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Created Feb 26, 2012 09:51AM PST • Edited Feb 26, 2012 09:51AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Bad 1.0

   An embarrassing attempt to re-create Dudley Moore’s halfway decent 1981 comedy. Too bad, because I would have thought that Russel Brand would have been perfect had the writing not been so awful. One of the scenes in the film is Russel Brand wooing Greta Gerwig in Grand Central station. As I cringed over the awful dialog and theatrics, I couldn’t help thinking that now would be a perfect time for a train wreck scene – a perfect metaphor for what I was watching.

4. Acting

   Barely OK 2.0

   The best thing about Arthur is the decent acting by Hellen Mirren. Why she ever agreed to this film is a mystery. Russel Brand has no excuses either – if he had given this just a little more effort he might have made something out of nothing. Jennifer Garner held her own, and Greta Gerwig was mostly uninspiring.

5. Male Stars Barely OK 2.0

6. Female Stars Barely OK 2.0

7. Female Costars Barely OK 2.0

8. Male Costars Barely OK 2.0

10. Film

    Bad 1.0

    Maybe they were over budget on their actors and saved money on the writing? Who knows. Simply an embarrassment.

11. Direction Bad 1.0

12. Play Bad 1.0

13. Music Bad 1.0

14. Visuals Bad 1.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.5

17. Sex Innocent 1.5

18. Violence Gentle 1.5

19. Rudeness Polite 1.5

21. Reality

    Glib 2.0

22. Circumstantial Glib 2.0

23. Biological Glib 2.0

24. Physical Glib 2.0