Adam Shankman

Features

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

By Bill Gibron

Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season. [3 May 2007]

Reviews

Bedtime Stories

By Cynthia Fuchs

Bedtime Stories lumbers, repeating plot points and jokes, meandering from scene to scene and seeming to forget where it was headed. [24 December 2008]

Hairspray (2007) (2007)

By Todd R. Ramlow

Hairspray doesn't just replay Waters' film, it extends and complicates the original parody. [20 July 2007]

Hairspray (2007)

By Bill Gibron

When Hairspray is good, it’s fantastic. It radiates an energy and a joy that’s beyond infectious.

The Pacifier (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

To convince Brad Garrett to wear a wrestling singlet, director Adam Shankman reminded him that 'Dignity is trumped by funny.'" [28 June 2005]

The Pacifier (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The image of the kids holding their noses suggests something about the state of Diesel's career, looking quite stalled. [4 March 2005]

Bringing Down the House (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It's like an episode of Bewitched, only longer, and with a feisty black woman instead of a white witch. [8 March 2003]

A Walk to Remember (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

PULL. [24 January 2002]

The Wedding Planner (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The Wedding Planner's many compromises between eras, between genres, between color palettes -- never really take you anywhere, except, perhaps, a place where everything has turned kind of beige. [1 January 1995]