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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's choppy and episodic, and funny -- especially when Rock, a veteran dad in real life -- is holding court. But the overarching message is both moving and amusing." |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "As biographies go, this one's pretty close to hagiography..." |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "Goldthwait doesn't quite have his sermon worked out... shows that whatever his other gifts, satire is beyond the grasp of the old Bobcat." |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...takes too long to find the right tone, goes too long between laughs and too long to show any real progress in these two girls in the process of growing up." |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...more entertaining than it has any right to be... Cusack, in the most dashing, least introverted role of his career, is a delight." |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A slow-building B-movie thriller... basically an American 'Transporter'... In the world of B-movie action, Statham's still the safest bet there is." |
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04/20/12 |
Weak |
 "...no deeper than Logan's philosophy of life -- 'Sometimes, the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.' Yeah, he's quoting Dr. Seuss." |
| 8. |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a gorgeous and technically dazzling look inside the world of chimpanzees... The detail presented here is amazing." |
| 9. |
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04/13/12 |
Moderate |
 "...an ambling movie that skates around on the surface of a lot of deep thoughts... It's a meandering medley of disconnected solos..." |
| 10. |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...this updating works.... The new Stooges are affectionate homages to the originals... Sean Hayes (of 'TV's Will & Grace') is the most mannered, and the only one you see giving a performance." |
| 11. |
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04/06/12 |
Weak |
 "...clumsy, dated and stodgy -- ugly to look at, unromantic in the extreme.... Weisz gives a drained performance that makes for a dreary film, start to finish." |
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03/30/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...we know where this is going. But director Jonathan Liebesman and company manage a few surprises and a little fun on the trip." |
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03/30/12 |
Moderate |
 "Daft, dazzling in design but straining ever so hard to be hip... Casting 'the fairest of them all' can't save you from a heroine as dull as her character's name." |
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03/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a genuine chiller, zipping us between locations and ratcheting up the fright with judicious use of shadows, extreme close-ups and strident violins in the score." |
| 15. |
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03/23/12 |
Weak |
 "...earnest, sober and serious.... filmmakers Jon and Andrew Erwin didn't wrap their message in anything particularly moving, and certainly nothing entertaining." |
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03/16/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a puzzle too easily decoded, but director Roger Donaldson finds enough blind alleys to keep us distracted. Random bits pay off..." |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "Ferrell commits corazon y alma (heart and soul)... no plot twist is too far-fetched, no emotion is played halfway. Compadres, in this casa, set in this tierra, the players are all in." |
| 18. |
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03/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...takes the Duplass art to a new, deeper place. Credit the cast or the characters tripping through well-worn situations and relationships, but this is far and away their best movie." |
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03/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a popcorn movie, not to be taken any more seriously than 'Clash of the Titans' and its ilk. But even by those standards, it is a bit of a slog..." |
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03/09/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a movie whose terror can be read in every silent scream on Olsen's gorgeous face, served up in more extreme close-ups than you can count." |
