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02/16/12 |
Poor |
 "All the performers seem more than game... But with the material they're given, they mostly just seem foolish for showing up to the movie to begin with." |
| 2. |
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02/14/13 |
Poor |
 "It doesn't even feel like it was ever intended to be a 'Die Hard' movie..." |
| 3. |
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06/21/12 |
Poor |
 "...an incoherent mess.... the logistics the filmmakers try to pass off as possible are insults to common sense, even within this manufactured alternate universe." |
| 4. |
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10/13/11 |
Poor |
 "Like The Thing itself, the film seeks to ape the form and behavior of something genuine, but you don't need a fancy test to tell that this is a shoddy replica." |
| 5. |
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08/04/11 |
Poor |
 "It's difficult to find the unexpected in such an established template." |
| 6. |
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03/07/13 |
Weak |
 "With 26 films, one for each letter of the alphabet, one might expect enough gems in the mix to make up for any stinkers. That's sadly not the case." |
| 7. |
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09/06/12 |
Weak |
 "Henry Olek never decides what his film should be, and the result takes wild stabs at slasher gore, supernatural horror, black comedy and even social commentary..." |
| 8. |
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09/16/11 |
Weak |
 "...the stakes ought to be high, but the film barely registers. It's as insubstantial as it is inoffensive, more of a throwaway sketch than a fully formed movie." |
| 9. |
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09/08/11 |
Weak |
 "...while the picture looks fantastic, it never manages to be very funny or very scary. Or even mildly creepy. It's hugely disappointing, given the talent involved." |
| 10. |
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07/28/11 |
Weak |
 "...descends quickly from its fun exposition to a collection of meaningless explosions and predictable action sequences." |
| 11. |
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03/14/13 |
Fair |
 "...mostly taut if overly slick.... Common sense goes out the window as the movie is left to limp to its bizarre finish, without anyone to call for rescue." |
| 12. |
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02/21/13 |
Fair |
 "...a thriller so tightly restrained that it borders on inertia.... the character study is labored.... Both the mystery and the character piece wind up feeling incomplete." |
| 13. |
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09/27/12 |
Fair |
 "...at its core, this movie is little more than 'Twilight' told from the other side of the tracks, only with far more fart jokes... lacking in any real bite..." |
| 14. |
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03/22/12 |
Fair |
 "It's easy to be left wondering why anyone should care about this particular sad sack.... he's not particularly sympathetic..." |
| 15. |
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10/06/11 |
Fair |
 "...a mess of conflicting, confusing emotions.... The title may promise a film about a dirty girl, but it's the story about the shy guy that's more compelling." |
| 16. |
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09/22/11 |
Fair |
 "If being unassailably tough and cool under pressure could make an entire movie, this would be a Jason Statham masterpiece. Ask for much more, and it falls woefully short." |
| 17. |
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08/31/11 |
Fair |
 "...an exciting exercise in experimentation takes a turn into the mundane... In a film that treats Gainsbourg with as much reverence as this one does, it's just a letdown." |
| 18. |
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08/25/11 |
Fair |
 "...too little is left to the imagination to do what it does best: fill in the gaps with visions far more frightening than anything a filmmaker could put onscreen." |
| 19. |
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03/21/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a lack of any kind of self-aware winking is where the film fails.... I'll admit to gripping my armrest tight during a few sequences." |
| 20. |
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12/06/12 |
Moderate |
 "The dominance of the madcap side of the film's split personality lays an airy veneer over Dolly and Joseph's woes, making them seem inconsequential..." |
