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05/21/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...deftly crafted, highly engaging.... offers a satisfying, poignant, and authentic portrait of bohemia..." |
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05/17/13 |
Excellent |
 "...represents Coppola's best work since the Oscar-winning 'Lost in Translation'.... Very much a zeitgeist film... Coppola has coaxed fresh performances from her cast..." |
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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "...the stunts have gotten bigger, and locations more exotic... the core characters and the basic relationships have remained the same, following a formulaic structure." |
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05/13/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...fully realized, emotionally astute... more than justifies the continuation of this distinctly (and distinctively) American romantic adventure and endless talk fest..." |
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05/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...original, ambitious, and inspirational.... a formally elegant, personal, and even transformative documentary that presents a complex labyrinth of tales..." |
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05/09/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a jazzy postmodern spectacle, a presumably corrective and revisionist version that actually misinterprets the essence of Fitzgerald's novel.... sharply uneven..." |
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05/04/13 |
Excellent |
 "The relationship between Kirk and Spock, a prototypical bromance that was an entertaining element of the previous film, now gets further elaboration.... well-crafted..." |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "Chism stuffs her screenplay with genuine quirkiness and plenty of black cultural references to make 'Peeples' seem original enough in places." |
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05/03/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the movie is not sentimental but the narrative is schematically and utterly naïve in its upbeat philosophy that, no matter how wounded you are, life goes on." |
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05/02/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Walks a fine line between eurotrash and art film, a legit Vampire tale and a gory midnight fare... seldom finds its right narrative veins -- or tone..." |
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04/24/13 |
Poor |
 "This movie has a sick, ugly heart.... it is much like one of the crimes that its story describes: poorly planned, poorly carried out, and wholly disturbing." |
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04/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...sharply made... inventively combines a boys' adventure, mystery and elegiac portrait of a past remembered.... Jeff Nichols proves to be a superb visual storyteller." |
| 13. |
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04/16/13 |
Excellent |
 "...deliciously twisted... darkly humorous... Ozon has always favored strong actresses in the same way that Almodovar loves his Spanish female characters and actors." |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
0513998.jpg) "In its good moments, the film delivers the thrills and frills expected of sci-fi adventure.... In its bad moments, it is close to being incoherent, ponderous, and pretentious..." |
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04/11/13 |
Excellent |
 "...thrillingly twisted.... Courageously and provocatively delves into the unknown, mysterious domain of human subconsciousness in a boldly cinematic mode..." |
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04/10/13 |
Good |
 "...somewhat schmaltzy... Chadwick Boseman gives a promising performance that shows a more intelligent Robinson than the screenplay allows for." |
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04/08/13 |
Moderate |
 "The best element is its glorious cast.... But the screenplay is so flawed and the direction so restrained (if not stale) that overall this is a major artistic disappointment." |
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04/03/13 |
Good |
 "...not as good or impressive as the 1981 original, but it's a decent one, likely to satisfy the die-hard fans of Raimi as well as a new generation of horror aficionados." |
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04/01/13 |
Moderate |
 "...the subject might have been more suitable for a mini-series or a novel rather than a single feature.... suffers from an overly serious, earnest tone, lacking irony and subtlety." |
| 20. |
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03/29/13 |
Poor |
 "...pure trash, a silly, manipulative picture that tries to pass as a morality play for our troubled times, but is not good enough even for a late night episode on serial TV..." |
