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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable... Ms. Burshtein illuminates Shira's world from within, a description that could also be applied to Ms. Yaron's performance.... It is entirely believable." |
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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 " 'Before Sunrise,' 'Before Sunset' and 'Before Midnight' are modest, charming movies that together add up to the great romantic epic of a generation defined..." |
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05/17/13 |
Excellent |
 "With its swift, jaunty rhythms and sharp, off-kilter jokes, the movie is frequently delightful.... less a satire or a cautionary tale than a bedtime story for young adults." |
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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...vivid and feverish.... Ms. Winocour deftly evokes primal terrors of captivity and cruelty, and also the erotic fascination that lingers around such fears." |
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05/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "Mr. Abrams has sacrificed a lot of 'Star Trek's' idiosyncrasy and, worse, the large-spirited humanism that sustained it.... Hardly one to boldly go anywhere..." |
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05/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...offers a vague, gratifying frisson of intimacy but no real insights or revelations.... a greatest-hits package, with some good stuff to show but nothing very new to say." |
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05/10/13 |
Good |
 "...big and noisy... eminently enjoyable... less a conventional movie adaptation than a splashy, trashy opera, a wayward, lavishly theatrical celebration..." |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...feels less like a middle-aged artist's nostalgia than an attempt to make a film about the past in the present tense... Mr. Assayas's eye for telling detail is impressive..." |
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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...brilliant, haunting... the filmmakers have enlisted Onata Aprile, a wide-eyed, dark-haired pixie whose quiet watchfulness is perfect for the role." |
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04/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a tour de force of meticulous cruelty, a comic melodrama that elicits laughter and empathy and then replaces those responses with squirming discomfort." |
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04/26/13 |
Excellent |
 "...deft and absorbing.... leavened by suspense and jolts of laughter.... Mr. Nichols's voice is a distinctive and welcome presence in American film." |
| 12. |
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04/26/13 |
Moderate |
 "It all leaves you pondering whether you have just seen a monumentally stupid movie or a brilliant movie about the nature and consequences of stupidity." |
| 13. |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
 "...loose and tuneful.... Less an archival clip job than a late-night jam session, it is informal and inviting.... an affectionate tribute and a gift for fans..." |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...pleasant and clever... [but] as it accelerates, it also starts to sputter, piling on incidents and revelations that cause its web of implications to unravel." |
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04/12/13 |
Good |
 "...blunt, simple.... Mr. Helgeland has honorably sacrificed the chance to make a great movie in the interest of making one that is accessible and inspiring." |
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04/12/13 |
Moderate |
 "Mr. Malick's insistence on finding a cinematic idiom that connects beauty to ultimate truth is noble and sincere. But the fine intentions pave a road to puzzlement, not awe." |
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03/29/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a triumph of sympathetic imagination and a failure of narrative economy.... a little like its anguished protagonists, going wrong in the name of vanity and love." |
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03/29/13 |
Good |
 "Mr. Berger conjures lovely antiquarian images.... [but] the film never quite achieves the uncanny, haunting intensity of the silent films it so studiously and lovingly mimics." |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...solid, stirring... the film is determined to muscle its way into your heart, which would have to be a lump of gristle to resist it.... the performances are funny..." |
| 20. |
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03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...the script seems intent on squandering opportunities to be clever or interesting.... a dose of bloated, moronic pseudo-patriotism..." |
