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11/14/12 |
Good |
 "...the pic's chief pleasure lies in its store of funny lines... knows and enjoys the kind of film it is: a kickass actioner driven by personality rather than plot." |
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11/13/12 |
Moderate |
 "...rarely gets across true emotion. More believable are the frequent business deals being made, even among people who've reached the limit of endurance..." |
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08/14/12 |
Weak |
 "...stylistically intriguing, if unoriginal... there isn't enough in the filmmaking or the story to keep auds in their seats for even the relatively short running time." |
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05/23/12 |
Fair |
 "The director surely doesn't expect auds to attempt a logical piecing together of the shifting elements in this ultra-personal mood piece... there's no denying the beauty..." |
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05/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the pic has strong moments, but is bogged down by a script that regurgitates standard-issue ideas without finding anything interesting to say." |
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05/20/12 |
Good |
 "...makes up in skill and honesty what it lacks in originality.... succeeds on the strengths of its nicely delineated characters and first-rate production values." |
| 7. |
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02/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "...surprisingly enriching and poetic.... a film that starts off merely perplexing and winds up insinuating its charms." |
| 8. |
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02/10/12 |
Poor |
 "...as predictable as it is preposterous... While Joe Odagiri's largely one-note perf is dictated by the script, Jang's lack of range negates any emotional attachment." |
| 9. |
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02/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A cute idea gets uneven treatment... earnest if underwhelming... Refreshingly devoid of the romantic glow emanating from most foodie pics..." |
| 10. |
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11/17/11 |
Fair |
 "Strong cast members can't do much to help their less talented colleagues... the flat script, about a family of kooky New Yorkers, strives for a sophistication it can't reach." |
| 11. |
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11/01/11 |
Very Good |
 "...informative, well-rounded... will remind auds of childhood trips to the planetarium, and few will fail to notice the difference when they next look up into the heavens." |
| 12. |
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09/29/11 |
Poor |
 "It's painful to see Omar Sy, a joyfully charismatic performer, in a role barely removed from the jolly house slave of yore..." |
| 13. |
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09/26/11 |
Moderate |
 "...combines docu, re-creation and fiction... visually impressive but narratively challenged.... Elliptical, meandering and unconvincing..." |
| 14. |
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09/10/11 |
Fair |
 "...has more heart than style.... Zero chemistry between the couple... a clumsy handling of the drama.... Susan Youssef is unskilled in directing action..." |
| 15. |
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09/06/11 |
Good |
 "Julia Murat brings a tactile sensibility and occasional striking visuals to her tale of a Brazilian village whose last 11 elderly inhabitants brush against the present..." |
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09/05/11 |
Very Good |
 "When discussing tastemakers of the 20th century, few names conjure 'style' with the zest of Diana Vreeland, and docu 'The Eye Has to Travel' gets the zing just right." |
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09/03/11 |
Excellent |
 "...an evocation of a lost world... beautifully re-creates the fiercely proud, Western-leaning life of the Persian middle class of the 1950s..." |
| 18. |
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08/31/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the creative act takes a backseat to the performance, and the pileup of numbers feels repetitive." |
| 19. |
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08/22/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...captures the child's inexhaustible sense of wonder amid nature's beauties and cruelties, yet proves less successful at grafting a rather unnecessary narrative..." |
| 20. |
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08/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "Unpretentious and always engaging notwithstanding its three-hour running time... a beautiful meditation on community, isolation and time's passing." |
