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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "All I expected out of 'Battleship' was a stupid action movie. It's more than that, though: It's also a stupid comedy and a stupid sci-fi yarn." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "A would-be piece of pulp fiction... proves that even Samuel L. Jackson can be boring.... the grift, like the rest of the movie, feels routine and half-baked." |
| 3. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "The thin banter might work a bit better if the actors were appealing, but this cast of nobodies is unable to sell any of the script's mild nightclub-comedy observations..." |
| 4. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has an overstuffed heart, and the witty script offers lots of gentle laughs.... The movie is moderately cloying, not massively so." |
| 5. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...neither overwhelming nor underwhelming. What it expertly is, is whelming.... at heart super-'Friends,' a surprisingly witty comedy with a comic book wrapped around it." |
| 6. |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...alternately hair-raising and chuckle-unleashing..." |
| 7. |
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04/13/12 |
Poor |
 "...a mangled action thriller... The chemically induced coma with which the bad guys threaten to punish our hero sounds more interesting than anything in this movie." |
| 8. |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...strikes a tone of a sort of hushed worship... doesn't quite surmount the problem of how to dramatize inert situations such as being a prisoner of one's own home." |
| 9. |
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04/13/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...beautifully restrained... the story works in its themes so quietly and artfully that a hug registers as a genuinely defiant gesture." |
| 10. |
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04/13/12 |
Weak |
 "...a vivid illustration of the difference between witty and smarmy. Wit makes you laugh. Smarm, on the other hand, may be clever, but it's hard to laugh at it..." |
| 11. |
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04/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "A beautifully photographed outdoorsman's thriller with an environmentalist theme... Dafoe proves to have the right blend of ruggedness and sensitivity..." |
| 12. |
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04/06/12 |
Poor |
 "It's hard to get past the feeling that you're locked in an enclosed space with a screenwriter struggling to come up with increasingly far-fetched happenings." |
| 13. |
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04/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "A sinewy and breathless thriller from France... so gripping and focused that it easily bests Hollywood movies with 50 times its budget." |
| 14. |
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04/06/12 |
Weak |
 "The script suffers from blandness and aimlessness, but most of the cast is appealing enough, as is the director himself, who plays a sensitive teacher." |
| 15. |
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03/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...easily takes the title of second-best hockey comedy I've ever seen. Apparently, in the world of small-time hockey, not a lot has changed since 'Slap Shot' days..." |
| 16. |
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03/30/12 |
Moderate |
 "...serviceable... Liebesman doesn't bother much with making sense: Whenever someone needs a magical power that could yield some nifty CGI, he gets it, unexplained." |
| 17. |
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03/30/12 |
Poor |
 "What is the lamest aspect of all? Could be the costumes... or the dialogue... But I pick the lazy, inert, lackluster plot." |
| 18. |
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03/23/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...derivative, but it is engrossing and at times exciting.... it's essentially a sellout." |
| 19. |
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03/23/12 |
Poor |
 "Dull high jinks, emotional revelations and soul-searching, matched with piles of weepy music and tearful admissions... belongs on the lower reaches of the cable-TV lineup." |
| 20. |
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03/23/12 |
Poor |
 "Striving mightily to be the indie equivalent of a wacky sitcom... A quality cast is wasted amid dismally unfunny scenes." |
