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03/29/12 |
Weak |
 "...an unexpected pairing of director Tarsem Singh and material that is no less perplexing even after sitting through this mishmash." |
| 2. |
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03/28/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a potent social-outreach tool that deserves to be seen as widely as possible.... someone should go beat some sense into the MPAA." |
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03/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...seems less like a movie than a video game waiting to happen.... never much more than a hollow exercise in self-reflexive cleverness that's not nearly as ingenious as it seems to think." |
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02/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a captivating seriocomedy... even at its most predictable, the winning characterizations and soulful insights into aging keep the handsome film on a warmly satisfying track." |
| 5. |
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02/17/12 |
Poor |
 "A flavorless literary adaptation sunk by a lead actor, screenwriter and co-directors that are all out of their depth." |
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01/24/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the establishing scenes have terrific energy and humor... But the tonally inconsistent movie steadily acquires an odor of toxicity as the laughs become more mean-spirited." |
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01/23/12 |
Moderate |
 "...rambles through almost two hours of unfocused drama, burdened with endless didactic editorializing, before lurching out of nowhere into ugly revelations and violence." |
| 8. |
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01/12/12 |
Weak |
 "All the ingredients are here for another juicy fashion insider film, but this Halston portrait is diminished by a clueless fame whore determined to wedge himself into the story." |
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11/27/11 |
Good |
 "...it doesn't dodge the potholes of earnest sentimentality... But the uplifting tale has heart, humanity and a warmly empathetic central performance from Matt Damon." |
| 10. |
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11/23/11 |
Good |
 "Meryl Streep is riveting.... a humanizing, at times touchingly sentimental drama, its most persuasive moments often outside the political arena.... a soft-focus portrait." |
| 11. |
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11/16/11 |
Good |
 "Debuting writer-director David Pomes brings grimy authenticity and a sustained sense of dread to this bleak but well-acted drama.... trains an unblinking gaze on the scourge of crystal meth afflicting rural America..." |
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11/10/11 |
Poor |
 "...witless and sloppily constructed, getting by on fart gags, homeless jokes, Latino stereotypes and that old favorite, explosive chimichanga diarrhea -- and no, not in an inspired 'Bridesmaids' way." |
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10/20/11 |
Weak |
 "A tired tale of covert elements within the CIA and FBI... attempts to slap a gritty edge and a modern veneer of national-security paranoia onto a storyline with echoes of vintage Frederick Forsyth or John le Carre." |
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10/09/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Michelle doing Marilyn is something to see, but nothing else here matches her for charm or inspiration." |
| 15. |
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09/30/11 |
Poor |
 "...inert... hackneyed... the crescendo of violence and danger in the inorganic final act, as the true villains step forward, is too silly and over-plotted to fuel either suspense or shocks." |
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09/16/11 |
Good |
 "...an unsettling slice of gripping first-person horror.... most mesmerizing element here is Gretchen Lodge, who makes Molly's retreat into solitude and unreachable madness both affecting and demonic." |
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09/15/11 |
Fair |
 "...an atmospheric psychological horror hybrid that samples from a lot of genre staples without fully committing to any of them.... it falls apart in trying to steer this nightmare out of dark fantasy into the cold light of logic." |
| 18. |
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09/12/11 |
Good |
 "Not nearly as outrageous or unconventional as its premise might suggest, but saucy and enjoyable all the same." |
| 19. |
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09/12/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...as frustrating as it is beguiling... literally a series of locked doors, dead-end corridors and nightmarish repetitions that becomes more laborious to follow the nearer Ulysses gets to his destination." |
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09/12/11 |
Fair |
 "...a well-intentioned but pedestrian retelling of a stirring true story.... overlong film trudges through decades of turbulent recent history via an approach that's part old-fashioned miniseries and part simplistic after-school special." |
