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| 21. |
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01/25/13 |
Poor |
 "...it's not too much to ask that the movie go beyond its one and only joke.... amid all the fake Sturm und Drang, all we hear is the movie giggling to itself." |
| 22. |
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01/18/13 |
Good |
 "...has an appropriately grungy, disreputable sheen to it that feels right.... effective... a movie that's alive in its own way..." |
| 23. |
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01/18/13 |
Good |
 "...this is the loosest the guy's been in ages.... there's enough goofy, offhand humor to distinguish it from the rest of the Schwarzenegger oeuvre." |
| 24. |
|
01/04/13 |
Moderate |
 "...generic, though sometimes surprisingly reliable... isn't exactly good, but despite its many clichés and generic indulgences, you want to give it some points for trying." |
| 25. |
|
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." |
| 26. |
|
12/28/12 |
Poor |
 "...it collapses on all fronts, delivering hot-button platitudes and just-add-water character development... its attack on natural gas is so lazy that it actually backfires." |
| 27. |
|
12/21/12 |
Fair |
 "That we're being given a pulse-pounding, happy-ending movie about a white family that survived while scores of Asians died (horribly), seems somewhat tactless at best." |
| 28. |
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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." |
| 29. |
|
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." |
| 30. |
|
12/07/12 |
Poor |
 "...wants to be taken seriously, but it can't stop humping its own leg." |
| 31. |
|
12/07/12 |
Weak |
 "...a cool, collected, concise film -- to its detriment.... If the film can't be bothered to care for its characters, why should we?" |
| 32. |
|
11/30/12 |
Poor |
 "...in many ways a terrible movie... The problem here isn't the gore or the cruelty on display, but rather the kind of all-of-the-above ethos that governs the enterprise." |
| 33. |
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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..." |
| 34. |
|
11/21/12 |
Poor |
 "Watching a bunch of frantic chase scenes featuring characters you don't care about ends up feeling like a lot of noise and little else." |
| 35. |
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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." |
| 36. |
|
11/15/12 |
Weak |
 "...most of the film is pitched at the same mopey register as the forgettable soft rock songs on the soundtrack, with everything underplayed to an alarming degree." |
| 37. |
|
11/02/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...initially makes for some reasonably entertaining antics... It's all mostly predictable stuff... mostly enjoyable... Still, it does eventually become a bit tedious..." |
| 38. |
|
11/02/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Penn's performance is just too weird, the story too far-fetched, the tone too hard to gauge.... And yet there's purpose in this madness." |
| 39. |
|
10/26/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has a certain no-nonsense briskness... a movie that uses its very conventionality as an asset.... utterly disposable stuff, but it does have its moments." |
| 40. |
|
10/26/12 |
Weak |
 "...a perfect fortune cookie of a movie, full of bland life lessons for everybody; would that there were some drama or style in it somewhere along the way." |
