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08/18/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Design aspects are arresting and the filmmaker's abilities are obvious, but the basic survival story remains slight..." |
| 2. |
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01/18/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...convoluted, sometimes cloying but ultimately winning..." |
| 3. |
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01/25/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a madcap inter-family romp that deftly keeps many comic balls in the air for a good hour, before dropping some in the final stretch." |
| 4. |
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11/09/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a lip-smacking smorgasbord of global annihilation... simultaneously spectacular and risible..." |
| 5. |
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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..." |
| 6. |
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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." |
| 7. |
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09/02/11 |
Excellent |
 "...tackles thorny psycho-sexual issues and matters of professional ethics with a frankness that feels entirely contemporary." |
| 8. |
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02/05/10 |
Good |
 "...made in a careful, academic manner, with editing and explanations making everything clear and answering most questions viewers could raise." |
| 9. |
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02/13/13 |
Weak |
 "Comprised of one shakily filmed action sequence after another, all of which are more preposterous than anything previously served up by the 'Die Hard' series..." |
| 10. |
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09/14/09 |
Good |
 "...a well-shaped series of anecdotes that bespeaks distant pain or, at least, wincing memory twisted into mordant comedy by time and sensibility." |
| 11. |
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11/03/11 |
Moderate |
 "...the filmmakers are counting on someone to think this is all edgy humor when in fact Cheech and Chong beat everyone to the punch years ago." |
| 12. |
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09/22/11 |
Weak |
 "...has a decent sense of propulsion but, after a faintly intriguing start, the convoluted plot mechanics overwhelm everything else... it all feels like much ado about not much." |
| 13. |
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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." |
| 14. |
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01/26/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a rather ordinary account of youthful summer misadventures that goes down easily thanks to a sparky cast..." |
| 15. |
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05/18/09 |
Good |
 "...there is much in the picture to sustain sympathetic interest, including its dedicated historical perspective, intellectual seriousness and credible presentation..." |
| 16. |
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01/20/13 |
Excellent |
 "A beautiful, densely textured elegy for outlaw lovers.... the film is a lovely thing to experience and possesses a measure of real power." |
| 17. |
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09/03/11 |
Moderate |
 "...curious... generates a degree of engagement by virtue of its sheer oddness and the carefully calibrated performances of Glenn Close and Janet McTeer." |
| 18. |
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10/16/12 |
Weak |
 "Perry can't elevate this lackluster thriller.... An unpleasant film from the sadistic behavior of its loathsome villain to the grubbiness of its visual palette..." |
| 19. |
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02/25/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...feels far more conventional than it should; it's a Disney film illustrated by Burton, rather than a Burton film that happens to be released by Disney." |
| 20. |
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01/12/09 |
Excellent |
 "Good silly fun... a dead-on spoof of cheapo '50s sci-fi programmers done with plenty of self-deprecating humor." |
