Guest StuCotts Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 This picture didn't impress the critics much. Rex Reed goes a step beyond not being impressed. http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/where-...ll-funny-people Quote
AdamSmith Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 No sunlight comes between Rex Reed's assessment of Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen et al. and my own. But I did once hear an interesting bit of biodata. To another journalist who knew Reed personally, I remarked that Reed's reviews always seem resentful. His colleague said, Yes, exactly the word! And explained that Reed is eternally bitter at having failed to have his own career in theatre, despite a couple of small film roles. Quote
Guest StuCotts Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 No sunlight comes between Rex Reed's assessment of Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen et al. and my own. But I did once hear an interesting bit of biodata. To another journalist who knew Reed personally, I remarked that Reed's reviews always seem resentful. His colleague said, Yes, exactly the word! And explained that Reed is eternally bitter at having failed to have his own career in theatre, despite a couple of small film roles. There's a lot in what you say. The milestones inn his career that occur to me are The Gong Show and Myra Breckenridge, both grave embarrassments that could well engender later resentments. Be all that as it may, in his old age he has left to him his gift - of sorts - for making his contumely funny, though I could well find it less so if his targets didn't set my teeth on edge in the first place. Quote
