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09/21/12 |
Very Good |
"...one of those movies that takes an overworked premise and indulges in some predictable setups, yet still manages to surprise and entertain throughout." |
| 2. |
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03/01/13 |
Weak |
"Imagine a Raunch-o Comedy Mix-Master blender, filled to the brim with ingredients culled from dozens of movies.... Tasteless. Even worse, unfunny." |
| 3. |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
"...competent, occasionally rousing and historically respectful.... It's a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man." |
| 4. |
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02/14/13 |
Weak |
"Like the Bond movies, the 'Die Hard' films thrive on brilliantly wicked villains. In this edition, we barely know which bad guy is the main bad guy." |
| 5. |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
"Who doesn't like Tina Fey?... Then the wheels fall off and you suddenly think: I don't know if I like this person." |
| 6. |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...it does feel like a bit of stunt casting to have these two British actors as the very American leads in this offbeat, sometimes self-congratulatory road movie romance..." |
| 7. |
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05/22/09 |
Poor |
"...moronically derivative... plays like an extended version of one of those infamously awful sitcoms that appear once on a network's schedule and then disappear into the pop culture vortex.... everyone behaves like aliens..." |
| 8. |
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09/07/12 |
Weak |
"When the three main characters are so thoroughly unlikable, who are we supposed to root for, other than the person responsible for bringing us the closing credits?" |
| 9. |
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03/04/11 |
Moderate |
"...a sweet, silly and chaste movie that seemed intended for girls who aren't yet ready for the glistening shirtlessness that is the 'Twilight' series." |
| 10. |
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02/14/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...springs to life whenever Irons, Thompson or Rossum is centerstage.... The grown-ups get to spout all the juiciest lines. Problem is, this isn't their story." |
| 11. |
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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
"...a lean and smart thriller that introduces us to one-two-three heroines and then one-two-three villains, and it's game on.... Katie Aselton is a bad-ass." |
| 12. |
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01/18/13 |
Very Good |
"...a big, juicy, sometimes clunky political crime thriller that plays like a 21st century B-movie.... Is it any good? No. But yeah." |
| 13. |
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02/01/13 |
Moderate |
"...an occasionally entertaining, often incomprehensible and ultimately quite average 1980s-homage mismatched buddy action pic." |
| 14. |
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04/13/12 |
Weak |
"What's that? Oh, yes, there are indeed actors in this movie... It's all exceedingly wry and excessively sarcastic -- and much more exhausting than entertaining." |
| 15. |
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03/25/11 |
Very Good |
"...peppered with uplifting messages... the physical comedy will have the typical 10-year-old cackling with glee and the performances are nicely executed." |
| 16. |
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04/12/13 |
Outstanding |
"...struck a chord with me... even when the film follows the path we expect it to follow, it does so in a way that keeps us intensely engaged." |
| 17. |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
"...thrilling cinema.... one of the best movies Tarantino has ever done, and it's one of the best movies of the year." |
| 18. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
"...expertly photographed.... makes it clear this was a devastating war for both sides.... a solid and important look at a sometimes-forgotten chapter in the World War II saga." |
| 19. |
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05/17/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
"Eckhart does solid work... Liana Liberato shows real star potential.... The problem is with the plot, which goes from promising to murky to not particularly convincing..." |
| 20. |
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04/05/13 |
Poor |
"I'm bored to death and sick to death of movies that seem to have one goal: How can we gross out the audience by torturing nearly every major character in the movie?" |