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Michael Atkinson, Mr. Showbiz

  1. Pootie Tang 2001 The material it does pull off is daring and sharp.
  2. Session 9 2001 May not quite be more than the sum of its creepy parts, but as a reality-is-fear launch into workaday darkness, it clearly points toward the horror genre's best destiny.
  3. Wet Hot American Summer 2001 Often it's funny, and often it isn't.
  4. Happy Accidents 2000 A warped kind of romantic comedy in which the whole is substantially less than the sum of the parts.
  5. Scream 3 2000 What began as mildly entertaining reflexivity has degenerated into a mindless barrage of illogical hooey, herrings as red as stop signs, cardboard characters, tepid jokes about movies as life, etc.
  6. The Tigger Movie 2000 A pale imitation of the original Winnie the Pooh Disney shorts of the '60s.
  7. Ride with the Devil 1999 Lee and his team bring the period and place to life brilliantly, in its every frontier main street, homely speech pattern, and burnt gunpowder fog.
  8. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999 In terms of raw wit and fearless satire, the South Park kids put Mike Myers and Adam Sandler to shame.
  9. Topsy-Turvy 1999 A consistently delightful, superbly timed, and impeccably staged wedge of British pop history.