Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.
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Jay Sherman is an overweight and somewhat snobbish New York TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films to which is he always says, "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his professional life working for his tyrannical media mogul boss and his personal life with his friends and family. In a world that seems determined to snub him both in the asinine arts he has to endure and his own difficult relationships, Jay gets along as best he can, while enjoying life's bright spots. —Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Good show, GREAT voice acting
Though it never really becomes more than the sum of its parts (hindered by quite a few rather generic plot lines and unimaginative film parodies) `The Critic' does contain more than its share of memorable laugh-out-loud moments, generally due to the brilliant voice acting of Maurice LaMarche, who performs most of the celebrity voice impersonations. His Orson Welles impression (`Rosebud... yes, Rosebud frozen peas'), one of the show's standout moments, has to be heard to be believed it's no wonder Tim Burton hired him to overdub D'Onofrio's voice in `Ed Wood'.
Other highlights include the many cameo appearances by film critics Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Gene Shalit and Rex Reed. Seeing Siskel and Jay re-enact the `wig' scene from Hitchcock's `Vertigo' is heartwarming, and though I could never stand Rex Reed's reviews, he is a fabulous voice actor. His delivery of the Savvy Indian Chewing Tobacco commercial jingle still makes me laugh out loud any time I hear it.
Not a knockout show, but definitely worth watching. It's a bloody shame this was cancelled.
Other highlights include the many cameo appearances by film critics Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Gene Shalit and Rex Reed. Seeing Siskel and Jay re-enact the `wig' scene from Hitchcock's `Vertigo' is heartwarming, and though I could never stand Rex Reed's reviews, he is a fabulous voice actor. His delivery of the Savvy Indian Chewing Tobacco commercial jingle still makes me laugh out loud any time I hear it.
Not a knockout show, but definitely worth watching. It's a bloody shame this was cancelled.
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- PlutonicLove
- Aug 18, 2003
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