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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "Inspired by Edwin Boyd's story, rather than literally retelling it, the movie is less a gangster film than an existential allegory of choices and limitations." |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...rude and goofy... while Baron Cohen's lanky physical slapstick and verbal manglings are funny, the movie begins to feel like one of the later, worn-out 'Pink Panther' movies." |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...slick and spritely, a mixture of corporate skullduggery and low-life slapstick that plays like 'The Firm' meets 'Blood Simple.' " |
| 4. |
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05/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "With its stereotypical characters and creaky plot turns, this passage to India feels even longer than its running time." |
| 5. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "A serial-killer flick with literary pretensions... The pervasive gore overpowers the few clumsy attempts at wit..." |
| 6. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...occasionally funny and poignant... feels more like the raw feed than the final edit, and seems to run as long as the time span promised in the title." |
| 7. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a slog, a two-and-a-half hour, painted-on-wood exercise in political iconography... devoid of either iron or irony, it is merely forgettable..." |
| 8. |
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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a classic Disney orphan script that seems determined to impose the plot of 'The Lion King' on a lecture in primatology." |
| 9. |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...conceptual, an exercise in repeatedly frustrated narrative closure, which makes for a repeatedly intriguing, repeatedly frustrating, exercise: A mystery with no solution." |
| 10. |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a meta-horror-comedy mash-up that, at least for two-thirds of its running time, holds together smartly." |
| 11. |
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04/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Though you can empathize with Gianni's loneliness, the lecherous buffoon is too much of a stock type to feel fresh. At times, the comedy is shamelessly broad." |
| 12. |
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03/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "A documentary about the 80-year-old German artist putting paint on canvas that offers a look at the mighty mountain of creative achievement." |
| 13. |
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03/30/12 |
Weak |
 "...the newer film remains a series of monster wrestling matches, with snippets of bellowed dialogue from middle-aged guys in long-haired wigs..." |
| 14. |
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03/23/12 |
Very Good |
 "By the end of the film, you may involuntarily find your hands wandering up to your face, checking for missing teeth and broken cheekbones." |
| 15. |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a portrait of the artisan (shokunin) as an old man.... What else is the film about? The traditional, and sometimes negative obsession with dedication and sacrifice." |
| 16. |
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03/16/12 |
Moderate |
 "...less a copy of the TV series than another 'Superbad,' in which Jonah Hill also starred... an excuse for comic actors to goof on the back-to-school experience." |
| 17. |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "...conventional but well-made..." |
| 18. |
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03/09/12 |
Poor |
 "For a comedy about the quest for inner peace, 'A Thousand Words' reeks of desperation." |
| 19. |
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03/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...strictly formulaic, although with a cast that includes four members of the hit 'Bridesmaids'... it's a case of high-profile talent playing in a small familiar sandbox." |
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03/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...exceptional - a gorgeously shot crime story with emotionally layered characters and an indelible atmosphere of unease." |
