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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a visually dazzling movie.... It's heavy stuff. And it should be. But more storytelling and less preaching would have served those messages better." |
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02/03/12 |
Very Good |
 "...doesn't need us to swallow its hyperbole as fact. It needs only to entertain. And that it does thoroughly, leaving us both charmed and enriched without feeling very preached at. Praise be." |
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05/27/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a sequel that isn't shy about trading some of its ancestor's light and fluffy parts for a whole that's considerably darker and heavier." |
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05/14/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...serious, quietly determined, and surprisingly compelling..." |
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04/08/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a G-rated nature documentary so cuddly and soft it's practically a sleeping bag.... They eat, they bathe, they play. Our hearts melt." |
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09/24/10 |
Very Good |
 "Just when you thought every ingredient in the pantry had been used, along come Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker with a documentary that manages a few surprises." |
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07/23/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a narrative that rings familiar but will be hard for purists to place or warm to... This new Ramona prefers mischief without real edge." |
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05/21/10 |
Moderate |
 "Where once this DreamWorks franchise was about goosing convention, it now seems all about pandering to the lowest expectations." |
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04/30/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...filmmakers Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher tell their tale with an eerie, offbeat artistic sensibility that turns the clan into a sort of Addams Family on food stamps." |
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04/16/10 |
Moderate |
 "It's cute and clever to a point... but then the cleverness runs on like the one-note punch line of an interminable 'Saturday Night Live' sketch, sponsored by Audi." |
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04/16/10 |
Very Good |
 "...the engaging, darkly funny, surreal story of what happens when people who have thrived by keeping civilization at a safe distance suddenly find themselves pushed right back into its headlights." |
| 12. |
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03/26/10 |
Weak |
 "...a stylish but silly erotic thriller... The characters in 'Chloe' are mostly well acted even though they're incompletely written." |
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02/26/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has enough suspense and intrigue to pull viewers along willingly. It doesn't try too hard, which is refreshing.... as a history lesson, the film is a decent primer. It will enlighten those who may not know much about the post-World War II era of Chinese rule over the island the Dutch named Formosa, a.k.a. Taiwan." |
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02/12/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a self-conscious, too light and literal display that feels more like a film school project..." |
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02/05/10 |
Moderate |
 "Many scenes are also enhanced by Channing Tatum's copper-toned abs and pecs, which practically deserve their own casting credits." |
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01/29/10 |
Poor |
 "...predictably charmless and forgettable... wastes the time and talents of its veteran supporting players, including Anjelica Huston, Don Johnson, and Peggy Lipton. The result is a predictable mess." |
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08/28/09 |
Weak |
 "...creatively, Joe's story would need to grow up significantly just to be an average episode of 'The Golden Girls.' " |
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07/01/09 |
Moderate |
 "...sure could have used something to grab onto. It's mostly flat, despite being presented in 3-D, and the writing is so unimaginative that at one point a character yells out 'yabba dabba doo!' " |
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06/26/09 |
Very Good |
 "...entertains and enlightens without being preachy..." |
| 20. |
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05/08/09 |
Weak |
 "...mines its plot from the Stone Age (or is it Stoned Age?) of caper comedies... Boom can't decide whether he's creating a comedy, a drama, or a really long 50 Cent video without 50 Cent." |
