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04/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...the impressive visual effects and director Peter Berg's epic set pieces fight against an armada of cinematic clichés and some truly awful dialogue." |
| 2. |
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01/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a cornball ride through colorful, often glaringly phony sets popping with miniature elephants, gold-spewing volcanoes and a monster-truck-sized lizard." |
| 3. |
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09/18/11 |
Fair |
 "...the general vibe is one of laziness. The action is by-the-numbers and the ungainly machinations of the plot are familiar from countless spy spoofs..." |
| 4. |
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09/09/11 |
Very Good |
 "...taps into questions of solitude and loneliness, obsession and repression of emotion... deliberately paced film is atmospheric and full of mystery, giving up its secrets reluctantly." |
| 5. |
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07/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "A classy, grown-up drama that explores the emotional wreckage of a dysfunctional family with caustic wit.... intelligent, visually sumptuous... embraces the grandeur of the Australian literary classic upon which it's based." |
| 6. |
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05/10/11 |
Fair |
 "A well-made but hard-to-watch portrait of Australia's worst serial killer.... Only the truly ghoulish will find any pleasure..." |
| 7. |
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04/19/11 |
Very Good |
 "...gleefully silly and sturdy enough... Big crashes, lithe women and roiling testosterone... at least two set pieces hit new heights of metal-crunching mayhem." |
| 8. |
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04/17/11 |
Good |
 "...skitters just this side of kitsch... a noisy, universe-rattling spectacle full of sound and fury with a suitably epic design and solid digital effects..." |
| 9. |
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04/07/11 |
Good |
 "...will have kids and their chaperones shaking a tail feather to its pulsating Latin beats.... ticks similar family-friendly boxes without reinventing the animation wheel." |
| 10. |
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02/16/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...sweet but scattershot.... the piece is as mild as its hero, although first-timer writer/director Leon Ford displays an amiably idiosyncratic sensibility that should be encouraged." |
| 11. |
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11/11/10 |
Poor |
 "...a spasmodic and incoherent shambles hampered by an astoundingly stupid screenplay. Burdened also by unspeakably bad Syfy channel dialogue and dreadful acting, it culminates in a risible finish..." |
| 12. |
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10/14/10 |
Excellent |
 "...terrifically engaging... about a band of teens forged into guerilla warriors after a military invasion of Australia... a universal coming-of-age story, with satisfying dollops of romance, drama and easy humor... a solid entertainment..." |
| 13. |
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01/21/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "As a celebration of cultural identity, the Aboriginal musical 'Bran Nue Dae' has so much feel-good fizz that you can almost overlook its rickety construction. But not quite." |
| 14. |
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04/30/09 |
Poor |
 "...cheerless... A bunch of murky motives, dozy pacing and two unlikable central characters forced into painful plot contrivances make this low-budget indie increasingly indigestible." |
| 15. |
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08/14/08 |
Outstanding |
 "A rollicking romp through the vaults of Aussie genre films." |
| 16. |
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06/30/08 |
Weak |
 "Sun-drenched and hormonally charged... boasts an almost fetishistic amount of teenage skin. But dramatically it's a wipe out. Its musty dysfunctional-family storyline stands in stark contrast to the breezy fun of the visuals..." |
