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| 21. |
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04/19/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a delightful tale of filmmaking woe... humble -- essentially a 'This American Life'-styled comedy of errors.... It's great fun." |
| 22. |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the first-person remembrances hit you where you live, while everything else often creates the opposite effect: It keeps you at arm's length from an extraordinary story." |
| 23. |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Carruth's visual approach, saved from abstraction by his own rapid, forward-leaping editing, is extremely assured." |
| 24. |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an actors' showcase.... Robert Redford... Shia LaBeouf... Brit Marling... Anna Kendrick... Julie Christie... Richard Jenkins... Susan Sarandon... Brendan Gleeson." |
| 25. |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "For a while, the film had me guessing, and more or less hooked. Then the violence, motivations, double-crosses and fantasy/reality tangles became tedious." |
| 26. |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a smooth-edged treatment of a life full of sharp, painful, inspiring edges.... settles for too little, for being an attractive primer, an introduction..." |
| 27. |
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04/05/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a series of casually absurd touches, some of them amusing, many artfully framed, too few of any comic resonance." |
| 28. |
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04/05/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...fully felt and moving.... You watch what happens, often dreading the worst. Even when the worst comes, though, it comes with honor and a kind of grace." |
| 29. |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "I found most of what's actually put forth in the film interpretively ridiculous. But I'm just one theorist among millions, and the film worked for me anyway." |
| 30. |
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04/05/13 |
Moderate |
 "...the gore goes straight to 11.... dark, sepia-toned, artful in its murk, and relentless and rather numbing in its geysers of bodily fluids..." |
| 31. |
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03/29/13 |
Very Good |
 "...unexpectedly touching... unknown nonprofessional Aniello Arena's performance is fine, true and moving. He is utterly unaware of the camera." |
| 32. |
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03/29/13 |
Moderate |
 "Do we really want our action movies to deliver action that does not stop? Ever? I get a little tired of action sequences that won't stop." |
| 33. |
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03/29/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a true New York movie, though in its ear and eye for atmospheric beauty it feels more French.... a sweet spirit buoys this quick-witted, amiably foul-mouthed indie." |
| 34. |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The real star of the film is cinematographer Warwick Thornton, whose vibrant color palette sets the desired storybook mood." |
| 35. |
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03/29/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Like some of the nuttier Shakespeare romances, the film revels in coincidence, dawning sexuality and an ardent belief in the power of goodness. It's pure of heart..." |
| 36. |
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03/29/13 |
Poor |
 "In its storytelling rhythm, it puts the 'shee-ate!' in 'excruciating.' And while Saoirse Ronan's a sharp and perceptive actress, the material defeats her." |
| 37. |
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03/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...tips between gentle satire of the admissions process and heartfelt pathos, and while the two aren't incompatible on paper, on screen it's a tussle." |
| 38. |
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03/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's 'Ice Age' with humans and less ice.... perpetually on the run, desperately full of action.... At least there's Cage, who has become an astute voice actor..." |
| 39. |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "She's a good actress, but Cornish has little but high notes and on-the-nose plot points to deliver.... David Riker's film could've used less diagramming and more mess..." |
| 40. |
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03/22/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
"There's a good movie in this story. The one that got made is roughly half-good. Fey and Rudd almost make too much sense together on screen..." |
