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03/30/12 |
Weak |
 "There's a distressing amount of faux-mythology you're supposed to digest.... Rarely has a film so equally balanced macho and nacho..." |
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02/24/12 |
Weak |
 "...lacks the most basic filmic technique of personalizing the battle. Sound meets fury. In a neutral setting. Shouldn't our SEALs at least get home-screen advantage?" |
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02/03/12 |
Moderate |
 "...it contains only one rather small plot twist. And this is a movie that could have used bushels." |
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01/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...while its thoroughness is laudable, its pacing is deadly. And the events and attitudes depicted already have become curiously passe in less than a decade." |
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01/21/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "There's not much to this movie beyond a slick procession of dark, gleaming violence. But Selene lovers would pay good 3D money to see her fight a parking ticket." |
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12/09/11 |
Moderate |
 "...too effervescent to be truly disappointing, but it's certainly not intoxicating, either.... The party is over in this film long before the ball drops on this 'New Year's Eve.' " |
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08/12/11 |
Very Good |
 "You loved the TV show. You downloaded all the music. You went to the sold out arena tour. Now thrill to 'Glee The 3D Concert Movie.' " |
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08/05/11 |
Moderate |
 "Director Lee Tamahori tries to top off this already long Arab immorality tale with gratuitous swirls of romance and heroism.... Spare us the phony redemption." |
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07/08/11 |
Weak |
 "The film would be a moth-eaten mess without the wisecracking animals. Not that it's funny with them." |
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BuckPhiladelphia Inquirer |
06/24/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Brannaman is a fascinating character, but 'Buck' is so tightly focused that only avid horse lovers will find it appealing." |
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06/10/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a film that's energetic but not entirely engaging, fun but never truly funny.... The frivolity feels strained." |
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ThorPhiladelphia Inquirer |
05/06/11 |
Moderate |
 "Maybe IMAX will lend 'Thor' the grandeur it thorly lacks. Because as fanciful as the source materials are, as rich the mythology, this is a thudding failure of imagination." |
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04/08/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a studiously sincere docudrama about Matt 'The Hammer' Hamill, a member of the NCAA Wrestling Hall of Fame, the first deaf man to win a national title.... Neither artful nor pretty... more congestively melodramatic than a Hallmark Channel TV movie." |
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04/08/11 |
Weak |
 "The aquatic and surf scenes are spectacular. The story, a clichéed climb to inspiration.... more parable than plot." |
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04/08/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The quips fly fast and fetchingly through the first part of this frothy comedy.... The last part slogs under an unfortunate burden of sentiment and sincerity." |
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04/01/11 |
Moderate |
 "...gives the audience a lot to chew on. But very little of it is digestible." |
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02/26/10 |
Moderate |
 "...let's grant that it will make a reliably fun companion when it's on cable 10 times a week. But it's not worth shelling out cineplex money for a comedy that gets its biggest laugh from a crotch kick." |
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02/05/10 |
Poor |
 "How do you make a decent thriller from this premise: three people stuck in a chairlift at a deserted ski resort? You don't." |
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12/25/09 |
Moderate |
 "Alvin, Theodore and Simon are going to have to get by on their charm and chittering voices this time, because there's not much else to recommend this follow-up." |
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12/11/09 |
Poor |
 "The entire enterprise seems hopelessly dated (Morgan Fairchild jokes?), familiar (Heimlich maneuver gags?), and fatuous. It's an empty idea stretched out painfully..." |
