The Most Succinct Movie Review of the Summer
Peter Robinson ·
August 15, 2012 at 5:40am
The film reviewer for the Weekly Standard, John Podhoretz normally devotes 800 words or so to every movie he sees. In the case of the most recent release, however, JPod has made an exception. Posted on Facebook mere moments ago:
John Podhoretz
If you have any interest in seeing "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," unfriend me.
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Jul '10
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John is clearly a man of discriminating taste.
May '10
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Funny that friend and unfriend are officially now verbs, even for Jeopardy-champ neoconservative intellectuals.
Hi Peter.
Apr '11
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BAZONGA! (I've been watching Big Bang Theory reruns.)
Dec '10
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It's no Red Letter Media review, that's true.
Jun '10
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During his latest cruise on the Ricochet Flagship, JPod indicated that he forsworn Twitter cold turkey (or possibly cold poult, given the character limitations?).
He certainly has not, however, abandoned his signal talent in Short-Form Snark.
Jul '11
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Not quite the level of our commander in Bastogne sending a reply to a surrender request with "Nuts", but it's close.
May '11
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The last movie I saw in a theater was LOTR III
I have better things to spend my time and money on.
That being said, I do have some classic movies that I watch now and then.
May '10
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Fine! Just... fine! He never accepted my friend in the first place!
Oct '10
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where can i download the movie?
Mar '11
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Economy.
Jun '12
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Classic.
May '10
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Part of the movie was filmed in my neighborhood and that's my only reason to see it. On the other hand, it'll be on Netflix or Amazon Prime soon enough, so I can wait.
Jul '11
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The correct phrasing is Bazinga! How do I know? I have a tee-shirt with that on it...
Jul '11
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Maybe at the end of the movie Michelle O. comes over and they eat the kid?
Dec '10
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Ranks with: "The covers of this book are too far apart." -- Ambrose Bierce
May '11
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But for those of us who had never even heard of this movie or know much about Podhoretz, the review for all itssuccinctness is less than helpful.
May '12
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Das cold!
Jun '12
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This is quite unhelpful indeed. For all I know, they left his scenes on the cutting-room floor.
Aug '11
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The only reason I know about it is that for some reason the movie is paired with a "sock drive" to benefit rescue missions. A local organization asked us to place a "sock drive" box at our church. For various reasons, we decided not to join in, but one of those reasons was not knowing whether we should be essentially promoting this movie with the big ol' movie-poster/sock-drive box. I checked out the trailer online, and couldn't figure out this story could work. All I could think was "It'll all end badly, I just know it!"
May '10
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"Green" is automatic cause for suspicion these days.
Plus, the concept reminds me of an old Czech folktale in which a turnip turns into a son and grows up to devour people.