Oh, the sadness of the film critic in springtime, spending 104 minutes with the "Entourage" boys that they will never, ever get back.
The New York Times' A.O. Scott at least turned that sadness into a memorable review today. Here are the best four lines. Keep them in mind when choosing what movie to see this weekend.
* "By the time it reached the end of its HBO run in 2011, “Entourage” had grown staler than last night’s Axe body spray. The passing of a few more years has not improved the aroma."
* "Watching the movie is like finding an ancient issue of a second-tier lad mag — not even Maxim, but Loaded or Nuts — in a friend’s guest bathroom. You wonder how it got there. You wonder how you got there."
* "It says a lot about “Entourage” and the world it belongs to that the women who keep their clothes mostly on are named in the main credits at the end of the film, while those who expose themselves are relegated to the “additional credits” ... Emily Ratajkowski shows up as a love interest for Vince, and then discreetly vanishes so that various guys can talk, almost respectfully, about how hot she is."
* "This is not a movie about women, though. It’s about Hollywood, which is to say about the narcissism, neediness and sexual entitlement of men. It sometimes pretends to make fun of those things, but let’s not kid ourselves."
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