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05/18/12 |
Fair |
 "Mr. Jackson pushes the lugubrious plot uphill with sporting deliberation... this hardworking actor seems to know that the film around him should be a light-footed caper instead of a grim noir..." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...its vibe is pure '70s... unless you're among those who still drop acid as a midnight-movie apéritif, your enjoyment of this retro oddity remains far from guaranteed." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Good |
 "Are Molly's demons in her house or in her head? Generating suspense without blowing the special-effects budget, Mr. Sanchez paints an intimate portrait of a tormented personality." |
| 4. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...disappointingly limp... plays like a Merchant Ivory Production of 'Portnoy's Complaint'... the real problem with 'Hysteria' is that it's not the tiniest bit sexy." |
| 5. |
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05/11/12 |
Good |
 "An unsettling visual inquiry into, among other things, the nature of consciousness and the building blocks of identity, this audacious debut feature resists categorization." |
| 6. |
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05/11/12 |
Fair |
 "...much-ado-about-nothing... buries its sly humor beneath wearying scenes of Sarah in transit... she's never as dysfunctional as the film's premise -- or its comedy -- requires." |
| 7. |
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05/11/12 |
Fair |
 "Hectic and harebrained... tosses a potpourri of plot points -- crooked cops, sleazy gangsters, stolen drugs and an underage hostage -- into a packed-to-the-gills nightclub, and stirs. Repeatedly." |
| 8. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a powerfully atmospheric blend of ghostly encounters, horrific situations and missing-persons mysteries... this enormously assured movie sucks you in like quicksand." |
| 9. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Alternately tedious and illuminating.... a naked portrait of successful self-analysis, of a man reaching backward for the strength to move forward." |
| 10. |
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05/04/12 |
Fair |
 "...an unnecessary remake of an unremarkable 1980 shocker.... offers no one to root for except Mother, whose perverted family values at least remain consistent." |
| 11. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...unusually cerebral... chooses psychic pain over public-enemy thrills... a good-looking but passionless affair that remains stubbornly aloof from its audience." |
| 12. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an eccentric delight. We may know little more about its antihero at the end than we did at the beginning, but the journey is more than worth the price of admission." |
| 13. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Pleasantly charming but instantly forgettable... this arrested-development comedy panders to the work-averse by taking easy aim at ambitious careerists." |
| 14. |
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04/20/12 |
Poor |
 "...the latest piece of gorgeously shot pablum from Disneynature... an orgy of cuteness pasted over some of the most asinine narration ever to ruin a wildlife movie." |
| 15. |
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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a Gothic stew of satisfying kinkiness if unsatisfying resolution.... the film's narrative frailties are offset by impeccable performances and a consistently eerie tone..." |
| 16. |
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04/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "Little more than a showcase for Philippe Quint -- whose acting is almost as toneless as his violin playing is sublime... a trite, sunny drama..." |
| 17. |
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04/13/12 |
Weak |
 "Too lifeless for Lifetime and too inept to do justice to its source material... Without Eric Roberts and his grinning insouciance, this well-meaning mess would have no heartbeat at all." |
| 18. |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "Bolstered by animated re-enactments and Bob Richman's frosty cinematography... a mesmerizing one-man dive into narcissism, entitlement and unchecked greed." |
| 19. |
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04/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a sad chronicle of absent fathers and messed-up mothers, drugs as currency and violence as the period at the end of every argument.... Intimate and never condescending..." |
| 20. |
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04/06/12 |
Moderate |
 "...propulsive... a symphony of stomping boots and spraying bullets, kicks subtlety to the curb and humanity to the margins.... [ultimately,] no more than a handsome, ruthless charge to a bloody, unearned finale." |
