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03/18/12 |
Excellent |
 "...irresistibly uplifting.... conceivably could generate attention (and debate) in non-entertainment press coverage of school-budget debates across the country..." |
| 2. |
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06/26/11 |
Excellent |
 "...inspirational... fascinating both as a biographical portrait and as a backstage look at how an entertainer prepares to make a revelation many might view as career suicide." |
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03/29/11 |
Excellent |
 "...the pic's distinguishing strengths: exceptional performances by two femme leads and sensitive but unsentimental storytelling throughout." |
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03/15/11 |
Excellent |
 "Enjoyably upbeat and intelligently inspiring... a fascinating study of a dedicated volunteer coach and his young football players at an inner-city Memphis high school..." |
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09/21/10 |
Excellent |
 "...suggests 'Juno' as reimagined by David Lynch, or a funnier, sunnier 'Donnie Darko'.... Canadian writer-director Mike Goldbach is arrestingly inventive..." |
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03/16/10 |
Excellent |
 "Ingeniously constructed and propulsively paced... achieves the sweaty-palmed intensity of classic film noir..." |
| 7. |
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09/15/09 |
Excellent |
 "...casts a well-nigh irresistible spell while spinning a Depression-era folk tale from the Tennessee backwoods. Duvall compellingly underplays the larger-than-life lead role..." |
| 8. |
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04/02/09 |
Excellent |
 "Meticulously balances cinema-verite intimacy and dreamlike reverie... fashions a seductive, fascinating tapestry of small-town life..." |
| 9. |
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03/27/09 |
Excellent |
 "An exceptionally fine example of regional indie filmmaking... richly atmospheric... boasts first-rate work by a splendid supporting cast and impressive production values..." |
| 10. |
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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." |
| 11. |
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03/09/13 |
Very Good |
 "...pulls off the impressive trick of generating laughs on a consistent basis while spinning a clever scenario about rival magicians... Carell is at the top of his form..." |
| 12. |
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02/21/13 |
Very Good |
 "...robustly amusing and wistfully melancholy... persuasively argues that attention must be paid to Eddie Pepitone, a fiftysomething Los Angeles standup comic..." |
| 13. |
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02/01/13 |
Very Good |
 "Elkins generates suspense with shrewd pacing, deft emotional manipulation and efficient use of familiar tricks common to haunted-house pics." |
| 14. |
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01/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "...boisterously Tarantinoesque... the sort of cartoonishly violent and swaggeringly non-PC concoction that defines guilty pleasure for many genre fans." |
| 15. |
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12/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...slickly produced and brazenly clever... a smartly seriocomic scenario that is both twisty and twisted.... generates a surprising amount of suspense..." |
| 16. |
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11/19/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a delightfully vivacious romantic dramedy, followed by an Old Hollywood sort of psychological melodrama... improbably entertaining... well-nigh impossible to resist." |
| 17. |
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04/01/12 |
Very Good |
 "Winner of the docu jury award at SXSW... fascinating.... Baker is nothing if not forthcoming when discussing the exhilarating highs and dispiriting lows..." |
| 18. |
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03/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "Writer-director Ciaran Foy skillfully taps into primal fears and urban paranoia to keep his audience consistently unsettled... an intensely suspenseful horror-thriller..." |
| 19. |
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11/13/11 |
Very Good |
 "By repeatedly upending expectations and shifting tones, writer-director Clay Liford keeps his audience keenly fascinated and anxious... impressively crafted..." |
| 20. |
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09/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...affectionate portrait of the diminutive dynamo who loomed improbably large as a pop-culture luminary... can be enjoyed even by people who have never before heard of its subject." |
