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CALVIN WILSON Movie Reviews

171 reviews, averaging 76.3% positive
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Mud (2013)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
04/26/13 Outstanding "McConaughey brings to the film a heartfelt and beautifully realized angst. And Witherspoon is excellent... a gritty tale of love and regret."
2.

To the Wonder

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
04/19/13 Very Good "...teeters between experimentation and incoherence. Does it deserve to be seen? Absolutely. Just be aware of what you're getting into."
3.

The Place Beyond the Pines

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
04/12/13 Very Good "...the acting is first-rate.... Gosling and Cooper's performances, and Cianfrance's flawed but fascinating vision, are enough to make this an exciting destination."
4.

No (2013)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
03/29/13 Outstanding "Larrain brings a semi-documentary immediacy to the proceedings.... This is filmmaking of the first order."
5.

Admission (2013)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
03/22/13 Moderate "Fey just doesn't have the acting chops to pull off a character as complex as Portia.... Rudd, who was great in 'Our Idiot Brother,' seems to be going through the motions."
6.

The Gatekeepers (2012)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
03/15/13 Outstanding "...informative yet impassioned.... a compelling account of what can go wrong when power is unrestrained."
7.

Amour (2012)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
02/01/13 Outstanding "...the director and his actors venture into dark and ultimately surreal territory. Yet the story is so masterfully told that one can't help but be enthralled."
8.

Zero Dark Thirty

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
01/11/13 Outstanding "...a thrilling yet challenging film that trusts the audience to stick with it... not just state-of-the-art entertainment, but a great film."
9.

Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
01/11/13 Outstanding "...virtually impossible to categorize.... Cotillard gets so deep inside the character that it's exhilarating.... Schoenaerts matches her for burning intensity."
10.

Deadfall (2012)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
12/14/12 Very Good "Stefan Ruzowitzky balances solid action with subtle character moments, and he elicits strong performances from a first-rate cast."
11. 12/07/12 Very Good "...ends perhaps a bit too ambiguously, but there's something refreshing about its faith in the moviegoer's intelligence."
12.

Life of Pi

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
11/21/12 Outstanding "Suraj Sharma imbues Pi's setbacks and successes with breathtaking immediacy. His performance contributes to a poignancy often missing in 3-D extravaganzas."
13.

Cloud Atlas

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
10/26/12 Outstanding "...ambitious and mostly successful... at once boldly experimental and vastly entertaining... The cast is terrific... superior filmmaking."
14.

Hello I Must Be Going

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
10/19/12 Very Good "...the performances are first-rate, and the film has the courage to embrace an ambiguous ending.... an intriguing character study and a refreshingly offbeat romance."
15. 10/12/12 Very Good "Francois Cluzet is terrific... Marion Cotillard brings her usual blend of sophistication and sensuality... the movie is a bit too long, but has plenty of Gallic charm."
16.

Keep the Lights On

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
10/12/12 Outstanding "Thure Lindhardt is particularly moving as a guy who's in deep denial... Zachary Booth makes a powerful impression. And Julianne Nicholson hits just the right notes."
17.

Compliance

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
08/31/12 Outstanding "Zobel's unsparing approach is justified. This film should be hard to watch - and it is. But it's also hard to forget."
18.

The Imposter (2012)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
08/24/12 Outstanding "...an extremely well-crafted documentary that, for sheer intensity and thrills, is far more entertaining than most fiction films.... one of the best films of the year."
19. 08/17/12 Very Good "...impressive.... perhaps a bit too sentimental. But the performances are so heartfelt that its occasional excesses are easily forgiven."
20.

Ruby Sparks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
08/03/12 Outstanding "Kazan and Dano are a couple off screen, and their familiarity with each other's rhythms no doubt contributes to the film's offbeat energy.... sparklingly entertaining..."

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