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01/10/13 |
Fair |
 "...never having seen 'Glee,' I'll make two observations about Chris Colfer: 1) Yes, he's very likable, but 2) as a writer, he's no John Hughes." |
| 2. |
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01/09/13 |
Fair |
"...plays like a cheerful gay 'Revenge of the Nerds'.... means well, but its gentle dissection of high school cliques brings nothing new to the genre..." |
| 3. |
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11/28/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...autobiographical, messy, and ultimately touching.... The candor can be excruciating, the intimacy embarrassing. It's like 'Crumb' without the genius..." |
| 4. |
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11/15/12 |
Fair |
 "Vanessa Paradis is both ferocious and exhausted as a hairdresser overwhelmed by her maternal duties." |
| 5. |
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10/31/12 |
Fair |
"...mushy, mystical French-Canadian melodrama tries to make parallel a pair of love stories... Jean-Marc Vallée is less concerned with logic than spiritual affinity..." |
| 6. |
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09/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...occasionally suspenseful, ultra-bloody (check out the bride's expert chain saw work!) attack-of-the-undead with some Catholic mumbo jumbo thrown in..." |
| 7. |
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05/17/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...well directed.... There is a bright line, likely determined by age, between those who game and those who don't, and the film makes no concessions to the latter camp." |
| 8. |
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05/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...insightful... well directed by first-timers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky.... [however,] it tells us nothing about the success-failure ratio of indie entrepreneurs..." |
| 9. |
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05/10/12 |
Weak |
 "...earnest family melodrama.... That means urgent hospital scenes, teary phone calls, and bedside declarations like, 'Remember, you'll be riding with me always'.... 'Anything can happen.' Not in this movie." |
| 10. |
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03/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a surprisingly mutable, ultimately poignant day-in-the-life drama... It's not a major film, but an endearing adventure in hope nonetheless." |
| 11. |
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02/23/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The flat, snowy landscape strips away all but the essentials from its tale: Two teens, best buddies from different families, have a bloody encounter on a hunting trip." |
| 12. |
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02/16/12 |
Fair |
 "Foster runs a large international firm that -- detractors will tell you, though not in this movie -- has been chasing the mega-project money from China to Dubai to..." |
| 13. |
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02/15/12 |
Outstanding |
"...a marvel of concentrated, classical storytelling.... call this ethnodocumentary noir... The film is like a meeting of 'River's Edge' and 'The Fast Runner.' " |
| 14. |
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01/26/12 |
Poor |
 "Director-for-hire Asger Leth ('Ghosts of Cité Soleil') does what he can with the pedestrian material..." |
| 15. |
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01/26/12 |
Fair |
 "Neeson provides sage advice to the motley survivors -- worried by their knowledge of both 'Alive' and 'Grizzly Man' -- as he attempts to lead them on a trek to safety." |
| 16. |
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01/25/12 |
Fair |
"...it's essentially an infomercial for the company Foster unsuccessfully tried to sell before the 2008 crash." |
| 17. |
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01/25/12 |
Poor |
"There are nods to Occupy Wall Street and 'Dog Day Afternoon,' but the whole thing plays like random outtakes from 'Law & Order.' " |
| 18. |
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01/25/12 |
Fair |
"There's too much Jack London, and, as they systematically pick off the stragglers, too many CGI wolves go unpunched." |
| 19. |
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01/19/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Every pimply teen will know just how protagonist Edward feels." |
| 20. |
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01/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
"It's silly and excessive, but 'Fullmetal Alchemist' occasionally strikes a note of adolescent truth..." |
