2024 the best of me film review review

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Reviews offer humorous appraisals of movies released during the past five years

Publisher ‏ : ‎ St Martins Pr; First Edition (October 12, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312112874
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312112875
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: Bart Motes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Hysterical, brilliant, and incisive
Review: You'll come for the hysterical observations, but you'll stay for the depth of thought. In reviewing Field of Dreams, for example, in between tart and hysterical observations about Kevin Costner's ambit, we get the incredible telling and onpoint observation that James Earl Jones' character seems oblivious to the fact that baseball was segregated in 1919. Whoa, Libby, you snuck that one in on us. Libby's humor is premised in her unabashed shallowness in movie tastes--she doesn't want to see Calcutta, she wants to see a cut up Patrick Swayze (one of the studs of her era)--and in her understanding of the Hollywood culture that movies reflect. In noting that the jobs women have in movies shift from art gallery director to caterers, she observes that these are great things for Hollywood wives of movie executives to do for "fulfillment" for a month or two, but not the way that the average woman in the real world will be pulling in the bread. Well, she makes that observation in a less heavy handed and much more hilarious way. Libby, forgive me, I lack your craft.The most important thing about this book is that it is always fun and never self-important. Paul Rudnick, the man behind Libby, had fun with it, and so will you. In Libby fashion, I should note that my adorable mother, Mary Christine Motes, recommended this book to me. Thanks, Mum.

Reviewer: Leigh Miller
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Funniest Book I've Ever Read
Review: I have purchased at least 5 copies of this book. It is the funniest book I ever remember reading. Not just great for the movie reviews, social commentary, and razor-tongued critique of the stars themselves, it is just plain, tears-in-the-eyes, laugh-out-loud funny.One of the people I gave this book to told me she was laughing so hard reading this book in bed that her husband kicked her out. Now, it's been a good many years since, say, Dancing with Wolves has been in the theaters so, I too, am ready for another set of reviews from Libby. Don't miss this one! If I could give it ten stars, I would.

Reviewer: linda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Read it
Review: This is the funniest book I've ever read. Great gift for a Baby Boomer.

Reviewer: KV
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent and funny
Review: Hilarious read

Reviewer: Elizabeth L. Heron
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Blast from the past!
Review: Even though the movie reviews and cultural references are about 20 years old, this book was a hoot. Anyone who remembers the 90's will enjoy it.

Reviewer: Donna Giles
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I've really enjoyed them.
Review: These are hilarious movie reviews from a few years back. I've really enjoyed them.

Reviewer: John Gibson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I MISS HER
Review: Just read what everyone else has written...She needs to climb out from those piles of ramie/cotton blends and update her book for us!

Reviewer: angelflower
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It was fun reading these
Review: It was fun reading these. Sort of like a trip down memory lane from years ago when I would look forward to reading these articles in Premiere magazine. Somehow reading them collected in a book takes a little bit away from them - also it's hard to remember some of the current events that were happening at the time they were written.

Reviewer: Mark W
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Even if you never saw these films when they came out, these reviews are really laugh out loud material.

Reviewer: Kaywinnit
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I used to read Premiere magazine just for Libby's reviews. I miss them. Sadly, the movies are all old, but that doesn't make the reviews any less amusing.