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08/17/11 |
Moderate |
 "...examines the psychological trauma wrought by a serial killer... By making absurd connections between the killer and the sick-fuck society-at-large, 'A Horrible Way to Die' gradually undermines the creepy intimacy that had distinguished it." |
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09/28/11 |
Poor |
 "...a blockhead espionage thriller... Most of this takes place in and around Pittsburgh, and none of it has anything to do with abduction." |
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09/29/11 |
Poor |
"Lautner gets emotional: 'I just saw my parents get murdered in front of my eyes,' he says at one point, looking very much like a stranger in his own performance." |
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08/10/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...sure to unsettle those who prefer films to pass clear judgment on not-so-upstanding types, but it's hard not to admire such a drolly off-kilter pass at the domestic regionalist indie." |
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11/09/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...gains what resonance it has by virtue of its existence: This is precisely the sort of content that so many of those interviewed fear that, given the license, monolithic ISPs of the near future might feel empowered to block." |
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06/15/11 |
Fair |
 "...a useful primer... but figures who might have made more compelling documentary subjects than the always on-message Daniel Goldstein crowd the sidelines." |
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08/18/11 |
Fair |
"...recounts the tireless anti-Atlantic Yards efforts of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn co-founder Daniel Goldstein." |
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04/11/12 |
Fair |
 "...preaches tolerance and personal integrity over indoctrination... One only has so much patience, though, for watching Communion-wafer-thin characters..." |
| 9. |
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04/12/12 |
Fair |
"...proceeds to paint Reed College as a cartoon bastion of every stereotypical left-coastism imaginable..." |
| 10. |
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03/28/12 |
Good |
 "If 'Bully' is a bit vague on the call to action, it's also all but impossible to argue against as these wrenching case studies wrap up." |
| 11. |
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03/29/12 |
Good |
"...something of an outlier among awareness docs: It has a clear and calm approach to storytelling and some interest in the quality of its handheld images." |
| 12. |
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06/29/11 |
Good |
 "...lobbies for the rights of battered women, and, like many cause documentaries, it looks rather plain.... But otherwise does justice to its subject's wrenching story." |
| 13. |
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07/07/11 |
Good |
"...sounds like a repeat-offender case study, but instead concerns the injustice done to Deborah Peagler, an incarcerated mother of two." |
| 14. |
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03/28/12 |
Moderate |
 "Co-writer/director Antony Cordier remains sensitive to the subtle shifts in the foursome's dynamics, but do we really need another handwringer about the perils of polyamory?" |
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03/14/12 |
Fair |
 "...never feels like a movie about a developing conscience, due largely to the shallowness of the protagonist as written and, by extension, Tahar Rahim's portrayal..." |
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03/22/12 |
Fair |
"Another loosely factual gloss on a little-known chapter from Nazi-occupied Europe..." |
| 17. |
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07/13/11 |
Weak |
 "...for a time almost works as a sordid cross-purposes noir, set in a woodsy nowhere-in-particular. But implausibilities mount..." |
| 18. |
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09/14/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...cringe comedy... questionable black-historical shorthand detracts from what is otherwise a well-performed and fitfully amusing film." |
| 19. |
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09/15/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...a story about overcoming prejudices to gain self-respect; perhaps director Anne Sewitsky is just going for gleefully un-PC quirk." |
| 20. |
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04/11/12 |
Good |
 "...might be a bit too low-key for the non-fan, but that's not to say the tour doc lacks substance: It doubles nicely as a fly-on-the-wall case study in the demands of making music for a living." |
