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05/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "Taylor Kitsch is quite winning... a believable human presence in the midst of lots of metal stuff getting blasted to smithereens." |
| 2. |
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05/17/12 |
Good |
 "...spirited, a jaunty trifle that's low on eroticism but high on cartoony coquettishness. Like the little motorized whatsit that is its subject, it does have its charms." |
| 3. |
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05/15/12 |
Excellent |
 "...indefensible and hilarious, an unruly thing that invites you to laugh at things you feel you shouldn't.... Cohen knows it's the impolite conversation that really gets things moving." |
| 4. |
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05/10/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...features an ensemble cast made up largely of nonprofessional actors... its occasional entertainment value aside, the picture is also blithe to the point of being flimsy." |
| 5. |
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05/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "...suffers from the now-predictable Tim Burton pile-on: Like a matron who's gone mad for garish jewelry, he just doesn't know when to stop." |
| 6. |
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05/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...walks the jittery line between being exploitative and too sensitive, and while it's probably a relief that it tips more toward the latter, the movie also seems a bit unclear in its motives." |
| 7. |
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05/04/12 |
Fair |
 "...the best way to get through this film is probably on a morphine drip, a confection that, sadly, is not available at most concession stands." |
| 8. |
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05/04/12 |
Excellent |
 "...isn't just a documentary about ballet and the extraordinary discipline it requires; it's also about youth and its attendant hopes and risks, spelled out in language that's painfully universal." |
| 9. |
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05/01/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an oversized, self-aware picture designed mostly for effect: That of reliving the experience of a movie you've seen before and just can't get enough of." |
| 10. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's hard to say whether this is a wholly bogus and pretentious indie enterprise or a weirdly compelling bit of low-budget storytelling." |
| 11. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the plot wobbles off the rails too many times to count... It all could have worked, maybe - if only Cusack, as the frustrated, impoverished genius, weren't so insufferable." |
| 12. |
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04/26/12 |
Moderate |
 "The picture fails to challenge Statham. 'Safe' is safer than safe - it's so relentlessly kinetic that it ends up being dull." |
| 13. |
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04/26/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Can a person really be charming enough to get away with murder?... somehow the whole enterprise should be funnier, darker and more pointed." |
| 14. |
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04/19/12 |
Excellent |
 "...stretches out at a languorous two hours and 24 minutes without dragging or getting bogged down in extraneous details." |
| 15. |
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04/19/12 |
Very Good |
 "...offers glancing pleasures of the atmospheric kind - the impact is the equivalent of a filmy cobweb brushing against your cheek. It tickles more than it bites." |
| 16. |
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04/19/12 |
Moderate |
 "...aimless, tedious, sometimes downright ridiculous... Only Keaton, waving her arms and exhorting all those around her to please help her find her dog, makes any sense." |
| 17. |
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04/12/12 |
Excellent |
 "...not particularly great, though it is possibly brilliant... The picture is confident in its ridiculousness -- any movie that puts Larry David in a nun's habit has to be." |
| 18. |
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04/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a modest, mordant little drama set in 1973 Santiago, Chile... starts out at a crawl, but it gathers emotional momentum as it pushes forward.... Larrain manages to do a lot with a little..." |
| 19. |
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04/05/12 |
Very Good |
 "...devilishly entertaining... laced with just the sort of dumb raunchy jokes you hate yourself for laughing at..." |
| 20. |
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04/03/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has the feel of a vanity project, lacking urgency -- like the work of a gentleman filmmaker who doesn't have to work." |
