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05/17/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...despite the novel premise, 'Hysteria' feels as though it's going through the motions as the filmmakers strain to deliver one of those blithe little costume charmers..." |
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04/26/12 |
Weak |
 "...the worst Jason Statham movie since the last Jason Statham movie, carrying on the bargain-budget action star's tradition of building a body of work out of, well, dead bodies." |
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04/24/12 |
Weak |
 "...an unimaginative mess whose superficial appropriations of Poe's devilish yarns are deeply unworthy of the author.... offers up one of the dullest mass murderers ever." |
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03/15/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are surprisingly amusing together... more enjoyable than most of Hollywood's unimaginative remakes and updates." |
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03/09/12 |
Weak |
 "...a thin, pointless idea with dumb slapstick and pratfalls and a lot of wordless mugging by Murphy, who proves he can be just as insufferable when he's not talking as when he is." |
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02/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "Slow, stately, gentle and meditative... a marvel of image and color, its old-fashioned pen-and-ink frames vividly bringing to life the world of children's author Mary Norton's 'The Borrowers'.... delightful..." |
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02/09/12 |
Weak |
 "...the presence of actors as good as Caine and Guzman only highlights how dreadful and dumb the banter is... If only the movie had the hint of a brain." |
| 8. |
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02/03/12 |
Weak |
 "...poorly conceived, awkwardly orchestrated... The images have the sheen of a really grand music video or perfume commercial, and the movie has about as much insight." |
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12/22/11 |
Moderate |
 "A cloying exercise in sentimentality... As everyone works through their pain, it all sounds so sweet and life-affirming. Yet it feels so extremely soppy and incredibly phony." |
| 10. |
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12/15/11 |
Very Good |
 "Maybe making cartoons ['The Incredibles,' 'Ratatouille,' 'The Iron Giant'] has expanded director Brad Bird's conception of what's possible in a live film." |
| 11. |
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12/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...stark but enthralling... an ideal match of filmmaker and material.... Fincher gives screenwriter Steven Zaillian room to let the story and characters reveal themselves slowly." |
| 12. |
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12/08/11 |
Weak |
 "...other than Jonah Hill's admirable work ethic trying to squeeze laughs out of this dismally underdeveloped scenario, 'The Sitter' has nothing going for it." |
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11/22/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a very welcome return... a healthy, dizzy dose of childlike bliss, the songs campy but catchy, the humor corny but clever, the cast -- both human and Muppet -- one of the most lovable gangs you'll ever spend time with at the pictures..." |
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11/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...has the old-fashioned spirit of Christmas at heart, spinning a snowflake-light tale with warmth, energy and goofy humor.... the visual gags will carry youngsters along, while there are plenty of clever wisecracks to keep their parents occupied." |
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11/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...delivers the key ingredients that made its predecessor such a hit: lovable characters... Pitt's Will the Krill and Damon's Bill the Krill are so engaging they deserve their own buddy-comedy spinoff." |
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10/13/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a repetitive assault of gross creature effects and action done far better in John Carpenter's 1982 version, the first two 'Alien' films and a lot of other flicks..." |
| 17. |
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10/06/11 |
Weak |
 "...dresses up a bad idea -- robots boxing -- with all the computer effects and heavy-metal action that Hollywood can buy.... horribly predictable..." |
| 18. |
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09/29/11 |
Weak |
 "...a one-note, feature-length gag about a woman's sudden fixation that she's slept around too much and that one of those former partners must have been her perfect mate." |
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08/25/11 |
Moderate |
 "...savage and ugly as the tiny monsters are, they're not as frightening as the filmmakers would have you believe. These wee beasties are not all that interesting, either, and frankly, neither is the movie." |
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08/09/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...popular big-screen entertainment at its best. Provocative without turning preachy, tender without tumbling into sentimentality... above all enormously enjoyable." |
