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05/08/12 |
Poor |
 "...so rigidly formulaic and lethargically spun that even the looseness and spontaneity that the setting affords feels dull and constricting. Screenwriter Thomas Leveritt strides to obfuscate the rote structure..." |
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04/29/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a dark-toned coming-of-age tale gradually grows into a macabre psychological portrait that might very well make Rob Zombie smile with admiration.... an unflinching mixture between social realism and horror that remains both affecting and potently surreal." |
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04/26/11 |
Poor |
 "By the time this elliptical story makes its way back around, whatever good vibes that its two leads have shared has been overshadowed by a series of half-cocked attempts to make 'Stuck Between Stations' 'matter.' " |
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04/23/11 |
Weak |
 "...certainly has the right mood, but it seems unanchored and ambivalent to the details of its own subject.... Perhaps because the Caribbean serves as its main setting, 'Fire in Babylon' simply can't help but take it easy." |
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04/19/11 |
Weak |
 "...ultimately too dumb to be satisfyingly dumb and its attempts at being smart are always too brief and pointless... doesn't have a clue as to what it wants to be." |
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03/22/11 |
Very Good |
 "A great deal of credit for how fully rounded these characters are and how deeply human they feel must be given to actors Philomène and Emmanuel Bilodeau..." |
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10/08/10 |
Very Good |
 "...like a great deal of folklore, [the film] is ultimately meant to remain something of an elliptical enigma, conveying an odd exhileration punctuated by the closing image of the buntings inexplicably finding themselves freed from their cage." |
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09/25/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...the third feature-length cine-essay by Patrick Keiller to feature the director's alter-ego, the titular biophilic cinematographer... Robinson is a loner in the digital age, a scavenger and forager of information, and, as the narrator tells it, a relentless documenter of the molecular basis of historical occurrences." |
