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| 1. |
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10/15/10 |
Good |
 "...delightful, sexy, and often audacious... so French, that most international audiences will be completely baffled by its very specific topical references." |
| 2. |
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10/15/10 |
Good |
 "...heartfelt yet very modest... Haroun is uninterested in big war scenes and is best at evoking the little details of life... his camera techniques aren't flashy, but rather quietly powerful..." |
| 3. |
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10/15/10 |
Weak |
 "...despite some semi-surprising twists near the end, it is weighed down and finally destroyed by too many cliches and a lack of clarity about what's being attempted." |
| 4. |
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10/15/10 |
Moderate |
 "Romanian directors seem to be indulging in a frenzied round of macho competition: How long can we baffle and bore the audience before we deliver the goods?" |
| 5. |
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10/15/10 |
Fair |
 "...all over the place and (purposely) impossible to follow... Godard films are much less fun to actually watch than they are to argue about afterward." |
| 6. |
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10/14/10 |
Good |
 "...surprisingly dramatic.... [but] Andrei Ucija offers not a single word of explanatory voiceover over its three-hour running time, an unfortunate aesthetic decision..." |
| 7. |
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10/14/10 |
Good |
 "It's gorgeously shot, and the weight of the Iranian present can be palpably felt, but for most viewers this will not be enough.... it's impeccable on a purely formal level." |
| 8. |
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10/14/10 |
Excellent |
 "It's all based on music -- raw, elemental and percussive -- out of which genuine laughs are wrung... may be small in scope, but, in terms of imagination, it's huge." |
| 9. |
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10/14/10 |
Very Good |
 "The film's very brilliance is what proves so disappointing, because it promises so much more than it ever delivers.... a psychological study with no psyche to study." |
| 10. |
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05/17/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...militantly superficial and revels overmuch in its campy gay sensibility, but it is sporadically fun if not taken too seriously." |
| 11. |
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05/13/10 |
Moderate |
 "...vintage De Oliveira... but it's a vintage that may have passed its prime.... The only thing that's missing in this ultra-formalist exercise is any sense of real, breathing life." |
| 12. |
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02/16/10 |
Poor |
 "...virtually every aspect of this misbegotten film misfires.... people talk, or are artificially interrogated by the unseen interviewer, and all that results is banality." |
| 13. |
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09/24/09 |
Good |
 "...emotional manipulation of the audience is constant and obvious.... [but] director Bruce Beresford knows exactly what he is doing at every moment..." |
| 14. |
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09/23/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...crazy people sing crazily, destroy furniture, smash dolls' heads with hammers, tap dance, power wash wheel chairs, eat pancakes with dishwashing liquid on them..." |
| 15. |
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09/18/09 |
Good |
 "A visually and aurally gorgeous film that will be too violent for some and too slow for others." |
| 16. |
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09/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "With her remarkable debut as a director, Drew Barrymore proves that she is just as perky, quirky and talented behind the camera as in front of it." |
| 17. |
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09/16/09 |
Good |
 "What 'Manus' has going for it is two things: the almost Hollywood-level slickness of its high production values and the profound depth of Max's despondency at the end..." |
| 18. |
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09/14/09 |
Very Good |
 "Though its grasp of English history may be a bit fanciful, 'Solomon Kane' is a powerful, high-spirited romp.... a solid entertainment that will enthrall young and old alike." |
| 19. |
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05/22/09 |
Outstanding |
 "There's really very little to say about this film beyond that it's absolutely brilliant." |
| 20. |
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05/22/09 |
Poor |
 "...its obsessive emphasis on sex and drugs -- to the point that most viewers are going to feel utterly bludgeoned by both -- makes it virtually unwatchable..." |
