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02/06/09 |
Weak |
 "...doesn't work.... Problem is, nothing is obvious to the movie's bland, shrill women except that they aren't getting exactly what they want." |
| 2. |
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02/27/09 |
Very Good |
 "...a small, delicate concoction of moods and moments..." |
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01/21/10 |
Fair |
 "...it's all over pretty quickly, so audiences are rarely given time to reflect on how utterly ridiculous and pointless all this is. That leaves the glass at least a quarter full." |
| 4. |
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01/21/10 |
Moderate |
 "It's easy enough to get caught up in Crowley's race against the clock, but the presentation leans heavily on emotional manipulation and a tear-wringing score." |
| 5. |
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01/22/10 |
Poor |
 "...a cartoonishly grim supernatural thriller that could stand a lot less talk and a lot more thrills.... consists of excruciatingly torpid, pause-filled speeches..." |
| 6. |
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01/28/10 |
Poor |
 "It's a place where all the situations, characters, and dialogue are drawn so broadly, the script must have been written with a paint roller." |
| 7. |
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02/11/10 |
Fair |
 "...isn't awful... mostly a reasonable distraction for bored kids, but also a reminder that the source material is almost always more flavorful and fulfilling than derivative work." |
| 8. |
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03/18/10 |
Good |
 "...the film's heart is firmly in the right place.... its energy is relentless, good-humored, and over-the-top enough to be a little exhausting." |
| 9. |
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03/18/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a poisonous gem... as much mood piece as mystery, and the mood is almost always disturbing.... an artfully emotional film..." |
| 10. |
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03/25/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...isn't flawless... an unusual peek inside the Mouse House, one delivered by a director who seems to love the studio without letting that cloud his judgement." |
| 11. |
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04/08/10 |
Excellent |
 "...plot complexity is one of the film's major appeals... Rarer and equally appealing is the film's restraint and ambiguity both in the details and in the complex moral tone..." |
| 12. |
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04/15/10 |
Moderate |
 "The entire project feels like an arid literary exercise first, an experimental stage play second, and a film drama a distant last." |
| 13. |
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04/22/10 |
Moderate |
 "...it comes to American theaters saddled with narration by Pierce Brosnan, who purrs through the gratingly vague script like the world's plummiest old half-drunken uncle." |
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05/06/10 |
Good |
 "...loopy... it's 'Austin Powers' goofery by way of Mel Brooks, though with a cooler, dryer tone and a much straighter face, embodied by Dujardin's vapidly winning grin..." |
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05/13/10 |
Fair |
 "It's as though first-time writer-director Marc Forby is hoping that if he waits long enough, spontaneous action or bodice-ripping passion might suddenly break out..." |
| 16. |
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05/20/10 |
Fair |
 "...settles for unlikely plot contrivances, lame gags, and lazy execution.... Kids' movies are rarely profoundly thoughtful, but there's no reason to be this insulting about it..." |
| 17. |
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05/27/10 |
Excellent |
 "...an enjoyably weightless farce, a slapdash, stylish Rube Goldberg device made out of people instead of mechanical parts." |
| 18. |
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05/27/10 |
Good |
 "...a comically overwrought but still generally fun time. The story mines some humor out of the fact that Roshan and Mori don't share a language..." |
| 19. |
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06/17/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...this is what Pixar films do best: find a place of deep emotion and explore it without blunting it, overexplaining it, or passing it off with a laugh." |
| 20. |
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06/17/10 |
Excellent |
 "...a heady, swooning film in which the entire world is in tune with its protagonists... the actual story, told along broad, obvious, familiar lines, isn't always satisfying." |
