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How can one help but be curious when a movie gets such universally bad reports, even so much as to be cast, at one point, at the very bottom of all movies. So, I decided to see it.

Actually, the premise and the plot aren't so bad; and the ending is pretty good. Some mildly amusing lines, too: Ricki: "So, you are Larry Giggly?" Gigli: "No, that's Gee-Lee"

The ruination of this movie is the long, boring, and pointless dialogue between leads Larry Gigli (Ben Afleck) and Ricki (Jennifer Lopez).

Fellows, if you're interested in this flick because you've heard that there is a sexy scene with Jennifer Lopez doing erotic yoga, forget it! It isn't that great. And it certainly is not worth watching the entire movie.

Verdict: Perhaps not as notoriously bad as you may have heard, but it sure is not good. 2.5 out of 10.

This thriller left a lot to be desired. The trend in many movies seems to utilize poor lighting, bad camera angles, and a constant slight shaking of the camera. Supposedly this makes the movie more "real", I think it makes it more amateurish and overall more difficult to watch and enjoy. The Mist uses all of these. Plus it is absolutely cheerless, there is no comic relief at all.

The movie surrounds an artist (Thomas Jane) trying to protect his little son from The Mist, and the creatures that dwell within. They are trapped by The Mist in a grocery store with his skeptical neighbor(Andre Braugher), a Prohibitionist/Abolitionist era New England religious busybody (Marcia Gay Harden), and a host of other hysterical bunglers.

The most skillful and intrepid of those trapped in the store seems to be the meek-looking assistant manager, Ollie (Toby Jones).

This movie has all of the predictable themes of a horror movie: a religious nut; the unbelieving, angry skeptic who refuses to believe that there is any real danger until it is too late; the cute kid; etc.

*** possible spoiler *** The ending follows the Twilight Zone-ish "if only the hero waited another thirty seconds before his drastic, final action; things would have been all right". Not bad, but we have seen it before. Plus very, very sad.

Could have been better. 4 out of 10

This movie is poorly written, hard-to-follow, and features bad performances and dialog from leads Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The premise, believable but weak (undercover narcotics agent succumbs to the drug underworld) deserved better than this Lili Fini Zanuck flop. The competent supporting cast (Sam Elliott, William Sadler, others) was not enough to save this film.

In addition, this movie also contains the absolute worst "love" scene in cinema.

Moreover, the soundtrack is vastly overrated; specifically the revolting, sappy-without-substance "Tears in Heaven" by the otherwise legendary Eric Clapton.

"Rush" is wholly unenjoyable from beginning to end.

2 of 10