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10/27/11 |
Weak |
 "For a film about a 'sport' where every competition is literally a matter of life and death, the oddly inert, suspense-free '13' is strangely lacking in urgency." |
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02/28/13 |
Fair |
 "...a lowbrow would-be crowd-pleaser otherwise devoted to serving up its college sex-comedy clichés straight." |
| 3. |
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03/15/12 |
Good |
 "...proudly goofy... appropriately devoid of novel concepts... more consistently amusing and inspired than an adaptation of an '80s TV show has any right to be." |
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08/11/11 |
Moderate |
 "...ultimately so muddled and slight that's it's hard to ascertain what the filmmakers were thinking." |
| 5. |
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02/07/13 |
Poor |
 "...isn't a movie so much as a feature-length perfume commercial for a Charlie Sheen signature cologne with gorgeous packaging and absolutely nothing inside." |
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09/01/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a ramshackle ensemble comedy... randy, good-natured, moderately amusing, and charming in a glib, facile way." |
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01/11/13 |
Weak |
 "...the found-footage conceit is little more than a rickety structure to house an endless gauntlet of hackneyed jokes... sluggishly paced, virtually laugh-free..." |
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07/21/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...watchable but fairly inert... belongs to that curious subsection of dramas set in the endless, ostensibly gravity-granting shadow of 9/11." |
| 9. |
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11/03/11 |
Excellent |
 "The filmmakers throw everything at the audience, literally and metaphorically, and the results are exhilarating rather than exhausting." |
| 10. |
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09/23/11 |
Fair |
 "Singleton once radiated ambition and vision. These days, he seems to be aiming for mediocrity at best." |
| 11. |
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11/29/12 |
Poor |
 "Judging by the film's alternately self-pitying, self-aggrandizing, and bitter tone, the schlock director is afflicted with a bizarre lack of self-consciousness..." |
| 12. |
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03/21/13 |
Very Good |
 "...benefits from fine lead performances, deft characterization, and a solid grasp on a very specific cultural milieu.... the film falls apart in a ramshackle, lumbering final act..." |
| 13. |
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02/16/12 |
Weak |
 "...the fact that the 36-year-old actor 50 Cent -- who thoroughly looks his age -- felt he could convincingly play an athlete in his early 20s says even more about the self-delusion and narcissism behind this unintentionally hilarious vanity project..." |
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12/15/11 |
Weak |
 "...isn't a kids' movie so much as a brightly animated, instantly forgettable animated feature-length advertisement for the NOW That's What I Call Music!" |
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04/07/11 |
Moderate |
 "...applies a thick gloss of reverence and sentimentality to the story of a comic pioneer who challenged the kinds of neat, convenient, slickly packaged narratives..." |
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12/09/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a celebration of Gray's irrepressible lust for life and bottomless curiosity... It does justice to a subject who made his life and death works of art." |
| 17. |
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12/01/11 |
Weak |
 "...thinly drawn characters orbit one another like fading satellites... it winds down with a halfhearted shrug and a few feeble false shots of hope." |
| 18. |
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11/22/11 |
Excellent |
 "...gets a little sappy toward the end... it otherwise strikes just the right combination of naughty and nice, reverent and irrelevant, holiday-sweet and Aardman dry." |
| 19. |
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07/28/11 |
Excellent |
 "...rich in moral ambiguity and gleeful, smartass genre-mashing.... has a clever script and winning underdog spirit..." |
| 20. |
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06/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "The similarities between 'Bad Teacher' and the beloved 2003 Yuletide black comedy 'Bad Santa' begin with the titles, and they don't end until 'Bad Teacher' does." |
