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08/26/09 |
Very Good |
"...this real-life drama and its vast setting demand to be experienced on the big, instead of the little screen -- men go overboard, skiffs go missing, and the long arm of the law threatens in this lean, sharply directed film." |
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07/29/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...would be just another disposable, albeit touching, distraction if its subtext didn't hint that growing old in this ageist society is a bitch." |
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07/15/09 |
Good |
"Despite this tri-part farcical thriller's plot construction, some hackneyed dialogue and actorial mugging, you can't help but eagerly anticipate the finale, when Montias brings his intersecting storylines together." |
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07/09/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...the jump cuts and nonlinear narrative are gratuitously stylish..." |
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04/09/09 |
Excellent |
"Broinowski seems as captivated by Khouri's cunning and charisma as her victims were... one of 'Forbidden Lie$' deepest pleasures is watching Broinowski's struggle to resist her subject..." |