How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Episode 072 Critical Mess Movie Podcast

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Episode 072 Critical Mess Movie Podcast

10 days? Munch some garlic anchovies and he’ll be gone in 10 seconds, amarite?  How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Bebe Neuwirth, and Robert Klein. It’s about a guy and a girl who manipulate and lie and obfuscate until they fall in love. How quaint.  How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days has a 42% rating with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 77% rating with audiences (aka popcorn people).  Be sure to check us out at criticalmesspodcast.com [http://criticalmesspodcast.com/] and suggest our next movie!

National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Episode 071 Critical Mess Movie Podcast

Remember when people actually liked Ryan Reynolds? National Lampoon’s Van Wilder is a 2002 comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson, Paul Gleason, Daniel Cosgrove, and Sophia Bush. It’s basically a documentary about “the raddest f’n dude alive.” Does it hold up? Does it suck? We get to the bottom of it. National Lampoon’s Van Wilder has an 18% rating with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 73% rating with audiences (aka popcorn people). Check out criticalmesspodcast.com and give us movie recommendations!

The Wizard | Episode 070 Critical Mess Movie Podcast

The Wizard is a 1989 adventure/comedy starring Fred Savage, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Wendy Phillips, and Frank McRae. It’s a Nintendo advertisement with the occasional “plot point.” We also “enjoyed it.” The Wizard has a 29% rating with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 60% rating with audiences (aka popcorn) people.  Check out criticalmesspodcast.com [http://criticalmesspodcast.com/] and give us movie recommendations!

Butterfly Effect | Episode 069 Critical Mess Movie Podcast

If only we could go back in time to change this film. The Butterfly Effect is 2004 sci-fi/thriller starring Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson, and Logan Lerman. It’s about a guy who can time travel back to traumatic moments in his youth to right the wrongs of the past. It’s a pretty cool idea on paper, but—according to the critics at least—ain’t working too well in practice. The Butterfly Effect has a 34% rating with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and an 81% rating with audiences (aka popcorn people). Check out criticalmesspodcast.com and give us movie recommendations!

Coyote Ugly | Episode 068 Critical Mess Movie Podcast

$150 to see the butt? We’ll show you ours for free. Coyote Ugly is a 2000 comedy/drama starring Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Mario Bello, Tyra Banks, and (are you f*ing kidding me) John Goodman. It’s mostly just girls dancing on a bar, and yet the plot description on Wikipedia is inexplicably five paragraphs long. But seriously, butt shaking on a bartop is at least 80% of the film. Coyote Ugly has a 23% rating with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 71% rating with audiences (aka popcorn people). Check out criticalmesspodast.com to give us movie recommendations!