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09/14/12 |
Moderate |
 "Overall, the stakes are pretty low for this likable, tipsy crowd. Maybe I'm just too steeped in the underdog lore of 'Freaks and Geeks' and 'Awkward'..." |
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10/07/11 |
Moderate |
 "...its meticulous depiction of the Xinhai Revolution, and the names and ranks of the many personalities involved, may be slow going for anyone not well-versed..." |
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07/20/12 |
Weak |
 "...sex scenes, done to death, are best left to the imagination -- but only if they're replaced by something more interesting.... hopelessly flaccid." |
| 4. |
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09/23/11 |
Poor |
 "...more an assembly of quirks than an actual story... at its most entertaining when the parrot does the talking." |
| 5. |
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12/02/11 |
Poor |
 "...a risible attempt to bank on 'Twilight's' Kellan Lutz's fan following. His love interest? Why, that would be Ashley Greene, another second-stringer from the vamp franchise." |
| 6. |
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12/21/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...you'd think the 'Sarah Plain and Tall' actress Glenn Close would be a good candidate for drag.... it's hard to believe her fellow staffers are buying this." |
| 7. |
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10/19/12 |
Weak |
 "...a mess.... Rob Cohen squanders a surprisingly recognizable cast on a half-baked plot.... If you're squeamish, consider yourself warned." |
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12/30/11 |
Moderate |
 "Gaby Dellal gets respectable performances all around... [but] they can't elevate 'Angels Crest' beyond its one obvious and depressing note: It is very sad when a small child dies." |
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09/07/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...delivers a steady stream of enjoyably bad-to-worse antics, and gleefully amoral performances from Andrew Rannells ('Girls') and James Marsden..." |
| 10. |
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09/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a blandly feel-good dramedy.... Alexandra Metz and Meredith Apfelbaum give 'Backwards' their all, but can't row their way clear of its clichés." |
| 11. |
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05/25/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a thoroughly campy exercise in teen melodrama and Grand Guignol gore (how gory? it's one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite movies)... Stylistically it's a beauty..." |
| 12. |
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10/21/11 |
Very Good |
 "Cash is so visibly thrilled to work in Henson's weird and wonderful world, and so good at bringing joy to little kids, you'd have to be a true Grouch not to be moved." |
| 13. |
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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "...spare, smartly written and shot through with moments of twig-snapping tension." |
| 14. |
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03/23/12 |
Weak |
 "Director Gabe Torres lobs a twist you'll likely see coming, and another you may not -- neither satisfying enough to justify an hour and a half of Dorff-in-a-box." |
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06/22/12 |
Moderate |
 "The Celtic-themed story hews so closely to classic fairy-tale tropes, it's the studio's most Disney-fied production yet." |
| 16. |
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03/16/12 |
Moderate |
 "...once it gets diced up into five-minute YouTube clips, it's going to be hilarious." |
| 17. |
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12/21/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...it's refreshing to sit back and bask in the sheer joy with which these brightly costumed, stunningly agile performers navigate fire, water and air." |
| 18. |
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10/14/11 |
Weak |
 "...has all the narrative focus of a Twitter feed.... constantly drifts back into a director Tiffany Shlain family slideshow." |
| 19. |
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07/06/12 |
Weak |
 "Unpleasant as it is, you can't exactly call Adam Sherman's perspective misogynistic, if only because the protagonist hates himself every bit as much." |
| 20. |
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06/08/12 |
Moderate |
 "...draining... It's a typical Solondz sad-sack tale, but this film seems to be disgusted by its own characters, which isn't true of the director's best work." |
