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05/02/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Jodi Wille slathers the film end to end with Source Family tracks... the result is like having a radio playing in your ear when you're trying to read." |
| 2. |
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05/02/13 |
Good |
 "The girl's parents are self-involved beyond belief... the film fails to bring much insight to what essentially amounts to a massive parental guilt trip." |
| 3. |
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04/25/13 |
Very Good |
 "...while well-acted and smartly filmed, the film rarely musters any actual sense of excitement." |
| 4. |
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04/25/13 |
Good |
 "...at its best when it's focused on Ahmed's journey between cultures.... But when Nair tries to take in the larger picture, her focus goes slack, and all that's left is a blur." |
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04/04/13 |
Good |
 "...mixes present-day interviews with re-enactments that illustrate the speakers' words without adding much to them.... The story is remarkable enough..." |
| 6. |
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04/04/13 |
Excellent |
 "...straightforward history... considering how often the history of the 1960s is dominated by tie-dye nostalgia, this is a welcome corrective." |
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03/28/13 |
Excellent |
 "It's no surprise that this movie was Chile's Oscar submission, but unlike most awards-grubbing biopics, this one feels no need to telegraph its own difficulty." |
| 8. |
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03/21/13 |
Fair |
 "...the perfect marriage of sub-par animation and sloppy thinking.... strangely nonspecific in its conspiratorial complaints.... the film paints with far too broad a brush." |
| 9. |
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03/14/13 |
Poor |
 "Essentially an MTV 'Cribs' episode padded out to feature length... simply rehashes old stories about 2Pac and Suge Knight, then cuts to Snoop lighting a fattie." |
| 10. |
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03/14/13 |
Good |
 "...mostly designed as an introductory survey, taking viewers through Roth's oeuvre in chronological order, although it isn't too heavily pedagogical..." |
| 11. |
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02/28/13 |
Excellent |
 "Shot with tiny digital cameras to minimize the sense of intrusion... sometimes feels like a home movie, but that's also the source of its strength." |
| 12. |
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02/28/13 |
Fair |
 "...plays like a forgotten '80s action movie.... A treat, perhaps, for those who prefer their cop thrillers pre-meta, but tiresomely plodding for everyone else." |
| 13. |
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02/21/13 |
Good |
 "...rebuts some of 'Taken's' macho paranoia while reveling in its brawny brainlessness. It's a deeply confused movie, sometimes productively so." |
| 14. |
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01/24/13 |
Excellent |
 "The movie's true subject is a problem -- the loss of passion -- that can happen in any relationship, and Passon addresses it in a series of smart, funny and surprising ways." |
| 15. |
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01/24/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Dave Grohl's tribute to the storied Southern California studio... a studio rat's wet dream... the film grows especially tiresome on the subject of analog authenticity..." |
| 16. |
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01/23/13 |
Very Good |
"Robin Weigert, almost unrecognizable as 'Deadwood's' Calamity Jane, is terrific in what one hopes is the first of more leading roles to come." |
| 17. |
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01/22/13 |
Outstanding |
 "It's not a movie to be solved but pondered.... It's utterly perplexing, and heart-stoppingly beautiful, quite literally overwhelming..." |
| 18. |
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01/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...almost unbearably tense, even when the anxious exchanges between pilot and copilot devolve into shouted technical jargon..." |
| 19. |
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01/21/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the film's powerful climax takes it into territory all its own. Beautifully shot... an entrancing mood piece, laconically intense and resonant..." |
| 20. |
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01/21/13 |
Excellent |
 "...embodies the immense likeability of its director, writer, and star.... Not only has Lake Bell made a confident and very funny debut, she's doing the lord's work as well." |
