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04/24/13 |
Moderate |
 "...cheerfully vulgar.... Its worldview is one of total supply and demand, cross-cultural exploitation, with no possibility of connection outside of commodification." |
| 2. |
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11/29/12 |
Weak |
 "...anatomizes a self-policing underground economy of junkies, killers, and administrators to indict a present-day mainstream world..." |
| 3. |
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11/28/12 |
Weak |
"...tells, tells, and tells again, its vibrant conjuring of contemporary cynicism felled by Andrew Dominik's lack of faith in his audience's ability to connect thematic dots." |
| 4. |
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11/22/12 |
Weak |
 "It bears the influence of the kind of reality TV in which the subject's career is the excuse for the show..." |
| 5. |
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11/21/12 |
Weak |
"Unfortunately, this is a movie about bygone Hollywood that's distinctly a product of Hollywood circa now." |
| 6. |
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11/15/12 |
Good |
 "...wild and unhinged... to apply the psychedelic impulse in such an expansive way to real, right-now sociopolitical catastrophe makes for a pretty radical critique." |
| 7. |
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11/15/12 |
Fair |
 "...a film about the alienated that makes sure to alienate no one, a movie depicting wild mood extremes that never rises or falls above a dull hum of diversion." |
| 8. |
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11/14/12 |
Good |
"...long and incredibly dense, but it's never boring... The more you know about the past 20 years of Russian history, the more you stand to 'get' from its coded references..." |
| 9. |
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11/14/12 |
Fair |
"...feels like the movie version of a brilliant but unbalanced mind on too many edge-sanding meds... maintains too even of an emotional keel." |
| 10. |
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11/08/12 |
Fair |
 "...as much as it's open about its paranoia of the new, the film's fatal misstep is its slavish hewing to event-movie trends." |
| 11. |
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11/08/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A highly improvised fictional exposé in search of the elusive heart and soul of hipster nihilism... basically a shock drama." |
| 12. |
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11/07/12 |
Fair |
"...as much as it's open about its paranoia of the new, the film's fatal misstep is its slavish hewing to event-movie trends." |
| 13. |
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11/07/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
"I wonder if decades from now, the film might function as a sincere snapshot -- its intended satire might be too dry, too implied, to survive the passage of time." |
| 14. |
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11/01/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...when the last character alive leaves town, the movie is over. It's the video-or-it-didn't-happen ethos turned into a narrative strategy." |
| 15. |
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10/31/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...a sincere effort by a 70-year-old veteran filmmaker to speak about the world we live in now, in what he perceives to be the language of his audience." |
| 16. |
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10/25/12 |
Very Good |
 "The presiding spirit is that of the Beastie Boys song that plays at a crucial moment, 'Fight for Your Right to Party,' a raunchy yet innocent celebration..." |
| 17. |
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10/24/12 |
Very Good |
"...a smart and emotionally satisfying slice of wish fulfillment.... the Josh Schwartz touch applies... The influence of John Hughes movies is felt everywhere..." |
| 18. |
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10/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a 'gritty' historical drama overwhelmed by its love of Hollywood as an inventor of imaginary narratives with real consequences..." |
| 19. |
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10/11/12 |
Excellent |
 "...remarkably self-assured... it's rare that any American film allows a lead character to hold contradictory emotions." |
| 20. |
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10/10/12 |
Outstanding |
"...the kind of quality adult film that really shouldn't be an endangered species, and a love letter from Affleck to the industry that made him..." |
