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01/15/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...at 154 minutes, too much is just too much unless you're a big fan of Bollywood spectacles." |
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07/17/08 |
Poor |
"...a case of the filmmaker, Eileen Yaghoobian, falling in love with her subjects - the subculture of dork artists who make concert posters.... it's a poetic title and little else." |
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01/15/09 |
Poor |
"...takes a potentially funny premise and sticks it in the Ronco food dehydrator of comedy, removing anything resembling humour." |
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01/29/09 |
Excellent |
"Imagine 80s action classic 'Commando' field-stripped of its cartoonish violence in favour of a more Bourne-like identity.... a taut, tense pistol-whip of a thriller." |
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02/12/09 |
Weak |
"The story is smart, but it's also patience-testing at every turn, a bad sign for a thriller.... There's also a surprising lack of action - not a single car chase." |
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01/29/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"The original was spookier and just plain weirder, playing more deeply on the themes of alienation and repression... does offer a few genuine chills and surprising scares..." |