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| 21. |
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03/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...good, goofy fun, for a generation too young to have met Bamm-Bamm.... for those of more precocious intellects, it offers a little something extra to chew on..." |
| 22. |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "It may be hard for a viewer to accept some of the paranormal goings-on in this movie, but they're nothing compared to the realities that Komona has to endure." |
| 23. |
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03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "Once a year, St. Petersburg is awash with thoughtless, unpleasant people making poor decisions. This spring, Korine is one of them." |
| 24. |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a movie with a good head on its shoulders and a sweet heart, but with an inconsistent report card.... a serious film about life, relationships and growing up..." |
| 25. |
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03/15/13 |
Weak |
 "...even those who are able to appreciate its satire of/homage to genre movies may tire of its broad approach, which is less a skewering than a shotgun blast to the head." |
| 26. |
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03/15/13 |
Weak |
 "...a hot, noisy mess, and not especially funny, except in the way that Ruben responds to the insanity swirling all around him." |
| 27. |
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03/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "...the cinematography is simply gorgeous. But the rest of the movie ultimately gets weighed down by its own ponderous, and increasingly contradictory, logic." |
| 28. |
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03/15/13 |
Weak |
 "Park tries way too hard to turn something that's just not that scary into a beautiful nightmare.... The images may be haunting, but the events aren't." |
| 29. |
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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." |
| 30. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...will appeal to anyone who lived in -- or followed -- New York through the '80s, but not exclusively to them. It's ultimately a tale of humanity, not power." |
| 31. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "Rosebraugh isn't joking.... The film's slickness is tempered by its sense of urgency.... it's part infomercial, part call to man the barricades." |
| 32. |
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03/08/13 |
Moderate |
 "...writer J.H. Wyman and Oplev introduce enough stylish eccentricity -- and opaque plotting -- to keep the tale interesting, at least until the generic bloodbath conclusion." |
| 33. |
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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..." |
| 34. |
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03/01/13 |
Weak |
 "There are a couple of nifty, if less than jaw-dropping, special effects. But the whole thing never feels entirely -- I don't know -- real." |
| 35. |
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02/23/13 |
Moderate |
 "...genuinely unsettling, albeit in a way that's never truly, deeply chilling. It works its way to a satisfying enough conclusion..." |
| 36. |
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02/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "They decidedly don't seem happy. And the movie's decision to skate down the frozen Yenisei without examining their unhappiness more closely leaves a slight chill." |
| 37. |
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02/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...protein-and-starch filmmaking at its utilitarian -- and belly-filling -- best. Dwayne Johnson brings the steak; Jon Bernthal the sizzle." |
| 38. |
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02/18/13 |
Moderate |
 "...doesn't aim any higher than cute. Its phasers aren't set on 'stun' but on 'something to occupy the kids while Mom and Dad pick up a few things at the mall.' " |
| 39. |
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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." |
| 40. |
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02/14/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a movie so schizoid in its extremes of pleasure and pain that it's hard to know how to weigh its contradictions, or even where to begin separating them." |
