Two Things Are Not Debatable:

The Result Is A Picture That Represents So Much Of What I Want And Rarely Get From A Movie - A Couple Of Hours Filled With Characters Who Are As Exciting As The People I Know In Real Life.

As A Critic, I Try Very Hard To Say Exactly What I Think. And In A Medium In Which We Are Well-known For The Binary Thumbs Up And Thumbs Down, I Try To Be Able To Give The Mixed Review. But Most Pictures Fall Into That Middle Ground, So I Wrestle Over Which Way My Thumb Is Going To Turn. It's Not Flip.

I Would Rather Turn My Head And Cough Than See Any Part Of 'patch Adams' Again.

That's Probably When I Get The Most Angry At American Movies, When They Just So Cynically Manipulate The Audience Without Even Trying To Give A Good Story.

Two Things Are Not Debatable: Eroticism, And Comedy. If You Don't Think It's Sexy, Or Funny, There's No Way I Can Change Your Mind.