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MOVIE REVIEW G.I. JOE

Peter Howell of the Toronto Star may be the single major North American critic who managed to get an advanced look at G.I. Joe (although he doesn't reveal how he did so). His review is as scathing as Paramount publicists had suspected reviews from critics would be. Indeed, he writes, "No wonder Paramount Pictures refused to show the film to serious critics, limiting advance screenings to drooling fanboys who would agreeably drive up the Rotten Tomatoes score in exchange for access and a bucket of popcorn." He writes that the one toy missing from the movie is one "that could magically restore the two hours lost by anyone "unlucky or foolish enough to waste money on this wretched excuse for entertainment." As for the studio execs who allegedly splurged $175 million on the movie, Howell writes "If G.I. Joe crashes and burns the way it deserves to, there could be a few studio execs looking for their own army of Joes to protect them from angry shareholders."

07/08/2009