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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...smart, sleek.... Scott McGehee and David Siegel infuse the film with energy and emotional intelligence.... The story is sad, but the talent involved in its telling is elating." |
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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Initially feels calculated.... But it finds its groove and rolls with a jolly momentum, introducing new characters whenever a young viewer's concentration might drift." |
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05/24/13 |
Moderate |
 "...nice enough visually but hamstrung by a terminally weak script.... The fable is didactic and wearisome, a veritable workbook of teachable moments..." |
| 4. |
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05/24/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a ripsnorting carmageddon.... shamelessly entertaining. The 'Furious' movies glorify destruction, but they celebrate their characters' bond above all." |
| 5. |
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05/23/13 |
Very Good |
 "...raunchy... jagged interplay between the stars propels the movie.... Phillips adds aggressively in-your-face gags about the homoerotic subtext of frat-boy humor." |
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05/17/13 |
Moderate |
 "...proves that European intellectuals, too, can make movies for women who have graduated from high school but never left." |
| 7. |
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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "...cold, calculating, viscerally effective.... Shannon gives a chillingly convincing performance.... an outstanding example of its genre." |
| 8. |
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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "...melds morbid material with observational comedy and stiletto-sharp character humor.... Alice Lowe and Steve Oram underplay to perfection..." |
| 9. |
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05/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a note-perfect blend of escapist fun and thought-provoking commentary, ensemble drama, comic relief, daredevil action and senses-shattering spectacle." |
| 10. |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "The seductions of storytelling drive the movie, a cleverly structured comic thriller rich with narrative trickery and macabre humor..." |
| 11. |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...another of the Tavianis' nesting surprises. The film, which won the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, is a box of tricks that keeps on giving." |
| 12. |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...cerebral, mournful.... a racing torrent of ideas, beautiful, grotesque, chilling, freaky, defiantly resistant to simplification and endlessly debatable." |
| 13. |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "...bittersweet.... If you want to look for it, you'll find a layer of metaphor and social-realist commentary amid the gentle, life-affirming laughs." |
| 14. |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "The film's inspiration seems to come not from 'Hud' or 'Giant' but 'Peyton Place' and sensationalist daytime soaps.... singularly unconvincing..." |
| 15. |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "Assayas renders the story's adult supporting players and half-formed, questing protagonists with equal detail and evenhanded sympathy." |
| 16. |
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05/10/13 |
Moderate |
 "...dishwater dull.... Luhrmann has turned an exquisitely told story of doomed romance into a 3-D production with all the depth of a pop-up book." |
| 17. |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...the adventure is achievement enough, and there's much to admire in a man who never veered from the course he set." |
| 18. |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...great fun for movie geeks, cleverly borrowing vignettes from Kubrick's work and elsewhere to illustrate its theories.... does plug into 'The Shining's' mesmerizing power." |
| 19. |
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05/03/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "If only good intentions made up for heavy-handed dramatics." |
| 20. |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "No information was forthcoming from the locals until one ventured, 'maybe some Jews hid there'... Nicola unearthed an amazing chapter in WWII history." |
