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05/21/13 |
Excellent |
 "...like a great folk song: It's familiar but feels new.... an undistilled Coen concoction of surreal dread, misanthropy, hostile encounters and precision-timed jokes." |
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05/17/13 |
Excellent |
 "...coolly observed... shows how serious superficiality can be in a world where a clip of your arrest on TMZ represents a redemption from the purgatory of anonymity." |
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05/16/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a bit too familiar.... it slips not into darkness, but into a dark echo-chamber of fanboy self-referentiality..." |
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05/10/13 |
Moderate |
 "...seems to have been scooped from a seed bag labelled 'American Heartland Tragedy - Warning: Do Not Tamper or Modify.' " |
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05/03/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Black's stamp along with Downey's rakish louche style are fun for a while - but there is little room for emotional engagement..." |
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04/26/13 |
Moderate |
 "The script's occasional gestures toward making this an allegory of the failed American dream are extremely unconvincing..." |
| 7. |
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04/05/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Awash in slapstick carnage... an enjoyable, if almost academic, exercise in bad taste.... succeeds at stirring some fresh gusto into the familiar pot of gore." |
| 8. |
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03/29/13 |
Moderate |
 "Too often, the use of voice-over and repeated interviews in offices make this feel like a television detective-series episode where the outcome is already known." |
| 9. |
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03/29/13 |
Poor |
 "The real battle here is between the two women living in Melanie's head, who bicker in voiceover throughout the movie." |
| 10. |
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03/28/13 |
Weak |
 "...feels like a five-year-old with a megaphone, excitedly yelling about his latest bulldozer-soldier-dinosaur smash-kill-squash-everything game.... bloated..." |
| 11. |
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03/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the lively visuals and unrelenting thrill-ride pace can't disguise rough-hewn storytelling... doesn't do much for the evolution of children's animated entertainment." |
| 12. |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...entertaining.... The action is brutal and its use of CGI images that echo 9/11 carnage borders on exploitation. Yet the paranoia is also timely." |
| 13. |
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03/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...cunning and richly enjoyable.... often very funny, but, unlike many Hollywood movies, it does not pander." |
| 14. |
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03/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "...trashy but entertaining.... Hello, emergency? There's an excitable movie loose at the multiplex, and it can't seem to find its way home." |
| 15. |
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03/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "Rosebraugh's film is too self-righteous and his attempts to play a humour-challenged, lightweight version of Michael Moore in front of the camera is a misfire." |
| 16. |
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03/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "...entertaining.... There are enough blunts, spliffs, bowls, sacks and fields of primo ganja on display here to induce a sustained visual contact high." |
| 17. |
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03/08/13 |
Poor |
 "...it soon becomes clear this isn't working.... unfortunately, it has the model of the 1939 film to remind us how lacking in delight this version is." |
| 18. |
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03/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...subtle, hair-raising.... a deceptively understated film that keeps ratcheting up the tension through details and suggestive moments..." |
| 19. |
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03/01/13 |
Moderate |
 "A fine Scottish character actor is forced to work too hard to bring urgency to the atmospheric but loosely jointed character study..." |
| 20. |
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03/01/13 |
Moderate |
 "...while well-crafted, the film feels entirely generic.... the love story between the pleasant and bland Jack and Isabelle leaves no impression..." |
