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09/12/12 |
Fair |
 "There's nothing to 'get'... a story about a troubled relationship that, for me, ultimately chokes on its own self-conscious flourishes. But it's gorgeous, and it's ambitious..." |
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09/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...individual scenes are sometimes charming.... But the whole is oddly unsatisfying... the film feels slow.... it just doesn't come together into anything that feels significant." |
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09/10/12 |
Fair |
 "...sort of a mess.... Murray's performance is largely wasted on the film as a whole.... It's all setting and no story, all beauty and no humanity." |
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09/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...utterly delightful... utterly successful.... There is something warmly homemade about this film, which is sparkling and skillfully executed but also amiably loose..." |
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09/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "I wanted to like this project more than I did.... I appreciate the effort to create new forms and new ways to bring historical figures to life.... it just doesn't quite work." |
| 6. |
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09/09/12 |
Excellent |
 "...excellent.... Whether or not there is story plausibility here, there is an emotional integrity to every reaction Maisie has to every development." |
| 7. |
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09/09/12 |
Good |
 "There's a provocative idea at the center of 'A Late Quartet'... while the performances are very good, the script could have stood a little more restraint." |
| 8. |
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09/08/12 |
Very Good |
 "There's nothing more welcome than a very good film that also happens to incorporate a lot of soul music and dancing, and 'The Sapphires' is that very good film." |
| 9. |
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09/08/12 |
Very Good |
 "...probably the most lighthearted movie about sex and polio you'll see this year.... very crowd-pleasing... Helen Hunt is absolutely marvelous..." |
| 10. |
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09/07/12 |
Poor |
 "...disappointing... there's nothing to the way these characters are written that inspires any need to know anything more about them." |
| 11. |
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09/07/12 |
Good |
 "...while the film won't surprise anyone who's followed the case, it does play its own role, particularly in illuminating how unsatisfying the end of the story really was." |
| 12. |
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05/31/12 |
Fair |
 "What dooms 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is ultimately not how over the top it is, but how dull it is.... everyone involved needed a substantially better script..." |
| 13. |
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05/03/12 |
Good |
 "...a good film clearly made with love.... But it feels at times like it's marching through a set of stories without pausing long enough to learn a lot about them..." |
| 14. |
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03/29/12 |
Very Good |
 "...entertaining.... The script is slyly affectionate toward the fairy-tale genre, both respecting its conventions about red lips and first kisses and winking at its archetypes." |
| 15. |
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12/08/11 |
Poor |
 "...performers stranded with absolutely no script support are forced to subsist on pure presence, which quickly becomes a blood sport in which only a few survive." |
| 16. |
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11/22/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a rollicking, touching, funny success that brings back to life characters who faded after Henson died." |
| 17. |
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11/17/11 |
Poor |
 "...romanticizing an intimate relationship that leaves bruises and scars is a particularly terrible idea in a film aimed at girls." |
| 18. |
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10/20/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a fairly straightforward but very good documentary about the translation of talent into a livelihood, and it's very much worth seeing..." |
| 19. |
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10/06/11 |
Moderate |
 "...although it's bad, it's not boring.... Believe it or not, it's kind of fun." |
