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05/17/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a pastiche of conventions, but strange nonetheless, and not always in a good way.... the concluding scenes are haunting..." |
| 2. |
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05/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a sweet movie, not unlike Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator,' if less sentimental. Funnier, though." |
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05/10/12 |
Very Good |
 "Tim Burton's best film since 'Ed Wood'... features Burton's macabre wit, his fizzy mix of camp, nihilism, and unexpected beauty." |
| 4. |
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05/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "Broken into numerous brief, sometimes elliptical but mostly perfunctory chapters... reminiscent of '12 Monkeys' and 'Terminator,' except those films kind of made sense." |
| 5. |
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05/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the search is internal, through the guilty, grieving memories of the investigators, ending with an excavation of a grislier kind." |
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05/03/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the feeble 9/11 allusions and generic paranoid conspiracies go nowhere.... rallying the troops with blood-stained collectible trading cards doesn't cut it." |
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05/03/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Statham, at first infuriatingly passive, doesn't disappoint when he finally kicks ass, and Mei, whom he's ostensibly protecting, proves the toughest one of all." |
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05/03/12 |
Very Good |
 "...inventive, funny, and sometimes subversive... Adept at mixing raunchy comedy, inspired shtick and insight into the pathology of relationships..." |
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04/26/12 |
Poor |
 "...an incoherent hodgepodge from James McTeigue.... As Poe says about a grisly and gratuitous allusion to 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,' 'It makes no sense.' " |
| 10. |
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04/19/12 |
Weak |
 "...features the usual plot contrivances, emotional manipulations, and bogus platitudes that pass these days for narrative." |
| 11. |
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04/19/12 |
Very Good |
 "Mike Birbiglia and co-director Seth Barrish don't try anything fancy... instead they have put together an illustrated monologue -- affably absurd, bittersweet, and droll." |
| 12. |
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04/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Chinese activist Ai Weiwei combines the chutzpah of Michael Moore, the antic iconoclasm of Duchamp, and the humility of Gandhi, and it's not enough." |
| 13. |
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04/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "After two-and-half hours of hagiography, talking heads, archival footage, still photos, and snatches of his songs, Bob Marley remains elusive..." |
| 14. |
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04/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The most sensitive and heartbreaking depiction of old age since Korean director Lee Chang-dong's 'Poetry'.... draws on deep emotions without succumbing to sentimentality." |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...instead of young people finding empowerment through accomplishment, they suffer degradation through ill treatment, with little recourse in a culture that values cruelty." |
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04/12/12 |
Very Good |
 "...ingenious, entertaining, and sadistic.... Goddard's ingenious contrivance (Joss Whedon co-wrote) takes you through the familiar paces and then opens a trapdoor." |
| 17. |
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04/12/12 |
Weak |
 "Michel Piccoli's depiction of the Holy See's existential funk seems like a bout with indigestion, and Moretti's analyst is more lubricious than humanistic." |
| 18. |
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04/12/12 |
Weak |
 "I don't buy it.... Life happens, this is a crock of sh!t." |
| 19. |
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04/12/12 |
Moderate |
 "This lady, who just won a historic election, apparently triumphing over the tyrants, deserves better." |
| 20. |
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04/05/12 |
Poor |
 "Had Tarsem Singh given his dwarves names that described his film they might be: Ugly, Creepy, Murky, Listless, Pathological, Sadistic, and Inane." |
