Worthwhile (or not) 12/25/08

Here's MetaCritic's numerical rank of this week's films (xx/100 - the higher the number, the better the critics liked the film). An interesting assortment of Holiday fare, with no real standouts and a couple of lumps of coal. I haven't seen DOUBT and BENJAMIN BUTTON yet but they are high on my list. The rest don't have much appeal for me and I'm surprised some of them are being released during the vaunted Holiday season. Perhaps if we get through the next year without an actor's strike we'll have some better choices at Christmas time in 2009.

37 Bedtime Stories,
69 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
70 Doubt,
56 Marley & Me,
28 Spirit, The,
58 Valkyrie

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My review of BEDTIME STORIES will be on this site after 4:30 pm.

Here are previews of films scheduled for Friday, 1/9: BRIDE WARS, GRAN TORINO, NOT EASILY BROKEN, THE READER, THE UNBORN.