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06/18/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...the movie doesn't pull its punches or insult its audience... it also doesn't shy away from the melancholy of growing older and leaving your toys behind." |
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02/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "It's quietly brutal stuff, beautifully acted by Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks and a word-twisting Alessandro Nivola." |
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07/15/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...the strongest (or at least the most mature, subtle and emotional) entry in the series thus far.... it finally lays out some key bits of backstory." |
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02/08/13 |
Excellent |
 "...hugely entertaining... its real pleasures lie in its terrific '60s pop-soul soundtrack and especially in its frequently funny performances." |
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09/28/12 |
Excellent |
 "...terrific... The movie's perfectly understated, warts-and-all sense of time and place will send any suburban Gen Xer in the audience flashing right back..." |
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09/09/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a tough, funny, fast-moving and tightly constructed John Carpenter riff in which a bickering group fights a pack of space monsters in and around a single location." |
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06/17/11 |
Excellent |
 "...pulls off a nice little feat: It's a reference-heavy coming-of-age indie flick that feels fresh despite being, well, a reference-heavy coming-of-age indie flick.... fairly stunning." |
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03/04/11 |
Excellent |
 "...funny and powerfully weird... probably the closest I've seen a big-budget, computer-animated feature get to the comic vibe of my favorite Chuck Jones cartoons..." |
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11/18/10 |
Excellent |
 "The pace is still brisk and the set pieces are still outlandish... returning director David Yates ('Order of the Phoenix,' 'Half-Blood Prince') still has a surprisingly light touch..." |
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08/06/10 |
Excellent |
 "...epically absurd, slightly overlong, pretty funny... Adam McKay is back to trying something wildly ambitious with his comedy, and largely succeeding." |
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06/04/10 |
Excellent |
 "...a funny, fast-moving pastiche of Spielberg, Woo, Leone and George Miller, but it's really a must-see for its three big action set pieces..." |
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05/07/10 |
Excellent |
 "The actors give full-bodied, warm, melancholic performances... their easy chemistry grounds the film even when it flirts with the cliched and the downright bizarre." |
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03/26/10 |
Excellent |
 "...terrific. It's charming, funny, exceedingly well-made and features enough comically thrilling flying-lizard mayhem to cause your child's head to lightly explode." |
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03/26/10 |
Excellent |
 "...casual, hilarious fun." |
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12/04/09 |
Excellent |
 "The film's greatest strength is its restraint.... has a verisimilitude rare in films tackling this subject matter." |
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10/02/09 |
Excellent |
 "...funny, joyful and humane. It gives women actual dialogue to say instead of just having them dither about boys for a couple of hours." |
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05/29/09 |
Excellent |
 "Raimi as a filmmaker is clearly having more fun than he's had in years. So will his fans." |
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05/22/09 |
Excellent |
 "Rian Johnson's confident direction takes what could have been self-consciously precious and makes it hugely entertaining and a little moving." |
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10/05/12 |
Very Good |
 "...it's affecting as near-operatic melodrama (particularly during one heartbreaking, late-film montage) and it's fascinating as an offbeat storytelling exercise." |
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08/29/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a brawly, bloody, self-conscious folk myth.... the filmmakers fill the screen with period grit, broadly sketched characters and eruptions of pain." |
