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12/21/12 |
Poor |
 "...slack and dull, with every point of exposition delivered in triplicate and every twist telegraphed... McQuarrie isn't nearly a good enough director to save the material." |
| 2. |
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12/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...excruciatingly well-made... Naomi Watts' presence is so forceful that her character registers as a real person throughout, despite looking, most of the time, like a corpse." |
| 3. |
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12/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a sharp romantic comedy... well-observed... If all the plot points sound pedestrian, well, I guess they are.... sweet and sympathetic..." |
| 4. |
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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." |
| 7. |
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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." |
| 8. |
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11/24/11 |
Poor |
 "...a shit show.... In 117 minutes 'Breaking Dawn' lurches from erotic awakening to sex farce to body horror..." |
| 9. |
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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." |
| 10. |
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09/29/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...intermingles anonymous tragedy with blunt comedy, but uneasily -- in a way that suggests that though it's OK to laugh, we shouldn't exactly feel good about it." |
| 11. |
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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..." |
| 12. |
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06/30/11 |
Fair |
 "A bunch of robots fight a bunch of other robots, and you can't tell which are the good robots and which are the bad robots because they all look alike, you robot racist." |
| 13. |
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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?" |
| 14. |
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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." |
| 15. |
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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." |
| 16. |
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01/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "An improbable, compelling saga." |
| 17. |
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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." |
| 18. |
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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." |
| 19. |
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12/17/10 |
Weak |
 "Hey, Boo Boo! Zzzzzzzz..." |
| 20. |
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11/25/10 |
Good |
 "The movie's real accomplishments are in its look... warm and rich as a painting." |
