Soaring Praise, Indeed

"In telling their entwined stories, Mr. Columbus has managed a feat similar to the one he pulled off with the first two 'Harry Potter' movies; he has taken a source that is fiercely and jealously loved by its core fans and refrained from messing it up." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times, on the film version of the musical "Rent".

Wow, that makes me want to go. For me, this movie already has two strikes going up to the plate, so what does the reviewer do? They try to convince me that 'not messing something up' (which I don't even agree with in the case of the first two "Potter" films) is an achievement. Hoo boy.

Read the rest of the review here.