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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...goes from popcorn-dumb to aggressively stupid: At one point, a hot chick in a Jeep saves the world by ramming her car into an alien thingamajig." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...explores the creative process and the way we rewrite our pasts for ourselves through the prism of a droll romantic comedy." |
| 3. |
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05/16/12 |
Weak |
 "...a collection of outrageous gags and jokes strung together by a slapdash plot no one really cares about, least of all the filmmakers.... radiates a mean-spiritedness..." |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a leaden, ham-fisted affair that was exactly the sort of pap John Waters was spoofing when he cast Kathleen Turner as a serial-killing soccer mom." |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...isn't as dull as 'Alice in Wonderland' or as inert as 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' but this one hurts more than those did because the potential was so great." |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an eloquent defense of geek pursuits and a community that obsesses over things outsiders dismiss as childish and silly." |
| 7. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "Kaye's relentlessly nihilistic outlook is exhausting.... You agree with what he's saying, but you also want to tell him to shut up." |
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05/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "...drowns in the details.... a long, talky, clunky movie that culminates with a huge action sequence. From Joss Whedon, you expected more than spectacle." |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "For a good hour or so, 'The Raven' is gruesome, ludicrous fun. Then it's just ludicrous." |
| 10. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "Whit Stillman's funniest and most accessible film... an inconsequential bauble -- but I laughed out loud in nearly every scene, and there are lines in the movie that still make me chuckle." |
| 11. |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 " 'Marley' is different.... Kevin Macdonald approaches his subject as if he were making a narrative film." |
| 12. |
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04/13/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...wonderfully dark, twisted and deeply unsettling... The meek and squeamish can stay home: Everyone else, get ready for some nasty business." |
| 13. |
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04/06/12 |
Moderate |
 "...has its moments, and there are a couple of great raunchy bits here, but it also reminds you that sometimes, skipping that high school class reunion isn't necessarily a bad thing." |
| 14. |
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03/23/12 |
Moderate |
 "...an earnest, plodding thumb-sucker - a sugar-coated pacifier to appease the screaming hordes.... a science-fiction movie of the blandest, most generic order..." |
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03/23/12 |
Very Good |
 "...is about overcoming impossible odds and never giving up -- all that afterschool-special stuff -- but it's also charming and upbeat, and it's stuffed with great, vibrant, insanely catchy music." |
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03/16/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the first half of the movie is undeniably effective... it eventually devolves into the usual business of chases and elaborate double-crosses that leave behind all vestiges of realism for the sake of popcorn thrills." |
| 17. |
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03/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...silly and outrageous and relentlessly clever, and even though it goes a little slack in the final 10 minutes, the absolutely insane end credits more than make up for it." |
| 18. |
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03/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The film's silliness tickles you. But without Ferrell's ability to improvise his dialogue on the spot, the stretches of exposition are dull... a bold experiment..." |
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03/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The movie takes repeated swipes at Castro's revolution -- some of them surprisingly pointed... As a horror picture, it's merely OK. But as a satirical comedy of life in Cuba under Castro, it totally kills - and keeps coming back for more." |
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03/09/12 |
Poor |
 "...dumb, insulting... makes fun of a gardener who speaks in a ridiculous accent ('Dee sprinkler ees dead, but I feex eet!') and has a running gag about an overweight gay man trolling a hotel for casual sex." |
