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Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
First, visitors must step into the cycle area, straddle the seat, then kneel onto a padded area, and then lean forward — not really a belly flop but akin to it.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
If any further punctuation was needed, Babylon opened to a resounding belly flop at the box office.
—Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
While the screenplay by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver is a major step up from the original, it’s still preachy, predictable, and full of dialogue that lands with a thud, or rather, a belly flop.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
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Texas likes to make a splash even if that splash is a belly flop.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
First, visitors must step into the cycle area, straddle the seat, then kneel onto a padded area, and then lean forward — not really a belly flop but akin to it.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
If any further punctuation was needed, Babylon opened to a resounding belly flop at the box office.
—Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
While the screenplay by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver is a major step up from the original, it’s still preachy, predictable, and full of dialogue that lands with a thud, or rather, a belly flop.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
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