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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...basically 'Transformers' without the good robots or the civilian characters, and with even less dialogue. The script is as generic as they come..." |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...things get really, really silly, as director David Weaver and co-writer Elan Mastai twist the movie in several different directions before settling for a professional but generic pulp thriller." |
| 3. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "It probably sounded great in the pitch room, but as an actual experience it's on the redundant side." |
| 4. |
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05/10/12 |
Weak |
 "...episodic, overstuffed... movies aren't TV shows, and Burton can't keep this many characters in the air without dropping a few. (He's still terrible at pacing, too.)" |
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05/10/12 |
Excellent |
 "...an elusive shell game; every time we think we've glimpsed the truth, it pivots away from us. And once you adjust to that ambiguity, things become a lot more interesting." |
| 6. |
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05/03/12 |
Excellent |
 "...quite simply, an epic win.... tremendous fun, sprinting through its gargantuan adventure on a mixture of adrenaline, glee and wise-assery." |
| 7. |
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05/03/12 |
Excellent |
 "A streak of black comedy nicely distinguishes the story from those dour Stieg Larsson adaptations.... feels both surprising and logical..." |
| 8. |
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04/27/12 |
Excellent |
 "I admit it: I believe in Jason Segel. How could I not? He is precisely the person he appears to be: earnest, silly, big-hearted and generous..." |
| 9. |
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04/26/12 |
Excellent |
 "...as energetic and fearlessly goofy as anything bearing the stamp of Aardman Animation." |
| 10. |
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04/26/12 |
Poor |
 "...terrible... sets up a bunch of empty scenes where people are trapped with each other and pass the time by arguing and reconciling.... ridiculously out of touch..." |
| 11. |
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04/26/12 |
Excellent |
 "...we're never allowed to forget the risks Ai's taking by poking fun at a system that has no sense of humour." |
| 12. |
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04/26/12 |
Weak |
 "Besson seems confounded by the static nature of Suu Kyi's battle against the Burmese military dictatorship that confined her to house arrest..." |
| 13. |
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04/19/12 |
Excellent |
 "It's a little more complex than it sounds, and much funnier, thanks to Stillman's ear for pompous dialogue and fondness for inspired running gags." |
| 14. |
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04/19/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The making-of featurette that plays over the end credits is a remarkable little mini-movie... perhaps we'll see a Disneynature documentary about that one day." |
| 15. |
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04/19/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Spurlock can't help poking fun at some of the more extreme nerds, giving the movie a sour undercurrent of jocky superiority that's completely at odds with Comic-Con's all-inclusive vibe." |
| 16. |
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04/12/12 |
Excellent |
 "It's as if Douglas Sirk had been entrusted with 'Brief Encounter' instead of David Lean... a deliberate, absorbing melodrama in the best sense of the word." |
| 17. |
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04/12/12 |
Excellent |
 "The script is inspired, the direction is sprightly, and the third act does not falter. And everything you need to know is in the title. Well, almost everything." |
| 18. |
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04/05/12 |
Weak |
 "...everyone's gotten a little older and a lot less interesting.... this isn't how you want to remember this series. Go have some dessert and think of better days..." |
| 19. |
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04/05/12 |
Excellent |
 "Weaving moments of psychological insight into a crowd-pleasing underdog narrative... an energetic look behind the scenes of mixed martial arts while still functioning as an incisive documentary." |
| 20. |
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03/29/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...it's big and silly and kind of fun, with Worthington's surly hero scraping up nicely against the loftier likes of Neeson's Zeus, Ralph Fiennes's Hades and Danny Huston's Poseidon." |
