Rating: Summary: Giovanni Ribisi is my God Review: Frankly, as a fifteen year old girl, I am going to write this review from my perspective. I do not care about Claire Danes' underwear or about that one other guy in the group - all I have to say is that, since Giovanni Ribisi is my God, I love this movie. He is not only attractive, but talented as well, and makes this movie hilarious and at the same time meaningful. I don't know how he does it - maybe it's the naive facade all his characters have - but in this movie, he rocks, so therefore, IT rocks.
Rating: Summary: AWFUL!!! Review: Having watched the series The Mod Squad, i was very excited they was making a movie. The movie sucked big time. Nothing like the series, very boring and confusing. It could have been a whole lot better movie.
Rating: Summary: Watch the TV Show Instead Review: Hip young punks you can't help but hate, cardboard bad cops that get foiled by punks, and you know the whole story. A mind-numbing and tedious grind. The only reason it gets one star is for curing my insomnia.
Rating: Summary: This review is helpful, it can save you 1hr30mins of life!!! Review: I can't believe this is from the screenwriter who brought us 8 MILE. The only reason this gets one star is because Claire Danes runs around in her underwear a lot and Giovanni Ribisis is entertaining as always and does what he can with what little he has to work with. Instead of a review I'll give you a warning. This will be the most regretful hour and a half you'll spend watching a movie in your entire life. It's not as bad as THE MUSKETEER and the first TOMB RAIDER movie but it's up there. F+ (the plus is for Claire Daines who deserves better)
Rating: Summary: Awesome Flick Review: I think this movie was awesome! Not only is it TEN TIMES better than the original show, it has Claire in it! I loved it! If you like the tv show, or even if you hate it (as my mother did, but she dug the movie), I recommend watching it.
Rating: Summary: fun but not one of the best movies Review: It has decent action but the movie is not thar grate. I have seen a lot of good action movies and this just dosent cut it for me. You can go for a more alert movie if you pick this one you will be getting your moneys worth but this is more of a teenage flick.
Rating: Summary: Pretty Good if You're Bound and Gagged for Two Hours Review: Mod Squad is nothing to watch on purpose mind you. It's one of those bad films that requires no thinking at all to get through. That's probably why you could be watching it for over an hour and not even realize what anyone in the scenes are doing. This is the worst ripoff of a television series I have ever seen. The characters didn't act anything like the originals. Omar Epps rocked and as a black person I was embarrassed he even took a part in the mess. He is too good of an actor to even think of taking a role where he had so little to do. Ribisi was unnoticable as the " dumb " one of the group. His lines were supposed to be funny but he only ended up making me more bored. Claire Danes was stylish for once but she tried too hard to be sexy and once again her acting barely passed. With many more exciting young actresses out there I was surprised that someone thought Claire Danes who played Julie like a ditzy tramp could be smart enough to be a cop. This is the movie that proved Danes is not leading lady material. She does much better as a supporting actress. This was awful and unless you've got the hots for any of these three people don't waste your time. Poor Omar, thank goodness he went on to better roles. If you like new adaptations of old shows, I'd watch the new Charlie's Angels movies. They may not be perfect but at least they aren't boring.
Rating: Summary: Two words --- Giovanni Ribisi Review: Mostly forgetable flick with no real target audience...Ribisi once again desperately tries to be cool, and fails miserably. Claire Danes' and Omar Epps' considerable talents were wasted on this one.
Rating: Summary: GOOD BUT NOT GREAT Review: OK FILM BUT BORING
Rating: Summary: Who gave this film the Green Light... I Want Names. Review: The TV-to-Film Curse Rears its Ugly Head once again with "The Mod Squad". ("The Avengers", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Lost in Space", "Leave it to Beaver" and "Dragnet" are other such Cursed films, while "The Addams Family", "Charlies Angels", "The Fugitive", "Mission Impossible" and "The Brady Bunch Movie" are the Exceptions) This Ill-Conceived Mess of a film stars Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps as "The Mod Squad", a title that may have fit the times of the Series, but it will be Lost on the films Target Audience, but not to worry, The Target Audience will be Lost after the films first 5 minutes as the film has Absolutely Nothing worth Hanging Around for. Even the 3 Talented Leads look like they are Cursing the day they signed on for this Debacle. Ok, now to the Plot... Ok, we can Skip reviewing the plot as the Filmmakers forgot to Include one, they must have thought that the 3 stars Charisma would be enough... They thought Wrong. Claire Danes might be a Great and Beautiful Actress, but only One of those Qualities are on show here and it doesn't take a Brain Surgeon to figure out which. Omar Epps is downright Annoying and Giovanni Ribisi looks Embarrassed and hides behind Sunglasses for the Lacklustre yet Mercifully Short 80 minute running time. They are all Good, Talented Actors. There is Never Any Doubt that it is All the Filmmakers fault. Avoid " The Mod Squad" like The Plague; It gives "The Avengers" a run for its money as the Worst Remake of a TV show Ever.
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