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05/17/13 |
Weak |
 "...insipid.... features outstanding performances from Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm... but otherwise the movie needs a lot more than love." |
| 2. |
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05/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...plucky, entertaining... gets off to a hobbling start, wraps up with the usual bromides, and is pretty much anodyne throughout..." |
| 3. |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "...artfully executed and engrossing..." |
| 4. |
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05/10/13 |
Moderate |
 "...ultimately predictable in its litany of who lives and who dies, and doesn't try to be too ironic or self-reflexive about it." |
| 5. |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "...an effusive, sad, visually gorgeous, and illuminating portrait of the artist. If only Laumeister kept herself out of the picture a bit more, it might have been a masterpiece." |
| 6. |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...fascinating but frustrating... Nicola fails to probe deep enough to confront the darker connections..." |
| 7. |
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04/26/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a reminder that identity, though arbitrary, is also inescapable. In movies like Dante Ariola's debut feature, so, too, are the cliches and platitudes." |
| 8. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Though it inverts stereotypes and at times finds fresh meaning in tired clichés, it falls short on the originality and inspiration needed to make these insights stick." |
| 9. |
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04/19/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...by my count, the third rejiggered go-round of the Brothers Grimm tale over the past year alone. But Berger has outdone the other versions in inventiveness..." |
| 10. |
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04/12/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Above all it is seductive; and while I feel compelled to see it again, I don't have high hopes that it will make any more sense." |
| 11. |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a victim of over-plotting, clunky narrative, gratuitous stylization, and too many points of view... the characters are mistreated by fate, but also by the director..." |
| 12. |
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03/15/13 |
Weak |
 "...earnest dopiness.... Worth a look if only for the Caspar David Friedrich-inspired imagery and shots of Timothy Spall's teeth." |
| 13. |
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03/14/13 |
Weak |
 "When the subtlest part of your film is Charlie Sheen's performance, you've got a problem... sophomoric..." |
| 14. |
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03/14/13 |
Weak |
 "...in general this is a good idea wasted, disturbing mostly for its puerility, crudeness, and misogyny. The $5000-per-short budget probably didn't help..." |
| 15. |
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03/07/13 |
Very Good |
 "...harsh and poetic survival tale recalls the dreamlike allegory of Nicholas Roeg's Outback-set 'Walkabout' (1971).... proceeds with shocking, haunting authenticity." |
| 16. |
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02/28/13 |
Very Good |
 "...the power of the dream-like imagery lingers... the horror felt is not visceral, but metaphysical.... has few rivals in evoking the terror and delight of a deranged mind." |
| 17. |
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02/28/13 |
Very Good |
 "...wrenching... captures the ecstasy and desperation of frustrated passion as it presents a desolate portrait of Palestine today." |
| 18. |
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02/28/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a disturbing and deceptively subtle psychological thriller... Karpovsky makes his protagonist more sympathetic as he becomes more dehumanized." |
| 19. |
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02/28/13 |
Weak |
 "...sometimes funny, often strident.... Though the film alludes repeatedly to the story of 'Exodus,' it remains bound to hysterical stereotypes and hyperbolic plotting." |
| 20. |
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02/14/13 |
Moderate |
 "LaGravanese at times spins striking images -- a scene in which Ethan walks into a magical time warp is particularly nightmarish. But he also has a weakness for clichés." |
