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03/13/09 |
Moderate |
 "...a diminishment of the original. The film doesn't really have a plot. It's more of a premise, cartoonishly executed." |
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04/03/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...supercharged in a style that recalls Mel Gibson's apocalyptic classic, 'The Road Warrior.' The characters are more than cartoonish, and the plot grips the road." |
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06/19/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...dopey but resourceful... The actors make a surprisingly effective comic team, with Black's manic energy trampolining off Cera's deflated passivity..." |
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08/08/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A brazen, earsplitting, eye-popping action extravaganza." |
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08/21/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "For a time, it has the charm of a 'Goonies' set in the anything-goes CGI era. Then the cracks emerge." |
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08/21/09 |
Weak |
 "...must be a family affair because there's no way Ben Stiller or Jason Schwartzman would get involved in a project this dreadful unless they were doing a favor for a relative." |
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09/26/09 |
Weak |
 "...riddled with inconsistencies and unanswered questions. Such as: Why was this mess made?" |
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10/02/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The only notable acting going on here is Jennifer Garner's.... Garner is eerily convincing as a naif who believes everything she is told." |
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10/09/09 |
Moderate |
 "...introduces its cardboard characters and sets up the plot efficiently and with a fair degree of wit.... The story and the humor get progressively skimpier..." |
| 10. |
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10/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...deeply affecting... Filmmaker Kristopher Belman was determined to tell a different, more personal kind of story. And that is what gives 'More Than a Game' its power." |
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10/23/09 |
Very Good |
 "The tone is surreal, at once visceral and clinical, making 'Bronson' an unsettling experience: savage, disturbing, and yet somehow fascinating." |
| 12. |
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11/20/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "However obvious, 'The Blind Side' is touching... Praise the Lord and roll the credits." |
| 13. |
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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..." |
| 14. |
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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." |
| 15. |
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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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02/26/10 |
Moderate |
 "...will make a reliably fun companion when it's on cable... 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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04/01/11 |
Moderate |
 "...gives the audience a lot to chew on. But very little of it is digestible." |
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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." |
| 20. |
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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." |
