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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." |
| 2. |
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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'.... presents a compelling array of damning testimony..." |
| 3. |
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11/11/11 |
Very Good |
"...brings a gentle lyricism to an aimless year following Orange County skateboarder Josh 'Skreech' Sandoval.... a youth culture backdropped by the crumbling edge of California is rendered with punk rock energy and grace." |
| 4. |
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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..." |
| 5. |
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10/28/11 |
Very Good |
"Languid and contemplative, the film is 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." |