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10/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...powerful, messy and tremendously moving... The filmmakers use a rich trove of archival footage alongside contemporary interviews with key surviving players." |
| 2. |
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01/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Just when you think 'Tiny Furniture' is of the nothing-happens school of indie-filmdom, something more dramatic happens.... there's a lemony streak of touching sincerity..." |
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10/08/10 |
Very Good |
 "Where 'Genius' adds most to existing Gouldiana is in the latter part of his life... Those seeking a fuller view of Gould's life and music-making will be spellbound." |
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11/02/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "This cinema demi-verité is a fascinating, discomfiting hybrid of real candidates and a fake constituent, but Grace Lee's own politics and tactics are something of a muddle." |
| 5. |
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07/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...spends at least half of its 97 minutes observing Richter at work in an enormous studio in Cologne... The illegibility of many of the subtitles is annoying." |
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12/30/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...effectively uses Goodman's poems to illustrate his life.... it's sad and a bit shocking when one old friend says, 'He had little ability to be comfortable as the man he was.' " |
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01/18/13 |
Moderate |
 "...ambitious but frustratingly predictable... provides almost no new insights.... Some coverage of potential solutions would have been nice, along with the sermonizing." |
| 8. |
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12/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a feature-length soap... switches between a few primary modes -- agenda-mentary, romance, courtroom drama, tearjerker -- without engaging very convincingly..." |
| 9. |
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09/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "...heartfelt but badly scrambled... This ain't no 'Rocky,' and your take-aways are mostly about Chinese family and social customs." |
| 10. |
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10/07/11 |
Poor |
 "One is left to ponder: How did Tom Six convince actors to participate in this project, and who would dare skulk into a public moviehouse to view it?" |
