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11/10/11 |
Moderate |
 "...traces one woman's lifetime of philanthropy.... both intimate and inaccessible. As easy as it is to admire the efforts of someone who seeks to give others better lives, it's hard to stick with the movie even for its brief running time." |
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10/10/11 |
Good |
 "...a more candid movie than 'Bobby' with some of the same positives: a strong cast, an inherently interesting premise, and a lesson to be learned." |
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10/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "...pulls aside the curtain to explore the emotional investment that performers, exemplified by Elmo-worker Kevin Clash, make in their chosen profession." |
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09/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "It would be easy to label this a comedy of manners... Instead it's about a character confronting his own humanity, and realizing how close he has come to losing it." |
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01/08/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...pulls up one stop short of tackling the fear of fear itself.... intriguing but abstract... a movie with a premise that holds more promise to frighten than it can deliver." |
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12/06/10 |
Very Good |
 "...shockingly effective... gets its thrills the old-fashioned way: earning them by building tension and giving us likeable characters to pin our hopes for survival on." |
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11/08/10 |
Good |
 "...audacious... does the seemingly-impossible by making a funny movie about suicide bombers.... manages to earn laughs at every step of the way." |
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11/05/10 |
Moderate |
 "...ambitious, but fatally flawed... caught between making excuses and satirizing the plight of young adults..." |
| 9. |
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10/25/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a satisfying close... a first-class thriller... avoids many of the problems that plagued the middle film." |
| 10. |
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10/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...gains tenable warmth from its handmade feel.... should ring true to anyone who has struggled to understand the absurdities of dealing with the powers that be." |
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09/06/10 |
Very Good |
 "...much more than just an Australian answer to the American teen musical craze.... explores socio-cultural circumstance and questions of home, faith, and identity." |
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08/22/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a film that touches on many different issues.... alarmingly dark... about the lives and relationships of ordinary people." |
| 13. |
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07/15/10 |
Good |
 "Though simple and sometimes aggravating to watch, the film nevertheless captures the essence of tension through powerful performances." |
| 14. |
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06/27/10 |
Excellent |
 "...touching... maintains an air of authority while delivering an emotional subject that never gets played for cheap emotional punch." |
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06/27/10 |
Excellent |
 "Brett Haley is a talent to watch... Staking out some relatively new story space and ensuring that all the elements work together is Haley's achievement as director, co-writer, producer, and editor." |
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06/24/10 |
Good |
 "...a strong performance by Ryan O'Nan as a soldier facing difficult readjustment can't overcome completely the story problems and lack of originality..." |
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06/03/10 |
Good |
 "...has all the gore and humor to fit nicely into Romero's oeuvre, along with an intelligent theme that, somewhat ironically, condemns senseless violence." |
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05/25/10 |
Very Good |
 "...excellent... Michael Stephenson has crafted an authentic documentary using an unlikely subject to enter into a dialogue about some substantial issues." |
| 19. |
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04/28/10 |
Fair |
 "...has no emotional impact or breadth of scope to accord the film its own expressive position." |
| 20. |
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04/12/10 |
Very Good |
 "...some kind of film buff's dream and a layered piece of entertaining movie-making that we see far too seldom from any national cinema." |
