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05/03/13 |
Fair |
 "...would appear to give the erstwhile action star more opportunity to shine. It does that in its own way... But it ends up being ponderous and unfulfilling itself." |
| 2. |
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05/01/13 |
Fair |
"Keanu Reeves is able to make such potentially silly material as this strangely compelling, but his hard work is ultimately a drop in an otherwise empty bucket." |
| 3. |
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02/20/13 |
Good |
 "Some genuinely tender moments offset the occasional dramatic misfire... Alex Karpovsky's DIY know-how helps maximize a pint-size budget." |
| 4. |
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02/06/13 |
Fair |
 "...the film gets credit for its ability to keep us guessing early on but eventually reveals that where it's going is nowhere near as interesting as where it might have..." |
| 5. |
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01/11/13 |
Poor |
 "Nearly every one of these would-be jokes is painfully drawn-out, with several scenes seeming to act as their own blooper reels.... absolute humorlessness..." |
| 6. |
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01/02/13 |
Good |
 "The personal and political don't always align... but enough of the labor-of-love aspects shine through in a positive way to grant the film a genuine emotional core." |
| 7. |
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12/30/12 |
Poor |
 "...the performers are so hampered by the bland script that their best efforts ultimately do little to stop this from resembling a made-for-TV movie..." |
| 8. |
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12/08/12 |
Moderate |
 "This movie isn't the outraged indictment its title would imply, but neither is it emotionally resonant enough to make up for its lack of a clear focus." |
| 9. |
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11/29/12 |
Fair |
 "Imitating generic Hollywood product and then exporting it back to the States tends to provide few rewards for anyone, least of all the audience." |
| 10. |
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11/28/12 |
Fair |
"...scarcely distinguishable from the 'No Strings Attached' school of rom-coms.... Mostly harmless but also irksome in its bland simplicity..." |
| 11. |
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11/26/12 |
Good |
 "The film is a much tighter ship than the one it's about, with any leaks it springs along the way slowing it down but not sinking it... a sight to behold..." |
| 12. |
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11/08/12 |
Fair |
 "...a movie about two people (Marin Ireland and Chris Messina) truly getting to know each other without either character ever feeling genuinely fleshed out." |
| 13. |
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11/07/12 |
Fair |
"...stripped-down, episodic... By its halfway point, the film comes to feel like a short unwisely expanded to feature length..." |
| 14. |
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11/01/12 |
Moderate |
 "It's something of a relief that little is actually resolved... Zilberman is at his best when leaving narrative threads hanging rather than trying to tie them together." |
| 15. |
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10/31/12 |
Moderate |
"...a mixed bag. Always stately, occasionally stuffy... prone to occasional bouts of grandiosity not quite befitting its stripped-down scale." |
| 16. |
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10/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...tends to relegate its most interesting aspects to the background, its mind always elsewhere (most often a forced authenticity in capturing its period setting)..." |
| 17. |
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10/17/12 |
Fair |
 "...the acting feels so forced, the staging so wooden, that it's impossible to be fully engaged in what's actually going on." |
| 18. |
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10/11/12 |
Excellent |
 "...as much about recovery as it is about addiction... successfully makes the case that the twelve steps can sometimes be more difficult than whatever necessitated them..." |
| 19. |
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10/10/12 |
Excellent |
"Movies about drugs and alcohol may be a dime(bag) a dozen, but James Ponsoldt's film is so beautifully shot and well-acted as to transcend the genre." |
| 20. |
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10/10/12 |
Moderate |
"...has all the superficial elements of compelling drama but none of the interiority; it looks like a good movie without ever actually feeling like one." |
