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| 1. |
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04/30/12 |
Poor |
 "...unwittingly funny... Movies this bad need to be revered in public places. Go see it in a mall, and try to sneak a beer or two in with you." |
| 2. |
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04/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...takes physical comedy to levels of intricacy not seen since silent movies. The bodies get pretzelled together, limbs and heads intertwined, the three men working as a unit." |
| 3. |
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04/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...leisurely, episodic but pungent, densely populated, consistently funny, and in the Apatovian spirit, foulmouthed yet tenderhearted." |
| 4. |
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04/30/12 |
Good |
 "...an odd movie -- mild in tone and circumspect, yet darkly funny... a smart movie, with a mordant satirical edge, but Linklater almost falls victim to his own sense of authenticity." |
| 5. |
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04/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an emotional adventure guided by superb craftsmanship... the encounters with India are soulful and momentous..." |
| 6. |
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04/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable... The echoes of this intricately wrought movie go on forever... nothing has exploded on the screen in recent years as violently as that mad quarrel in a tiny room - a room that is Israel itself." |
| 7. |
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04/09/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...intelligent and sensitively made... [but] the movie is so discreet and respectful that, outside the classroom, within whose walls the glory of French literature and language triumph, it never quite comes to life." |
| 8. |
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03/26/12 |
Very Good |
 "...moving... At times, the movie becomes a wistful idyll of rural American childhood under threat. Violence hangs in the air." |
| 9. |
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03/26/12 |
Weak |
 "I certainly have no quarrel with the casting.... But the rest of 'The Hunger Games' is pretty much a disaster -- disjointed, muffled, and even, at times, boring.... an evasive, baffling, unexciting production..." |
| 10. |
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03/19/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a sombre and powerful movie.... Rachel Weisz is extremely moving.... It's stern and noble, very much in the Rattigan spirit." |
| 11. |
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03/19/12 |
Poor |
 "...too many battles, too many creatures, too many redundant episodes.... we don't care who the hero is, because he seems too dreamy to care much himself." |
| 12. |
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02/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...moderately enjoyable, in its exhausting way." |
| 13. |
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02/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...often funny and stirring, but as you are watching you know what the game will lead to; dictatorships are not known for their sense of humor." |
| 14. |
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02/27/12 |
Good |
 "...as broad and obvious as 'Wanderlust' is, it's often very funny." |
| 15. |
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02/06/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...wrenching... you feel the constriction and the disgust of the life below, but director Agnieszka Holland, pacing the film well, knows when to come up for air." |
| 16. |
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02/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a mildly experimental commercial film, and, for the most part, it's loose-limbed fun... [until] it becomes a cautionary tale..." |
| 17. |
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01/23/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has no greater ambition than to engage our dreams of behaving badly." |
| 18. |
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01/23/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a divertissement; it's lightweight and almost meaningless except for the fights, which are extraordinarily violent." |
| 19. |
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01/23/12 |
Moderate |
 "Normally, Wiseman finds humanity in people we're reluctant to look at. This time, he shows us gorgeous people, but never gets beneath the surface. [He] seems to have found a paragon but lost his sense of humor and proportion." |
| 20. |
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01/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "At the craft level, the movie is skillful. Yet whimsy and sentimentality blight whatever is good in it." |
