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10/12/05 |
Moderate |
 "Call it 'Zorbette the Greek.' Mildly diverting but utterly predictable... offers oodles of picture-postcard scenery... milks mild chuckles from the antics of oddball supporting characters..." |
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02/18/08 |
Very Good |
 "...benefits from strong perfs by well-cast unknowns... Filmmakers don't shy away from subtly conveying the budding sensuality of the four girls, but there is nothing in the pic that smacks of exploitation." |
| 3. |
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03/19/08 |
Good |
 "...overlong but engaging... Fleck comes across as respectfully curious and eagerly collaborative while exploring the roots of his favorite musical instrument." |
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03/24/08 |
Very Good |
 "Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein turn their cameras on a German salesman who enters the war zone to make a killing by impeding the killing... Incisive, sharply observed and scrupulously nonjudgmental... shot through with darkly amusing ironies that often cause the laughter to catch in your throat." |
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03/26/08 |
Weak |
 "An aggressively whimsical mix of live-action and animation... a deeply personal fable that's bound to confound (or annoy) anyone outside the filmmaker's circle of intimates.... it's difficult to care, and easy to be confused." |
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03/31/08 |
Very Good |
 "...a sometimes celebratory, sometimes cautionary look at the phenomenon of massively multiplayer online computer games (MMOs).... the human dramas of individual gamers are what really make this technically polished docu so fascinating..." |
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04/30/08 |
Very Good |
 "...impresses with spot-on performances, perfect-pitch dialogue and an overall sense that something bad might happen at any moment, unless something worse happens first." |
| 8. |
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04/30/08 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the two leads achieve unvarnished naturalism and raw emotional intensity in scenes that hint at influences as diverse as Antonioni, Bergman and Cassavetes.... however, auds may feel painfully aware of the passing of time and the opacity of the storytelling." |
| 9. |
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09/11/08 |
Good |
 "...a slight but likable dramedy that signals a promising directorial debut for playwright-screenwriter Stephen Belber..." |
| 10. |
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09/20/08 |
Weak |
 "...admirably earnest but curiously flat.. comes across as ploddingly stagebound under the sympathetic but literal-minded direction of actress-turned-helmer Jodie Markell." |
| 11. |
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01/18/09 |
Very Good |
 "...satisfies as a solidly crafted and persuasively acted thriller that relies more on dark secrets than black magic.... Simon Baker brings appropriate shadings of intensity..." |
| 12. |
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01/19/09 |
Moderate |
 "Engaging lead performances and snatches of witty repartee help lubricate the creaky plot mechanics... a lightly amusing but thoroughly predictable dramedy that plays like a Lifetime made-for-cabler with an R-rated soundtrack." |
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01/19/09 |
Very Good |
 "...at heart an unabashedly retro work, reveling in the cliches and conventions of the slasher horror pics that proliferated in the early 1980s." |
| 14. |
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01/23/09 |
Good |
 "...a satisfyingly exciting monster rally that often plays like a period swashbuckler. Notably less frenetic (and appreciably more coherent) than its predecessors..." |
| 15. |
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01/23/09 |
Weak |
 "...never really recovers from its overbearingly shrill, laugh-free first act.... so predictable, so reminiscent of other, better romantic comedies, it actually seems longer than it is." |
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01/29/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...modestly amusing... Henry Phillips has a scruffy charm as a gently snarky satirical folk singer... Pic aims at easy targets, but occasionally evidences sharp-eyed accuracy." |
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02/23/09 |
Moderate |
 "...an ungainly mix of broad comedy, comically violent slapstick, sudsy sentimentality and aggressive spiritual uplift..." |
| 18. |
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02/27/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The narrative equivalent of urban sprawl underminesthe film... admirably ambitious but ultimately frustrating musical dramedy..." |
| 19. |
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03/02/09 |
Weak |
 "Greg Marcks does his level best to keep everything moving faster than the speed of thought, so auds will have little time or inclination to note gaping plot holes and inconsistencies of character." |
| 20. |
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03/12/09 |
Excellent |
 "There's something for almost every demo here... and the entire package is impressively propelled by the star-powered, likably comic-macho perf by Dwayne Johnson." |
