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| 1. |
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10/07/11 |
Fair |
 "...flops back and forth between excruciatingly earnest discussions of political ideals and brutal battle scenes... the storytelling often comes out as an impenetrable jumble..." |
| 2. |
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03/01/13 |
Poor |
 "...has no tangible values, or value, at all... it celebrates selfishness, stupidity and the mean-spirited insensitivity that goes along with it. We're better than this, America." |
| 3. |
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08/19/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a newlywed husband is tempted by a decadent prince and drawn into all manner of debauchery.... plays more as pretense than plot, since no one, anywhere in the world, really cares about the story of the naughty 3-D film." |
| 4. |
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07/20/12 |
Poor |
 "...uneven and unengaging... there is no character insight allowed by the bumper-car storytelling.... '30 Beats' largely lacks a pulse." |
| 5. |
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03/23/12 |
Very Good |
 "Dafoe brings a quiet grace to his role, while Shanyn Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.... movingly celebrates connection, cooking life down..." |
| 6. |
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03/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "It may seem that Bill and Turner Ross are crafting a real-world analogue to David Lynch's creepy visions of American life... at once both mysterious and celebratory." |
| 7. |
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04/27/12 |
Weak |
 "...overstuffed and overcooked... feels like a collegiate production of 'Crash,' thinking it's saying big things as it traffics in the obvious." |
| 8. |
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01/12/13 |
Poor |
 "No-holds-barred comedy is one thing, hurtful thoughtlessness is something else entirely. An ostensible comedy shouldn't have so many moments that feel so ugly." |
| 9. |
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11/30/12 |
Poor |
 "...insufferable... Far too much attention is given to Chapman's sexuality and alcoholism, such that those two things are essentially all one knows of him at the end." |
| 10. |
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11/02/12 |
Poor |
"...a failure on all fronts... unpleasant to look at, needlessly in 3D, drearily unfunny and worst of all an incomplete portrait of the person to whom it is ostensibly paying tribute." |
| 11. |
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01/13/12 |
Good |
 "...director Charles Evans mines enough fresh info from the story that it feels at times familiar but not redundant." |
| 12. |
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12/17/10 |
Poor |
 "...explains its title late in the film with a sad, rather random invocation of the film 'Alien'... unformed, not thought-through and dislikably listless." |
| 13. |
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01/04/13 |
Moderate |
 "...an intermittently compelling but ultimately disappointing drama that loses track of its own point of view in favor of more generic storytelling." |
| 14. |
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09/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "...opens up into something expansive and rich.... seems to explore emotional identity, how we come to define ourselves in part as projections of how others respond to us." |
| 15. |
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09/03/11 |
Weak |
 "...takes a startlingly long time to rev up, and even at less than 90 minutes feels thin and at moments like it is playing for time.... makes for blunt dramatic essentials..." |
| 16. |
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07/29/11 |
Excellent |
 "Pulsing with a rowdy energy... works as both a sci-fi horror flick and a teen adventure film.... smart, but not knowing... so-called geek cinema done right." |
| 17. |
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04/14/12 |
Moderate |
 "...it's often difficult to tell what's bad on purpose or just badly handled. The cargo shorts and fanny pack? Purposely funny. The slack pacing? Probably not. The grasping at straws, stretch-it-out feel of the extended plot? Maybe?" |
| 18. |
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03/04/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Certainly better than the word 'passable' might imply... a sly and pleasant-enough young-adult programmer that is more likeable than not." |
| 19. |
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07/08/11 |
Very Good |
 "...has both a fan's enthusiasm and a slyly observant way of letting the subjects talk themselves into unexpected revelations.... a portrait of lives still in motion..." |
| 20. |
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01/06/12 |
Poor |
 "...a deeply strange and agitated performance by Dennis Quaid is the only thing that makes the film remotely bearable..." |
