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04/27/12 |
Poor |
 "What initially comes off as amiability turns quickly to smugness and self-satisfaction: see, isn't this funny?" |
| 2. |
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05/05/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...might have taken more risks.... the script's insights into Eileen, not to mention Kathleen Turner's tough-as-nails performance, are more rewarding than the usual drama of appearances." |
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05/05/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...took home the Best Screenplay - Narrative Award at the Tribeca Film Festival... reveals a delicate sense of comedy, attuned to the acute embarrassments, social minefields, and roaring squalls of adolescence." |
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05/04/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...most moving when it focuses on the young actors' dedication and joy, as they work through their scenes and begin to sort out their lives in the process." |
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04/29/11 |
Excellent |
 "A crazed, hijinks-riddled pseudo-epic... by the time the action wraps up with a surreal assault on Master Huang's complex, most viewers will be holding on for dear life amid all the good-humored chaos." |
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09/17/09 |
Good |
 "...earnest, smart..." |
| 7. |
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07/28/09 |
Excellent |
 "...though the tone occasionally inches toward the serious, McQuaid never lets go of the deadpan Gaelic wit that makes the film so effortlessly enjoyable." |
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07/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "In its heartfelt portrayal of three seniors who stave off their own mortality by steadfastly and cheerfully greeting every plane of returning soldiers landing at their small-town airport, Aron Gaudet's film rages with quiet dignity against the dying of the light." |
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06/15/09 |
Very Good |
 "...powerfully illustrates how a massively popular TV show has become a referendum on the fragile future of a war-exhausted nation." |
