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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...a botched coming-of-age story.... It feels fake.... Ms. Portes's script strains credulity, and it's not helped by Mr. Martini, who can't find the right tone." |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...cuts back and forth from the car to how the four characters ended up on this nightmarish ride... every time Ms. Lagos returns to the car, her film becomes tense and involving." |
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04/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "Some scenes have power, but there are gaps that leave you wondering.... Jean Remy Genty holds your attention with his sober dignity. Too bad the filmmakers frequently let that slip into pathos." |
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04/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "...occasionally funny... isn't liable to surprise you. Nor will it bore or offend you, even if you find Mr. Harvey's shtick more old-school sexist than old-school courtly." |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Sincere and literary in its presentation of themes -- 'Animal House' it ain't -- the movie aims for quirky comedy but mostly settles for broad." |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...retains a tonic flavor of the everyday: its drama unfolds simply, without explosive moments but not without emotion. Director Ann Hui and her two excellent leads keep the film buoyant." |
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03/30/12 |
Moderate |
 "...teeters between the dreamy and the soporific.... Ms. Olaizola is more interested in atmosphere than in character or story.... When a small drama sputters to life at the end, it's too late. You've already been lulled into dreamland." |
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03/23/12 |
Fair |
 "...as much about filmmaker Julia Haslett as it is about Weil... though Weil remains fascinating, Ms. Haslett's film, even when it uses more traditional documentary techniques, mostly isn't." |
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03/14/12 |
Excellent |
 "Gerhard Richter may not fling paint at the canvas, Jackson Pollock-style, but as Corinna Belz shows in her documentary, he can be his own kind of action painter." |
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03/02/12 |
Moderate |
 "You can feel Ms. Menon seeking her own kind of freedom. She tries hard to take a fresh look at sophisticated young Indians and at love, but her film ends up being just as formulaic as a run-of-the-mill Bollywood romance and less emotionally engaging." |
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02/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...starts as a slightly boundary-pushing, if not hilarious, sex farce, before turning into a more traditional romantic comedy with a panoply of Bollywood plot twists.... in the end, pretty standard fare, though it's enlivened by a couple of amusing dance numbers..." |
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02/03/12 |
Good |
 "...gets off to a shaky start, but once revved up, it becomes an involving work-against-the-clock-and-the-odds action movie." |
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01/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has tough-minded moments but too often veers toward the sweet and even the treacly. (This is a movie with more than its fair share of 'life is like that' musings.) It's pleasant enough, but too careful to be very involving." |
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01/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "This history is too recent to seem dry, and the film gets an added emotional punch from interviews with former tenants, whose memories mix fondness with anger and loss." |
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01/20/12 |
Poor |
 "A bad reporter and an indifferent interviewer, [Whitney Sudler-Smith] demonstrates little interest in fashion and less insight into Halston, whose talent and far-reaching influence come as a surprise to him." |
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01/16/12 |
Good |
 "...partakes of the something-for-everyone formula, mixing the serious -- corruption, evil gangs and limb-threatening fights -- with the less so: songs, romance and comedy. It entertains without breaking any new ground, though it can also surprise." |
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12/02/11 |
Very Good |
 "...well made, and for once the talking-heads format is satisfying. You want to hear these thoughtful, articulate and sometimes self-lacerating men and women describe their experiences and traumas." |
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11/25/11 |
Fair |
 "...goes mushy when it should be critical, and leaves you with questions that it's not prepared to answer.... It would have helped to hear from people critical of [guru Chögyam] Trungpa and from traditional Tibetan Buddhists, who might put his teachings, his crazy wisdom and his followers in perspective." |
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11/18/11 |
Very Good |
 "Edmon Roch has a great story to tell, and he recounts it with the flair of a Hollywood spy movie... dramatic, entertaining, even funny in parts." |
| 20. |
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10/31/11 |
Moderate |
 "A low-key mockumentary set in the world of horse racing.... has its moments but not quite enough to carry it across the finish line.... has too many half-baked characters and goes soft just when it should get sharp." |
