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09/18/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Andrew Haigh's sensitive, unfailingly aware feature isn't a fearless repudiation of the 'meet cute' archetype, but rather a bold, specific revision: 'meet right.' " |
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09/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...bureaucratic leaders concerned with making good on a promise to eradicate poverty are instead working to dismantle the visual reminders, not the malady itself..." |
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05/20/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...may not quite manage to canonize the diner, at least not to flyover country, but it sure makes it sound like a good meal and a great time." |
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11/08/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a lightly acerbic look at Soviet communism's waning years... both affectionate and skeptical." |
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09/06/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "For anyone who would insist the life experiences inform the performer's art, 'Genius Within' doesn't offer much to support Gould's mystique." |
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08/16/12 |
Moderate |
 "...death hangs over the entire production... Whitney Houston's death is just about the only thing that gives it real, albeit mostly unintentional, life." |
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08/06/12 |
Moderate |
 "...focuses on faith as the siren song that seduces those who ought to know the score... 'This Time,' at 111 minutes, refuses to get to the point." |
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09/18/11 |
Moderate |
 "...focuses far too much on the club's downfall and not nearly enough on what attracted its denizens there in the first place, managing only to preach to the choir..." |
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07/26/11 |
Moderate |
 "...the first half's guiltless sexuality -- despite some nice, wish-fulfilling character sketches -- seems unintentionally and queasily 'validated' by the events that follow... the tragedy of AIDS is exploited for the sake of dramatic irony." |
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06/22/11 |
Weak |
 "...dimly plays out like a waking daymare Alexander Payne thought up... resorts to depressingly cheap mistaken-identity shenanigans and raunchy 'he-milk' gags." |
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12/05/12 |
Poor |
 "...the movie seems to be positioning as an upper-class 'Bad News Bears' before realizing it would rather focus on their selfish parents." |
