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05/14/12 |
Good |
 "The story isn't original, but Labaki's approach, which seems to pit genres against one another the way it pits genders, is.... it has occasionally breathtaking uncertainty." |
| 2. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "...pointless.... For a movie that deals with rape, criminality, and even racks up a real body count, 'Hick' is whisper-thin and instantly forgettable." |
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05/03/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a predictable menu of old regrets and new beginnings in a lush, exotic locale.... Still, there's a bit of timeliness to this particular vintage of British retirees." |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "Those looking to jump out of their seats or get swept away in supernatural passions may have a hard time with it, but there's a ruthless precision to this film that's breathtaking in its own right." |
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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...pleasantly zippy... occasionally gives you the sense that it cares a bit more than your usual dead-eyed rom-com." |
| 6. |
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04/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "As a movie about two young, beautiful people falling in love, 'The Lucky One' mostly gets the job done." |
| 7. |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...like 'The Breakfast Club' meets 'Donnie Darko.' Meets 'Prom Night.' Meets 'Back to the Future'.... seems expressly designed for cult status and is certain to achieve it." |
| 8. |
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04/02/12 |
Moderate |
 "File this one under Sequels Nobody Wanted.... has the good sense to try to have a little fun with its mince-myth premise." |
| 9. |
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04/02/12 |
Good |
 "...a comedy, often a very funny one, but you might be hesitant to call it that once you've actually seen it. Walter Benjamin would be proud." |
| 10. |
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03/23/12 |
Excellent |
 "...marked by a kind of profound stasis of choice.... not a showy or pronounced movie. Open yourself up to it, however, and it might destroy you." |
| 11. |
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03/23/12 |
Excellent |
 "...breathtaking in its sheer propulsive majesty.... about as pure an action film as you're ever likely to see... the film wants to have its cake and eat it, too. It does." |
| 12. |
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03/12/12 |
Poor |
 "...all those years of acting opposite animals and CGI effects for the kiddies appear to have taken their toll on the actor... another in a line of dispiriting failures -- a star vehicle where the star ruins the movie." |
| 13. |
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03/05/12 |
Fair |
 "...most Tim and Eric fans won't be disappointed by 'Billion Dollar Movie.' They just shouldn't be surprised if they find themselves checking their watches now and then." |
| 14. |
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03/05/12 |
Moderate |
 "Anything self-reflective is pretty much immediately quashed by the pure sexual nihilism and Dionysian wish-fulfillment of the Todd Phillips Template..." |
| 15. |
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02/27/12 |
Poor |
 "...it's always tough to spend most of a movie wondering whether the characters are morons and/or lunatics... we get an absurdist thriller that, played mostly straight, comes off as ludicrous and lame." |
| 16. |
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02/26/12 |
Fair |
 "...a step back from Perry's earlier boisterous and wildly melodramatic work, but he doesn't exactly replace it with anything.... you actually miss the crazy side of Perry." |
| 17. |
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02/26/12 |
Moderate |
 "As a no-holds-barred recruiting video, 'Act of Valor' kicks all sorts of ass. As an actual movie, however, it barely coheres." |
| 18. |
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02/20/12 |
Fair |
 "...a vaguely comic pseudo-thriller... decidedly naturalistic. Unfortunately, this turns out to be a near-fatal problem.... tries to play everything straight... It wants to fool us, but it doesn't want to give us anything in return." |
| 19. |
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02/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "No movie that casts Ciarán Hinds as The Devil can be all bad... The bad news is that this sequel, which wants to wow us with its unrestrained, hyper-stylized, WTF-ness, is way too disposable for its own good." |
| 20. |
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02/13/12 |
Fair |
 "...something feels a little off, conceptually... the imbalance of emotional temperatures at the film's heart feels fatal for something so dependent on chemistry." |
