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10/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "...deliciously rude and crude... the script is rife with wit and raunch... creates over-the-top characters who nonetheless project genuine, if grotesque, humanity." |
| 2. |
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09/27/11 |
Very Good |
 "...the prognosis is mostly positive, thanks to the genuine sweetness and pure joy... delivers some hard-core truths as well as therapeutic humor..." |
| 3. |
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01/03/13 |
Poor |
 "...leaden... some awful plague of glum-and-grim afflicts the whole cast, most notably Andy Garcia and Forest Whitaker.... Ponderously executed..." |
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11/08/12 |
Moderate |
 "...disappointingly conventional, much too decorous and, at two hours-plus, sometimes just plain dull.... the story's robbed of immediacy and color." |
| 5. |
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12/15/11 |
Poor |
 "Eighty-seven minutes, the duration of this auditory assault, would be sufficient to slaughter every brain cell and induce blithering idiocy." |
| 6. |
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12/17/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A relentless and shattering masterwork... Intelligence, integrity and a striking sense of character present and accounted for dominate." |
| 7. |
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11/21/11 |
Excellent |
 "This bright, shiny yuletide gift from Aardman Animation ('Wallace & Gromit') is a joy for the eye, mind and heart -- not to mention funny bone." |
| 8. |
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05/31/11 |
Moderate |
 "Folks will either embrace the 'real' or recoil from the reek of indie twee.... A strung-together series of vignettes, montages and threadbare French New Wave tropes..." |
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10/25/12 |
Poor |
 "...good intentions don't hang ten: Except for glimpses of the ferocious majesty of five-story waves, this is a total wipeout." |
| 10. |
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05/25/12 |
Poor |
 "...my friend hissed, 'I already want all of these people to die.' Unfortunately, we had an hour or so to wait before that wish was granted." |
| 11. |
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09/06/11 |
Very Good |
 "...the movie's narrative engine runs cool rather than hot... admirable as a highly controlled, verging-on-Kubrickian exercise in directorial vision and style." |
| 12. |
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01/16/12 |
Excellent |
 "...brings one of Shakespeare's lesser-known tragic heroes to ferocious life... played in modern dress but voiced in the bard's eloquently corrosive language." |
| 13. |
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12/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a nifty little noir thriller that showcases solid acting and potent action, all within strikingly visualized winterscapes and interiors.... too dynamic to bog down for long." |
| 14. |
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07/17/12 |
Excellent |
 "...good-looking, tautly told, ultra-smart crime story imbeds big issues in riveting action... pulls all of the threads of super-twisted plots and counter-plots together..." |
| 15. |
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09/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Sadly, deep for Ayer is pretty shallow. What saves this cop show from its predictable tropes and cliches are terrific performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena..." |
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05/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "...deft, surprisingly sweet... recasts Gallic melancholia as all-American black comedy, despair expressed deadpan, Buster Keaton-style." |
| 17. |
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08/11/11 |
Weak |
 "Everybody knows going in that 'Final Destination 5' isn't really a movie any more than it is a meat grinder." |
| 18. |
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03/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Good for lowdown fun... invites us in to celebrate its idiosyncratic bunch of sweet-natured goons. Handicapped they may be, but not one could be said to lack game." |
| 19. |
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01/25/13 |
Poor |
 "...monumentally tedious... it's as though the director just can't tear himself away from this mesmerizing tale of good and evil and exploding body parts." |
| 20. |
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05/11/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...boasts a couple of performances that will renew your admiration for the art of acting. What this wild-hair indie lacks is a sure directorial hand." |
