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| 21. |
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03/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "...you wish the talented Australian trio at its center (Wasikowska, Kidman and Jacki Weaver as a concerned aunt) were engaged in something more intriguing." |
| 22. |
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03/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Berg, an Oscar-nominated documentarian for 'Deliver Us from Evil,' quickly and meticulously sketches in the early details of the story, then gets to the heart of it..." |
| 23. |
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03/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Nguyen, astonishingly, manages to wring something vaguely like a happy ending from this tragic story. Komona is traveling toward a new beginning..." |
| 24. |
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03/15/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...you watch it thinking that it should be smarter and funnier, but you have a pretty good time anyway.... enjoyable... finds magic in its casting." |
| 25. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...isn't a masterpiece for the ages, but an agreeable family film that pleasantly reminds us of something greater -- of a land that we heard of, once in a lullaby." |
| 26. |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...moving... will haunt you long after the film is over.... full of statistics and facts, but it wisely focuses on people..." |
| 27. |
|
03/01/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the talented cast keeps things watchable, as do just enough randomly goofy moments... the movie eventually emerges as a just-good-enough diversion." |
| 28. |
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02/21/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...competent if unremarkable... it lacks a certain suspense.... Johnson, with his low-key charisma, may not yet be an actor, but he's certainly a movie star." |
| 29. |
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02/14/13 |
Weak |
 "...odd... a primer on what I'll call Movie Behavior -- things people do in the movies that you can't ever imagine in real life.... pretty as a picture, easily forgotten." |
| 30. |
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02/14/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...begins as a comedy and eventually becomes a sort of wildly over-the-top coming-of-age supernatural thriller.... Things whirl out of control in the final third..." |
| 31. |
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02/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable... finds something deeply moving in the stories of ordinary lives." |
| 32. |
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02/08/13 |
Moderate |
 "McCarthy's a giggly pleasure, with the funniest movie walks (and runs) since Bette Midler. But the film doesn't know what to do with her..." |
| 33. |
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02/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "The less you know in advance about this slick thriller, the more you'll enjoy it.... the movie goes to unexpected places, and we breathlessly follow along." |
| 34. |
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02/01/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "These actors, playing longtime friends, seem to shuck off the script and just become buddies before our eyes, and you want a seat at the diner table with them." |
| 35. |
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01/25/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...flies by as if on wings... Stephen Fry embarks on a journey through the composer's life, in the hope of finding some closure." |
| 36. |
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01/25/13 |
Very Good |
 "...an actors' movie.... Stay for the credits; they're a lovely, poignant reminder of the passage of time, and of lives spent immersed in art and music." |
| 37. |
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01/25/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...though predictable, it moves along nicely enough for most of its 99 minutes, thanks to an offbeat chemistry between Huppert and the very relaxed Benoît Poelvoorde." |
| 38. |
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01/25/13 |
Outstanding |
 "There's no happy ending here, and the film's opening scenes tell us the tragic conclusion to this story -- but love is present, in every frame... its rewards are many." |
| 39. |
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01/18/13 |
Moderate |
 "...lukewarm... has a few moments of eerie beauty, in a 'Pan's Labyrinth' creature-y way (Guillermo del Toro is an executive producer), but mostly things unfold predictably." |
| 40. |
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01/11/13 |
Very Good |
 "Seen through the eyes of a 4-year-old... a quiet and often lovely film, scored only with sounds of the forest and the wind, letting a child make her own story." |
