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05/17/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Ms. Aselton shows a decent grasp of how to build tension. And though the premise is familiar, the movie doesn't always take the expected path." |
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05/17/13 |
Moderate |
 "Guy Pearce is eclipsed by an unknown young actress named Zhu Lin, whose charming performance gives this sweet if not very credible film its heart." |
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05/10/13 |
Weak |
 "...uninvolving... rarely more than a few minutes away from a gun battle or a tedious chase, and soon you cease to care who is shooting at, or running from, whom or why." |
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05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "The movie is trying to be a horror parody, but D. W. Young, the writer and director, forgot to bring along any humor.... there's nothing amusing or surprising." |
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05/03/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...moderately enjoyable.... The story has a few convolutions too many, but a generous sprinkling of tricks and illusions will appeal to fans of magic." |
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04/19/13 |
Moderate |
 "Considerable care goes into establishing the premise, but the film eventually abandons psychological subtlety for hallucinatory garishness, which is too bad." |
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04/05/13 |
Good |
 "...a sobering study in how individual human beings can become afterthoughts in the face of broad movements like nationalism..." |
| 8. |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "...delicate.... The director, Harold Guskin, and writer, Sandra Jennings, show admirable patience in letting the story unspool, and the actors reward them." |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's all kind of cute. Maybe a little too cute, but it does have a nice circle-of-life ending.... Mr. Byington shows a knack for observational humor." |
| 10. |
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03/29/13 |
Moderate |
 "...the movie's main attributes are noise and heavy weaponry.... there should be a 'Fans Only' sign at the door of every theater." |
| 11. |
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03/23/13 |
Poor |
 "...memorably awful.... stunningly awful. It is so awful that we are fortunate that 'awful' has an adverbial use that means 'very' or 'extremely.' This movie is awfully awful." |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...has a tired plot.... the movie is at its most interesting and amusing when riffing on how cavemen might have reacted to new experiences and ideas, like fire and shoes." |
| 13. |
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03/15/13 |
Weak |
 "...unconvincing.... grasps for credibility with scenes of a support group and cryptic voice-overs that strive for profundity but achieve only pretentiousness." |
| 14. |
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03/15/13 |
Weak |
 "Anyone still even remotely interested in that house in Amityville, N.Y., or the people who lived in it for a few weeks 37 years ago needs an exorcism." |
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03/08/13 |
Moderate |
 "...has a few decent moments of humor and some appealing performances... an inoffensive, undercooked film without much to say, but there are flashes of potential." |
| 16. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...hope, frustration and disappointment... the filmmakers let the story tell itself, without narration or expert commentary. That ultimately makes it all the more touching." |
| 17. |
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03/01/13 |
Fair |
 "...about as sleepy as a documentary can be.... doesn't really capture the urgency and militancy promised in the title." |
| 18. |
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02/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "...has lots of high-flying escapades but fairly low aspirations.... boilerplate... makes a tolerable diversion for a winter's day or evening, just not a memorable one." |
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02/15/13 |
Fair |
 "...the whole affair has an artificial look reminiscent of a community theater production on a cardboard set.... The story, though, is of moderate interest." |
| 20. |
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02/01/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...proof that there are still outspoken champions of views too radicalized to qualify as left-wing... a bracing change from the usual back-and-forth of the evening news." |
