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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "If I were only allowed to see one movie this year, I'd want it to be this one. If I were only allowed two trips to a theater this year, I'd see it twice." |
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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "I'm not sure I've seen anything that illustrates the loneliness hidden inside young friendships quite as truthfully... it's a small and special movie." |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Sarah Polley renders her portrait of family love and identity in such a heartfelt, pure way that at the end, I had tears running down my face." |
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03/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...may be the best movie no one will want to see in 2013.... a grueling but perfectly crafted story of religious faith versus human love.... the suspenseful film does horrify." |
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10/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...there's a 'holy smokes!' quality to Elizabeth Olsen's performance that evokes the exciting contradictions of early Kate Winslet... 'A star is born.' " |
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09/23/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...one of the loveliest romances of the year.... it offers an encapsulation of the joys of attraction and discovery that transcends sexual preference." |
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07/09/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a perfectly observed, sexy study of a modern American family... deliciously fraught; this might be the best domestic drama we'll see all year." |
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11/13/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...both a delightful amusement and a distillation of the filmmaker's essential playfulness.... Fantastic." |
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10/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Spike Jonze has done a masterly job of bringing Sendak's work to the screen.... this is a Max for everyone, for all the wild things and those who love and respect them." |
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07/31/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...slick and smart and, in its real-life urgency, puts Hollywood capers like 'Mission: Impossible' to shame." |
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06/12/09 |
Outstanding |
 "As important as any of Michael Moore's polemics... as the movie demonstrates, we can vote at the market or even with the gardens we plant." |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...it also speaks to larger hungers. Hungers for independence, a dignified life, a better chance for one's children -- in short, the American dream. See it and weep." |
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11/26/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Based on a Spanish family's experiences during the devastating South Asian tsunami... a technological marvel, but it's also emotionally rich and life-affirming." |
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11/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the most inventive and entertaining family movie I've seen this year, packed with wickedly smart humor and joyful animation." |
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10/05/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a penetrating study of familial bonds, quietly devastating in parts, beautiful on whole and destined to make you fall in love with a practiced and entirely amoral preteen thief." |
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07/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...ebullient, satisfying... might leave you with a new attitude about crime-fighting superheroes... Garfield and Webb make it feel convincingly fresh and exciting." |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...first-time director Bess Kargman triumphs by picking characters who largely defy expectations... This is a valentine to the art... irresistible." |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Brit Marling is gravely talented... marvelously, director Zal Batmanglij leaves open the dueling possibilities of science fiction and a much more mundane reality." |
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03/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a production as clean and meticulous as the sushi making it features.... David Gelb's movie is less a study of the food itself than of the idea of a lifetime calling." |
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12/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "The year's best coming-of-age film.... Dee Rees' voice is already powerful and gracefully confident... Actress Adepero Oduye is wonderful, the movie inspiring." |
