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03/14/13 |
Moderate |
 "...threadbare.... The real criminals are the screenwriters, who distract with a dopey, doomed romance for the 'Jap lover.' " |
| 2. |
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03/07/13 |
Poor |
 "Yes, people like Gass-Donnelly and his co-writer, Damien Chazelle. Wait -- the talented Harvard grad behind 'Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'? Now that is evil!" |
| 3. |
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03/07/13 |
Weak |
 "Stop me if you've heard this one before: a farm boy dreams of adventure, finds it, and falls in love with a princess along the way.... a colossal stumble." |
| 4. |
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03/07/13 |
Poor |
 "...before passing out, Jeff stands atop a bar, drops trou, and pisses all over the patrons. I know how they feel." |
| 5. |
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02/28/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "What it lacks in originality, it almost makes up for with strong performances from the Family Under Siege: Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton as Lacy and Daniel Barrett..." |
| 6. |
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02/28/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...heartbreaking... at less than 90 minutes, it feels a bit overstuffed. Even though they focus on three separate individuals, the filmmakers hit their bullet points over and over." |
| 7. |
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01/31/13 |
Poor |
 "Don't subject yourself to this crap, which is credited to nine writers and 12 directors, among them Peter Farrelly, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, and (sigh) Brett Ratner." |
| 8. |
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01/31/13 |
Weak |
 "...sentimental hokum..." |
| 9. |
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01/17/13 |
Poor |
 "...a movie that thinks homophobia is the height of hilarity. That, and the image of Wayans taking a shit - a fitting metaphor for this film." |
| 10. |
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01/10/13 |
Poor |
 "...converts around five minutes of grainy film footage of Hooper's movie into 3D. Then the truly gross digital cinematography takes over -- and you have a new film to forget." |
| 11. |
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12/21/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...this is strictly a family-friendly affair, akin to the all-you-can-eat buffets found everywhere in Vegas... know that catering to every taste never produces a great meal." |
| 12. |
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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Tarantino infuses it with the spaghetti sensibilities of Sergio Leone and, more so, the genre grit of that other Sergio, Corbucci (director of 1966's 'Django,' naturally)." |
| 13. |
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12/20/12 |
Weak |
 "The couple might have to sell their gigantic home because Debbie's boutique clothing store is missing $12,000 and Pete has loaned his struggling father $80,000. Boo. Hoo." |
| 14. |
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12/13/12 |
Poor |
 "Pity poor Judy Greer, Uma Thurman, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who play the pity fuck, the boozy trophy wife, and the former sportscaster who can help George..." |
| 15. |
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12/07/12 |
Poor |
 "There are no flesh-dressesor cocoons shoved down victims' throats... just buckets of the same old boring gore." |
| 16. |
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12/06/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...incorporates enough of George V. Higgins's crackling, location-specific dialogue to have you recalling that greatest of all Boston-set films, 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle.' " |
| 17. |
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11/29/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...intimate, vérité-style... a day in the trenches of a deeply flawed health care system, Peter Nicks observes, Wiseman-like, without editorializing." |
| 18. |
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11/22/12 |
Very Good |
 "A true surprise... a computer-animated crowd pleaser featuring unique interpretations of mythical childhood characters..." |
| 19. |
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11/22/12 |
Weak |
 "At his lowest, Hitch refers to an early edit of 'Psycho' as 'stillborn.' That description also applies to this film." |
| 20. |
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11/22/12 |
Moderate |
 "At a key point, coven leader Aro (Michael Sheen) lets out a spectacular laugh -- which nearly drowned out my own." |
