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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...settles for predictable tropes about fame-seeking when it could have fused 21st-century sexual mores and ripe-for-razzing starmaking politics into something much more potent." |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...thin, neatly folded, paper-airplane of a movie threatens to nose dive into tweeville as it depicts the carefree lives of best-bud scam artists..." |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "If only the falling-in-love machinations and character details weren't so wispy, 'Tonight You're Mine' might have had more resonance. That said, the film has its moments..." |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...does a fair job of laying a spooky groundwork for the revelatory emotional sadism that lies behind most acts of evil; it just takes a bit of clunky exposition to get there." |
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05/04/12 |
Weak |
 "...the ready crackle of Rebecca DeMornay's studiously demonic performance brings welcome distraction from this otherwise crude litany of torture and wretched death." |
| 6. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...marked by uncommon grace... these days, a movie so invested in the highs and lows of caring for others can only be a remarkable, cherished thing." |
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04/27/12 |
Poor |
 "...calls itself a documentary but is really a 90-minute PowerPoint presentation by motivational speaker Austin Vickers, who has the answer to the stress that's limiting your potential." |
| 8. |
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04/27/12 |
Good |
 "There's nothing terribly original about 'Safe,' but it's a suitably grimy playground for action cinema's reigning pit bull." |
| 9. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a nifty paranoid thriller with sharp commentary on our faction-centered society and the pitfalls of reinvention. Zal Batmanglij's tonal command is often unsettling..." |
| 10. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a bruising, relentless experience, one more tiring than inspiring." |
| 11. |
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04/20/12 |
Weak |
 "...the nonstop adversity lacks any real sense of danger.... Why these two long-distance runners keep each other alive should be of front-and-center concern. Instead, 'My Way' is mostly an endurance test." |
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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Although the underdog story feels artificially pumped-up early on, Epperlein and Tucker's psychological acuity merits some cage-match suspense." |
| 13. |
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04/13/12 |
Poor |
 "...has all the dramatic punch of a community theater production. Plodding, predictable, amateurishly staged and with wild swings in acting quality..." |
| 14. |
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04/13/12 |
Good |
 "...a fascinating story of fakery, even when it occasionally overreaches, as in the final TMZ-ish where-is-she-now shot, a moment better suited to a horror film than a thought-provoking documentary." |
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04/13/12 |
Poor |
 "Exhausting before its first few minutes of whip-pans, smash cuts, coarsely self-referential jokes and on-screen text visuals is over... a patience-trying exercise..." |
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04/06/12 |
Moderate |
 "...in working so hard to be the adult who 'gets' kids yet lectures them at the same time, Van Peebles has ended up with a colorful but superficial mess." |
| 17. |
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04/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...isn't going to set anybody's psyche on fire with its insights into grieving and emotional recovery, but as a crepe-thin romantic snack, it has its moments." |
| 18. |
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03/30/12 |
Weak |
 "...monotonously lowbrow... a sloppy, unimaginative Cinderella story with more emphasis placed on profane locker room taunts than characterization or narrative..." |
| 19. |
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03/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "Bolstered by astute performances... artful and skillfully told... 'Intruders' trusts in the narrative richness of modulated creep.... The effect is both visceral and thoughtful..." |
| 20. |
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03/30/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Though there's plenty of movement and enthusiasm, director Susan Seidelman is content with a metronomic approach to manipulating our feelings..." |
