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| 21. |
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03/29/13 |
Good |
 "...so beautiful, and so intelligently conceived, that you keep waiting, in vain, for a bit of fire to break out in the narrative. It's easy to be thankful, though, for vivid favors..." |
| 22. |
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03/29/13 |
Very Good |
 "Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson are terrific in the main roles.... you find yourself rooting for them... for their flowering in a foreseeable future." |
| 23. |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "One-third wonderful.... For the most part, though, this is self-serious stuff, seething with ambition but almost devoid of spontaneity, and ultimately drained of energy." |
| 24. |
|
03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...a nitwit extravaganza that makes you long for the intellectual depth of 'Independence Day'.... no fun at all.... it soon grows tedious, odious and oppressive." |
| 25. |
|
03/22/13 |
Good |
 "...a film about many things -- so many that the magic of Studio Ghibli's past has been displaced by exposition and earnest discussion. The movie looks lovely..." |
| 26. |
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03/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...at once intriguing and grandiose.... All the same, Mr. Huard is endearing in the role of a perpetual adolescent who finally wants to stand up to his responsibilities..." |
| 27. |
|
03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "The comedy component misfires from the start, while the synthetic drama makes needless demands on Tina Fey.... it can be foolish, surreal, unpleasant..." |
| 28. |
|
03/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "...prosaic... handsomely photographed.... Ms. Fanning, a young actress of seemingly unerring instincts, is a wonder..." |
| 29. |
|
03/15/13 |
Good |
 "...goes all the way with a madly chancy concept... the look -- along with the sound -- gives the film its distinction.... it's beguiling if you're willing to invert disbelief." |
| 30. |
|
03/15/13 |
Excellent |
 "...fascinating.... It's tempting to see it solely as an indictment of religion, but the film is more ambitious than that.... The broader subject is possession by primitive ideas." |
| 31. |
|
03/15/13 |
Poor |
 "100 minutes that seem like a lifetime.... slovenly nonsense, photographed on the cheap with blaring ghastliness." |
| 32. |
|
03/08/13 |
Weak |
 "...a pedestrian story that follows a potholed path through the enchantment-free zones of a 3-D theme park.... bright and shiny, with no heart." |
| 33. |
|
03/01/13 |
Good |
 "...valuable.... In addition to the dismaying facts and figures is a fuller sense of what hunger can look like, and feel like..." |
| 34. |
|
03/01/13 |
Weak |
 "...spontaneity has been banished by rigid stylization... as lifeless as a severed head that turns up in a basement freezer. None of this is Ms. Wasikowska's fault..." |
| 35. |
|
03/01/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a fine documentary.... The film advances no theories to explain his contradictions, only a thrilling, sometimes affecting account of what he did." |
| 36. |
|
03/01/13 |
Weak |
 "...an enchantment-free pretext for animated action, straight-ahead storytelling and ersatz romance.... the script is steadfastly insufficient." |
| 37. |
|
02/22/13 |
Good |
 "...short on facts and provocative by nature. Still, it casts a baleful light on anguishing, seemingly incessant scenes of tear gas hurled, bullets fired, villagers fleeing..." |
| 38. |
|
02/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...seeks transcendence in the interactions of a play within a play within a film... much of it seems contrived or murky." |
| 39. |
|
02/22/13 |
Excellent |
 "...mysteriously beautiful... the greatest fascination is watching these three people talking at cross-purposes while trying to perceive one another..." |
| 40. |
|
02/15/13 |
Weak |
 "After a darned good beginning, the movie defines bad.... claimed by narrative incoherence, Tim Burton-envy and the usual demons of digital effects." |
