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03/11/10 |
Outstanding |
"3 reasons to take your kids... 1. It's got heart.... 2. It's funny.... 3. It's dazzling." |
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05/06/10 |
Very Good |
"...timely and at times gut-wrenching... the three lead actresses -- supported with great turns by Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Smits -- have never been better." |
| 3. |
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04/08/10 |
Very Good |
"...poignantly portrays the complex process of grieving and the different ways a family is made." |
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04/08/10 |
Very Good |
"Carell and Fey, whose characters are ensnared in a case of mistaken identity, can wring laughs even out of the film's broad setup." |
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03/25/10 |
Very Good |
"Thanks to the writer-director Noah Baumbach's sharply witty dialogue and poignant performances from Stiller and Gerwig, you can't help but root for these lost souls..." |
| 6. |
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02/25/10 |
Very Good |
"Want to hear one of the world's dirtiest knock-knock jokes? This movie's for you. Stuffed with raunchy gags and about every obscenity imaginable..." |
| 7. |
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07/22/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...falls somewhere in the middle.... the script is so crammed with subplots... it never really engages the audience." |
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04/15/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"Cage turns up at his eccentric best; and audiences will fall in insta-love with Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz)... but the Tarantino-plus level of violence is unsettling." |
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04/01/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...excellent turns by Norton, Sarandon and Russell are overshadowed by the twisty turns of this caper that go beyond wacky into plain absurd." |
| 10. |
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04/01/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...with so many competing story lines (everything from terminal illness to sea turtle eggs), the film gets muddled. Still, it'll deliver a good cry." |
| 11. |
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03/18/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...a Judd Apatow ripoff... Still, the leads charm separately, and Jay Baruchel and his pals are a crudely funny crew." |
| 12. |
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02/18/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"The thriller is too long but offers some unpredictable twists..." |