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GOOD BURGER
Rating: 5.5 and $4.00
I accidentally saw Good Burger when I was trying to go to Nothing to Lose. Hint: The "Camillus Mall -- Route 5" is neither in Camillus nor on Route 5. It would take you at least a half hour to figure that out on your own, and you would miss Nothing to Lose and be forced to see Good Burger too.
As for the movie, it is overall fairly enjoyable. It does suffer from several weak performances and weak filler, but there are much worse movies this summer (Batman & Robin! Wee! What a waste of $7.50!!!).
I can't point to any one actor as having a performance that really "worked". They were all fairly competent, but none really excited me. I was especially disappointed by Abe Vigoda, who looked very old, very tired, and very bored. I did like Shaq, who does a great job just being himself.
The movie starts out strong, with strong action and comedy bits, but then falls flat and drags through the middle to a nearly-believable ending.
The target audience for this film appears to be 13-15 year olds. So take one of them with you and laugh when they do. Otherwise, wait until it moves to the cheap section of your video store.
I give two ratings: An arbitrary scale of enjoyability (1 to 10) and a maximum price I would pay to see the movie.
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