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02/23/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a tighter, weirder, funnier enterprise than its predecessor.... Cage's outbursts and pauses for bizarre reflection keep the movie twitching..." |
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02/28/12 |
Moderate |
 "...never commits to a full-fledged character study, and though it moves along at a tight clip with a dash of style, it's not dazzling as a thriller, either." |
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03/02/12 |
Weak |
 "...a goodhearted movie, but it lacks the courage of simplicity... It's a pretty tree with too many trimmings." |
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03/07/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...for a movie with such potential for insularity -- a movie for fans only -- it's surprisingly accessible." |
| 5. |
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03/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a superior scare machine. And then it fails to go further." |
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03/16/12 |
Weak |
 "Centered on an actor who so famously commits himself wholeheartedly to movies great and terrible, 'Seeking Justice' should be more or less than middling." |
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03/23/12 |
Poor |
 "The movie verges on clinical, yet it's also strangely imprecise... The relationship becomes an idea of a passionate affair rather than a dramatized experience." |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...while recognizably his own, 'Damsels in Distress' is also unlike any of Stillman's other films: it's sillier and stranger, less tethered to a recognizable reality." |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...doesn't allow for much tension, comic or otherwise.... it's a curiosity in both form and content, a strange, darkly amusing little story told as if from a Carthage porch." |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "...proceeds with meta and cringeworthy scenes of Ansiedad acting self-consciously dorky so she can then self-consciously rebel and fall in with a bad crowd..." |
| 11. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...the type of movie that introduces new locations primarily to blow them up.... Most of the fiery destruction emits an over-processed computery haze." |
| 12. |
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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...raises questions that may be too numerous to count as a point of view.... leaves a lingering mystery over whether there's less to Marling's work than meets the eye." |
| 13. |
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06/15/12 |
Moderate |
 "...as grimly funny and observant as Solondz can be, there's nothing inherently interesting about showing that someone never really had a chance." |
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08/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "...serves mainly to extend the franchise and elaborate on the world drawn from Robert Ludlum's novels and introduced onscreen 10 years ago." |
| 15. |
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08/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "...begins as one sort of Spike Lee movie and turns into another... the film's focus on social issues doesn't quite come together." |
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08/17/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...builds surprising tension... Cronenberg shows masterful control, starting with Pattinson. He uses the actor's morose flatness to great effect." |
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08/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a lot of fun, a visual marvel and witty in an offhand way.... the detailed effects of stop-motion inform the generous, heartfelt spirit of the characters and story." |
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08/22/12 |
Moderate |
 "...half predictable, half nonsensical... its stupidity, its faith in its blockheaded star power, has its charms, perhaps especially for loyal fans of these guys." |
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08/28/12 |
Moderate |
 "The movie's low-budget science fiction concepts, as it turns out, are easier to buy into than its ideas about how stealing and police investigating work..." |
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09/07/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...depends on some familiar indie territory... [But] it's a plum role for Lynskey. She's so charming that to some degree I forgave the movie its pat implications." |
