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03/08/12 |
Weak |
 "There are only so many baggy vagina jokes one can take.... it's maddeningly conventional and clichéd." |
| 2. |
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02/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...cinematic oddities (and one terrific toddler actor) lift the film above easy tears, and the outcome is never boring.... involving, and ultimately thought-provoking..." |
| 3. |
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12/15/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Preachy dialogue aside, Theron and Patton Oswalt's subtle chemistry deepens this surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a bitch on the brink." |
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09/22/11 |
Moderate |
 "...aside from the charismatic Winter and Morgan Freeman as the prosthetics expert tasked with engineering her new tail, none of the characters makes much of a splash..." |
| 5. |
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04/28/11 |
Moderate |
 "Ominous narration by Samuel L. Jackson telegraphs their peril... by the time someone loses an eye, the unflinching footage has more than established the stakes." |
| 6. |
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01/13/11 |
Moderate |
 "Kristin Scott Thomas remains a mesmerizing mix of carnality and class, and through richer and poorer, she keeps director/co-writer Catherine Corsini's bourgeois fantasy from overheating." |
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12/16/10 |
Weak |
 "None of it is funny or entertaining... Boring, pointless, and instantly forgettable, this return to Jellystone Park is no picnic." |
| 8. |
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09/30/10 |
Moderate |
 "...wildly uneven..." |
| 9. |
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06/17/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...competent... revelations that the 75-year-old comic is needy, hard-driving, and relentlessly self-flagellating aren't all that surprising." |
| 10. |
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06/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "If the images of poultry without beaks don't inspire a trip to Whole Foods, the mouth-watering harvest of an organic farm in downtown Milwaukee will." |
| 11. |
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06/10/10 |
Poor |
 "...dreadful live-action adaptation of the long-running comic strip to the pantheon of dog flicks that'll make you cry -- for all the wrong reasons." |
| 12. |
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05/06/10 |
Moderate |
 "...spare, occasionally stirring... stops short of it's-a-small-world platitudes to elicit awe -- and awwws." |
| 13. |
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04/29/10 |
Weak |
 "The timid script by newcomer Kate Angelo skips no maternity cliché... That the film manages to be largely inoffensive seems faint praise -- painful but not excruciating, it's like a cinematic epidural." |
| 14. |
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04/29/10 |
Weak |
 "The topic may be urgent, and the fallout heartbreaking, but this clumsy treatment barely passes." |
| 15. |
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04/29/10 |
Poor |
 "Violent, coarse, and mirthless, this 'eco'-themed dud stars Brendan Fraser as a real-estate developer hired to raze a forest for luxury homes." |
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03/25/10 |
Poor |
 "...abysmal... ticks through a predictable checklist of clichés, from home-room hell to gym-class gynecomastia.... utterly mortifies." |
| 17. |
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03/11/10 |
Very Good |
 "With passionate commentary from art experts, Barnes acolytes, and Governor Ed Rendell (one of only two 'villains' who agree to interviews), the gripping yet hyperbolic drama examines the ownership of art and the public's right to it." |
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02/11/10 |
Moderate |
 "Writer/director Hue Rhodes stokes the 'Inferno' metaphor (lots of fire, a thug dubbed Lou Cipher), but he never transcends self-conscious quirkiness." |
| 19. |
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11/26/09 |
Poor |
 "...the cringingly unfunny fart, crotch, and urine gags uncork at 15-minute intervals; racist and homophobic jokes -- an inspired contrast to the violin-backed family values crap -- are equally well paced." |
| 20. |
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10/01/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Although the visuals and the score are often elegant, the sudsy drama and muddled ironies of a complicated love life (Alessandro Nivola shows up) wear badly..." |
