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06/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "...if novices can make it through the barrage of interviews with artists they don't know, they'll learn plenty about a craft still grossly misrepresented by the mass media." |
| 2. |
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03/02/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a little overstuffed with story. But the design is witty and imaginative, and the small grace notes are enough to keep an open-minded adult giggling." |
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01/14/11 |
Weak |
 "...a tone-deaf dud and a curious, soulless misstep for one of the most innovative directors around. That would be Michel Gondry..." |
| 4. |
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12/24/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...when grief is portrayed well, it creates its own impact: a rupture, a jagged rip in the fabric between life before and life after, which can never be the same." |
| 5. |
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12/22/10 |
Moderate |
 "The parents have been met; the Fockers have paid their dues. Time to let all parties retreat with what little dignity they have left." |
| 6. |
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12/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a classic Western tale livened up by a few Coen brothers tweaks.... has something that the Coens are usually too pleased with themselves to create: grandeur." |
| 7. |
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12/17/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...has a great deal of fun exploring and then rupturing this mystique.... doesn't need to overplay its hand - especially not with a king waiting in the hole." |
| 8. |
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12/17/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...triumphs by making the standard moves feel modern, by adding some grit to the family melodrama and carving out a sense of media savvy." |
| 9. |
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12/10/10 |
Excellent |
 "...a polished romantic distraction and a brief trip along the canals of Venice with some assured company.... a nice piece of counterprogramming..." |
| 10. |
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12/10/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...finds the humor in an unlikely love story... and it's funny." |
| 11. |
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12/03/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...reaches a fever pitch of frenzy and sends us hurtling toward the finish.... leaves you dizzy and appreciative of film's power to shake up the senses." |
| 12. |
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11/19/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Wiseman doesn't tell stories; he captures the rhythms of a place and makes himself invisible.... It's a hypnotic trip inside the sweet science." |
| 13. |
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11/12/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...an ode to survival, a bracing story of man and nature and an exhilarating sensory experience. It's my favorite movie so far this year.... a rush." |
| 14. |
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11/10/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has its charms... But unless you've never seen 'Broadcast News,' or 'Prada,' the whole thing feels like a copy of a copy." |
| 15. |
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11/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable... an essential statement on why we bear witness. The film pulls back the curtain on a deadly PR machine and forces us to consider its deceptions." |
| 16. |
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11/05/10 |
Very Good |
 "Because this is a Phillips movie, we get scenes of both dog and owner masturbating, a bong load of pot humor and a stream of casual, hit-and-miss sadism..." |
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11/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...understands the fine art of building a case. It gives names and faces to a disaster so big that most people would rather think about something else." |
| 18. |
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10/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "It's about literature itself, the ways in which it works on the reader and the folly of applying some objective standard of decency and meaning to words on a page." |
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10/15/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...can get a little soapy in tracking John's home lives, but it treats his emotional travails with keen emotional honesty." |
| 20. |
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10/08/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...gorgeous to look at, suspenseful when it's supposed to be and firmly in control of the sports movie archetypes and tropes that it wields like an experienced jockey..." |
