Title: MEDIOCRE
Product review: A MEDIOCRE SCRIPT RECEIVES MEDIOCRE DIRECTION, AND THE WHOLE THING NEVER DESERVED SUCH A DEDICATED CAST. SURE THERE'S A PLOT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS DUG UP FROM THE LIFETIME MOVIE OF THE WEEK VAULT, ONLY WITH A LESS BELIEVABLE STORY. MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, WHAT WAS MR. WASHINGTON THINKING WHEN HE SAID YES TO THIS BLAND SCREENPLAY? IT IS SO BELOW HIS TALENTS AS AN ACTOR THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. MY POINT IS NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANTED "JOHN Q" TO BE SOMETHING ELSE, IT SIMPLY ISN'T. AND I'M SORRY THAT I THINK IT TAKES MORE THAN A FEW ACTION SCENES AND A TOP-NOTCH PERFORMANCE FROM DENZEL WASHINGTON TO MAKE A MOVIE A WINNER.
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