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09/09/09 |
Very Good |
 "...worth seeing.... the best reason to see it is simply because of the creativity of its visuals. They're entrancing." |
| 2. |
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07/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "In romance, we believe what we want to believe. That's the reason '500 Days of Summer' is so appealing.... a delightful comedy, alive with invention..." |
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11/05/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...worthy of the best Woody Allen... plunges fearlessly but not brainlessly into the world of art so cutting edge it has run out of edges.... It knows a lot about art..." |
| 4. |
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03/26/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a powerful new film inspired by a powerful older one. You know the story. A jury is sequestered. The men are hot and tired, and impatient to go home." |
| 5. |
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11/11/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...what an entertaining film Danny Boyle has made... Yes, entertaining." |
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05/27/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...terrifically entertaining, an ambitious big-budget epic, directed with great visuals and sound by Takeshi Miike.... not the sort of incomprehensible mayhem we often find..." |
| 7. |
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04/16/09 |
Very Good |
 "...pleasant, harmless PG-13 entertainment, with a plot a little more surprising and acting a little better than I expected." |
| 8. |
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08/17/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Julie Delpy has particularly impressed me over the years.... It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character." |
| 9. |
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11/12/09 |
Outstanding |
 "You think you've seen end-of-the-world movies? This one ends the world, stomps on it, grinds it up and spits it out." |
| 10. |
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02/10/12 |
Very Good |
 "Considering that they were selected from a long list of finalists, you can be confident these will all be wonderful." |
| 11. |
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10/29/09 |
Weak |
 "Faye Dunaway is a fine actress and has been miscast in a badly written role. Amy Acker and other leading characters have been well-cast in equally badly written roles.... plays like a series of fond anecdotes trundled onstage without much relationship to one another." |
| 12. |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "...pretty good.... the filmmakers have abandoned any pretense of being faithful to the series... a mashup of screwball comedy, action and 'The Odd Couple' formula." |
| 13. |
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11/18/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an art film treatment of what in more vulgar genres would be called a threesome... The film is successful in an absorbing sort of way, but underwhelming." |
| 14. |
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08/12/11 |
Moderate |
 "Need I explain that everyone involved in this plot is stupid enough to go along with it?... Eisenberg is a good actor, which may be why he's wrong for this dumb comedy." |
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01/21/10 |
Outstanding |
 "These people are getting on with their lives, and Denis observes them with tact.... You can live in a movie like this. It doesn't lecture you." |
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03/27/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...achingly beautiful... evokes what Winesburg, Ohio might have looked like as a documentary.... The Rosses must have filmed so much they became both trusted and invisible." |
| 17. |
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09/02/11 |
Weak |
 "None of the action is coherent; shots and shells are fired, people and killed or not, explosions rend the air, SUVs spin aloft (the same one more than once, I think)..." |
| 18. |
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09/29/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...although '50/50' is structured with the efficiency of a sitcom, there's an undercurrent of truth and real feeling.... A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." |
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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." |
| 20. |
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07/08/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...filmmakers Eric Byler and Annabel Park posted videos on YouTube... they began as objective documentarians who found this story being pressed upon them." |
