"CRITIC-PROOF" MOVIES AMONG NEWCOMERS

Both TMNT and The Hills Have Eyes 2were regarded by their respective studios as critic proof. And they were apparently right. Kyle Smith concluded his review of TMNT in the New York Post on Friday by remarking, "The movie pretty much exists to sell tie-in products, and it's about as entertaining as watching little kids playing with their toys in the sandbox." The reviews for Hills came on Saturday, since the studio did not screen it for critics. Newsday critic Gene Seymour, who did double-duty for the Los Angeles Times, wrote that it represents the "bankruptcy of imagination" of "gore hounds."

26/03/2007