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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "...looks as fantastic as 'Life of Pi' and the sometimes tense confrontations have a similar dramatic arc. But how much is fiction and how much is deliberate confusion?" |
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04/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Seimetz proves an astonishingly intuitive filmmaker.... she's drawn remarkable performances from Kentucker Audley and Kate Lyn Sheil..." |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
 "...timely and frequently gripping.... The script by Andrew Stern carefully plays on fear of technology... the actors are definitely up to the task." |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...looks like it was improvised, especially the street scenes.... It may be a slight movie, but it has its sunny charms." |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "A kind of feel-good movie about racism... Chadwick Boseman is always convincing as a proud man forced to compromise at key moments." |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "...spellbinding.... quite an accomplishment. The mixture of arresting images and carefully chosen sounds is quite striking." |
| 7. |
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04/05/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "For all its ups and downs and occasional detours into boorishness, it's an original that will surprise if not necessarily delight fans of Garrone's very different 'Gomorrah.' " |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "While the result seems authentic, the movie is a collection of very thin stories, many of which feel incomplete." |
| 9. |
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03/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "...unique.... It's Adir Miller's soulful performance that provides the necessary sense of perspective... the movie delivers." |
| 10. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a blistering attack on politicians, propagandists, dissemblers and other climate-change deniers.... Rosebraugh creates a sense of urgency that's difficult to shake." |
| 11. |
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03/08/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...well-made but patchy.... Aside from Jones' gutsy performance, what lifts the film above mediocrity is its serious engagement with the generals' dilemma." |
| 12. |
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02/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...fascinating... gradually becomes a persuasive attempt to celebrate the content of Abu-Jamal's character, not the violence that apparently led to his imprisonment." |
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02/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...feels both generic and personal.... Just when the well-cast actors begin to click together, the narration threatens to take over... choppy..." |
| 14. |
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02/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...three movies in one... it's an original: a kind of jigsaw puzzle that will frustrate some audiences and fascinate others." |
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02/01/13 |
Very Good |
 "...at its most engaging when Sullivan is flooding the soundtrack with 'Danny Boy' or 'Shenandoah' or evoking 'Our Town' to establish a sense of instant nostalgia." |
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01/18/13 |
Weak |
 "...dull and humorless and artificial.... Brian Tucker's script wastes a capable cast... transforms into shameless catalogs of genre clichés..." |
| 17. |
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12/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...it's Cumming, playing a broken man who wants to be the next Bette Midler, who demonstrates the possibilities in a character who is sometimes his own worst enemy." |
| 18. |
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12/07/12 |
Very Good |
 "...passionate, entertaining... won the Montreal Film Festival award for Best Debut Feature... Bavo Defurne suggests a kinship with his cast that's sometimes uncanny." |
| 19. |
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11/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...charming... you're overwhelmed by the feeling that you've seen this tale of corporate greed and arrogant mismanagement before. Still, the filmmakers tell it with gusto." |
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11/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a liquid dream... If the religious discussions occasionally seem contrived, they're also quite sincere. Best of all, they fit the characters -- and their ages." |
