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08/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A remarkable, joyous piece of filmmaking... It's likely to change the way you think about art and politics and the state of China today." |
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06/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a charming, richly textured fable... tries to define the elusive je ne sais quoi that makes us human, capable of feeling and expressing love, goodness, and truth." |
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10/13/12 |
Poor |
 "While Rand spends page upon page to develop her philosophy, the film reduces it to 30-second sound bites delivered with hilarious earnestness by the cast." |
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09/16/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a portrait of a generation of young men adrift between harsh reality and an even harsher fantasy world... a virtuoso performance by a genuine new American auteur." |
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09/02/11 |
Weak |
 "Viewers get very little about Madoff himself.... Harry Markopolos' fascinating story deserves better than this ham-handed, careless tripe." |
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08/24/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A taut, understated minimalist masterwork... proves that true horror isn't physical... it shows that everyone, each and every one of us, is more than capable of perpetrating it." |
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11/12/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the goal: to give us a rational time-out amid all this global doom and gloom.... a riposte to Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'..." |
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07/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...enacts an odd - and, at times, oddly endearing - love story.... Solondz tempers his ironic gaze and satiric edge with real humanity." |
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09/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a tight, imaginative little flick... guaranteed to keep you on tenterhooks from beginning to end..." |
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10/01/10 |
Very Good |
 "Gaspar Noé wrenches viewers out of their comfort zone and into a visceral trip as unforgettable for its ideas as for its provocative imagery." |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "While it's impossible to surpass the original -- so much of its fame is a function of its time -- Alvarez's version still manages to measure up.... He is a great new talent..." |
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02/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "At times endearing, clever, and amusing... features writer Jameel Saleem and Kimelia Weathers as the most ill-matched, ill-tempered, and ill-fated couple since Salome and John the Baptist... Their chemistry is gold. It's almost enough to save the picture. Almost... it would have made a terrific 50-minute short." |
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11/24/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a wildly ambitious, but deeply disappointing meta-actioner... an uneven '70s throwback with aspirations to classical tragedy." |
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08/12/11 |
Moderate |
 "The opening credit sequence is a heady 3-D phantasmagoria.... The rest is a by-the-numbers iteration of the standard plot line..." |
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09/18/09 |
Very Good |
 "...rehearses virtually every element of the classic genre piece: violence, sex and romance, gunplay, spies, betrayals, a femme fatale, and a murderous Gestapo officer." |
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07/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...presents Israel's various armed conflicts and its leaders' defense policies over the years in an oddly bland and unrealistic manner that is hard to take seriously." |
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04/02/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a ho-hum college history lecture about modern Taiwan awkwardly disguised as a political thriller, has its heart almost in the right place." |
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02/13/09 |
Moderate |
 "As Jason sequels go, this is one of the best, though that's not saying much... a lean, mean, highly efficient and rapidly moving scare-fest that packs plenty of gory whoop." |
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09/02/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...tries too hard to be eccentric, kooky.... [but] is partially saved by Griff and Melody's halting love story, which gives it real heart and charm." |
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11/04/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...superb, violent, jarring, daring... lays bare the truth of war - its hellish quality - with such power, you're not likely to look at this, or any other conflict, the same way again." |
