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05/24/13 |
Weak |
 "...a kids' movie by kids' movie veterans that is surprisingly unimaginative.... fantasy epic as product, not magic. In the end, the movie is as generic as its title." |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The film is the good kind of square, and its filmmaking is, for the most part, the good kind of old-fashioned." |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...it's heartening to see Witherspoon in a decent role again... Maybe she's ready to follow McConaughey back from the pits of would-be crowd-pleasing." |
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04/05/13 |
Weak |
 "...good performances can't quite smooth over the movie's fuzzy timeline, and sometimes they even call attention to it.... Still, it provides occasional pleasures." |
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03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...it's noisy and bombastic, but very little fun.... it might look, sometimes, like a good old-fashioned action movie. But it's just old." |
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03/15/13 |
Excellent |
 "...a beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking portrait of teenage psychology, social and otherwise. This kind of attention to the realities of adolescence is too rare in movies." |
| 7. |
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03/01/13 |
Poor |
 "...a sense of vagueness pervades the movie, shaped and misshaped like an oft-repeated, never-verified tale.... tedious and unconvincing..." |
| 8. |
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02/27/13 |
Moderate |
 "...surprisingly believable in its treatment of the human characters and their environment... undermined by an overbearing score and well-worn imagery." |
| 9. |
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01/31/13 |
Poor |
 "...adds up to about 20, maybe 30 minutes of funny material, scattered around a wasteland of cheap ideas and indifferent, sometimes downright ugly execution." |
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01/28/13 |
Moderate |
 "The movie cries out for more élan, more ingenuity.... The story, such as it is, does have a welcome swiftness... craft doesn't particularly elevate the film..." |
| 11. |
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01/25/13 |
Weak |
 "With charming stars and a story about how charm works in politics, the movie is rather too likable. Eventually, its likability becomes a liability." |
| 12. |
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12/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...just broad enough to be fun and just moving enough to avoid that hollow, plastic feeling that sinks in during so many less competent displays of lavishness." |
| 13. |
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12/13/12 |
Moderate |
 "The Jackson faithful may love this.... But to the less faithful, it's a long, digressive trip with only hints of ending." |
| 14. |
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11/21/12 |
Poor |
 "...a generic version of a 1984 time-capsule relatively few people care much about anyway, now untethered from any meaningful context." |
| 15. |
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10/12/12 |
Very Good |
 "Lillard draws out terrific performances from his cast.... the exhilaration it generates feels a bit like that flashback blown up to feature-length detail." |
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10/12/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has unsettling imagery, a few cheaply effective jump scares, and committed performances... It's a passing shiver rather than a full-on haunting." |
| 17. |
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10/05/12 |
Poor |
 "...turns cutesy long before giving way to sentimentality.... There's something a little pitiful about a big-screen sitcom that fancies itself a cutting satire." |
| 18. |
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10/05/12 |
Poor |
 "Everyone in the movie feels like a visitor who dropped in a few minutes before the cameras rolled." |
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09/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...finds the series' charms wearing thin... The world of 'Resident Evil' has been ending, mostly off screen, for over a decade now. Maybe it's time to get on with it." |
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09/17/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a fascinating duet between Phoenix and Hoffman... Both epic and personal, 'The Master's' story of pain demonstrates Anderson's own remarkable mastery." |
