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05/24/13 |
Very Good |
 "As accomplished as the ensemble is, the movie belongs entirely to Aprile... she's heart-breakingly fragile.... it is a harrowing but finally happy story." |
| 2. |
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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Gerwig is the radiant, whirling gyre... a film that, thanks to alert and generous supporting performances, feels spontaneous and finely crafted at the same time." |
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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...rich, sensitive... a masterful film on technical and aesthetic values alone. But because of the wisdom and compassion of its maker, it rises to another level entirely." |
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05/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "Abrams proves that he's still got the golden touch.... leaves the hatch open to countless possibilities, whether brand-new story lines or visits to familiar faces..." |
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05/10/13 |
Weak |
 "...bland, quickly disposable.... The schematic script and clunky pacing notwithstanding, Chism clearly has a knack for casting and humanistic stories." |
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05/10/13 |
Moderate |
 "...hyper-real, hyper-active, hyperbolic.... Despite timely relevance, enduring truths and Luhrmann's earnest efforts, he -- and we -- finally can't help but fail to grasp it." |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...slight... There are few surprises other than the understated way Bier treats moments that in mainstream cinema would be overplayed and underlined..." |
| 8. |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...succumbs to clunky plot twists, starchily expository dialogue and now-you-see-them, now-you-don't characters... feels more mechanistic than organic." |
| 9. |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...feels brittle and over-extended enough to snap off entirely.... less a movie than a final war whoop let loose before utter exhaustion sets in." |
| 10. |
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04/26/13 |
Very Good |
 "...keeps aloft on a potent cloud of alert, affectionate energy and good vibes.... the movie may seem tough on the outside, but it's got a heart of gold." |
| 11. |
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04/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...lyrical and sobering at the same time.... Southern culture may be on the skids here, but Nichols's sensitive portrayal is gratifyingly on the level." |
| 12. |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...absorbing, if hysterically pitched.... it takes its deserved place within a time-honored genre. Even at its most staged and false, the anxieties it conveys are deep, real..." |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It would all be insufferable had Rodney Ascher not made the brilliant decision to stage this not as a talking-heads documentary but as a montage of Kubrick's own films..." |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...possesses the solid bones, honeyed light and transporting moral uplift that define an instant classic.... a certain amount of old-fashioned sentiment is appropriate..." |
| 15. |
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04/05/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...admiring but frustrating.... lively, involving... entails its share of surprises even if you know the ending. But Lynch is too content to let Davis control the narrative..." |
| 16. |
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04/05/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...ambitious, unwieldy.... the sum of some admittedly imperfect parts, the movie still manages to cast its own haunting, sorrowful spell." |
| 17. |
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04/05/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Somber, gentle, transporting and unapologetically beautiful... the kind of family film Hollywood doesn't make anymore. Thank goodness Tokyo does." |
| 18. |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...an episodic picaresque... all but obliterates the crazy, brazen, axis-shifting energy of the original work.... Salles' production is too careful, too obediently within-the-lines..." |
| 19. |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...efficient if unimaginative.... at least possesses the frisson of timeliness amid otherwise hoary action-movie cliches." |
| 20. |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "In Potter's assured, caring hands, 'the personal is political' assumes newfound breadth, depth and surprising emotional poignancy.... it's also a cry from the heart." |
