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11/04/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...there are few surprises - except when Hernandez escapes in a canoe - and the absence of contributions from, say, Kodo drummers, makes the project feel a bit Western-centric." |
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01/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Superbly acted and crafted, with an ending that will provoke arguments... a great film that will haunt you." |
| 3. |
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12/10/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an immaculate directorial debut, each shot beautifully composed and art-directed.... But it's all a bit much. Couldn't there be a bit of ugliness somewhere?" |
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03/09/12 |
Poor |
 "Thanks to a weak script and Brian Robbins's direction, the film lurches from broad comedy to bathos." |
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06/10/10 |
Weak |
 "Weisz is one of the few film actors who could make her character's intellectual struggles convincing, but she gets little support from the others." |
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02/02/12 |
Weak |
 "Too bad the script doesn't travel to some more interesting places about gender and sexuality in a repressed era." |
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11/29/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Jude Law steals the picture with his pinched yet dignified and very human portrayal of Anna's cuckolded husband." |
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10/27/11 |
Poor |
 "...a terrible movie... the tone is wildly uneven, and Rhys Ifans whispers his way through the role, resulting in a different kind of disaster movie." |
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11/12/09 |
Excellent |
 "Gainsbourg squirms believably with conflicting emotions in a difficult, courageous role, while Dafoe delivers a powerful, understated performance..." |
| 10. |
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09/08/11 |
Poor |
 "...the actors are doubly penned in - by bulky suits and cramped quarters and by a script that doesn't allow them to create any kind of character or motivation." |
| 11. |
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03/15/12 |
Weak |
 "...when his hand isn't stuffed in a puppet, Clash is simply a pleasant man who wishes he'd spent more time with his daughter.... There's little tension and not much at stake." |
| 12. |
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09/29/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a stylish and free-spirited indie romance about directionless hipsters in an L.A. suburb. But then it takes a few wild turns and tries to become something else..." |
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04/21/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "There's lots of eye candy and plenty of fascinating tidbits about the fashion industry through the decades, but somehow it never comes into focus." |
| 14. |
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08/23/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "This isn't a great documentary, but the man and his message at its heart are very important indeed.... earnest, straightforward and oddly uninvolving." |
| 15. |
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11/25/10 |
Weak |
 "...cribs from any number of trashy pictures about showbiz, but it's not nearly as much fun as 'Showgirls.' " |
| 16. |
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03/24/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...uses the latest technology to bring opera to the next level... the real star is the 3-D, which may signal a new direction for the performing arts." |
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07/21/11 |
Excellent |
 "Bursting with colour and life, the film looks great, and a jaunty original soundtrack by Calexico adds rhythm and texture to the memorable images." |
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10/25/12 |
Weak |
 "...gets lost in the ether.... Some sections work better than others, and the thing does come together near the end, but what a slog to get there." |
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08/18/11 |
Excellent |
 "...almost everything you could want in a pure trash sword-and-sorcery flick... hardcore violence, epic sweep, gaudy villains, a grim sense of humour, some nudity and sex." |
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05/28/09 |
Excellent |
 "...by no means an exhaustive history of the musical but it fills in gaps and features entertaining archival footage of actual performances." |
