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What the critics say

Very angry and very funny
- Empire

Kermode has nutsy-boltsy knowledge, fierce and idiosyncratic enthusiasms ... and some very interesting things to say
- Guardian

As impressive as it is entertaining ... Takes a wrecking ball to the studio chicanery
- Word

Expertly written, funny and fascinating
- Shortlist

Frankly alarming
- Metro

Catching Mark Kermode in full rant is like witnessing an irate bloke slagging off an unfaithful mistress. Only funnier ... Disagreeing with Kermode is just as much fun as agreeing with him
- Daily Telegraph

A spectacularly well-researched and vehement argument
- Sunday Times

Combines historical context with hilariously barbed anecdotes
- Total Film

The angrier Mark Kermode gets, the funnier he is; good news then that this book is FURIOUS
- Empire

[A] laugh-out-loud account that will tickle the funny bone of any film fanatic
- Star

Witty and incisive
- Choice

Cutting and witty
- Loaded

[Kermode] clearly has a profound love of film and the depth of knowledge to go with it
- Sunday Times

An angry blast about the state of cinema-going
- Independent

Kermode sits in the stalls peeking through his fingers at what we’re served up on the silver screen and motormouthing about bad cinema in a frank and funny counterblast to all the Hollywood hype
- Saga

The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex is the film critic’s anguished cri de coeur against overpriced 3D film tickets and soulless cinemas ... often very funny and enlivened with wonderful digressions borne out of a lifetime’s movie-going
- Metro

Difficult to ignore
- Good Book Guide

a spritely, spirited tome ... with welcome doses of spicy self-deprecation and fascinating cultural history.
- The Big Issue in the North