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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A wake-up call of epic significance, one of those documentaries that everybody should see... a remarkably cogent, albeit remarkably alarming, film." |
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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...nicely mixes comedic absurdity with weightier career vs. commitment themes... Weiss has a nice sense for the rhythms of comedy as she puts her cast through its paces." |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...cheerfully twisted... is justice being served? That's the question we're left pondering in this weirdly funny, inspiring film." |
| 4. |
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05/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "Baron Cohen plays the General Admiral with a winning mix of straight-faced ardor and buffoonish pomposity... mixes high and low comedy with surprising success." |
| 5. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...merrily macabre... Just when the whole vampire thing was beginning to feel old, Depp and Burton have come along to make it feel, well, very 1972 again." |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a shambling and not exactly deep ensemble piece centered on a long-married couple and the dog that comes into, and then out of, their lives." |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a fatally pretentious art-house entry laced with lots of sex..." |
| 8. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...just a pumped-up take on a tradition that harks back to 'Godzilla,' and harks back, of course, to the Marvel comics from which all these heroes originally sprang." |
| 9. |
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05/04/12 |
Poor |
 "...reaches into the pits of moviegoing hell when it finds Marley on a celestial white couch, ringed in billowing white curtains, communing with God." |
| 10. |
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05/04/12 |
Weak |
 "...a mortgage-crisis nightmare noir that could have been pulpy fun, but misses just about every opportunity for irony, or subtlety, or cool.... You could argue that the cynical banter between the detectives, played by Tracie Thom and Muse Watson, passes for B-movie wit, but what's the point?" |
| 11. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...beautifully acted... a character study, insightful and nuanced, about a man grappling with a profound sense of inadequacy, questioning himself." |
| 12. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "An economical thriller, both narratively and budgetarily... works a winning undercurrent of playful absurdity into the material..." |
| 13. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...the level of emotional honesty is refreshingly high, and the level of writing refreshingly sophisticated. Old doughnuts, new doughnuts, it's a good mix." |
| 14. |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Falardeau lets his story unfold at an unhurried pace, and Fellag is wonderful as this solitary man who keeps his travails a secret - bearing a load of worry and loss." |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "As 'Damsels' shambles merrily along, Stillman does show a new what-the-heck kind of playfulness." |
| 16. |
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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...fate, destiny, and sage cliches whirl together in a sugar crash of meaningful moments and tasteful eroticism." |
| 17. |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...celebrates the fact that its subject is still among us in the way that perhaps matters most: His music not only survives, it thrives." |
| 18. |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Momentum-wise, the action rocks on, but near the midway mark a kind of creative fatigue sets in - not that things were terribly creative to begin with." |
| 19. |
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04/13/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Nothing melodramatic here (and this is all so ripe for melodrama!), just stony fatalism, broken dreams, the terrible solitude, and lots of cigarettes." |
| 20. |
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04/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a Generation Y raunchfest.... a lot of nostalgia and narcissism and nasty behavior." |
