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11/10/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...haunting and compassionate... what makes the film so unusual is the relaxed and intelligent way that it connects the private and public experience of war." |
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10/05/11 |
Very Good |
 "...seems to be channeling the personality of its subject.... a problematic, at times off-putting, but ultimately fascinating work." |
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04/20/11 |
Very Good |
 "...it made a stronger impression on me than anything Spurlock has done before... accessible, lovable, mainstream..." |
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11/04/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "I'd rather watch a filmmaker attempt to be audacious and impassioned and fall on his face, as Perry does here, than watch mumbly-mouthed bromance characters lounge on sofas and insult each other's video-game prowess." |
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11/03/10 |
Very Good |
 "...fascinated by repetition, mistakes, awkward silences and the charged, quiet moments before and after performances. And it observes them all with a rapt, unblinking eye." |
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09/10/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a performance art piece, an existential showbiz drama, a therapeutic exercise, an analysis of celebrity's impact on the self, and a glorified home movie.... strong stuff." |
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04/02/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...it soars, thanks to Mr. Gerima's bracingly direct storytelling.... confronts big subjects... Yet the movie never degenerates into a laundry list of pet issues because Mr. Gerima's sensibility is humanist and fundamentally decent and sane." |
