{"id":158484,"date":"2016-04-17T21:05:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T04:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=158484"},"modified":"2016-03-31T21:45:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T04:45:33","slug":"the-meddler-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2016\/04\/17\/the-meddler-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meddler Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE MEDDLER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sony Pictures Classics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya, d-based on Rotten Tomatoes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Grade: C+<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Director:\u00a0 Lorene Scafaria<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Written by: Lorene Scafaria<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cast: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. 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Simmons), warming up to him in a pair of motorcycle rides but at the same time meets an advance by another suitor who had given her a lift home by punching him several times in the stomach and head.\u00a0 Even attempts at slapstick come off subdued in a film that, without Sarandon, could have failed miserably but which appears to be holding back from more melodramatic actions as though trying too hard to cater to an arty audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rated PG-13.\u00a0 102 minutes.\u00a0 \u00a9 Harvey Karten, Member, New York Film Critics Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story \u2013 C-<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Acting \u2013 B+<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Technical \u2013 B+<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Overall \u2013 C+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/med.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/med.jpg\" alt=\"med\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/med.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/med-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE MEDDLER Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya, d-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: C+ Director:\u00a0 Lorene Scafaria Written by: Lorene Scafaria Cast: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. 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