Elvis Mitchell is apparently going to run the Sony Pictures New York office. What does this mean exactly? Well, for one thing you can be sure he won't be favoring any crapola-movies with Saturday Night Live cast members anytime soon. We took a sampling of Sony Pictures movies and went back to find out what Elvis had to say about them as a New York Times film critic.

Joe Dirt
"The film, written by [David] Spade and Fred Wolf, teeters on the fine line between condescending and corrupt, because it makes fun of Joe, who is a hapless trailer denizen, but also wants us to feel sorry for him."

I Spy
"But the small touches aren't enough to rescue 'I Spy.' The old show took something negligible and made it sui generis; this new version is just plain generic."

The Master of Disguise
"Dana Carvey, in his new movie, 'The Master of Disguise,' offers a film so family-safe it feels sheathed in plastic Bubble Wrap. Unfortunately, it's not even as much fun as popping the bubbles. It doesn't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes. It still feels like a prison stretch."

The Sweetest Thing
"For those who think that movies by the Farrelly brothers or Todd Solondz are the Mount Kilimanjaro of bad taste, it's time to grab your parka and goggles — there's a new peak to climb. It's the cold, dreary oxygen-deprived wastes of 'The Sweetest Thing.'"

Mr. Deeds
"Mr. Deeds is mostly terrible, a shambles of a comedy that looks as if it was shot by a tabloid news crew."

What, dissing the Deeds? It's so hard to believe he didn't like a movie where an overweight socialite falls down in a restaurant and proclaims, "I think I shat myself!" Memo to staff: No more shat.

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