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05/21/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...follows a beautiful yet unfocused globe-trotting trek to Patagonia, where extreme sports and environmental fragility meet. Part idyllic travelogue and part environmental polemic... a beautiful mess with a point of view that's way too easily distracted." |
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04/16/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A dusty Volvo wagon and the unfurling two-lane blacktops of rural Oklahoma get just about equal screen time in this unique road movie that is often touching and heartfelt, yet remains a fundamentally hollow experience.... a little ham-handed..." |
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06/17/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Most of 'Beautiful Boy' is unrelentingly bleak and depressing, but there are smatterings of understatement and grace." |
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07/10/09 |
Weak |
 "...consistently undercut by a clunky style and repeated scenes of mayhem that don't even live up to the proud tradition of B-movie mayhem." |
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09/24/10 |
Moderate |
 "...innocuous adaptation of a 1990 Australian stage production... a musical satire that's bouncy, bright and full of silly singalongs." |
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07/10/09 |
Very Good |
 "...brings Sacha Baron Cohen's über-gay Austrian fashionista character to Hollywood in search of global celebrity.... finds lots of hilarity along the way." |
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10/01/10 |
Very Good |
 "Nightmarish and gripping... There's genuine adventure and a mind-bending overlay of primal dread sealed inside the spellbinding and ingenious experience of 'Buried.' " |
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03/04/11 |
Very Good |
 "Director Peter Byck presents a wealth of viewpoints, having great fun with graphics and statistics in a lively style that is fervent, if not entirely original." |
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04/22/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...stark, melancholy and beautifully realized... as enthralling an anthropological study as it is a glimpse of exuberant reality for a genuine circus family..." |
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04/09/10 |
Very Good |
 "Garcia and his deft comic touch are the best things about the movie.... The rest of the ensemble cast makes the implausibilities appealing..." |
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02/05/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a delirious showcase of martial arts and acrobatic moves.... magnificently choreographed maneuvers of swinging, punching, flipping, jumping and kicking..." |
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02/13/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the midsection falters when a series of contrivances and a too-heavy hand on the Grand Guignol switch threaten an otherwise steady course." |
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01/29/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...crisp, gripping... smart and absorbing in its every nuance... Gibson dominates the elaborate action with an assured performance that's as authoritative as it is affecting." |
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08/07/09 |
Moderate |
 "Shamelessly, but stylishly, shocking... a thoroughly offensive and often hilarious punk requiem from Belgium about rape, murder, violence, kinky sex, drugs, destruction, bad manners and rock 'n' roll..." |
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02/06/09 |
Weak |
 "While it may score some points as an extended in-joke, the mix of juvenile comedy and insider asides is arcane, snobby and just not very funny." |
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04/03/09 |
Poor |
 "...agonizing dialogue, shoddy mechanics and a script that alternates between incomprehensible action sequences and tedious breakdowns into numbing melodrama." |
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02/20/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has a number of surprises wrapped up in its calculated package of teen sex jokes, nubile young bodies and a throwaway script that pairs the two with a minimum of plot or pacing." |
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07/31/09 |
Moderate |
 "As for the jokes, they're equally divided between funny and filthy.... obsessive riffing over masturbation and male genitalia is a shoddy crutch that Apatow doesn't need..." |
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06/04/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a screwball road movie of dirty jokes and bad manners that pairs Brand's brainy madness with the sardonic shtick of Jonah Hill." |
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02/27/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...the formal structure and narrative approach of 'Gomorrah' is precisely calculated to elevate its genre to a new level of art and entertainment." |
