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05/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...an exercise in supreme style and minimal substance.... As hyper-aggressive revenge fantasies go, it's curious to see one so devoid of feeling..." |
| 2. |
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05/12/13 |
Poor |
 "...an ugly, unusually audience-pandering thriller... risible.... Whereas most auteurs view filmmaking as an art form, Boll treats it more like a form of anger management..." |
| 3. |
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05/06/13 |
Weak |
 "...well-cast but seldom funny... Bernbaum doesn't yet know how to handle the pic's tricky tone.... ambiguity ultimately leads to confusion..." |
| 4. |
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04/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a short yet satisfying glimpse behind the scenes of waste management that feels like a breath of fresh air in a field that typically leaves people holding their noses." |
| 5. |
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04/02/13 |
Good |
 "...a fresh riff on 'be careful what you wish for' fables... Ramaa Mosley succeeds in maintaining a certain sweetness throughout." |
| 6. |
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03/20/13 |
Moderate |
 "...brash, beyond-belief.... Superficial pleasures aside, the convoluted script jumps and dodges so often, it soon loses the thread of its own story." |
| 7. |
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03/20/13 |
Moderate |
 "...intense, ugly.... Courageously representing the human element in this mostly digital assault on American soil, Gerard Butler holds his own..." |
| 8. |
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03/08/13 |
Poor |
 "...revenge-fantasy dreck... a derivative collection of brazen plot holes and latenight-cable cliches into which Oplev drags 'Dragon' star Noomi Rapace..." |
| 9. |
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03/06/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...smarter than your average dramedy.... The comedy feels forced as Fey works overtime to insert unnecessary zingers at the tail of every scene." |
| 10. |
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02/27/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...by-the-numbers gut-buster looks slick, moves fast and packs enough laughs... operates by drunk logic, relying on brisk editing and of-the-moment song choices..." |
| 11. |
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02/22/13 |
Weak |
 "...another grubby-looking, squirm-inducing indie in which things seem to hit too close to home... Karpovsky's amusingly off-kilter quality is better suited to the background..." |
| 12. |
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02/21/13 |
Good |
 "...solid if familiar.... the fiction noms represent considerable talent operating in a range of styles... 'toon shorts display a stunning range of ingenuity and emotion..." |
| 13. |
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02/19/13 |
Good |
 "Rudolfo Anaya's novel has survived the leap to the bigscreen with much of its magic intact, thanks to a respectful if somewhat wooden adaptation..." |
| 14. |
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02/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...spins a realistic situation into a crazy vigilante story... strangely compelling... it's hard not to feel that the whole thing has been rigged for maximum indignation." |
| 15. |
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02/13/13 |
Weak |
 "...features a subpar plot that feels suspiciously like someone tried to plug McClane into a preexisting screenplay.... expendable..." |
| 16. |
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02/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "Southern goth-chic gets a swoony supernatural makeover... a feverishly enjoyable guilty pleasure, unapologetic in its mass-market rebel 'tude.' " |
| 17. |
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02/06/13 |
Moderate |
 "McCarthy proves she's got what it takes to carry a feature, however meager the underlying material... the film's success depends almost entirely on her salty energy..." |
| 18. |
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01/29/13 |
Very Good |
 "An inspired mashup... keeps the horror quotient in check while focusing on the femme-friendly comedy and romance angles... embraces its rich allegorical potential..." |
| 19. |
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01/28/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...feisty.... Ample footage exists of Assange, much of it quite revealing.... [but] the conflict at the core of the WikiLeaks saga is dramatically lacking." |
| 20. |
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01/23/13 |
Weak |
 "...hastily tossed-off... a partly authentic, partly scripted behind-the-scenes featurette that never quite conveys the star's 'high/curious' interest in all things taboo." |
