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12/22/11 |
Weak |
 "...marked by a desperate eagerness to please.... made me glad to return from Cameron Crowe's world to the real world, where things aren't quite so simple." |
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12/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...exhibits a control of action imagery -- a mastery of bodies moving through space -- that rivals any non-animated film I've ever seen." |
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12/08/11 |
Very Good |
 "...doesn't fully work, but it's still one of the year's most memorable movies... a ruthless portrait of a heroine with a serious love/loathe relationship with herself." |
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12/02/11 |
Good |
 "It's easy to see this film as shallow or exploitative.... But I think Leigh's going after something weirder than titillation." |
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11/23/11 |
Poor |
 "...tonally incoherent... both overlong and understuffed. I lived a thousand lifetimes watching it, and died a thousand deaths." |
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09/28/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...mostly succeeds as a movie about a young man fighting cancer that doesn't give in to sap or sentiment. While it's often quite funny, it's more often angry..." |
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06/29/11 |
Fair |
 "...for all Bay's blowhard douchebagginess, he's a masterful maker of images.... The plot? Come on, are you really going to do this to me?" |
| 8. |
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01/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a brilliantly conceived documentary, one with uncommon respect for -- and understanding of -- its subject's life and art." |
| 9. |
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01/28/11 |
Very Good |
 "Yes, it's well acted and frequently touching. But it's the thoughtful, tasteful indie-film version. It's not exactly Barney's version." |
| 10. |
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01/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "An improbable, compelling saga." |
| 11. |
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01/14/11 |
Very Good |
 "Well done, Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry. You made a superhero movie for people who thought 'The Dark Knight' needed to lighten up." |
| 12. |
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01/05/11 |
Very Good |
 "Elia Suleiman's a more assured director than he is a comedian. But individual, Tati-worthy gags still have great power... a potent film." |
| 13. |
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12/17/10 |
Weak |
 "Hey, Boo Boo! Zzzzzzzz..." |
| 14. |
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11/24/10 |
Good |
 "...unusually attuned to the emotional frequencies of mothers and daughters... When it strays from its filial drama, it is mostly unsurprising, though not without its charms." |
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11/24/10 |
Weak |
 "By the end of this underwritten wanna-B movie, only the black-and-white muscle car is left standing with its dignity intact.... awfully simple-minded." |
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11/17/10 |
Good |
 "For die-hard fans of the novels, the movie's haste is merely aggravating. But casual viewers might well tune out the details and just enjoy the scenery." |
| 17. |
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11/03/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a portrait of American ingenuity, with Franco's likable, practical performance at its heart.... a smartly chosen, intuitively delivered performance..." |
| 18. |
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11/03/10 |
Excellent |
 "Is director Chris Morris tweaking the untweakable by choreographing a farce around terrorists killing innocent Londoners? Sure, but not, it seems, as a political stance: He's breaking taboos because broken taboos can be hilarious." |
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10/27/10 |
Fair |
 "...underwritten... Try as Stewart might, she can't turn this Manic Trixie Nightmare Girl into a real person.... Though dull, the relationship between Doug and Mallory can be sweet, and Scott directs unobtrusively and has a nice eye for detail." |
| 20. |
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10/27/10 |
Poor |
 "How else to get across how haphazard this whole enterprise is? Describe its incompetent action choreography? Mention the lame cameos by Rupert Everett, Eileen Atkins, and Martin Freeman? Post an Mp3 of the score, all honking saxophones and wheezing accordions?" |
