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05/03/12 |
Poor |
 "Bravely or stupidly, both the film and its heroine charge on as if the introduction of terminal cancer didn't change things that much." |
| 2. |
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05/03/12 |
Good |
 "It's familiar in the extreme, but manages some sleepytime pleasures in the process, thanks largely to an overqualified cast." |
| 3. |
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05/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a heartfelt, exciting, and thematically resonant piece of big-screen mythmaking likely to please superhero geeks and general audiences alike." |
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04/19/12 |
Very Good |
 "The film patiently establishes what it was like to grow up impoverished as an outcast in Jamaica, as MacDonald talks to everyone he can access..." |
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04/19/12 |
Moderate |
 "As a pretty, low-stakes bayou romance the film works well enough. When asked to carry any kind of dramatic weight, however, it collapses." |
| 6. |
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04/12/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...an exercise in metafiction that, while providing grisly fun, never distances viewers. And it's entertaining..." |
| 7. |
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04/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "There's no real reason to revisit these characters, but the cast makes it pleasant enough. While Reid, Klein, and Suvari never relax into their old roles, everyone else is game enough to commit..." |
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03/08/12 |
Moderate |
 "In spite of a promising start, an unconventional setup, attractive photography, and game lead performances from Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, the film quickly turns into exactly the sort of wet cardboard box of a movie its title suggests." |
| 9. |
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03/08/12 |
Fair |
 "As a technical exercise, 'Silent House' deserves a round of applause, but when did a technical exercise ever give anyone nightmares?" |
| 10. |
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03/08/12 |
Very Good |
 "Taylor Kitsch is soulful and charismatic as Carter... Stanton turns the film into a ripping adventure with gladiatorial combat against towering, many-armed albino apes and first-rate effects." |
| 11. |
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03/01/12 |
Fair |
 "...traffics in the usual party-gone-out-of-bounds clichés, unless putting a dog in a moon-bounce counts as trailblazing." |
| 12. |
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02/23/12 |
Poor |
 "...claims to be inspired by 'real acts of valor'... But is using their sacrifices as material for an action movie -- and a bad one -- that much of an honor?" |
| 13. |
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02/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...isn't afraid to pile silliness upon silliness... Their love seems based less on fate or brain chemistry than on the requirements of formula." |
| 14. |
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02/02/12 |
Moderate |
 "...gets its scares on the cheap... It's scary, but it's the easy sort of scary." |
| 15. |
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01/19/12 |
Fair |
 "...a surprisingly flavorless script with predictable developments, characters who would be interchangeable but for a single defining trait, and dialogue that sounds a few drafts away from being done." |
| 16. |
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01/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...brutal and bleak, cynical about politics, wary of war..." |
| 17. |
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12/22/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Spielberg's exactitude always serves the film's emotional directness, as do the openhearted performances of the actors (both human and otherwise)." |
| 18. |
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12/22/11 |
Moderate |
 "...an odd, unsatisfying combination that moves from mopey drama one moment to a reaction shot of a monkey smacking his forehead in exasperation the next." |
| 19. |
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12/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...the question shifts from whether Bird can direct an action film to whether there's anyone out there who can top him." |
| 20. |
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12/15/11 |
Moderate |
 "So many explosions, but it still finds a way to fizzle out." |
