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03/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "It's a little surprising that this remake/reboot of a Steven Bochco-era relic is liberally doused with f-bombs... for the most part, it's pretty terrific." |
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09/29/11 |
Moderate |
 "...presents the apocalypse not so much as an exercise in genre play as an exercise in airing the auteur's predilections, an auto-therapeutic exorcism of the artist's demons." |
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08/14/11 |
Poor |
 "There's a half-good movie buried in here somewhere... a punishingly earnest, abjectly humorless, and lethally stupid slog..." |
| 4. |
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12/15/11 |
Poor |
 "...clocks in under 90 minutes, but feels like an endurance test in every moment, at every plot concern, and every musical number..." |
| 5. |
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07/24/11 |
Very Good |
 "...shrewd, slickly made... distinguishes itself from its genre compatriots by prizing theme and place over referentiality and hip, out-of-the-box grindhouse-ness." |
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04/23/12 |
Poor |
 "...the half-assed stupidity of the narrative, which seems to have been developed from a game of 'broken telephone,' poisons any goodwill you might have had..." |
| 7. |
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06/21/11 |
Poor |
 "...crass and uncharacteristically threadbare... the craft is sometimes shoddy, the photorealism is there solely for our kneejerk admiration..." |
| 8. |
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01/03/12 |
Moderate |
 "...eager-to-please... Whether it represents ceaseless quirk, the can-do charm of a tight group of like-minded filmmakers, or abject horror will depend on the viewer." |
| 9. |
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07/31/11 |
Poor |
 "...starts to feel cheap and patchwork as an unfolding drama.... the work of a filmmaker who's painted himself into the corner with congealed blood. The final atrocities feel like just another run around the block." |
| 10. |
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08/17/11 |
Poor |
 "...a crap movie that seems to have come by its crappiness honestly -- the downtown version of 'Clash of the Titans,' with no evidence of improvement..." |
| 11. |
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09/24/11 |
Very Good |
 "...the plot amalgamates shreds of autobiography and religious/institutional/this-is-what-it's-like subject matter to lend it an air of respectability.... has an intelligent, delicate approach." |
| 12. |
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09/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "What you want to know about 'Drive' is that its three big, action set pieces are impressive and exciting." |
| 13. |
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12/09/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a short, low-budgeted, tart-tongued indie feature that tells the story of a neurotic family (an elderly couple and their three grown children) as they converge on the old homestead for their annual Christmas dinner." |
| 14. |
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11/15/11 |
Weak |
 "...most moviegoers under the age of 12 will be in hog heaven. For grumpy old men and women, ages 20 and up, mileage will vary, to say the least." |
| 15. |
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07/13/11 |
Outstanding |
 "David Yates has evolved into the greatest director of blockbuster cinema since Steven Spielberg..." |
| 16. |
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07/12/12 |
Poor |
 "...leaves the viewers' eyes glazed over with a kind of dreary horror at a relentless onslaught of sameness and stupidity, an 87-minute timesuck..." |
| 17. |
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02/06/12 |
Poor |
 "...a Not Another Holocaust Movie awards-grab that isn't even distinguished by its base artlessness and indifference to craft.... a garbage movie..." |
| 18. |
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11/10/11 |
Poor |
 "More bluntly than ever before (and that's saying something), Sandler uses an entire film to let his loyal fans know that he thinks they're all a bunch of stupid assholes." |
| 19. |
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03/06/12 |
Poor |
 "...both abrupt and languorous, a wall-to-wall exhibition of design work where nobody had the basic decency to make sure the designs were good." |
| 20. |
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01/30/12 |
Weak |
 "...a crypto-fascist whatsit... a road movie of sorts, like the Steve Coogan/Bob Brydon comedy 'The Trip,' only with fewer expert impressions and more inept executions..." |
