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06/24/11 |
Good |
 "There is no dialogue. But there are sounds -- goats, bells hanging on goats, goats rummaging through an apartment... it's slow... But the goats are funny." |
| 2. |
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06/17/11 |
Excellent |
 "To call it a character study doesn't quite cut it, because 'Strongman' completely undresses its subject. All of his contradictions and personal sideshows are laid bare." |
| 3. |
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05/20/11 |
Good |
 "The films of Kelly Reichardt are an acquired taste that I have yet to fully acquire." |
| 4. |
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05/13/11 |
Outstanding |
 "The word 'joyous' doesn't often leap to mind when describing documentaries, but there's no other way to summarize the spirit of 'Bill Cunningham.' " |
| 5. |
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05/06/11 |
Excellent |
 "...beautifully shot and features several heartfelt performances.... disturbing at times... Bier wonders whether violence is justifiable or simply inevitable?" |
| 6. |
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04/29/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...beautiful... Yun Jung-hee is wonderful in a deceptively powerful performance. She commands our attention like a well-timed whisper." |
| 7. |
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04/29/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a movie that never aspires to be more than two hours and 10 minutes of loco locomotion. In that respect, it is fab." |
| 8. |
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04/29/11 |
Good |
 "The best way to describe 'Potiche' is breezy. It's a film so light that it might float off the screen and drift into the next theater. Ozon must have taken a happy pill." |
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04/22/11 |
Fair |
 "...worth avoiding.... strains too hard to reach an absurd level of satire. It stumbles, instead, into something less than super and more akin to stupidly bad." |
| 10. |
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04/22/11 |
Very Good |
 "...solid, old-fashioned entertainment, often bathed in a dreamy night-sky light by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto." |
| 11. |
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04/08/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Just an ounce or two of real-world substance would have greatly enhanced the film's power and authenticity and made for a more worthy retelling of an amazing story." |
| 12. |
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04/08/11 |
Moderate |
 "...lackluster. What had the potential for a bawdy, over-the-top comedy is just a series of flat, lifeless jokes about masturbation and getting high." |
| 13. |
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03/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "...it's a hoot to see one of our own, Cleveland thug Danny Greene, in the cinema spotlight.... boasts a gangster swagger and spirit..." |
| 14. |
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03/04/11 |
Good |
 "...offers a solid 20 minutes of comedy, but dancing at the edges are the requisite movie-fillers -- the hooker, the drunken party, the puking -- that inevitably detract..." |
| 15. |
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02/25/11 |
Good |
 "...gratuitous excrement, genital, masturbation jokes taken to crude lows.... provides some good laughs and, believe it or not, has an actual message." |
| 16. |
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02/11/11 |
Excellent |
 "...has tongue firmly planted in cheek, a trove of Elton John songs, an excellent voice cast and nifty animation..." |
| 17. |
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02/11/11 |
Excellent |
 "Director of photography Axel Block and production designer Heike Bauersfeld wrap us in the gold hues of glowing candles and the harsh stone interiors of a 12th-century abbey." |
| 18. |
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02/11/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a screaming, slashing, glories-of-death saga... the story kind of drizzles along before stumbling irretrievably into cliche." |
| 19. |
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02/04/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a heavy-duty drama about love, fatherhood and spirituality.... deftly delivers both the noisy grime at sweaty street level, and the hushed calm of the hovering ethereal." |
| 20. |
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02/04/11 |
Fair |
 "A few cool cave shots, James Cameron and 3-D do not a movie make." |
