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05/17/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...manages to feel both shambling and urgent at the same time..." |
| 2. |
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05/17/13 |
Moderate |
 "Shannon's Iceman is a bit too icy for the movie's own good, even if the supporting cast, which includes James Franco as a particularly pathetic victim, is fine." |
| 3. |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Ozon keeps the audience off balance, never really letting us know when the line has been crossed, and by whom." |
| 4. |
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05/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "There's lots of grit and vinegar... the film has the unpolished texture of cinéma vérité. That helps temper the slight flavor of melodrama that sometimes seeps in." |
| 5. |
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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...great, gripping and complex... more than a thriller... Nair's adept at big, sometimes messy narratives that embrace contradiction -- emotionally, politically, morally." |
| 6. |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...slight but mildly provocative... Anderson's camera is more probing than her questions... arouses curiosity without really satisfying it." |
| 7. |
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04/26/13 |
Poor |
 "...a sour attempt to turn tragedy into farce.... The whole thing is played for laughs that almost never come. Almost no one here is even remotely sympathetic..." |
| 8. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...stirs the emotions as we watch the survivors and their young descendants unearth and then rebury -- almost literally -- the memories they have kept hidden..." |
| 9. |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
0513998.jpg) "...engrossing, if complicated and twisty.... The big reveal is satisfying but requires some mental effort.... it isn't a bad place to start loving Tom Cruise all over again." |
| 10. |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "From a visual standpoint, it's beautifully told, evoking both dreamlike horror and a kind of spiritual wonder.... It's all very confusing, and rapturous." |
| 11. |
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04/12/13 |
Moderate |
 "...it's premised on the mind's ability to fool itself. That's one of the film's pleasures.... [but] there's a little too much happening in the violent, frenetic conclusion..." |
| 12. |
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04/12/13 |
Poor |
 "Pasha Roberts has said that the movie was relatively fast and cheap.... But you know what they say if you want something fast, cheap and good: Pick any two." |
| 13. |
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04/12/13 |
Weak |
 "...unapologetically spiritual.... It's just a shame that Malick's meditation on the human condition starts to feel like a reminder of how uncomfortable theater seats can be." |
| 14. |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a good, solid thriller about a fugitive trying to clear his name. But it's a much more interesting movie at the edges." |
| 15. |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "...unexpected.... It takes a while to get to the meat of the movie, but it's well worth the wait.... it is mighty weird. But it's also surprisingly mesmerizing." |
| 16. |
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04/05/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...subtly satiric.... but its points are blunted by a somewhat obscure, open-ended final scene..." |
| 17. |
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04/05/13 |
Moderate |
 "...has its moments.... the whole thing's kind of fun, if your taste runs to gallows humor. Laughs leaven the often grisly proceedings." |
| 18. |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has charm to burn, thanks mainly to Huard, who brings a sweet affability and groundedness.... it's silly and sappy, but it works..." |
| 19. |
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03/29/13 |
Very Good |
 "...starkly beautiful yet bleakly hopeless.... This is film noir at its noirest." |
| 20. |
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03/29/13 |
Weak |
 "...mushy and unsuspenseful.... the stakes are too low... Saoirse Ronan does a decent job.... William Hurt is okay.... But much of the rest of the cast is wooden..." |
