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05/04/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...there's something lacking in what Foster ultimately brings to this material.... the film certainly ends up being what you'd call a conversation starter." |
| 2. |
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05/05/11 |
Poor |
 "But wait! 'Something Borrowed' has a whole other hour and a half to fill!" |
| 3. |
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05/05/11 |
Poor |
 "...a confusing motion picture.... confusing because it's been getting reasonably favorable word of mouth despite the fact that it's a lot of crap." |
| 4. |
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05/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "...viewers who aren't in tune with Wiig's particular brand of awkward-annoyance humor won't have as good a time as viewers who relish it..." |
| 5. |
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05/16/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...an absolutely terrific film, fleet and brisk and as charming as it wants to be. The jokes are largely solid and sometimes inspired..." |
| 6. |
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05/16/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...starts out briskly enough, with a couple of good action routines... [but] bogs down in the seemingly infinite twists and bits of business leading up to the climax..." |
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05/20/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...if you open yourself to the film, it will get inside of you, and work on you, and make you wonder... If that's not the sign of a masterpiece, I don't know what is." |
| 8. |
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05/26/11 |
Poor |
 "...a sour and ostensibly humorous fable... Unless you are laughing, which depends on your sense of humor, it gets kind of wearing. And I have to confess: I wasn't laughing." |
| 9. |
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06/01/11 |
Excellent |
 "...discursive, thickly textured, densely allusive quasi-essay films filled with trenchant observations, plangent complaints, and the torturing of thematic bedbugs..." |
| 10. |
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06/01/11 |
Poor |
 "...relentless in its piling on of snappy effects -- perfectly frozen freeze-frames, 'quirky' mismatches of narration and image... 'The Graduate' going through steroid psychosis." |
| 11. |
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06/01/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a little bit like an early Bond film, albeit one filtered through the Marvel Comics ethos, which among other things means it's more earnest and character-driven... Ugh." |
| 12. |
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06/07/11 |
Very Good |
 "...begins to build intriguing intimations that stretch outside of its ostensible aren't-these-show-business-people-phony theme.... diverting entertainment." |
| 13. |
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06/08/11 |
Very Good |
 "...what's actually revealed isn't as interesting as it kind of promised to be... and it doesn't matter all that much.... it works because of, yes, its emotional commitment." |
| 14. |
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06/15/11 |
Weak |
 "...never adds up to a picture that's willing to forsake its transparently insincere and unnecessary patina of earnestness in order to deliver a just plain good time." |
| 15. |
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06/15/11 |
Poor |
 "Certain movies you look at and say, 'They don't make 'em like that anymore.' This movie made me ask, over and over again, 'Why are they still making 'em like this?' " |
| 16. |
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06/21/11 |
Excellent |
 "A light summer feast for the senses that will have the whole family vrooming, for sure." |
| 17. |
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06/21/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The best reason to consider seeing 'A Better Life' is the lead performance of Demián Bichir.... The second-best reason is the performance by José Julián..." |
| 18. |
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06/22/11 |
Excellent |
 "A refreshingly raucous comedy.... Its depiction of a variety of vicious fish trying to crowd one another out of a small pond is sharp enough to elevate it a bit..." |
| 19. |
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06/28/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...contains something like a half-dozen incredibly spectacular, and surprisingly enough, relatively coherent, action/suspense/blowing-stuff-up scenes..." |
| 20. |
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06/30/11 |
Very Good |
 "You'd have to be in a really bad mood to be put off by this picture's admittedly kind of unabashed eagerness to please." |
