Rex Reed quotes
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“Most of the time he [Marlon Brando] sounds like he has a mouth full of toilet paper.”
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“A wise, joyous bookit unfolds the knowledge and the beauty of the two lives it embraces-old wisdom and young discover, intertwining like vines.”
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“Just living in Los Angeles guarantees the loss of a few I.Q. points each year.”
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“In Hollywood, if you don't have happiness you send out for it.”
-- Rex ReedSource : Rex Reed (1978). “Valentines & vitriol”
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“In the numbing hands of pretentious filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, history does not repeat itself in any way whatsoever.”
-- Rex ReedSource : "Year-End Roundup: What to See (and Skip) Before the Ball Drops" by Rex Reed, observer.com. December 15, 2010.
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“The result is a twitching convulsion of vicious drivel passing itself off as a movie, which can be best appreciated by the kind of people who dig Showgirls, the Saw franchise and Spike Jonze-Charlie Kaufman flicks.”
-- Rex ReedSource : "Going to the Dogs: With 'Seven Psychopaths,' The Once-Masterful McDonagh Stays Bent on an Ill-Advised Hiatus from Theater" by Rex Reed, observer.com. October 9, 2012.
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“Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) is a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success.”
-- Rex ReedSource : "Declined: In Identity Thief, Bateman’s Bankable Billing Can’t Lift This Flick out of the Red" by Rex Reed, observer.com. February 5, 2013.
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“Packs a Huge Emotional Punch! Graceful Writing, Great Acting, Exquisite Direction, Suspense, Profound Subject Matter and It Rocks!”
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“F For Fake is a talentless concoction of unparalleled ineptitude... It would have been a more generous gesture to show a retrospective of old Welles films rather than remind everyone of how low his ability as a filmmaker has plummeted.”
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“In a musically imperfect world, there is still perfection in the voice of Barbara Cook. For anyone eulogizing the historic scores of a long-lost era of Broadway greatness, not to worry. Somebody is still singing them with purity and passion. She is Barbara Cook, and she sings them for the angels to applaud.”
-- Rex Reed
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