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04/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...striking, visually stunning.... a wonderment, urged along by a full-throated romantic score.... The silents offer experiences and dimensions different from talking pictures." |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
 "It's of interest primarily to people who like that kind of stuff. I do, up to a point. What I find even more fascinating is Jay's ability to lose himself in it." |
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04/06/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Malick, surely one of the most romantic and spiritual of filmmakers, appears almost naked here before his audience, a man not able to conceal the depth of his vision." |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The artistry is peaceful and comforting to the eyes but not especially stirring.... may not look like it was Japan's top grosser of 2011, but it most surely was." |
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03/29/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Andrew Niccol's films' ground rules limit the depth and variety of possible relationships... the structure robs it of possibilities for dramatic tension." |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a portrait of a time and place.... What I'll take away from it is the knowledge that now the Fannings have given us two actresses of such potential." |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "Compared to the Lost Generation and the Me Generation, the Beats were thin tea." |
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02/22/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...true to the tone and spirit of the book. It is patient and in no hurry. It allows a balanced eye for the people in its hero's family who tug him one way and another." |
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02/22/13 |
Outstanding |
 "There's an unlikelihood so large here that it nearly derails the film. That was what I admired the most about it.... The film's portrait of its small town is finely done." |
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02/15/13 |
Poor |
 "I found myself thinking at the screen: Give it up, Charlie Sheen. It's getting old. The purpose of this film didn't last long enough for it to justify being released." |
| 11. |
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02/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Imagine music for a sorcery-related plot and then dial it down to ominous forebodings. Without Thomas Newman's score, this would be a lesser film, even another film." |
| 12. |
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02/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "It is a mystery, this business of life. I can't think of any cinematic undertaking that allows us to realize that more deeply." |
| 13. |
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02/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Sometimes it's all about the casting.... These men move through the monuments of sad lives. They have not lost the gift of bitter amusement." |
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01/25/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...sentimental, sweet.... It has a good heart. I'll give it that. Maybe what it needs is more exotic marigolds." |
| 15. |
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01/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...shockingly detailed and grisly... The film argues that the state considered it more important to protect itself than the rights of the defendants." |
| 16. |
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01/18/13 |
Very Good |
 "...tells such a sad story.... Here is a film about African-Americans that sidesteps all the usual, hopeful cliches and comments on how one failed generation raises another." |
| 17. |
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01/18/13 |
Very Good |
 "Movies like this are thrill rides. We go to be scared and then laugh, scared and then laugh, scared and then shocked.... It's a ride I'd take again." |
| 18. |
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01/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...an unexpected kind of masterpiece by Haneke... a film like 'Amour' has a lesson for us that only the cinema can teach..." |
| 19. |
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01/04/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a slam-bang action picture... My guess is that much of the fascination with this film is inspired by the unveiling of facts, unclearly seen." |
| 20. |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "It is a mark of great acting in a film when it succeeds in accomplishing what it must precisely when it is required.... one of the best films of the year." |
