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07/07/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...totally fresh and wildly original.... characters we've never met before, situations we've not previously encountered, and a story we don't already know the ending of..." |
| 2. |
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07/08/10 |
Fair |
 "...not much better than a cheesy Syfy Original film... 'Predators' has just as little to say as whatever made-for-cable crap will turn up on TV this weekend." |
| 3. |
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07/08/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...one of the best movies about family I've ever seen: what family means, what you do to keep it together, how the ups and downs of it can drive you crazy..." |
| 4. |
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07/13/10 |
Outstanding |
 "If there's one major flaw here, it's that 'Inception' is more satisfying on an intellectual level than on an emotional one. Not that I'm really complaining about that..." |
| 5. |
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07/14/10 |
Poor |
 "...just plain idiotic. I didn't think it was possible for Jon Turteltaub and star Cage to make a worse movie than the 'National Treasure' nightmares... But they've done it." |
| 6. |
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07/21/10 |
Excellent |
 "Oh, sure, it's nutty-as-a-fruitcake insane at the same time, but being this hugely entertaining goes a long way..." |
| 7. |
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07/23/10 |
Outstanding |
 "I can't think of another movie that captures rambunctious, freespirited modern little-girlness the way that this one does, and in a way that isn't dumbed down..." |
| 8. |
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07/29/10 |
Good |
 "...not a great film.... [but] there's something very moving about Charlie's plight, and in the poignancy of deciding whether or not to let go of the memories of those we love." |
| 9. |
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07/29/10 |
Poor |
 "...like a schmuck parade marching through your head for two hours.... the only even mildly amusing moment comes at the end, when we finally get to the damn dinner..." |
| 10. |
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08/06/10 |
Moderate |
 "Duffel bags of cash. Dumping bodies at sea. Women as commodities and lots of tits and asses wriggling in his face. It's just another day at the office for Jack Harris." |
| 11. |
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08/06/10 |
Excellent |
 "Not every bit works, but even the bits that don't fail honestly, not out of overstretching desperation on the part of the filmmakers... There's even an SEC joke that works." |
| 12. |
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08/07/10 |
Poor |
 "...whatever minor charms 'Step Up 3D' may have to offer have been overtaken by nonsense. Nice, goodhearted nonsense, but still." |
| 13. |
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08/11/10 |
Poor |
 "All the style is nothing but a would-be 'sweet' metaphor for men treating women as property and woman acquiescing to being treated that way." |
| 14. |
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08/11/10 |
Fair |
 "It's a good thing you don't really need to 'understand' the action, as in just whose head is getting busted by just which mercenary at any given time, because you won't." |
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08/13/10 |
Excellent |
 "This is an absolutely astonishing place for a mainstream movie to go, to concede that No, having a man is not, cannot be the extent of a woman's ambitions." |
| 16. |
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08/19/10 |
Excellent |
 "...more for the kiddies: it lacks the dark humor with adult appeal of the first Nanny McPhee. But it's hardly a chore to sit through as an adult, either." |
| 17. |
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08/19/10 |
Excellent |
 "...the film is visually cold and spare, and agreeably so, while at the same time it's emotionally warm and expressive." |
| 18. |
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08/20/10 |
Poor |
 "...isn't hilarious: it's obnoxious. These people aren't people: they're cartoon characters... stereotypes descend into the downright disgusting." |
| 19. |
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08/23/10 |
Poor |
 "...it's like an interminable sitcom up on the screen.... nasty and mean, a disgusting movie made all the more disgusting by how flippant it is." |
| 20. |
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08/27/10 |
Excellent |
 "...a helluva lot more involving than I could ever have imagined it would be." |
