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  • Paperback: 1664 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (27 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0452289785
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452289789
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.4 x 6.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Couch Potato Bible, 6 Dec 2008
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This review is from: Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide (Mass Market)) (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (Mass Market)) (Paperback)
You are sitting back on the couch and you notice there is a film on the television starting in ten minutes. It's got people in you enjoy watching, but you've never heard of this film! Why and is it worth 100 minutes of your precious relaxation time? Turn to Maltin's and see what it's about, who made it, when, and what Leonard thought of it. As far as I am concerned he is usually spot on. If he says 'Turkey', don't waste time and change channels, or go on the computer, or even read a book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing and comprehensive , 16 Jan 2009
Leonard Maltin's Guide is bound to intrigue every movie lover. I remember the time when I first read a LM Guide a few years ago at a university library: I loved so much leafing through this very absorbing guide and reading L. Maltin's comments that time seemed to elapse alarmingly fast. The latest guide is much heavier and more comprehensive (1,644 pages) and remains as absorbing, authoritative and entertaining as the guide I was familiar with.

Movies are listed alphabetically and every entry includes info on the cast and Maltin's team's verdict and comments in a few words. The guide's coverage is impressive albeit certainly uneven: more than 17,000 entries including American, British movies and to a lesser extent French, Italian, Spanish. As far as I know there isn't anything Bollywood in it. This American guide focuses on English-language films.
Don't expect such a guide to be objective, I disagree with some of Maltin's negative ratings (e.g. 1984's Dune, Blue Velvet, Le Dernier Combat) and agree with some 4-star ratings (e.g. Danton, Jaws, etc.) but I tend to overlook the various inevitable disagreements/agreements. After all, the guide is fun to read and does not lack humor. I haven't forgotten one of his comments on First Blood (1982):
"A kewpie doll to anyone who can understand more than three words of Sly's final monologue."

On the minus side, the cast info of the movies is usually longer than necessary. In the cast info, even the names of obscure actors having a minor role in a movie may be mentioned. I think it should mention a movie's most important actors (leading actors, major supporting actors), so as to save space and enable it to include more entries without dropping other entries (the number of movies is growing every year). Moreover, the title is rather misleading: a 2009 guide but does not include an entry of a 2009 film (it was published in 2008) and in fact it does not cover 2008 in its entirety! You won't find entries on "Dark Knight" or "Wall-E" here. Wait for the 2010 version to read comments on a 2008 movie... it's a bit off.

Overall, I highly recommend LM's guide, if you enjoy watching movies, you'll enjoying reading it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for movie-buffs, 8 Jul 2009
By Mark Dene (Denmark) - See all my reviews
For me the book serves two purposes - browsing thru' it brings back memories of good films seen in the past and the reviews prevent me from wasting time seeing bad old movies on TV. Wouldn't be without it.
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It does gives you the basics about all the movies without pretending. I buy it every year.
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