we have no reason to", "magic has been retired in the name of technology" (I really, REALLY, hate this plot point. It's such a cop out for a FANTASY based plot) just to name a few.  With everything they try and shove in your face it just winds up coming across as rushed, murky, and forced.

They treat the villains (the Disney classic villains) as the butt of a joke. The children are supposed to be afraid of them, but I don't understand how anyone can find them more than washed up wannabes that couldn't fill a thimble with their menace. THESE ARE CLASSIC VILLAINS, and they're reduced to that old high school jock at the bar. You know the one. That one that complains that he could've been the big cheese and gotten out of that Podunk town he lives in, if only he hadn't of blown out his knee cap in the last quarter of the "big game". So, he sits at the bar, refusing to move on with his life and make something more of himself, and regales tales of "the good old days" to anyone who will listen. Which is unforgivable, considering the actors they had behind them have more talent than that and the villains themselves are A rank in the Disney universe.

Now onto the kids. While the actors are talented and you can tell they're really trying to make a crap sandwich look appetizing, there's no real reason for them to act the way they do. Half of the cast has no purpose (the romantic rival is barely worth batting an eye at). And the chemistry between the main couple is forced, at best. They have no reason to be afraid of their parents once they leave the island. NONE. They even acknowledge that there's no way for them to reach the children. The hatred of the "good guys" children towards the "bad guys" children is ridiculous and makes the good guys look terrible. What kind of message are they trying to send here? It's ok to hate on someone who had no choice in regards to their parent? Yea. That seems totally reasonable *eye roll*. Sins of the father and all. And it's not even like they truly resolve this plot point either. You think saving a hardcore bigot's life is going to change the mind of said bigot in the blink of an eye? NO. Not when said bigot has literally been raised from birth to hate your parent and by default you. That kind of indoctrination doesn't just dissapear over night. They could've made an effort to at least show that the dunderhead was going through their own change in perception through the course of the movie, but no. That's to much effort.

The nitty gritty of the whole mess: Ramshackle plot slapped together with more loose ends than your grandmothers sewing basket, made for the sole purpose of cashing in on childhood nostalgia. Villains are trash. Story is trash. If you're looking for that Disney magic, you won't find it here, look some where else.
66606
This stuff is getting pretty formulaic. I wanted to like this film. I really did. I can even appreciate the idea of "exaggerating" a true story a bit for the sake of entertainment. What I can never forgive however, is the bald, finger-pointing-in-your-face, mawkish, bible-humping, overwrought proselytizing that this film absolutely reeks of. What I'm speaking of specifically are the countless needless digressions alluding to the relationship between Ed and Lorraine and their endless, embarrassingly deadpan, discussions about the precise ins and outs of "demon" hunting. I get it already. They're a down-home, family-values, guitar-strummin' happy American couple. That would be fine if this wasn't supposed to be a horror film. But after a while, it literally sucked (and I do mean sucked) so much of the entertainment out of the film that by the time the scares reappeared, I needed my hand to support to my chin to keep from falling over with abject boredom. The first one was definitely better. The digressions were fewer. The "family" moments were brief, generalizable to a wider audience, and meaningful. Most importantly, they didn't take away from the general aura of misgiving because the proselytizing was far, far less prominent. What I really don't understand is what exactly James Wan is expecting us to derive from all this. What I understand even less, is how audiences that aren't American can relate to any of this. It must be a terrible disappointment to see the value of enterntainment being slowly  replaced by the odiously conspicuous urge to "convert" audiences over to some horribly narrow viewpont that only a comparatively small demographic can relate to. What a pathetic substitute. I think I'm done with James Wan at this point. Maybe Ty West will start to get a little better. He certainly couldn't do worse than this.
2996140
As other reviewers have reported, this was such a mindless attempt at comedy. I can be entertained by good guys, by really evil bad guys, and even by inept and bumbling detectives. But I cannot stand irritating and obnoxious characters like the one played by McCarthy in this stupid comedy.  Example: just how funny can it be to hit someone on the throat and then run away? Or how about slamming a guitar against someone's head? It's slapstick a la Three Stooges without the talent. This movie does not have the right ingredients for a decent movie. Maybe selected scenes might work out for a 5-minute skit on Saturday Night Live.  Awful, awful, awful. The movie never got better so we stopped it at about the half-way mark. Ten-year-olds might enjoy the mindless sitcom flavor of this disaster of a movie.
3652488
I give this film two stars to correct for any Old-Man-Grumpus factor that may be clouding my judgment.  I'm all for corny love stories, but this one is so poorly done, so weakly directed and sappily planned, that I could  hardly keep my popcorn down.  The plot is one gigantic contrivance that  loses its charm in the first quarter of the film.  I recommend some other  movie, just about any any other movie, over this one.
3623225
I am a middle aged male. I enjoy sci-fi, so I thought with a 4 star overall rating, this would be a no brainer to watch. Well don't waste your time on it unless you are a teenage boy who loves Halo, because that is the only explanation I can come up with for the high marks. This movie cannot and does not stand on it's own in the sci-fi genre. Believe the other 1 star ratings, they are true. No plot, no originality, slow and draggy, completely predictable (and I've never even played Halo for cryin out loud), sappy, and waaaaaaay too many close up shots of Lasky's tortured mug torn between the reality of war and his knowledge or intuition of the humanity of the enemy. That is, before the real enemy shows up. Then it was more close up shots of Lasky's tortured mug caused by the inhumanity of the enemy and from watching his squad mates and love interest get shot up. Come to think of it, a teenage boy must have also written this thing....
4846448
This movie was so bad, I couldn't get through it in one sitting; I had to turn it off and come back to it twice more before slogging through to the end. The characters were extremely weak. The plot contrivances were grating as well; how can some eighteen year-old just happen to arrive, meet someone who is willing to put him up in his apartment, then not much later, this kid finds the man with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life? I'm not buying it.

