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02/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a raucous yet sweetly romantic documentary.... The movie is a labor of love... affectionate, funny and toe-tapping, with a tail-kicking soundtrack." |
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11/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...smart, funny and original... if you give Penn (and the movie) a chance, the character works, movingly and somewhat miraculously." |
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05/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...austerely bewitching... explores not just matters of life and death, but also the nature of truth and lies, beauty and ugliness, guilt and innocence and good vs. evil." |
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05/20/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...the effect of this sinuous, snaking drama... is like a tripwire. It knocks you off your feet and leaves you shaken." |
| 5. |
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05/29/09 |
Outstanding |
 "The uniformly crackerjack cast keeps things electric, yet always believable, even when behaving in ways that are shocking." |
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07/24/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...somewhere in between all the emptiness -- the film's laconic chapters are separated by repeated static shots of clouds and sky -- a beautiful little point is made." |
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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." |
| 8. |
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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." |
| 9. |
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03/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...powerful and haunting... a story of healing... the filmmaker has a sensibility keenly attuned to the condition of female adolescence." |
| 10. |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "On the whole, the film has a tone of intelligent, if subdued, outrage. It deserves to be seen, along with 'Food, Inc.,' 'King Corn' and other muckraking food docs..." |
| 11. |
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01/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a near masterpiece of tastelessness.... elevates the art form of gross-out comedy to a new height.... sets its sights so low that it actually breaks through the basement..." |
| 12. |
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11/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A quietly brilliant study in cognitive dissonance... a documentary look at Holocaust denial, but not the kind you might think." |
| 13. |
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10/26/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...stirring... a taut, absorbing tale of destiny and survival. It's also uniformly well-acted, with an assured and sensitive performance by Bill Skarsgard..." |
| 14. |
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07/06/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...gorgeously photographed, mostly sure-footed... an almost perfect portrait of someone hooked on a feeling, someone high on believing." |
| 15. |
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06/15/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...will appeal, in descending order, to working painters, confirmed Gerhard Richter fans, and active and knowledgeable lovers of contemporary art of all stripes." |
| 16. |
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06/08/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A parade of laughs? That, you expect. What's really surprising is just how moving it ultimately is, largely because of the emotionally engaging character animation." |
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05/25/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...messy, boring, funny, suspenseful, touching, jubilant and tragic.... the movie for the most part takes a frank, deadpan tone that serves its complex themes well." |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "By turns sweet, sad, funny and poignant... a nuanced, moving and profoundly humane exploration of doubt, faith, weakness and resolve." |
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03/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a pure delight, a keenly affecting, visually ravishing tale... reminds us that it is the story, not stunts, that breathes life into a cartoon." |
| 20. |
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03/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a thriller that feels like a documentary... a tale of tribalism, set in a Facebook world." |
