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"...one of the few overt instances in which the script, by Robert Siegel (The Wrestler), encourages the viewer to..."

"...Not to worry. The premise here – the canny script is credited to Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy –..."

"...figuratively) to magnify every imperfection in Steven Knight’s undisciplined script, in which the germ of a compelling story exists..."

"...to the age, too. But Steinfeld’s charisma and the script’s humor carry the audience through her misdirected rage and..."

"...to be confused with the execrable 2008 “re-imagining”). The script, adapted by Eric Heisserer from Ted Chiang’s fine short..."

"...retired jazz pianist struggling to make sense of an inscription from someone named “Ben” in his recently deceased wife’s..."

"...character has his or her “moment” to shine. The script is a first draft, the jokes are puerile, and..."

"...wins the girl over. There are bumps in the script’s road, unrelated to the thorny attraction between these two..."

"...wanders through the film hitting his marks, but the script gives us absolutely nothing of his inner life, his..."

"...all buzzing together.) Competent but heavy with dutifulness, the script by Simon Pegg (who co-stars as engineer Scotty) and..."

"...the filmmaker were to spend more time honing his scripts before rushing each new one into production with every..."

"...With skilled and thorough analysis, one sees what a script can be rather than what some may think it..."

"...way forward in both his life and the stalled script he is writing. Verbally, the film conveys itself mostly..."

"...sci-fi/horror novel. Happily, director Paul McGuigan, working from a script by Max Landis, takes the story in some new..."

"...its utter lack of fresh imagination, starting with a script seemingly written the night before shooting commenced. The revenge..."

"...Cabin in the Woods star Fran Kranz saw the script for Bloodsucking Bastards, he was sold on the office..."

"...of computer-graphics imaging, and saddled with a hoary, terribly-written script (courtesy of Trank, Jeremy Slater, and Simon Kinberg) that..."

"...blink of an eye. But the fleetness of the script by Brian Lynch – who also wrote next year’s..."

"...apparent budget, Beyond the Mask suffers from a clunky script (by Stephen Kendrick and Paul McCusker) which is full..."

"...sometimes not clear until the credits roll if a script is engined by misdirection or just muzzy plotting. Focus..."

"...fourth act, becoming a horror-tinged fantasy in which the script’s symbolic conceit turns literal. The tightrope between the real..."

"...so completely lacking in any erotic tension. A rotten script (based on the bestselling erotic novel by Zane), a..."

"...It’s easy to the project’s gravitational pull, but the script is simply not up to snuff. Filtered backlighting is..."

"...right genre conventions to toy with, but the haphazard script by Brougher and Tristine Skyler is a bloody mess...."

"...Scripted by Elan Mastai (adapting the play Toothpaste and Cigars..."

"...song from Fey would have been sweet.) While the script is predictably passable, the pop-culture references are inspired, ranging..."

"...imagery. Still, you could drive a Lamborghini through the script’s gaping illogic. From the start, Need for Speed smells..."

"...work and painterly cityscapes and pastorals – and the script putters along with small but regular amusements...."

"...throwback to an older style of action thriller, Homefront’s script by Sylvester Stallone (which he originally intended as a..."

"...served as “executive producer.” Screenwriter Galley Molina based the script on his own evolution from drug trafficker to man..."