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01/06/12 |
Poor |
 "...never gets off the ground... trots out the same predictable twisting heads and psycho-babble without a whiff of originality or discernible visual flair." |
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03/22/10 |
Poor |
 "...a bland thriller with reheated characters and stock dialogue that's as crisp and fresh as yesterday's chicken and biscuits.... there never is any crucial mounting of suspense, other than trying to determine when and if a particular patron is ever going to stop talking." |
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03/17/10 |
Poor |
 "...a blood-soaked, derivative and increasingly ridiculous sci-fi thriller... the resulting in-your-face mess never knows what it wants to be when it grows up." |
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09/07/12 |
Poor |
 "...the collaboration falls flat virtually from the get-go, serving up half-hearted sight gags that have a habit of landing with an ominous thud... uninspired..." |
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12/14/11 |
Poor |
 "...every bit as frantic, frenetic, groan-inducing and all around grating as its two predecessors." |
| 6. |
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12/06/11 |
Poor |
 "A remarkably maudlin affair that possesses scant evidence of Marshall's trademark brisk efficiency... feels stuck at least 30 years in the past." |
| 7. |
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07/28/11 |
Poor |
 "...numbingly generic... strictly for those who stand closer to three apples tall.... remarkably mirthless." |
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10/14/10 |
Poor |
 "...tonally all over the place, eventually settling in a rut that comes a lot closer to resembling bad camp than edgy satire." |
| 9. |
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06/24/10 |
Poor |
 "...though it's nice to see they all got along so swell, it would have been nicer if one could have shared in all the frivolity." |
| 10. |
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04/29/10 |
Poor |
 "...unimaginatively goes through the motions, offering scant justification for its boring existence, at least from an artistic point of view... Good luck staying awake." |
| 11. |
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08/01/09 |
Poor |
 "...grafts a torture porn payoff onto a heist thriller setup with messy, illogical results.... The proficient cast does what little it can with the lifeless material..." |
| 12. |
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07/16/09 |
Poor |
 "...an unmitigated B-movie that isn't thrilling enough or cheesy enough... Morgan J. Freeman never manages to impart much in the way of visual style or energy..." |
| 13. |
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09/08/11 |
Weak |
 "There are some dedicated performances, but this unfocused drama adds nothing new to the girls' boarding school film curriculum." |
| 14. |
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02/17/11 |
Weak |
 "Will Cannon keeps the energy level cranked but over-amplifies the dramatics to shrill effect, resulting in an unfortunate tone that undermines the serious-minded intent." |
| 15. |
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02/02/11 |
Weak |
 "Banal dialogue, over-modulated performances and melodramatic scoring combine forces to sink the stirringly photographed proceedings..." |
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10/15/10 |
Weak |
 "...after a promisingly tart start, the strident satire stumbles and falls into a sitcom-y hole from which it never emerges, despite the game efforts of its dynamic ensemble." |
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10/15/10 |
Weak |
 "When all is said and done, the Bang Bang club's Pulitzer-winning photographs prove more potent than this well-intended but frustratingly generic picture." |
| 18. |
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09/12/10 |
Weak |
 "...inert, lethargic... isn't nearly as quirky and poignant is it perceives itself.... seldom feels fresh or interesting, save for a sensitive Galifianakis performance..." |
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06/17/10 |
Weak |
 "Although Josh Brolin rises to the occasion, much of this comic book adaptation appears to have been abandoned on the cutting-room floor.... fires loud, empty blanks." |
| 20. |
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05/09/10 |
Weak |
 "There's nothing in the strictly by-the-numbers plotting, ho-hum pacing or stock characterizations that would allow it to ever truly come to life." |
