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05/17/13 |
Moderate |
 "...writer and director Ramin Bahrani chickens out. His melodramatic script reduces a global conflict to a Grain Belt 'Glengarry Glen Ross.' " |
| 2. |
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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "...produces goosebumps.... Because the sociopath at the center of this family portrait never asks for forgiveness, the film is truly chilling." |
| 3. |
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05/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...raises timeless questions about the nature of good and evil, but not at the expense of entertainment value or character development." |
| 4. |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "Old dogs who don't believe in new tricks can howl about sacrilege, but for those attuned to it, this is the cat's meow." |
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05/10/13 |
Weak |
 "Instead of examining the very issues that it raises about race and class in America, it stoops to sub-Sandler slapstick... a whale of wasted talent..." |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "The human cost of terrorism and America's response to it are taxes that we all pay. This film is a boldfaced line in an overdue audit." |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...lovely.... For those who just want to float away on waves of beauty, this movie is a boating party." |
| 8. |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...judged solely in comparison to its corporate cousins, this is a defective model. It's lightweight but slow, padded with cheap jokes to disguise how hollow it is." |
| 9. |
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05/03/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a high-concept comedy that peddles some slapstick laughs and life lessons but little insight." |
| 10. |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...at its heart, this is a compassionate character study.... a fairy tale with its feet firmly on the ground." |
| 11. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Redford is an adequate director, and he keeps things moving at a moderate pace, passing up exits to more spectacular vistas or hotter issues." |
| 12. |
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04/26/13 |
Very Good |
 "In telling a true story about hapless thugs who are the embodiment of Michael Bay fans, the director has made the most fiendishly enjoyable movie of his career." |
| 13. |
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04/26/13 |
Weak |
 "...doesn't have a single moment of recognizable humanity.... On the plus side, it's short, and Robin Williams as a racist priest is blessedly limited..." |
| 14. |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
 "...offers an evocative glimpse of daily life in a changing Japan. In the world we see from this Olympian perch, east and west and young and old are all in the same boat." |
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04/19/13 |
Moderate |
0513998.jpg) "...like a nonsensical mash-up of science-fiction blockbusters since '2001: A Space Odyssey.' " |
| 16. |
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04/12/13 |
Moderate |
 "...confirms that Boyle is incapable of making a bland movie... the wrinkles between reality and illusion soon become irritating." |
| 17. |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...inspirational... old-fashioned in the best sense of the term while it decries some old-fashioned ideas at their worst." |
| 18. |
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04/06/13 |
Very Good |
 "...an enigmatic and austere film from a region where political, sexual and religious repression are as stifling as the sooty air." |
| 19. |
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04/05/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...capably covers a song we've heard a hundred times before.... But the music is infectious, and so is the scruffy bloke who evokes it." |
| 20. |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Its measured pacing whispers art while its lurid subject matter screams commerce." |
