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07/08/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a good-natured comedy about how the animals at the zoo coach Kevin James on his romantic life.... Look, a great movie this is not." |
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10/01/09 |
Very Good |
 "The filmmakers show invention and well-tuned comic timing, and above all, there's a cameo by Bill Murray that gets the single biggest laugh I've heard this year." |
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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." |
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01/07/10 |
Very Good |
 "Michael Cera is not a sissy. It's more like he's unusual... diffident. Laid-back to a point approaching the horizontal. Yet he yearns." |
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08/27/09 |
Very Good |
 "...a superstar of world music from Senegal in West Africa... He also seems to be a nice man, with his heart in the right place." |
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06/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a spontaneous, engaging character study... semi-improvised like a lot of the movie, it has a natural quality that gets everything said and yet doesn't feel like dialogue." |
| 7. |
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04/08/11 |
Poor |
 "...a juvenile excrescence that feels like the work of 11-year-old boys.... That this is the work of David Gordon Green beggars the imagination." |
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12/09/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a delight.... a film with boundless energy, filmed in sunny pastoral settings, gloomy interiors and with authentic-looking sets and costumes." |
| 9. |
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12/09/11 |
Outstanding |
 "The character of Mavis makes 'Young Adult' tricky to process. As I absorbed it, I realized what a fearless character study it is. That sometimes it's funny doesn't hurt." |
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08/20/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a comedy with a twist of the knife, and in other ways, a film like nobody else has ever made... It is flawless in what it does, and we have no idea what that is." |
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10/19/12 |
Very Good |
 "The underlying message is that if you are rich and powerful enough, you can run roughshod over tradition and private property rights and buy your place at the table." |
| 12. |
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09/30/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...every frame a Woody Allen film, but it isn't very much more. Perhaps the title provides a clue." |
| 13. |
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09/23/10 |
Moderate |
 "It labors under the delusion that this assembly of half-baked ideas is destined for a higher comic calling..." |
| 14. |
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07/30/09 |
Very Good |
 "What is remarkable is that Berg was not only an accomplished actress but also a capable businesswoman who made all the decisions on the show..." |
| 15. |
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06/18/09 |
Poor |
 "...a dreary experience, and all the ending accomplishes is to bring it to a close. Even in the credit cookies, you don't sense the actors having much fun." |
| 16. |
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06/03/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...high-tech and well-acted, with lots of action and noise... competent weekend entertainment.... It is not a great comic book movie or a bad one..." |
| 17. |
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04/30/09 |
Moderate |
 "No personalities beyond those hauled in via typecasting. No lessons to learn. No joy to be experienced. Just mayhem, noise and pretty pictures." |
| 18. |
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08/20/09 |
Weak |
 "...it's awesome all right, what these X Games stars achieve. It's also awesome how little there is to be said about it." |
| 19. |
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11/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "Arnold has been successful in reimagining the story's archetypal emotions in the story, bringing it closer to its passionate elements." |
| 20. |
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11/02/12 |
Very Good |
 "I have a complaint, and it's my usual one: The whole movie comes down to an interminable high-velocity race and chase... I suppose that goes with the territory." |
