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05/17/13 |
Excellent |
 "Even if its stunted ambitions come as a disappointment, this nevertheless is an expertly crafted thriller and a fine addition to East Asian revenge cinema." |
| 2. |
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05/11/13 |
Moderate |
 "Nair has crafted a handsome but clubfooted film that lurches through predictable hot spots.... Even the drama fumbles despite a mostly solid cast..." |
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05/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...feels both too packed and too slight, overflowing with vivid details but lacking the structure to support their weight.... If the adaptation is serviceable, it's also dull..." |
| 4. |
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04/26/13 |
Moderate |
 "...goes on far too long, for one thing -- two-plus hours is a long time to spend trapped in a Bay movie where the script is the driving force." |
| 5. |
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04/19/13 |
Weak |
 "...a juicy story squandered by the poor telling. It's got all the trappings of a good ol'-fashioned Merchant Ivory pic, but none of the soul." |
| 6. |
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03/22/13 |
Weak |
 "The first half drags without doing any actual character building, so that when the lone-wolf shenanigans of the second half kick in, there's no emotional investment." |
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03/08/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...there's a lot to be angry about. And though Rosebraugh shines a light on plenty of jaw-dropping corruption, it plays out like a shrill rallying cry without catharsis..." |
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03/01/13 |
Excellent |
 "Herzog's longing for the ideological purity in which these lives are lived, free of paperwork and bureaucracy, taxes and technology, drives the film..." |
| 9. |
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02/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a shockingly deeper, less action-oriented affair than one would expect of a movie directed by a former stuntman... Johnson expands on his range respectably..." |
| 10. |
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02/14/13 |
Weak |
 "Nobody expects it to soar to great heights, but with Julianne Hough as the albatross around its pretty little neck, it never even gets off the ground." |
| 11. |
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02/08/13 |
Weak |
 "Melissa McCarthy deserves better than a guitar to the face. She deserves better than getting hit by a car. She deserves better than puke gags and fat jokes." |
| 12. |
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02/01/13 |
Excellent |
 "Boy meets girl. Boy eats girl's boyfriend's brain. Boy woos girl with radical vinyl collection.... No, it's not the best zombie film, but it may well be the cutest." |
| 13. |
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02/01/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "An unapologetic rock 'em, sock 'em rumble of exploding squibs and bourbon bottles... good enough for a brainless night of fun at the movies..." |
| 14. |
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12/07/12 |
Excellent |
 "The film's final image is a wrecking one, a cautious glimmer of hope that caps an ambiguous denouement without coddling the audience." |
| 15. |
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11/30/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The film has chutzpah to be so purposefully alienating. You have to respect how uncompromising it is, but you don't have to like it -- and you probably won't." |
| 16. |
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10/26/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a rambling, claustrophobic and at times viscerally unpleasant film... deserves commendation for its fearless bravado, if for little else." |
| 17. |
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10/26/12 |
Weak |
 "A greeting card set in motion... cheeses up the story of real-life surfing phenom Jay Moriarity so thickly you could spread it on a cracker." |
| 18. |
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10/19/12 |
Weak |
 "...a wannabe fable about dueling bands of schoolchildren out to capture one another's buttons. It's exactly as cloying as it sounds." |
| 19. |
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10/12/12 |
Moderate |
 "It's all very dumb, of course. It means to be... the film delivers the sort of brainless laughs that James is famous for." |
| 20. |
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10/05/12 |
Moderate |
 "...funny in spots, but it's so preoccupied with landing below-the-belt cultural jabs that it misses the opportunity for laying out biting social commentary." |
