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04/06/12 |
Weak |
 "...may walk like a comedy and quack like a comedy, but despite the absurd extremes to which it takes the squabbling-family formula, it inspires nary a chuckle." |
| 2. |
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03/09/12 |
Excellent |
 "...the film's true triumph is that in editing and interpreting Shakespeare, it stays true to the great poet's heart." |
| 3. |
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12/30/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...as the walls of futile verbosity start to close in, the artificiality of the situation undercuts the dramatic tension... the result is a film that makes its audience feel as trapped as its characters." |
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12/16/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "You will, of course, be subjected to Dave's trademark shout of 'Al-VIN!' a couple of times. But if you're lucky, your own little Precious will pick a quieter catchphrase to practice on the way home." |
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12/09/11 |
Weak |
 "...the cinematic equivalent of a greeting card: Both the sentiment and the laughs are plentiful, cheap and forgettable." |
| 6. |
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10/28/11 |
Weak |
 "...a silly muddle filled with plot holes... the future it depicts is utterly unconvincing." |
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10/14/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Essentially a buddy road-trip flick transformed into a spiritual (but pointedly not religious) sermon... Along the way, there are some lovely moments and far more awkward ones." |
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08/12/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The editing trickery that lets Cooper share the screen with himself is seamless, and the actor's performance as Uday is equally impressive, a chilling portrait of a grinning psychopath." |
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08/05/11 |
Excellent |
 "...features fearless probing of psychic wounds and a subtle twist of an ending that's fully satisfying yet which leaves you wondering about the next moment, and the next." |
| 10. |
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07/29/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...affecting, if occasionally didactic... [novelist Tatiana] de Rosnay's theme of the power of truth stumbles over the false notes of fiction." |
| 11. |
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06/10/11 |
Excellent |
 "...funny, self-consciously quirky... feels a bit like a Welsh 'Napoleon Dynamite.' " |
| 12. |
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06/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "It's hard to say exactly why Kevin Bacon is so much fun in this movie... there's something about his sinister smirk that keeps all eyes on him." |
| 13. |
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05/27/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a precisely calibrated crowd-pleasing machine, balancing action, comedy and just the bare minimum of pathos." |
| 14. |
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05/27/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a delicious trifle for anyone who has ever dreamt of bantering about the cinema with Luis Buñuel or lounging at the piano to hear Cole Porter sing 'Let's Do It.' " |
| 15. |
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05/13/11 |
Very Good |
 "Depending on your own relationship with food, the pro-vegetarian documentary may be an inspiring call to action, a tedious bit of propaganda or a 90-minute guilt trip." |
| 16. |
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05/06/11 |
Weak |
 "How many times must we be subjected to another gorgeous, glamorous starlet impersonating a clumsy wallflower?" |
| 17. |
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03/18/11 |
Very Good |
 "Fukunaga delivers with carefully composed shots of austere landscapes and shadowy Victorian opulence. What he doesn't deliver, however, is a fresh take on an often-told love story." |
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03/04/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a wistful, bittersweet meditation on aging and death.... wisely steers away from the obvious Hollywood ending, but its unobvious denouement isn't wholly convincing or satisfying." |
| 19. |
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02/24/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Violence on this scale defies comprehension, which is the real reason that the story of the current murder capital of the world remains so underreported in the American press." |
| 20. |
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02/11/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the many battle sequences, though carefully detailed, are lacking in energy and originality. There is some ambition here, but the results fall short." |
