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| 21. |
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03/22/12 |
Good |
 "...a laugh-out-loud, aptly titled comedy... Hong Kong comedy at its breeziest and most communicative." |
| 22. |
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03/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...struggles to rise above standard drug dealer/gangster fare and succeeds, but only in part, thanks to its strong cast lead by Richard Coyle." |
| 23. |
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02/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...engrossing.... neither sentimental nor sensationalistic, the film tells its story from the heart, and from the simple, straightforward viewpoint of young heroine Komona..." |
| 24. |
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02/14/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...charmingly eccentric... chooses to explore its characters without following narrative rules... And yet, fun as it generally is, there is something that doesn't quite click..." |
| 25. |
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02/09/12 |
Good |
 "...distanced but extraordinarily atmospheric... a visual joy, even while its tale of a lower class girl at court infatuated with the Queen of France labors to say something relevant." |
| 26. |
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12/15/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a hit-and-miss love story.... Few onscreen sparks fly between the attractive leads and the fragile love story quickly turns into a didactic exercise..." |
| 27. |
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11/26/11 |
Good |
 "...an unusual glimpse into Russia.... amusing... The overall effect is tragi-comic, even considering the dark events that bring the film to an unexpected dramatic climax." |
| 28. |
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09/22/11 |
Good |
 "...a tense, briskly paced genre thriller.... the rawness of Jose Coronado's standout performance adds needed dramatic grounding to his personal crusade." |
| 29. |
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09/22/11 |
Very Good |
 "...delightful and uplifting... immersed in a magical time that sometimes moves at the speed of a bullet train and sometimes passes very slowly..." |
| 30. |
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09/21/11 |
Very Good |
 "...draws on literature and writing for its inspiration... has a lot of the homegrown whimsy that animated Chilean writer-director Cristian Jimenez's first film, 'Optical Illusions.' " |
| 31. |
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09/05/11 |
Excellent |
 "...so visually absorbing, felicitous shot after shot, that its emotional coldness is noticed only at the end... a solid piece of thinking-man's entertainment..." |
| 32. |
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09/04/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a classic piece of Americana... a record of one woman's spirit, a celebration of her courage and determination in the face of financial and personal devastation..." |
| 33. |
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09/03/11 |
Excellent |
 "...has an inexplicable power to draw the viewer into its hermetic web of inhuman relationships.... a fine example of cinema of the absurd... a strictly intellectual game..." |
| 34. |
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09/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "Both winsome and sophisticated... unfolds like a rich Persian carpet woven of memories and nostalgia in a colorful fantasy Iran of 1958..." |
| 35. |
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09/02/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a visually lavish epic fantasy that happily marries the latest advances in CGI and action techniques with ancient Chinese fable and a Buddhist atmosphere." |
| 36. |
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09/01/11 |
Good |
 "Spectacular rain forest combat scenes are non-stop... authentic-feeling... Stunning to look at, authentic to a fault and a little tedious to follow for over two and a half hours..." |
| 37. |
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08/31/11 |
Good |
 "...shifts into a film noir mode which is not unpleasant, but certainly less than could have been hoped for by the film's piquant and original first half." |
| 38. |
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05/21/11 |
Good |
 "A long, slow haul but for the willing, a haunting journey into the heart of darkness in Turkish Anatolia." |
| 39. |
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05/20/11 |
Outstanding |
 "What can a talented, award-winning director do after being legally banned from making movies in his country?" |
| 40. |
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05/16/11 |
Very Good |
 "...elegiac... fascinates with its exquisite period atmosphere and repulses in its cruel spectacle of young women trapped in a life from which there is practically no exit." |
