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07/15/09 |
Fair |
 "...similar to most factory-made rom-coms... this isn't exactly Steven Soderbergh or Alejandro González Iñárritu territory here. It's more like a love story in a blender." |
| 2. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
07/16/09 |
Fair |
"Very Sundance-y.... What is unexpected is the sincerity beneath the modest conceit that, yup, love hurts." |
| 3. |
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07/16/09 |
Fair |
"What is unexpected is the sincerity beneath the modest conceit that, yup, love hurts." |
| 4. |
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01/08/09 |
Poor |
 "An 88-minute film that feels as though it'll last till July..." |
| 5. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
01/08/09 |
Poor |
"An 88-minute film that feels as though it'll last till July..." |
| 6. |
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03/03/10 |
Poor |
 "Filled with every cop-movie convention since the invention of gunpowder and curse words... Seen it. Seen it. And seen it." |
| 7. |
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03/04/10 |
Poor |
"Disappointing... The script is by a first-timer named Michael C. Martin, who wrote a movie that sounds like every other movie." |
| 8. |
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07/07/10 |
Good |
 "...fart guns, shrink rays, and squid shooters! ...a cavalcade of kiddie giggles, titters, and belly laughs with as much heft as helium. It's rather joyful and heartfelt." |
| 9. |
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07/08/10 |
Good |
"...grown-ups, be warned: I had more fun watching the kids giggle through the screening than I did watching the movie itself." |
| 10. |
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12/17/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...multiplex meringue.... Better than fine, frankly, as Hugh Grant yet again proves he's the most reliable deadpan smart-ass this or that side of the Atlantic..." |
| 11. |
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12/23/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...a thoroughly delightful throwaway.... Marc Lawrence writes and directs -- as he did for 'Music and Lyrics' -- and he sure knows his way 'round a snappy tune." |
| 12. |
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12/02/09 |
Poor |
 "Rather than watching actors, um, act, we see instead a screen filled with phone wires, again and again and again. It's not a movie; it's an audiobook." |
| 13. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
12/03/09 |
Poor |
"...no more a Christmas movie than 'Yentl.' " |
| 14. |
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12/03/09 |
Poor |
"De Niro looks mostly like a somebody doing nothing; Marcello Mastroianni's mustache worked harder than De Niro does here." |
| 15. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
09/03/09 |
Good |
 "...isn't nearly as laugh-out-loud funny as 'Office Space'.... Which isn't meant as criticism, but rather as a warning: 'Extract' can, at times, feel uncomfortably real." |
| 16. |
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02/04/09 |
Poor |
 "The jokes, such as they are, consist of little more than Star Wars lines recited out of context... You're better off watching 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' on YouTube." |
| 17. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
02/05/09 |
Poor |
"Every scene here is a money shot punctuated by some obscure line of dialogue meant to serve as a punch line." |
| 18. |
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02/05/09 |
Poor |
"...a dust-gatherer about four friends traveling cross country to sneak a peek at a rough cut of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace..." |
| 19. |
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04/27/10 |
Weak |
 "...isn't really a movie at all; it's a message provided by the good people at Participant Media... made for the 6 to, oh, let's say 6½ year old set..." |
| 20. |
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04/29/10 |
Weak |
"The animals here don't talk; that's the movie's one saving grace. Fraser is put through the ringer though -- I've never felt sorrier for an actor." |
