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05/23/13 |
Poor |
 "...an odd little vanity project... all we get in this extended publicity stunt is clichéd filmmaking, stilted performances and a self-aggrandizing hero." |
| 2. |
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05/23/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Plimpton recorded many of these adventures in books that are well worth seeking out.... Tom Bean and Luke Poling have assembled a delightful cheat sheet." |
| 3. |
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05/17/13 |
Weak |
 "...undistinguished... Eckhart settles into full-on, no-nonsense mode, dispatching various villains with the sort of cool calculation that makes Liam Neeson look emotive." |
| 4. |
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05/17/13 |
Poor |
 "...sappy, atonal... not even Guy Pearce can save a movie that's too heavy for young viewers and too sentimental for sophisticated ones." |
| 5. |
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05/17/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...somber, intelligent... Stéphanie Sokolinski, a French pop singer better known at home as Soko, is fully in tune with Alice Winocour's sharp vision." |
| 6. |
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05/10/13 |
Weak |
 "...unabashedly flashy... amid all the seductively gaudy excess, DiCaprio finds both the heart and hurt buried within one of literature's everlasting enigmas." |
| 7. |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "...there is something genuinely endearing about its earnest ineptitude.... There's not much that can kindly be said about either the goofy script or awkward direction." |
| 8. |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "...as entertaining as it is to watch Mickey Rourke adopt a strange accent and swan around in sarongs as an eccentric jewel thief, it's also a little depressing." |
| 9. |
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05/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The filmmakers remain admirably unbiased, a rarity in biographical documentaries. They neither worship nor vilify their subject, but allow her to define herself on her own..." |
| 10. |
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05/10/13 |
Weak |
 "Tina Gordon Chism rejects any notions of subtlety, either in the comedy or the weirdly heavy-handed messages about masculinity." |
| 11. |
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05/03/13 |
Excellent |
 "...set to a meticulously chosen soundtrack.... so sensitively observed that it simultaneously evokes a universal, and eternal, state of adolescence..." |
| 12. |
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05/03/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Some will embrace this movie as a feature-length love letter, while others will see only a brazen advertisement for the titular department store.... indisputably attractive..." |
| 13. |
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05/03/13 |
Poor |
 "What a total waste. Each of Deborah Anderson's thoughtful and eloquent subjects has something worthwhile to say. Here's hoping they'll find another director..." |
| 14. |
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05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "...disappointing... We get neither the wistful radiance of, say, 'Under the Tuscan Sun,' nor the campy amusements of 'Mamma Mia!' itself." |
| 15. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...visually resplendent.... the performances are solid.... we get a historical analogy here, a moment of magical realism there. But where, we have to ask, is all the poetry?" |
| 16. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...told in stubbornly straightforward style. But the story is so complex, and the central performance so strong, that the movie remains compelling all the way through." |
| 17. |
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04/26/13 |
Poor |
 "...muddy, low-grade... Malin Akerman does work hard to keep up the energy level. John Cusack, though, seems bored by the superficial proceedings..." |
| 18. |
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04/26/13 |
Weak |
 "It's interesting to watch such an exaggerated and unnatural creation. But, like so much of the movie, it never really feels organic." |
| 19. |
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04/26/13 |
Weak |
 "Given their 22-year age difference, it's no surprise the leads generate few sparks." |
| 20. |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Neither Claude nor Ozon comes up with a satisfying finish.... But because they're both so committed to seducing their audience, it's a lot of fun watching them try." |
