Rudd romp is more of same — in a good way
Rudd romp is more of same — in a good way
Posted: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:00 pm
Rudd romp is more of same — in a good way
By Jason Wallis
News-Sentinel Film Critic
Lodinews.com
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This wasn't a major week for movies, but at the very least it
provided an adequately entertaining diversion in the form of
another in a long line of good-but-not-great releases from
(former?) team Apatow. I'll take comfort in that through the rest
of this week, which offers up "Monsters vs. Aliens" as a likely
high point. Blech.
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