Crass Ignorance

"...of books. Generously put, conflating I.D. with Creationism is crass ignorance. It is a weak attempt to impugn Intelligent..."

Aug. 25, 2003 Postmarks

Sister Act Two: Back in the Habit

"...Lauren Hill and Ron Johnson. How do you spell crass? When it is so patently obvious that there is..."

Dec. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's 1999 Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation

"...inside says otherwise. As in the duo's previous collections, “crass” and “crap” are the bellwethers here, along with a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Greta

Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert play cat-and-mouse in this glorious potboiler

"...a grand time in Greta, and it would be crass for us as viewers to not respond similarly...."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Money Monster

George Clooney plays a cable-TV guru taken hostage by an irate viewer

"...but what comes across onscreen feels like a – crass? or just savvy? and how far removed from savvy..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The One I Wrote for You

This filmed-in-San Antonio indie tells a familiar tale about the soul-sucking music industry, but does so with an engaging cast and contemporary spin.

"...Antonio-shot indie feature tells a familiar story about the crass commercialism of the music industry, but does so with..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Horrible Bosses 2

Common work-related frustrations erupt into a fitfully funny wish-fulfillment comedy.

"...Like the first film, Horrible Bosses 2 revels in crass slapstick and innuendo rather than foisting any measure of..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

God Bless America

Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed this seething comedy, which he describes as a "violent movie about kindness."

"...latest film as a writer/director. His hatred of the crass dumbing down of America is palpable in every frame..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battleship

Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.

"...fighter jets swooping in to save the day, this crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies should..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil

Back for another installment is this rude animated riff on Red Riding Hood and other fairy tales.

"...3-D version. Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil is a crass, slapdash, and nonsensical follow-up to the 2005 animated spoof..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harry Brown

Michael Caine gets his Charles Bronson on in this British vigilante drama.

"...Bronson on in this British vigilante drama. Exploitative and crass, the film paints an ugly portrait of youth gone..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

John Krasinski makes his directorial debut with this screen adaptation of David Foster Wallace's stories.

"...unload their dirty laundry. Sometimes they’re just feckless, or crass; some are even pitiable. They are also superarticulate, but..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gentlemen Broncos

With this new film, Jared Hess elicits none of the naive charm or flagrant silliness of his earlier movies, Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.

"...Gentlemen Broncos, the filmmakers toss in a surfeit of crass jokes that use excrement, projectile vomiting, and gonad extraction..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.

"...the liquidation crew, the film flings about insults and crass jokes with the abandon of a more Middle-American-seeming Ari..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

Just what's needed in the big house – Perry's pistol-packing granny.

"...absurdity of Mable “Madea” Simmons (Perry) – the sassy, crass, belligerent, bawdy, self-righteous, over-the-top, I-can’t-believe-she-just-said-that center of the Perry..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Tyler Perry's latest feel-good drama about African-American family relationships scores its best casting with Angela Bassett in the lead, but otherwise falls prey to Perry's slipshod filmmaking technique.

"...signing up for when attending a "Tyler Perry film": crass but wholesome stories about modern black family life that..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Simpsons Movie

The film delivers familiar hilarity and some treats you’ll never get on the show (nudity and drunkenness) but steers shy of anything bold and new.

"...the United States. We love the Simpsons because they’re crass, ridiculous, and brilliant. And after years upon years of..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Broken Bridges

At first glance, Toby Keith drama Broken Bridges is about reconciliations; really, though, the movie is about the cross-marketing potential of contemporary country music full of cliché and contrived music performances.

"...one or more of his stars. This technique is crass and cynical, and the songs are unbearable, but no..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Soul Plane

Everything is lewd and crude at this mile-high club.

"...the nadir of urban comedies thus far: a trashy, crass, and painfully unfunny airline disaster of a film for..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad City

"...film a rote and non-too-penetrating morality tale about the crass underbelly of the TV news biz. As delivered by..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Starship Troopers

In this spectacle, lethal insects from outer space do battle with student soldiers. When in Austin recently, Oliver Stone called Starship Troopers "One of the best war films in recent years."

"...much of it targeting the fatuousness of media culture. Crass sexual exploitation? Natch, especially given the opportunities provided by..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Butch Camp

"...he struggles to assert himself in a world of crass, boisterous breeders. Grabowski is hooked on the notion of..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tie-Died: Rock 'n Roll's Most Deadicated Fans

"...mobile village in location after location? It would be crass to call it good fortune but Tie-Died, which was..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

"...or two each). Overall, this PG-13 bore is neither crass enough nor intelligent enough to hold anyone's attention...."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Ride for Your Life

"...moviegoing experience” for $3 a pop? (In a particularly crass move, the poster promises, “It gets better every time..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Basketball Diaries

"...of the film, Carroll (DiCaprio) and his pals are crass teen scofflaws who get their jollies from activities such..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Geronimo: An American Legend

"...recast Native Americans as Judeo-Christian moral noble savages. This crass projection of personal values on a completely different culture..."

Dec. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Rapid Fire

"...bucks off a hungry and gullible movie-going audience is crass commercialism. That Brandon Lee pulls this feat off with..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jeffrey Lewis

"...Jeffrey Lewis12 Crass Songs (Rough Trade)..."

March 7, 2008 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Heavy Rotation

A smattering of the new hot mess, plus the Doozy of the Month.

"...Jeffrey Lewis 12 Crass Songs (Rough Trade) Quirky NYC singer-songwriter covers 12 songs..."

Jan. 24, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

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