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10/26/11 |
Poor |
 "...boring... squanders its considerable acting talent in the name of limp drama and even limper social commentary..." |
| 2. |
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05/17/13 |
Moderate |
 "...this is all meant to be taken as a meta exercise in Hollywood-insider rib-nudging... the film is too calculated in its raunchiness to be more than sporadically amusing." |
| 3. |
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03/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...alternately trifling in its broad pandering and gutless in its paint-by-numbers effort to recreate the manic energy of, say, 'Liar Liar.' " |
| 4. |
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10/10/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The look of the film reflects a miniscule budget, but it gets points for modesty and a keen sense of humor.... perhaps the most troubling revelation is how medical facts are commonly distorted and trends misrepresented..." |
| 5. |
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09/10/11 |
Poor |
 "...the voices of Happy Madison, who produced this film, have never been more blatant in their two-faced approach to audience condescension." |
| 6. |
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10/03/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...supernaturally tinged tale only goes skin-deep and is proud of it, wasting little time in establishing narrative basics and getting to the good stuff." |
| 7. |
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09/30/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...appears to be your typical assembly-line horror flick... but it's enjoyable junk with a lick of human interest and the good sense to not take itself too seriously in the end..." |
| 8. |
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02/18/13 |
Weak |
 "...an energetic and well-meaning but thoroughly watered-down and creatively ossified kiddie flick... proves contemptuously paper-thin..." |
| 9. |
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09/02/10 |
Very Good |
 "Initially annoying, ultimately endearing... hits enough of the right notes to overcome its half-baked brand of indie sentimentality.... 'Etienne!' suggests minor magnificence." |
| 10. |
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04/10/13 |
Moderate |
 "...fails to elevate itself above mere legacy... dabbles in character study and fighting spectacle before giving way to an overwhelmingly anonymous aesthetic." |
| 11. |
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05/02/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...heartfelt.... Ambo approaches these subjects with an almost profound sense of empathy, one that goes a long way in uniting the vaguely related narrative threads." |
| 12. |
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08/01/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...exquisitely rendered.... Yang's prodigious command of his material suggests an intuitive understanding of film's ability to evoke sensations beyond sight and sound..." |
| 13. |
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03/06/13 |
Very Good |
 "...effectively condenses several decades' worth of mounting political corruption into a coherent, linear narrative... isn't great cinema, but it's effective activism." |
| 14. |
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05/01/11 |
Very Good |
 "...an astonishingly confident work that avoids nearly all the pitfalls of contemporary independent cinema, flirting with cloying treacle in only the handful of moments the film employs a borderline-cliché alt-rock soundtrack." |
| 15. |
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08/23/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the portrayal of random violence is borderline tasteless in its calculated obviousness.... the film's ambitions ultimately break even with its mawkish ineptitude..." |
| 16. |
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11/17/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "There's far more to Weissensee, past or present... this pleasant, ultimately rushed visit isn't nearly enough to do it an even rudimentary justice." |
| 17. |
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11/23/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...as intimate and affecting as it is sprawling and untamed.... delivers a fault-proof human rights debate without once being aggressively or even obviously argumentative." |
| 18. |
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11/10/11 |
Moderate |
 "...might very well entertain enthusiasts of Jascha Heifetz... but to those who don't already have his music fluttering around inside the chambers of their heart, there's little chance of developing an appreciation..." |
| 19. |
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10/20/11 |
Weak |
 "The creative blame goes round and round, from the poor staging and inert cinematography to a general cluelessness about the components of the genre..." |
| 20. |
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09/23/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a throwback to an era when action movies still had balls... pleasurable enough, but with a steadier hand, it could've been one for the books." |
