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09/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...as puckish as its subject, so steeped in artist Wayne White's creative juices that it makes you want to go straight home and start making things." |
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09/03/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...makes you wonder about every beautiful woman who's ever stared out from a publication, poster, or billboard, looking sophisticated and self-assured." |
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03/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...playfully self-reflective... a serious but never somber offering from a member of the Brooklyn boheme 2.0 generation.... smart, funny, and beautiful..." |
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09/26/12 |
Very Good |
 "...complex and ambitious.... homes in on just how emergency rooms function as primary care practitioners for the vast majority of our country's uninsured." |
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04/26/12 |
Very Good |
 "...surprisingly slow-moving and soulful for a film full of double-crosses and cold-blooded killing.... At the same time, it feels brand new..." |
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04/23/12 |
Very Good |
 "...emotionally simple but structurally complex... conveys not just the damage done to the lovers, but the way that damage ripples down through generations..." |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...the role makes Julie Delpy, who also co-wrote the part she played in Richard Linklater's 'Before Sunrise and Before Sunset,' a 21st-century Annie Hall..." |
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04/23/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...uses the perils of immigrating to this country without papers as a backdrop for a poor white American woman's bumpy path to enlightenment.... well-meaning..." |
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03/25/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Will Dennis learn to stand up for himself? Will Toi stick around long enough to find out? Judging by the gasps at the screening I attended, everyone sure hoped so." |
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08/13/12 |
Poor |
 "...airless... Peter Hedges keeps things resolutely somber and moralistic, leaching the premise of nearly all its magic.... as unreal as that eerily perfect little boy." |
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11/16/12 |
Poor |
 "...too often tries to compensate for weak visuals by leaning on steroidal sounds... As one of the kids succinctly puts it: 'Dude, we're living Call of Duty. And it sucks.' " |