The acting was way too melodramatic; with all the scenery-chewing, you would think it had been bankrolled by Bubble Yum.

After finally getting though this atrocity, I watched the extras as well; the writer/director comes off as awfully arrogant for someone who directs low-budget films. He isn't even willing to take off his sunglasses or his Bluetooth in the interview and "cribs" feature.

If you see this video being sold somewhere, leave it on the shelf, and back away.
1539207
More corny and clich than entertaining...............I feel that a refund alone wouldn't do it lol If only there was a way to get the last 2 + hours of my life back!! Save your time, your money and yourself! Find something else to rent this would have been equally disappointing if it were free but sadly it wasn't!
1366771
I would not recommend this movie to anyone unless they enjoy pointless scenes of girls bitching each other out, with no dramatic plot twists; or enjoy a movie that parallels Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs very badly.  Overall it was horribly predictable and slightly too cheesy
2186160
I decided to watch this movie on HBO-Family recently, since it was the only one of the four I hadn't seen yet.  And I have to say, it's the worst of the bunch.

The timing was slower than usual, and several scenes drag on and on forever, such as Snoopy's bar scenes and Peppermint Patty's misconception that Pierre has a crush on her.  There are also several fades to black, which cause me to wonder if this was made for TV.  And the one song in the middle is hardly even memorable - it doesn't move the story any further, and comes at an inappropriate moment.

And the voice acting.  OH! what an atrocity.  In the old days it was believable.  Now it's gotten worse.  I've heard better (real) kid voices on Sesame Street.  In order to make an impression on an audience, you've got to EMOTE, not just read sentences on paper.

It's no wonder the CB & Snoopy Show came after this - Schulz must have decided to stick to recycling comic strip ideas.  Yet, there's only one series of strips I can clearly remember that was adapted here: the scene where Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty have to share a desk.  Since I knew exactly where each strip began and ended, that made it a lot less funny.

This product seems rushed, hastily done, and unclear in its purpose (really, what HAVE we learned, Charlie Brown?)  It leaves you yearning for one of the '64-'72 specials.  Avoid it at all costs unless you want to laugh at how bad it is.
1189632
What can you say about a movie like this after viewing it, really? With a title like "Dr. Giggles" can anyone really expect anything but a real cheesy, campy horror film? Films like these are a dime a dozen, some better than others, but in general, most are nearly unwatchable. And though this film teeters on that edge, it doesn't quite get there. No, this is not a good movie. Just as 99% of the other films like this one, the plot is fairly stupid, and the comedy injected into it is horrendous. Yes, there are horrible play -on-words or stupid one-line jokes throughout this thing! This movie is about a psychopathic son of a murderous doctor that escapes from a mental institution and goes back to his hometown to get revenge and continue his father's devilish work.  However, the acting is not as horrible as one might expect in these films. To be honest, I'm a fan of Larry Drake, mostly because of his role as the bad guy Durant in the first two Darkman films. This was one of the main reason I purchased this film without watching it first. (That reason, and that it was real cheap too!) And though I think he did an ok job in this one, I can't help but hate that stupid damn giggle he does all through the movie!!! The other lead role played by Hollie Mary Combs, better known for her role in Charmed, did a alright acting job as well, but all in all, there's nothing special going on here. But like I said, I wasn't expecting anything real good out this one, except maybe some decent gore. But even the gore level wasn't nearly as high as I would have liked to seen. But there were a few camera tricks that I did notice that were kinda creative. But ultimately, you get 2 different views of opinion from a film like this. First there are those horror fans that go for this sorta thing and like a lot of campy comedy in their horror movies. The more stupid, the better, it seems like to me! And then you have the hardcore horror fan who wants straight-edged terror, blood, and violence done in a at least, semi-serious way. And its that category that I fall into. Hey,I try to have an open mind about most of these campy films I watch, I really do. That's why I bothered to watch (and even buy) this DVD. And there are certain films of this nature I do like (Evil Dead and House come right to mind). And I suppose that this movie is worth watching at least once. But overall, I'm left with the feeling of why? Why make movies like this? I guess the answer is that some people do like this kind of horror, but as for me..I'll pass. What's troubling me is that more films like this one keep making their way into my DVD collection for one reason or another, and being the collector that I am, I don't have the heart to get rid of them! With that said, depending on what type of horror fanatic you are, you'll either laugh with enjoyment at this one and consider a good horror comedy, or you'll simply dismiss this as stupidity. And I tend to lean toward the latter of the two.