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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...sometimes despairing but never heavy... the blend of drama, comedy and music is brisk and fresh." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Good |
 "...offers a few laughs and a moment or two of drama, but it's finally more of a conceit -- and a familiar one -- than a film." |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a breezy, fleeting film that offers more 'who knew' moments than epiphanies... there are a few chuckles, a few head-scratches and, thankfully, very few missteps. It charms." |
| 4. |
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05/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...lumpy... has a few laughs along its bumpy path, but not enough of them to indicate that Cohen has found a means to escape the shadows of his early career..." |
| 5. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "Tim Burton and Johnny Depp need some fresh air." |
| 6. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...comes tantalizingly close to reaching the level of the very best comic book films of the current generation.... But that it might have been better can't be denied..." |
| 7. |
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05/04/12 |
Good |
 "The premise is truly inspired... But the film wastes itself on silliness and scattered threads before very long, truly squandering a brilliant promise." |
| 8. |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...isn't a big or bold or conventionally ambitious film. It's only a superb one -- which, I fear, may not be enough to garner it the attention it deserves." |
| 9. |
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04/27/12 |
Fair |
 "...dull and mechanical and, most of all, phony.... characters who never seem alive, a plot that never feels clever..." |
| 10. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...lumpy, meandering, overlong and relentlessly phony... All the goodwill that the lead actors bring to the table can't overcome the sheer ordeal of watching this wan story play itself out." |
| 11. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "Some of it is dazzling in its drollery and quiet cheek. But more than a bit of it underwhelms, and some is appallingly flat." |
| 12. |
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04/27/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a hoot.... Profane, bloody, and sophomoric, it's a comic adrenaline rush with a surprisingly sweet heart.... a deeply vulgar -- and deeply funny -- film." |
| 13. |
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04/20/12 |
Excellent |
 "It may, finally, be the best and last word on the man, his music and his myth that we ever get on film -- an estimable achievement in itself." |
| 14. |
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04/13/12 |
Excellent |
 "...full of clever moments that may at first seem cheeky but come to feel inspired, with a third act that rises to a dizzyingly heightened level of metaphysics and mayhem." |
| 15. |
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04/13/12 |
Excellent |
 "...peers into one of the most horrifying things you'll ever see -- the lives of bullied young teens -- and wrings and terrifies and outrages you impressively." |
| 16. |
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04/06/12 |
Excellent |
 "Does it have a big point to make? No. But it's bright and breezy and gives you a real sense of being at Comic-con without the hassle of actually, you know, being there..." |
| 17. |
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03/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a boggling spectacle of raw thrills that should make other directors ashamed of calling their work 'action movies.' " |
| 18. |
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03/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...intimate, warm, gripping, and moving.... you simply cannot fail to be moved by the human affection, commitment and passion..." |
| 19. |
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03/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...totally captivating, a handsome and touching film about fiery love and cold pride, soulful art and calculating careerism." |
| 20. |
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03/23/12 |
Excellent |
 "...beautiful, thoughtful and engrossing, drawing a portrait of a man who has turned an often slipshod craft into fine art." |
