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05/22/07 |
Good |
 "...an initially hypnotic combination, but the spell breaks its hold well before the end of pic's inflated running time..." |
| 2. |
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09/24/07 |
Weak |
 "...sluggish pacing and Michael Donovan's didactic, on-the-nose dialogue ('It's extermination, like the Jews!') give the pic the embalmed quality of a second-tier movie-of-the-week." |
| 3. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
01/08/09 |
Weak |
 "These resourceful actors -- to say nothing of the audience -- deserve better. 'Don't go all 'Waiting to Exhale' on me,' advises one of Clarice's soul sisters late in the film. If only." |
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01/08/09 |
Weak |
"...played to the rafters for an unsteady mixture of Sirkian melodrama and 'You go, girl!'/'Oh, no, he didn't!' empowerment fable." |
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02/04/09 |
Very Good |
 "That the images are re-photographed rather than merely re-purposed is essential, for with every bob and weave of his camcorder, each abrupt changing of the channel, Mekas manages to do something remarkable -- he personalizes the evening news." |
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02/04/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...the most affecting fables are those in which sweet dreams turn out to be trapdoors to nightmares. So enter 'Coraline' at your own risk, and watch where you step." |
| 7. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
02/05/09 |
Outstanding |
"...a consistent splendor to behold. With all of the tools of the 21st-century CGI paintbox at his disposal, Selick prefers to dwell in the realm of stop-motion..." |
| 8. |
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02/05/09 |
Excellent |
"...that rare case in which familiarity never risks breeding contempt." |
| 9. |
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02/11/09 |
Poor |
 "What, might you ask, is the cause for all this cloak-and-dagger skullduggery? Well, I could tell you, but then I'd have to bore you." |
| 10. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
02/12/09 |
Poor |
"Both actors seem mildly aggrieved (and not at all convincing) at having to play characters considerably less intelligent than themselves in a movie that plays even dumber." |
| 11. |
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02/12/09 |
Poor |
"Run, Naomi, run." |
| 12. |
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02/25/09 |
Weak |
 "...treats the subject of illegal immigrants coming to (and from) Los Angeles with the same vulgarity Kramer brought to his 2006 children-in-peril thriller, 'Running Scared'..." |
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02/26/09 |
Weak |
"...all points converge on a finale draped in patriotic imagery employed for maximum irony... haphazardly cross-cuts between a naturalization ceremony and a deportation..." |
| 14. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
02/26/09 |
Weak |
"Haven't we been here before?" |
| 15. |
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03/11/09 |
Very Good |
 "Like that most revered of Japanese directors, Yasujiro Ozu, Kiyoshi Kurosawa here uses the microcosm of family to reflect a changing Japanese society..." |
| 16. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
03/12/09 |
Very Good |
"...something oddly like hope arrives in the guise of chaos, and we, like the characters on screen, perk up our heads to glimpse it." |
| 17. |
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03/18/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Lushly photographed and meticulously sound-designed... [but] visceral without being vital, researched without ever seeming lived-in." |
| 18. |
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03/18/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a comedy -- about two people who love each other more than they could ever trust each other -- and a superb one at that." |
| 19. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
03/19/09 |
Outstanding |
"...nearly as bubbly as the champagne whose corkage becomes a running motif..." |
| 20. |
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03/19/09 |
Outstanding |
"Comedy seems to have liberated Tony Gilroy, who directs 'Duplicity' with the high gloss and fleet-footed hustle of a Golden Age Hollywood craftsman." |
