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12/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...riveting... Maya is a consummate professional who brilliantly performs her job in an often hostile work environment... one of the year's best..." |
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10/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "I fell in love with 'The Sessions'.... If you give this unusual, charming and surprisingly entertaining movie a chance, I'm sure you will, too." |
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10/12/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...allows Ben Affleck to offer some white-knuckle suspense for a grand show -- and a slam-bang ending that's guaranteed to have audiences cheering." |
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09/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a classical American tragedy.... The performances, the staging, the editing, the script are expert all across the board and it all builds to a solid dramatic payoff..." |
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07/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...hugely entertaining... adroitly avoids clichés and gleefully subverts your expectations at every turn.... builds to a pulse-pounding, nail-biting climax." |
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06/29/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...once in a great while, something as utterly distinctive and captivating as Benh Zeitlin's 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' comes along like a breath of fresh air." |
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11/16/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...you feel like you've come to know the characters' entire lives in the span of two hours.... a razor-sharp, pitch-perfect script..." |
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07/14/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a whip-smart, slam-bang piece of entertainment where we deeply care about the fate of the central characters (and many subsidiary ones who return for their last bows)." |
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12/03/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Aronofsky triumphs in a high-wire act. He skirts ludicrousness by balancing some truly creepy, bloody stuff with some stunningly beautiful ballet sequences..." |
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11/26/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Acting simply doesn't get much better... the rare work of art that's also an immense crowdpleaser." |
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11/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...dazzling and utterly riveting... Nothing that Franco has done before will prepare you for his work here." |
| 12. |
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09/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...quite possibly the first truly great fact-based movie of the 21st century.... a timeless and compelling story that speaks volumes about the way we live today." |
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07/16/10 |
Outstanding |
 "DiCaprio, who has never been better as the tortured hero, draws you in with a love story that will appeal even to non-sci-fi fans." |
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12/04/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Clooney reaches deeply into himself for this role, with thoroughly winning results... so tapped into the zeitgeist that it's positively scary." |
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10/02/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...conveys a vivid sense of time and place, and much of the excellently chosen cast are semi-professional locals recruited from the filming locations in Minnesota." |
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05/29/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...packs a dozen good films' worth of fun, wisdom and artistry into 89 minutes... as satisfying an experience as I've had in a movie theater in years." |
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03/19/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...whip-smart, sexy and delightfully twisty... Roberts is a formidable actress, but, at 41, she finally seems comfortable being a movie star, as well." |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...fascinating.... The fact that two of the principals are accomplished actors adds another level of confusion and interest that help make this compelling storytelling." |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...must-see... surprisingly satisfying... stellar work by Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role and Tobey Maguire as his neighbor and only true friend..." |
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04/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a classic coming-of-age story..." |
