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05/17/13 |
Very Good |
 "The film's dark beauty and the quiet intensity of the performances have a discomforting pull.... Like many horror stories, this one is also one of progress." |
| 2. |
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05/17/13 |
Weak |
 "Innocence meets experience, unconvincingly... strained.... Guy Pearce is tight-lipped and anguished in a role that's a flat conception, like everything else in the story." |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "The screenplay has a keen grasp of language's distortions.... Plenty of films are filled with knowing winks and inside jabs; few turn them into such deliriously bent music." |
| 4. |
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05/04/13 |
Weak |
 "The actors manage to draw a few laughs from leaden material... one of the movie's key problems is that it only pretends to let loose.... The film's first half is a slog..." |
| 5. |
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05/03/13 |
Moderate |
 "...an unabashed valentine to a singular Manhattan specialty store.... entertaining but ultimately disappointing... kinetic and frustratingly fawning." |
| 6. |
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05/03/13 |
Fair |
 "To say that Sophie Lellouche was inspired by the films of Woody Allen is not to suggest that her movie is inspired.... A wan homage..." |
| 7. |
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05/02/13 |
Weak |
 "...quickly devolves into a montage of glamorous nudes cooing into the camera, which coos right back at them.... little sense of individuality emerges..." |
| 8. |
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04/26/13 |
Fair |
 "Greenwald's presentation undercuts the urgency of his argument. It feels, frustratingly, like an introduction to a topic that requires calmer and more detailed exploration." |
| 9. |
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04/24/13 |
Excellent |
 "...upends every cliché and worn-out romantic notion about farming... a complicated and revelatory look at the intersection of country folk and corporate might." |
| 10. |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
 "...matches its subject in turbulence and intensity, scrambling chronology in a revelatory way. Francisca Gavilán's lead performance burns with a dark radiance..." |
| 11. |
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04/19/13 |
Poor |
 "...all DIY sensibility without a center, constructed of blackout scenes that accrue but don't add up.... The stupidity is intentional... annoyance is the chief effect." |
| 12. |
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04/12/13 |
Moderate |
 "...played with a bright, chilly strength by Emily Mortimer.... As a portrait of female strength and a celebration of the artistic spirit, the film too seldom comes fully alive." |
| 13. |
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04/12/13 |
Fair |
 "Alexandra McGuinness has a commendable grasp of visual textures and rhythms.... [but] here, reaching for dramatic effect, she comes up empty." |
| 14. |
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04/05/13 |
Good |
 "...a work of steady chronological progression. Without straining for big-picture significance, it provides a composed look into the revolutionary spirit." |
| 15. |
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03/22/13 |
Fair |
 "Funny, incisive in moments, it never fully takes off.... With the help of two convincing performances, Gordon effectively captures a slice of contemporary slacker culture." |
| 16. |
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03/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...an exuberantly chaotic vision of a teenage moment in time... mainly it's exhilarating in its refusal to make smooth what's messy, inchoate and tenaciously alive." |
| 17. |
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03/15/13 |
Good |
 "...absorbing... Eric Walter explores the hoax-or-horror debate, but his chief concern is the effect of a world-famous haunting on one of the people who experienced it." |
| 18. |
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03/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "...semi-fresh.... It buzzes along for a while... [eventually] by-the-numbers implausibility, over-the-top valor and unsavory contrivances take over..." |
| 19. |
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03/08/13 |
Poor |
 "...dead on arrival... a would-be thriller whose intended horror-tinged chills register as ho-hum hokum.... a bland stew of guilt, romance and spirits that won't rest." |
| 20. |
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03/08/13 |
Excellent |
 "...haunting, beautifully acted... Oleg Mutu, a regular Mungiu collaborator, has a genius for framing cramped group tableaux in dynamic compositions." |
