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‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Splatter John Cena Action Comedy

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"Matchbox: The Movie," John Cena’s action comedy inspired by Mattel’s classic toy car line, is being towed to the movie junkyard by Rotten Tomatoes’ critics.

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  1. Latin Times

    John Cena Found His Mini-Me in 'Matchbox': And He's Not Saying Never to a Juan Cena Comeback –INTERVIEW (opens Latin Times)

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    John Cena knows and loves cars, so saying yes to Matchbox The Movie was a pleasure. The former WWE superstar and longtime automobile enthusiast explains in this interview how he hardly needed to fake his excitement when he signed on to star in the new Apple Original Films adventure, inspired by the …

  2. WSVN Miami

    John Cena stars in new nostalgic action-comedy, ‘Matchbox: The Movie’ (opens WSVN Miami)

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    Imagine the massive John Cena squeezed into a tiny toy car. That’s a lot of squeeze. Fortunately, he’s not trying that. Instead, he’s driving real...

  3. Variety

    ‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Review: John Cena Can’t Make This Toy-Car Spinoff Feel Grownup (opens Variety)

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    As audiences have seen with films like “Barbie,” intellectual property yields the best results when it’s mined with some intellect. “Matchbox: The Movie” feels more like a stopgap between “Fast and the Furious” installments — and not necessarily the good ones — than a deeply authentic adaptation of …

  4. Variety

    ‘Matchbox’ Stars Jessica Biel and John Cena Lead New American Red Cross Pledge Drive (EXCLUSIVE) (opens Variety)

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    “Matchbox The Movie” co-stars Jessica Biel, John Cena, Sam Richardson, Arturo Castro and Teyonah Parris have teamed up with Mattel for a new American Red Cross pledge drive. In a video message filmed for the campaign, the “Matchbox’ headliners encourage fans to channel their inner hero by showing up…

  5. Forbes

    ‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Splatter John Cena Action Comedy (opens Forbes)

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    "Matchbox: The Movie," John Cena’s action comedy inspired by Mattel’s classic toy car line, is being towed to the movie junkyard by Rotten Tomatoes’ critics.

  6. The Guardian

    Matchbox: the Movie review – as pointless as a film based on a toy car could be (opens The Guardian)

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    John Cena and Jessica Biel collect paychecks in a soulless and synthetic slab of corporate product that hints at what we can expect from the Paramount-Warner merger After a windy road, this week it finally happened .

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