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| 1. |
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10/02/09 |
Very Good |
 "...far more charming than chilling and way more funny than frightening.... Modestly clever... Enjoy." |
| 2. |
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01/08/10 |
Moderate |
 "Cera bellies up to the same table once too often. His fresh-faced act is starting to look really stale. Admittedly, the actor gets no help from the script here..." |
| 3. |
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10/01/10 |
Moderate |
 "...neither fairly good nor really bad." |
| 4. |
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10/29/10 |
Very Good |
 "...courtesy of Canadian co-directors Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez, witnesses are quietly gathered and arguments are quietly made. For once, no one rants..." |
| 5. |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...an early spring breeze of a film - too delicate to be substantial but definitely holding the promise of warmth." |
| 6. |
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06/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "Vaughn gets the pop mix just about right... there's a delicacy to his direction that gives us room to breathe..." |
| 7. |
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04/01/11 |
Very Good |
 "Brody commands our attention, shifting quixotically from fear to anger to despair.... simultaneously compelling yet vaguely unsatisfying, clever but with a slight residue of disappointment..." |
| 8. |
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04/02/10 |
Moderate |
 "Although the entire film is beautifully framed and shot, especially the surreal sequences, precious little coheres into anything resembling a compelling narrative." |
| 9. |
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06/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...unfolds like an elemental myth from the stormy past - a Greek tragedy driven by dark fates and struggling toward a catharsis." |
| 10. |
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04/01/11 |
Moderate |
 "...rising action, a simple climax and a sweet denouement, all bundled into a narrative package that makes suffering look neat and horror tidy." |
| 11. |
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10/05/12 |
Moderate |
 "...begins as hagiography and ends in hellish confusion.... there are definitely epic untold stories in 'Winnie' - but untold they epically stay." |
| 12. |
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10/27/10 |
Moderate |
 "...the grumpy guy still swears a lot... like most misanthropes he has an inflated opinion of his own intelligence and an impoverished one of humankind's." |
| 13. |
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03/25/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a paragon of truth at a slow jog, but that upbeat sprint to the finish feels like a big cheat." |
| 14. |
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03/25/11 |
Moderate |
 "Despite some crisp dialogue and a good ensemble cast... it leaves behind only the clichés along with the vivid impression that we've seen this movie before..." |
| 15. |
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05/25/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an allegory that looked rich comes to seem merely precious, just a well-meaning but vague crusade 'to find a better way.' " |
| 16. |
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01/29/10 |
Poor |
 "In the case of 'When in Rome,' oh to do what the Romans used to do: Toss the bloody thing to the lions." |
| 17. |
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12/23/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a crowd-pleaser... Snakes get loose, tigers get sick, government inspectors get nasty, and money gets thin. Of course, as they do, an old heart finds new purpose." |
| 18. |
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04/22/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Does the sheer Hollywood hoopla add up to a perversely enjoyable brand of something that can be loosely called entertainment? I think it does." |
| 19. |
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02/24/12 |
Poor |
 "So I tried it out. I left the theatre doing what I didn't do once in the theatre. I smiled. I even laughed. Sorry, no luck - apparently, a pummelled brain just can't be tricked." |
| 20. |
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09/24/10 |
Moderate |
 "...wakes up long enough to tack on a contrived resolution with unseemly haste." |
