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01/09/09 |
Poor |
 "...the movie goes all soft at the end. Unless skirmishes in the bridal registry department sound like fun, opt for peaceful resistance to 'Bride Wars.' " |
| 2. |
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01/09/09 |
Weak |
 "...cribs from so many movies, it's enough to make your head spin. Perhaps that's why so many craniums go rotating during this cheesy thriller." |
| 3. |
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01/09/09 |
Moderate |
 "...entertaining, if occasionally melodramatic... well-acted and involving, though this relationship drama may put some people off with its overt sentimentality and moralizing." |
| 4. |
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01/16/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It looks good, and facets of it shine, but behind the gilded facade there's not much there. And what is there can be troubling and retrogressive." |
| 5. |
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01/16/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...likable and entertaining but overlong... a comic action adventure starring Indian action star Akshay Kumar, whose physical humor brings to mind Jim Carrey." |
| 6. |
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01/16/09 |
Weak |
 "...obnoxious and laugh-free... For a movie that's essentially a 90-minute fat joke, the film is surprisingly lean when it comes to laughs." |
| 7. |
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01/16/09 |
Moderate |
 "...features a cast of so many endearing dogs that there's a purebred or adorable mutt for everyone's tastes.... it's hard to resist this lively, though predictable, family movie." |
| 8. |
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01/23/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the joys of losing yourself in reading are undermined by the movie's barrage of special effects and a convoluted plot." |
| 9. |
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01/29/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The highlight of this fantasy/horror hybrid is watching a pair of the best British character actors -- Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen -- shed their thespian respectability..." |
| 10. |
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01/30/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "What might be a guilty pleasure for adult fans of revenge thrillers could be deeply disturbing to an adolescent.... it might make a kid never want to travel abroad." |
| 11. |
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01/30/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...well-paced and offers enough jolts and twists to keep an audience sufficiently on the edge of their seats... Events have an effectively off-putting ambiguity." |
| 12. |
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01/30/09 |
Poor |
 "Not content to be merely inane and predictable, it is downright insulting, humorlessly deriding those who choose to live in rural America..." |
| 13. |
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02/06/09 |
Moderate |
 "...supernatural action thriller is jangly, jarring and violent... a silly movie that is partially engrossing and plenty convoluted." |
| 14. |
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02/06/09 |
Weak |
 "Rather than reinvigorating the Panther comedy franchise from the '60s and '70s, Martin's version dumbs it down and wrings the zany fun out of it." |
| 15. |
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02/06/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Though it does feature a few inspired comic moments, there is a surplus of tired, overused gags.... an uneven and largely predictable adventure, but it has its moments." |
| 16. |
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02/06/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has a few too many story threads, but it also has some very funny lines and offers sharp-eyed commentary on the state of relationships in the era of instant messages..." |
| 17. |
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02/06/09 |
Very Good |
 "...short and mostly sweet." |
| 18. |
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02/06/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a visual marvel, but it's uneven in its story. The narrative lacks focus. Still, its exquisite images have an undeniable whimsical appeal." |
| 19. |
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02/13/09 |
Weak |
 "Perhaps there's not much that can be done, beyond the expected, with the 'Friday the 13th' franchise. But it would have been fun to see someone try." |
| 20. |
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02/13/09 |
Very Good |
 "...involving, gently paced and well-cast... Joaquin Phoenix gives a superbly raw and excruciatingly vulnerable performance..." |
