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05/20/13 |
Weak |
 "...hyper-polished and overlong... Gibney attempts, yet fails, to further the story by attempting to understand the tormented psyches of Assange and Manning..." |
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05/16/13 |
Very Good |
 "...the research and elucidating synthesis on display effectively illuminate the pernicious aura of a lifestyle pursued by the yearning, lost souls of the time." |
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05/07/13 |
Moderate |
 "Opts for inspiration over insight... a starry-eyed pop doc that cannot transcend its scattershot, for-fans-only filmmaking." |
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04/29/13 |
Moderate |
 "Despite the counter-culture subjects at its core, the movie possesses a put-upon hipness that cannot mask its disarming dorkiness." |
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04/17/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...cheeky.... titillates, striking that distinctly Ozonian balance between the beautiful and the sinister, but it doesn't resonate.... more head-spinning than heady." |
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04/01/13 |
Moderate |
 "...more gag-friendly than idea-based, primarily relying on the considerable charm of its leads... it's the film's tonal and character inconsistencies that truly disturb." |
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03/28/13 |
Moderate |
 "...supremely crisp and hermetically sealed... Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of 'Snow White' and only uncovers layers of gloss." |
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03/23/13 |
Moderate |
 "...loses focus is in its depiction of what Sidiki actually cares about in life: music, his homeland of Guinea, and family.... has its heart in the right place..." |
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03/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...intensely personal.... The film's greatest success is the way it captures the essence of what it means to be a family, despite the fissures in the cracks of its foundation..." |
| 10. |
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03/03/13 |
Weak |
 "More incendiary personal essay than journalistic documentary.... an ostensibly dogged, if antithetically defeatist and repetitive, 81-minute battle cry." |
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02/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Much more successful in its depiction of milieu than dialectics.... On occasion, the film jarringly shifts from casual observation to forced conflict." |
| 12. |
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02/21/13 |
Moderate |
 "Karpovsky punctuates many moments with goofball, slapstick humor... the film is far too preoccupied with using comedy to defang truths rather than inform them." |
| 13. |
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02/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...sprawling but terse.... feels unnervingly fresh, evoking a lean and loaded gut punch of comprehensively collected and communicated facets." |
| 14. |
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02/06/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Copious amounts of landscape and wilderness shots cover up its schematic plot... In its attempts to avoid overstating the obvious, 'Lore' repeats the oblique." |
| 15. |
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01/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...armed with the fetid wit and visual sophistication of the bad political advertisements it occasionally lampoons.... an inept spoof on the election process..." |
| 16. |
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01/09/13 |
Moderate |
 "...plays coy with its quintessential indie-dramedy setup, eschewing narrative and tension in favor of convivial character interplay and master shots of wintry landscapes." |
| 17. |
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12/12/12 |
Poor |
 "...incongruously shifts from pandering psychiatric melodrama to dorky coming-of-age twaddle, with a crudely offensive dash of thriller elements thrown in for poor measure." |
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12/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "...hardly focuses on the man's fancy footwork, fixating instead on Heleno's hubris and hot-headedness... indulges in pleasure over substance, aesthetics over insight." |
| 19. |
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11/28/12 |
Poor |
 "...a bitter, self-aggrandizing director's finger-pointing rebuttal to the failure of his film.... the cinematic equivalent of staging a disaster and then bitching about the mess." |
| 20. |
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11/26/12 |
Very Good |
 "...refreshingly resists hagiography, often striking a balance between the genius of Baker's music with the flaws of the unlovable, and unloving, man." |
