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01/15/09 |
Poor |
 "A vehicle for high-end product placement disguised as a 'frenemy' comedy... it's chixploitation at its creative nadir (and that's low)." |
| 2. |
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03/12/09 |
Poor |
 "...gives us one of cinema's more annoying innocent-plus-crazy-id-best-friend pairings... The boys directed and co-scripted, so there's no one else to blame." |
| 3. |
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03/26/09 |
Moderate |
 "...director Mark Brokaw casts terrific actors -- like Miranda Richardson and Beau Bridges -- as the college muckety-mucks, then has them act like boobs." |
| 4. |
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04/02/09 |
Poor |
 "...wrestling star John Cena fairly bounces off the lens.... the weak, 'Speed'-derived script depends too much on coincidence and mind reading." |
| 5. |
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04/23/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Dano is the anchor; the willowy, porcelain-skinned actor has shown himself to be one of the best of his generation since his debut in 'L.I.E.' as an exploited teen." |
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06/04/09 |
Weak |
 "It's hard to imagine Donald Petrie's film appealing to anyone but diehard fans of the single-woman-gets-her-groove-back-in-exotic-locale genre." |
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06/04/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Proving you don't need buckets of blood to scare the bejabbers out of an audience. (A cascade of vomited cockroaches will do.)" |
| 8. |
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06/25/09 |
Very Good |
 "...gives you your money's worth with its attention to detail, from the realistically animated expressions of the 'actors' to the décor and the possessions that surround..." |
| 9. |
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08/06/09 |
Outstanding |
 "The real world intruded into the Goldbergs' happy home when Molly's TV husband, Philip Loeb, was branded a subversive by an anti-Communist rag..." |
| 10. |
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08/20/09 |
Very Good |
 "...about the empowerment of a people -- through exuberant if excruciatingly cheesy movies... Ozploitation pictures embraced by the drive-in-going masses." |
| 11. |
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09/03/09 |
Very Good |
 "Goldthwait has become a thoughtful director of movies that take a sick premise and -- with a light touch -- extrapolate from it some uneasy truths." |
| 12. |
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10/15/09 |
Very Good |
 "...a visually poetic, if erratically edited, portrait illustrating how 'the energy of this hotel is bigger than the people in it.' " |
| 13. |
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01/21/10 |
Moderate |
 "The French dialogue does add a goofy edge, but the disjointed story would work best as 15-minute episodes on 'Adult Swim.' " |
| 14. |
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01/28/10 |
Weak |
 "...a weak effort... in over its head as it wraps shtick around a plot about orphaned sisters.... its lasting value may be as the answer to a trivia question." |
| 15. |
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04/08/10 |
Very Good |
 "...offers insight -- as well as laughs and heartstring tugging -- into the struggles of a food addict.... speaks to all ethnicities and sizes." |
| 16. |
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05/20/10 |
Very Good |
 "Dujardin has flawless comic timing as the hero who may stumble but -- with the arch of an eyebrow and a flash of a grin -- always rises to the defense of the République." |
| 17. |
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05/27/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Peppered with deliberately cringeworthy R-rated banter and boasting a hero eager to degrade himself, 'MacGruber' is sick fun." |
| 18. |
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06/03/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...begs to be judged on the compellingness of its awfulness... money shot comes when computer-animated birds -- seemingly lifted from a video game -- 'attack'... not-bad bad." |
| 19. |
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06/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "...takes the quartet of fugitive vigilantes-for-hire into the digital era, and it succeeds because director Joe Carnahan doesn't let technology overpower personality." |
| 20. |
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06/24/10 |
Moderate |
 "...the film deflates. Mads Mikkelsen gets mired in brooding as Igor, and Anna Mouglalis is merely photogenic as Coco.... what lingers is the fab décor." |
