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05/22/09 |
Outstanding |
 "There's really very little to say about this film beyond that it's absolutely brilliant." |
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05/23/08 |
Outstanding |
 "...a lively, sensory-overload, cartoonlike fashion reminiscent of 'Amelie' and 'Moulin Rouge.' The fact that it's often over-the-top goes with saying, and is part of the fun." |
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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." |
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05/21/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...comes with an uncompromising moral point-of-view attached.... a superb cinematic work and an appropriately serious one..." |
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02/09/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...delicious, acutely observed... Everything in this film seems new, yet at the same time, completely recognizable and completely right." |
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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." |
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05/16/09 |
Excellent |
 "What's most immediately remarkable about the film is the raw intensity of its hyper-realistic encounters, hugely enhanced by the superb acting of newcomer Tahar Rahim." |
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09/11/08 |
Excellent |
 "...the denunciation of a system in which an accused woman has to prove her own innocence... strong and clear and unforgettable." |
| 9. |
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09/06/08 |
Excellent |
 "A fascinating and frank look at heterosexual hi-jinks in 1970's New York.... establishes the mores of the 70's with footage from the television talk shows..." |
| 10. |
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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." |
| 11. |
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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." |
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02/12/09 |
Very Good |
 "...deliberately-paced but beautiful... The most powerful technique in the film is surely the haunting songs that first her mother, then Fausta, sing throughout..." |
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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." |
| 14. |
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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..." |
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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..." |
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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." |
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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..." |
| 18. |
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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." |
| 19. |
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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..." |
| 20. |
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05/15/09 |
Good |
 "...the most striking thing about the film is the deep wisdom, sad emotional maturity, and even poetry that seems to issue effortlessly from the mouths of the victims who are, after all, only peasants." |
