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01/20/08 |
Very Good |
"Malkovich conveys the admirable fiber and resilience of a once-great. Colin Hanks also distills the inner mettle of the affable, but resolute Troy." |
| 2. |
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01/20/08 |
Moderate |
"...the film's cavalier verbal excesses and posings are countered by the two fine lead performances. Tucci, flexing an epicene machismo... Clarkson taps underlying truths and insights." |
| 3. |
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01/22/08 |
Excellent |
"...reverential and smart... Rawson Marshall Thurber has captured the essence of the coming-of-age novel.... It's the players that invigorate the film..." |
| 4. |
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01/22/08 |
Excellent |
"...tech contributions are masterful. Christophe Beck's score is aptly whimsical and fearsome... Bobby Bukowski's smart visual compositions are similarly succinct." |
| 5. |
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01/25/08 |
Outstanding |
"...a stirring glimpse of the ongoing emotional ordeal of a Jewish family... a vivid and unsparing family portrait..." |
| 6. |
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05/18/08 |
Moderate |
"Although director Alejandro Chomski has crafted a hard-edged social statement, that vision is muddled by the story's generic histrionics and pat predictability." |
| 7. |
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05/20/08 |
Outstanding |
"The Catholic Church and the royal family are skewered. Davies does not pull punches, but it's obvious that they are inspired by his deep love for the people of Liverpool." |
| 8. |
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05/21/08 |
Outstanding |
"In this big-small story, we appreciate that Odd is on a personal quest more harrowing and acute than faced by the common superhero." |
| 9. |
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10/31/08 |
Moderate |
"Although his storytelling is ambitious and generally well wrought, filmmaker Robert Celestino rolls the story dice too hard: Ultimately, the film turns up Hallmark..." |
| 10. |
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01/17/09 |
Excellent |
"...a universal entertainment buoyed by Cuaron's gifted storytelling and realized by the charismatic lead performances of Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal." |
| 11. |
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01/18/09 |
Very Good |
"...springs out with an emotional verve... Highest marks to Emily Abt -- who wrote, directed and produced -- for her perceptive and scorching portrait of teenage friendship." |
| 12. |
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01/18/09 |
Excellent |
"...a stunning fete, drawing an audience into a comprehensive film about grief.... transcends a clinical depiction of grief, which in less assured hands could have morphed into a talking-heads essay." |
| 13. |
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01/19/09 |
Poor |
"...dunderheaded delirium... dimwitted ditty." |
| 14. |
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01/20/09 |
Outstanding |
"...based on the sincere dreams and frustrations of its teenage characters. It embraces their anxieties, dreams and youthful valor." |
| 15. |
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01/21/09 |
Outstanding |
"...has no bounds. It's a disturbing, overwhelming story of one Harlem girl's merciless degradations..." |
| 16. |
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01/22/09 |
Outstanding |
"...an endearing, smart social satire and better yet an engaging glimpse into one lost soul's return to his humanity, one laced with droll dialogue as well as acerbic wit." |
| 17. |
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01/25/09 |
Very Good |
"Dark and engrossing... it's evident from the football particulars and story line in this well-executed entertainment that Siegel is a knowledgeable football fan." |
| 18. |
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01/26/09 |
Very Good |
"...well-assembled... Cloned smartly from trusted story forms... converges a frontier saga with an escape mechanism. sci-fi thriller." |
| 19. |
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04/06/09 |
Good |
"...opens up a window into the advertising world, unveiling the cast of creative characters who have composed some of the most successful ad campaigns." |
| 20. |
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05/16/09 |
Very Good |
"...a well-stirred titillation that will appeal to twentysomething audiences and movie-buff viewers... the protagonist, while flawed, is completely likable and honorable." |