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10/02/09 |
Very Good |
 "...a zombie roller-coaster ride (literally), the best opening-credits sequence since 'Watchmen' and the year's funniest surprise celebrity cameo... horror fun." |
| 2. |
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01/04/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...harrowing.... There's little patriotic, rah-rah cheer or backslapping.... This is a study of people saddled with supremely difficult jobs, doing them as well as they can." |
| 3. |
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01/08/10 |
Very Good |
 "...slight but enjoyable... finds plenty of mayhem to take advantage of Cera's against-type performance." |
| 4. |
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06/22/12 |
Moderate |
 "...your mind wanders, and you start noticing how the dialogue was improvised, and how 'natural' the performances are..." |
| 5. |
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04/08/11 |
Poor |
 "...has no narrative momentum -- the story dawdles in fits and starts... McBride, usually effective in supporting roles, simply isn't leading-man material." |
| 6. |
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12/16/11 |
Very Good |
 "Every time you're ready to write off Hollywood comedies, along comes a picture like 'Young Adult' to keep hope alive." |
| 7. |
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10/08/10 |
Moderate |
 "...tired." |
| 8. |
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09/24/10 |
Moderate |
 "...just when the film should erupt into full-blown farce - the script by Moe Jelline takes a melodramatic turn and it loses the funny in favor of sentimentality and tears." |
| 9. |
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02/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "...the movie's hopeful nature gets to you. It's a slight but uplifting charmer that serves as a feel-good bookend to the sadder first film." |
| 10. |
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06/19/09 |
Weak |
 "...lazy... A movie that doesn't respect its audience enough to muster a sliver of a story is practically impossible to warm up to, no matter how likable its actors." |
| 11. |
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06/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "...the characters are so strong you sometimes forget you're watching a story about telepaths and men who can bend steel with their minds." |
| 12. |
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11/02/12 |
Very Good |
 "...the humor is broad and pitched to young viewers. But the visuals are never less than eye-popping, and the video game theme will hold the attention of older viewers..." |
| 13. |
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07/30/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a pleasure visually... I defy anyone to explain the film's closing scene to me -- or to argue that, however puzzling, it doesn't feel just right." |
| 14. |
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01/07/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a poignant, haunting study of well-intentioned but doomed folly, embodied by a heroine whose bravery renders her blind to the world that is crumbling around her." |
| 15. |
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10/02/09 |
Very Good |
 "...completely predictable from the first frame. It also is ridiculously, utterly entertaining.... Barrymore infuses the film with her natural, effusive personality..." |
| 16. |
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10/16/09 |
Moderate |
 "Monster bash turns out to be a pretty tame party." |
| 17. |
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06/26/09 |
Very Good |
 "...a drastic improvement on the wan, lifeless comedies ('Anything Else,' 'Melinda and Melinda') Allen was cranking out before his European exile." |
| 18. |
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02/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...has a happy ending... but the movie leaves you feeling angry and frustrated anyway. And justice for all? Hardly." |
| 19. |
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03/02/12 |
Very Good |
 "Tilda Swinton's performance is so complex and volcanic and transfixing that all of the film's flaws melt away.... See 'We Need to Talk About Kevin,' if only for her." |
| 20. |
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12/23/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the most formulaic movie Cameron Crowe has ever made -- it is so generic, you could review it with a flow chart -- and yet it still seems heartfelt and genuine." |
