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05/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...enthralling.... a gorgeously made character study leavened with surrealistic dimensions both comic and dark.... a singular work..." |
| 2. |
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05/16/13 |
Good |
 "Coppola's attitude toward her subject seems equivocal... there is perhaps a smidgen of social commentary, but she seems far too at home in the world she depicts..." |
| 3. |
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05/13/13 |
Good |
 "...no matter how silly and outlandish the action gets -- and it does become ridiculous -- it also delivers the goods..." |
| 4. |
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05/05/13 |
Good |
 "...the cast is first-rate... thematic concerns pertaining to the American dream, self-reinvention and love lost, regained and lost again are tenaciously addressed." |
| 5. |
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05/02/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has been engineered rather than directed, calibrated to deliver sensation on cue and stocked with just enough new character twists to keep fans rapt." |
| 6. |
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04/25/13 |
Weak |
 "A game cast and lots of gamey R-rated shenanigans can't compensate for the silly comic contrivances that dominate the film." |
| 7. |
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04/23/13 |
Very Good |
 "...spirited... benefits immeasurably from the irreverent quicksilver humor of co-writer and director Shane Black... Downey Jr. executes almost continual verbal pirouettes..." |
| 8. |
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04/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...ham-fisted, thick-skulled... fully lives down to its own potential.... the story is told in a hammer-on-anvil manner that evinces no gift for social satire or sharp cultural insight." |
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04/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
0513998.jpg) "...an absolutely gorgeous film dramatically caught between its aspirations for poetic romanticism and the demands of heavy sci-fi action.... a nice try..." |
| 10. |
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04/09/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...can hardly help but be stirring.... It's just too bad that Brian Helgeland can't go for broke and get his uniform as dirty as Jackie Robinson used to do." |
| 11. |
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03/28/13 |
Weak |
 "...soporific.... instead of building dramatic momentum, the film engorges itself on dithering and procrastination, ultimately cocooning itself in an emotional numbness..." |
| 12. |
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03/27/13 |
Moderate |
 "So fetishistic about high-powered weapons that it qualifies as an NRA wet dream.... This is 3D that does not enhance a film... visual effects and CGI are highly variable..." |
| 13. |
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03/20/13 |
Fair |
 "A super-stylish modern noir that's rather too clever for its own good.... a sleight-of-hand piece that leaves you with that empty feeling." |
| 14. |
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03/19/13 |
Good |
 "...generates a fair amount of tension and produces the kind of nationalistic outrage that rock-ribbed Americans will feel in their guts.... Fuqua sustains the suspense..." |
| 15. |
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03/12/13 |
Excellent |
 "...it's an invigorating experience to hear this acutely intelligent, direct, reflective and amusing man, in full command of his faculties as he approaches his 80th birthday..." |
| 16. |
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03/11/13 |
Good |
 "A tight little thriller that gets silly when the bad guy gets home.... for the most part a tense extreme-jeopardy thriller that delivers the intended goods." |
| 17. |
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03/06/13 |
Moderate |
 "...knowing... Weitz betrays an erratic grip on the comic tone, and the misguided central characters emerge, in the end, as less likeable than they ought to be." |
| 18. |
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02/28/13 |
Weak |
 "...sadly unimaginative... feels stillborn from its opening minutes and never springs to life, even with the arrival of the witches and the flying monkeys.... oddly stilted..." |
| 19. |
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02/28/13 |
Moderate |
 "...aggressively vulgar, sporadically funny.... It actually might help to be under 21 to fully imbibe the spirit of devoted drunkenness and desired debauchery unleashed..." |
| 20. |
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02/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...well made... has some lively as well as ghoulish moments.... [but] it's the same old recipe, nicely prepared under Bryan Singer's direction, but awfully familiar." |
