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King's Ransom By David DiCerto Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) -- A "King's Ransom" (New Line) is not worth paying -- to see, that is. In the dreadful comedy, Anthony Anderson plays Malcolm King, a wealthy Chicago marketing mogul who, with the help of his floozy mistress (Regina Hall), fakes his own abduction to avoid a costly divorce settlement. But it turns out that several others -- including his gold-digging soon-to-be ex-wife (Kellita Smith), a disgruntled employee (Nicole Parker) and a sad-sack slacker (Jay Mohr) -- each also has plans to kidnap him for equally self-serving and selfish reasons. Full of raunchy, irreverent and mean-spirited humor and uniformly unappealing performances, this witless waste of 95 minutes, sloppily directed by Jeff Byrd, is a royal mess, made all the worse by the fact that it inexcusably got a PG-13 rating. The film contains crass language and humor, including implied sexual encounters and innuendo, as well as some comic violence and an instance of rough language. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. - - - DiCerto is on the staff of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. END Copyright (c) 2005 Catholic News Service/USCCB. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed. CNS · 3211 Fourth St NE · Washington DC 20017 · 202.541.3250 |
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