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08/17/12 |
Good |
 "...earnestly paints the picture of a democracy slowly and methodically being nudged toward oligarchy with help from all sides." |
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06/08/12 |
Very Good |
 "Based on Samantha King's book of the same name... You can't cure what you don't understand is one of the film's sobering messages." |
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06/01/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...scathing... focuses in on dishonorable episodes in the United Nation's recent history.... far from evenhanded, but capable of raising important questions." |
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06/01/12 |
Good |
"Blends expert testimony with emotional appeals from a support group for women... this stinging indictment raises an all-together different call to arms." |
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12/02/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a mixed bag of a film that scores not when rehashing our national obsession with dieting but when it challenges the underpinnings of a national obesity epidemic.... this sprawling documentary digresses." |
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11/18/11 |
Weak |
 "...misses opportunities to add much substance to the debate over immigration reform.... not much effort is made to really delve into tricky issues -- worker exploitation for one is given quite the gloss." |
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11/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "...brings a gentle lyricism to an aimless year following Orange County skateboarder Josh 'Skreech' Sandoval.... rendered with punk rock energy and grace." |
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11/11/11 |
Excellent |
 "...scathing... a portrait of a political system so corrupted by the oil and gas industry that it has rendered Louisiana less a state in our union than an 'oil colony'.... compelling..." |
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11/04/11 |
Excellent |
 "...serves as dispassionate witness to hard lives, hard-earned successes, the strengths and limitations of friendship and the heartbreak of watching loved ones make bad choices..." |
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10/28/11 |
Very Good |
 "Languid and contemplative... typical of the intimate, paired-down aspect of filmmaker Jennifer Fox's style, a documentary in which lives accumulate in small moments." |
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10/21/11 |
Very Good |
 "...well shot and sharply paced... so friendly to the corporate types its predecessor targeted that Nissan is sponsoring screenings." |
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10/14/11 |
Moderate |
"...a mixed bag of a film that scores not when rehashing our national obsession with dieting but when it challenges the underpinnings of a national obesity epidemic." |
