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05/23/13 |
Excellent |
 "...a belated bout of adulthood that has only made the extended-adolescent characters funnier.... a more traditional but more hysterical crowd-pleaser." |
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05/17/13 |
Weak |
 "Aiming for lightness but landing with a thud... a well-meaning blunder.... grates on the nerves despite being easy on the eyes." |
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05/17/13 |
Poor |
 "...as dingy and dirty as the genre thrillers it appears to want to one-up.... Aselton, Bell and Bosworth, when stuck in disgusting scenarios, get mired in cliché." |
| 4. |
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05/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "The rock-solid cast is up to the challenge, performing the tricky balancing act of recalling iconic pop-culture personas while adding their own stamp." |
| 5. |
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05/10/13 |
Excellent |
 "The film is a mystery uncovered like a detective story, wrapped in a love letter.... engrossing... Polley points out that truth is subjective." |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "There's so much darkness here, it's hard to see anything -- literally. Forget the horror and mayhem. Someone needed to turn on the lights." |
| 7. |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "Disaster flick meets torture porn meets good ol' wilding-savages thriller -- the film wants to have it all.... A lot of it predictably involves screaming or shock cuts..." |
| 8. |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "Where's the beef? In an esthetically bland film like this, the brains better be Ford tough if the movie is going to reach out and touch someone." |
| 9. |
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05/10/13 |
Weak |
 "This shrill indie has a few scenes of inspired ego-smacking, as Halley Feiffer tries to skip some rungs on the stardom ladder while pitching a movie she wrote." |
| 10. |
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05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "Cathy Moriarty and other Scorsese alums pop up, but these mean streets feel too derivative to thrill." |
| 11. |
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05/03/13 |
Poor |
 "...to the average moviegoer, it's a trudge... There is much coziness and a high-spirited finale, but high school music teachers can find better choices to inspire their students." |
| 12. |
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05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "...as empty as its mean streets are phony.... Reeves is the best thing here... the title ably represents the whole shaggy, dull project." |
| 13. |
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05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "Moore and Coogan, as always, make every scene count... But as for dramatic potency, this child's-eye view of selfish adults is one-note and clumsy." |
| 14. |
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05/03/13 |
Excellent |
 "The '70s-style feel of the film is less self-consciously nostalgic than organic.... years after 'Goodfellas,' Ray Liotta's having a great run." |
| 15. |
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05/02/13 |
Excellent |
 "...sharply fuses the humor and heart of the earlier films with a satisfyingly heavy-metal strength -- and a darkness that's more than earned.... it's a blast." |
| 16. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Wahlberg and Johnson are the saving graces of an in-your-face movie.... it has a surprisingly empathetic approach to the disenfranchisement guys like Danny feel." |
| 17. |
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04/26/13 |
Weak |
 "Nichols gets mired in mood.... He plays it vague, and the novelistic touches feel forced.... the movie needs something to stick to." |
| 18. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a helluva hodgepodge, but musician-filmmaker Terence Nance pulls it off in this distinctive New York romance.... there's no doubt the trip is worth it." |
| 19. |
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04/26/13 |
Excellent |
 "...top-notch... an old-fashioned entertainment, complete with a lead who physically recalls Peter O'Toole in 'Lawrence of Arabia.' " |
| 20. |
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04/26/13 |
Poor |
 "...awful... older people act like teens, women faint at the sight of babies, rehearsal dinners are overly wacky and people skinny-dip out of the blue." |
