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12/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...has a kind of subtlety that movies, especially American movies, rarely do well, but this quietly unassuming, secretly brilliant little charmer nails it." |
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11/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Shot on a dime... an admirably tense sci-fi/horror adventure that somehow turns its considerable limitations into virtues.... awesome..." |
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09/07/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...quiet, raw, intimate... the movie asks you to pay close attention -- then dares you to look.... Thure Lindhardt's remarkable presence helps..." |
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09/13/12 |
Excellent |
 "...insanely gripping... There are holes in the plot, but somehow we don't mind... for all the unbearable tension of Jarecki's script, the central attraction is the man..." |
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08/09/12 |
Excellent |
 "...assured, sensitive, and occasionally very funny... takes sharply drawn and recognizable characters and stretches them until something fascinating emerges." |
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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." |
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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." |
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01/04/13 |
Very Good |
 "The effect is often profoundly moving, but you can't help but feel at times like there are other stories here you're missing." |
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12/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "Salles hasn't reinvented 'On the Road,' but rather turned it into a rambling, beautiful, and occasionally even heartbreaking museum piece." |
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11/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "...preserves just enough genuine childhood wonder in its whooshing, high-tech theatrics to make it a delight.... an effective combination of the new and old." |
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09/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "There's nothing in David Ayer's cop drama that you haven't already seen, but the film has moments so riveting that you might not care too much.... dizzyingly intense." |
| 12. |
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09/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "There's genuine beauty to 'Dredd'... it places you firmly in an unreal, dreamlike world and rouses you with its unexpected grace and its rhythms and its movement." |
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08/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...has the good sense to find a mood and stick with it.... the third-act revelations send the movie spinning off in an impressive, challenging, and powerful new direction." |
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08/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "...anybody who was once a lonely boy glued to creature features on TV may well find themselves quite moved by this ambling, charming film." |
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08/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "Hyper-intelligent, hyper-rich, hyper-controlling, and hyper-alienated.... 'Cosmopolis' is often beautiful, but at times it feels like a movie sealed off from itself." |
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06/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a hilariously go-for-broke wallow in pure adolescence... At times, you wonder if the film even knows how funny it is.... the results are soul-corrodingly funny." |
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06/08/12 |
Very Good |
 "Colin Trevorrow and writer Derek Connolly pull off a deceptively tough balancing act here.... a time-travel movie without anyone having to actually go back in time..." |
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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..." |
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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." |
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02/03/12 |
Very Good |
 "...maintains a kind of austere, provincial integrity. In the end, it's just a movie about the joys and dangers of finally having some power over our fate." |
