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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...captivating... explains much about Ai Weiwei's controversial activism, but not nearly enough about the art and ideas that have earned him heaps of global accolades." |
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03/09/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...feel-good director Lasse Hallstrom reels in a two-sided fish-out-of-water -- pun intended -- rom-com with no bite, odour or aftertaste." |
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03/02/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a ribald mess of a farce whose finer qualities will likely be lost on non-Chinese-speaking audiences and others not familiar with 1920s warlord lore." |
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02/24/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Though it's a big story about important things, and based on Geling Yan's popular novel '13 Flowers of Nanjing,' the movie feels way too long." |
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01/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "Fiennes, the actor, gives the man a vivid, lurid presence. And his direction is assured, insightful, focused. As Shakespeare adaptations go, this one's a winner." |
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12/23/11 |
Outstanding |
 " 'Pina' is a benchmark achievement, and for his mastery of the mechanics that bring it to life, Wenders deserves a place with the great film visionaries of this or any other time." |
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12/01/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...this economically crafted, exquisitely argued essay makes its disquieting case without hysteria or prejudice, without irony or jingoism, and with just a soupçon of self-loathing." |
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11/24/11 |
Very Good |
 "...morality is a relative concept, and there are times during this immensely enjoyable action picture when you'll find yourself questioning your impulses and responses to what's happening on screen." |
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11/18/11 |
Moderate |
 "Hart is the comic equivalent of a journeyman musician with a lot of clever licks and one good trick. Once you've seen it, you have little appetite for more." |
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10/14/11 |
Moderate |
 "...doesn't even disclose the mileage range of these vehicles, or their performance and handling parameters, except in the broadest, most general terms." |
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10/07/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a lumbering, loud and colourful thing that in its own clumsy way roots for the oppressed and provides historical evidence that tyrants sometimes get the comeuppance they deserve." |
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10/07/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...intensely personal and provocative art that may, in the end, be measured by the range of reactions it induces in its audience rather than by the quality of its making." |
| 13. |
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09/30/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a jaw-dropping, barnstorming mess of a yarn ramped up to 11 on every level.... you won't forget it and you'll never see anything like it again." |
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09/30/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...what keeps the first-time filmmaker's haunting, raunchy hybrid gutbucket of a movie alive is its heart: A love story that goes cataclysmically wrong." |
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09/16/11 |
Very Good |
 "What the film lacks in depth as an explorative study of a character who, even now, seems larger than life, it more than compensates for in the sheer exuberance of its telling..." |
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07/22/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...comes across as smart, funny and insightful." |
| 17. |
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07/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a brilliant, tender and compelling masterpiece.... The film works on every level because it's eminently believable..." |
| 18. |
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07/07/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...will be remembered, if it's remembered at all, for Morgana Davies' wholesome and assertive characterization of the child whose fancies drive the plot, and for that magnificent Moreton Bay Fig..." |
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07/01/11 |
Very Good |
 "With more than a passing nod to the style, content and purpose of Woody Allen's 1970s comedies.... Well worth the effort spent trying to read the white subtitles too often superimposed over a white background." |
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07/01/11 |
Moderate |
 "...defies logic and conventional storytelling methodology.... [but] there's not one f-bomb in the entire script, no nudity, and not a single sex scene. When is the last time you saw a movie like that?" |
