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05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "Will they? Won't they? I don't mean 'fall in love,' but 'fund Woody's next picture,' which might explain his final-reel cameo..." |
| 2. |
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04/25/13 |
Good |
 "...more heartfelt, humanistic, and entertaining than such a clichéd showbiz cautionary tale has any right to be." |
| 3. |
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04/24/13 |
Poor |
 "...mashes up two seemingly unlike genres.... it attempts to transform meet-cute romance into an absurdist fatal-attraction thriller..." |
| 4. |
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04/24/13 |
Good |
"Ain't nothing new in this game, but even if selling out and 'looking the part you're not' are derivative beats, with this cast they still pound." |
| 5. |
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04/17/13 |
Poor |
"...ends up neither fish nor fowl.... It's left for you to decide whether all this is a laughless black comedy or a lame, farfetched psychodrama." |
| 6. |
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04/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Amy Seimetz is the year's first Best Actress contender as a recovering abductee made tragically susceptible to hypnotic suggestion..." |
| 7. |
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04/10/13 |
Weak |
"...a shallow, witless but pretty enough French ode to Woody Allen.... when in doubt Sophie Lellouche cues up funnier clips from yesteryear... a charmless pastiche." |
| 8. |
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04/03/13 |
Fair |
 "Ripe with several centuries of absorbing history... an uninspired flake of talking-head Wikipedia cinema..." |
| 9. |
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03/27/13 |
Excellent |
 "...delirious and delightful.... a black-and-white, seriocomic lark... co-writer Greta Gerwig is a flailing, free-spirited Annie Hall for the 'Girls' generation." |
| 10. |
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03/27/13 |
Outstanding |
"...spellbinding... vexingly ambitious.... Is it a sci-fi thriller? A metaphysical romance? A spiritual fever dream?" |
| 11. |
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03/14/13 |
Poor |
 "More like an on-the-nose parody of Lee Daniels directing an episode of 'Oz'... too few kitsch pleasures to reach cult status." |
| 12. |
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03/13/13 |
Poor |
"...a pulpy, tone-deaf mess of confused directorial intent -- exploitation laughs one minute, somber tragedy the next -- set in a cheapjack, single-room cellblock." |
| 13. |
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02/21/13 |
Poor |
 "...features frequent cribbing of character designs... hoary catchphrases... unfunny, dated references... and pointless excuses for 3D gimmickry..." |
| 14. |
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02/20/13 |
Fair |
 "...glossy, innocuous... has all the Bollywood trappings... the dramatic stakes are so puny that every obstacle can be overcome with a simple work-it-out montage..." |
| 15. |
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02/20/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...set in 1975, just before the death of Mao and his pitiless Cultural Revolution... more sensitive than disaffected, too gentle to resonate more than mildly." |
| 16. |
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02/20/13 |
Poor |
"...generically sugary and dim-witted.... makes a compelling case for our disposable culture to finally get wiped out by malevolent aliens." |
| 17. |
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06/28/12 |
Excellent |
 "Onstage, behind a piano or sitting with a guitar and harmonica, Young doesn't need a backup band to take control of the room or a movie theater." |
| 18. |
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06/27/12 |
Excellent |
"Jonathan Demme and five other camera operators expertly capture an intense, pared-down 2011 solo show at Toronto's Massey Hall... absorbing..." |
| 19. |
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06/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...artfully and convincingly immerses us into the world of one of the greatest, painting." |
| 20. |
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05/23/12 |
Excellent |
 "Julia Loktev's marvelous, slow-burning follow-up to her minimalist thriller 'Day Night Day Night' somehow manages to be both audacious and subtle..." |
