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02/24/11 |
Good |
 "...has a lot going for it, but Dolan doesn't seem to know when or how to scale back the self-indulgent film-school touches. He's an admirably ambitious young filmmaker..." |
| 2. |
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02/25/11 |
Very Good |
 "There's even a shootout sequence that plays out, from start to finish, while our hero is in flagrante. That's something I don't believe I've ever seen in a movie." |
| 3. |
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03/01/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...there is a story here, albeit one that takes shape from the mist the movie leaves in its wake.... the key is to let yourself go with the meandering current of its narrative." |
| 4. |
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03/02/11 |
Very Good |
 "...an animated feature unlike any other on the current mainstream landscape... The textures and details here are remarkable..." |
| 5. |
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03/03/11 |
Poor |
 "Nothing that happens in 'Take Me Home Tonight' is surprising or affecting, and none of it is funny, either." |
| 6. |
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03/08/11 |
Excellent |
 "...buoyant, stealthily intelligent... Guiterrez may go for the broad joke, but never the cheap one... Gugino is an intelligent and supremely likable actress..." |
| 7. |
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03/10/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...reminds us what a visceral experience reading a classic can be... distills the raw animal nature that drives it." |
| 8. |
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03/10/11 |
Weak |
 "...the greatest sin is the way it reduces the normally fabulous Julie Christie into a hippie-dippie granny in medieval Eileen Fisher gear and dreadlocks." |
| 9. |
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03/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...one man, just by being alive to what's around him, has created a vast, detailed anthropological record of how New Yorkers present, and feel, about themselves." |
| 10. |
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03/17/11 |
Moderate |
 "I've long been waiting for the hotness of Bradley Cooper to kick in. After watching 'Limitless,' I'm still waiting." |
| 11. |
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03/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...ticks along at a pleasing pace.... The plot is standard... McConaughey breezes through the early scenes as if he were the mayor of his own private universe." |
| 12. |
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03/24/11 |
Very Good |
 "Even the gags we've all seen before (like the evergreen chocolate 'poo' on the seat of the pants routine) are handled so deftly you almost forget how ancient they are." |
| 13. |
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03/24/11 |
Good |
 "...might alternately buoy you and wear you down -- I've seen the movie twice, and both times I've stumbled out thinking, 'Now that wasn't so bad!' " |
| 14. |
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03/24/11 |
Weak |
 "...it feels even too small for TV, especially when you consider that many of these actors have spent time on shows where the writing actually matters." |
| 15. |
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03/24/11 |
Weak |
 "...a disappointment.... Schnabel is out of his element here. His movie comes off as a stiff lesson plan; his gift for subtlety seems temporarily lost." |
| 16. |
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03/31/11 |
Good |
 "...raises a number of intriguing questions... But too many of these ideas simply hang in the air..." |
| 17. |
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03/31/11 |
Poor |
 "...uninteresting... a faux-intellectual, thimble-deep exploration of audience's expectations and willingness to be duped." |
| 18. |
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03/31/11 |
Poor |
 "All we get is a runaway rabbit and a grown-up who's too lazy to get a real job. Talk about bait-and-switch.... it's almost offensive in its dullness." |
| 19. |
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04/07/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...an ambitious feat of visual storytelling that's alive to both its landscape and the actors who people it.... a big movie masquerading as a small one..." |
| 20. |
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04/07/11 |
Weak |
 "Before we even have any sense of what Arthur's deal is, he's off on a jumbled car chase. Because, you know, why not reboot Arthur with a car chase?" |
