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10/02/09 |
Very Good |
 "...tart performances and explosively funny dialogue are what make the movie; that, and the matter-of-factness with which the heroes deal with apocalypse now." |
| 2. |
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01/04/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Bigelow leaves the meaning up to us. Is it relief Maya feels for the vengeance she has so righteously served? Or despair at how little has actually changed?" |
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01/08/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...hundreds of movies have driven down to the crossroads of virginal and clever, and the bald patches are starting to show." |
| 4. |
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06/22/12 |
Very Good |
 "...by the end of this graceful little emotional farce, you know these people, their hopes and their panic, and you wish them the very best." |
| 5. |
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04/08/11 |
Poor |
 "...a tedious, dung-colored misfire... potty-mouthed, peepee-obsessed, and devoid of such comedy basics as timing or punch lines.... Dude, where's my taste?" |
| 6. |
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01/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "Handsomely mounted, impassioned, and intermittently silly... plays fast and loose with the facts, but it has a sharp eye for 18th-century cubicle politics." |
| 7. |
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12/17/10 |
Poor |
 "...actively painful, a frenetic, unfunny mix of action, romance, dud dialogue, and icky things popping out of the screen. There's a plot... but no one appears to notice." |
| 8. |
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06/19/09 |
Poor |
 "Any good will the movie generates is grated right back off by Black, whose obnoxiousness has lost whatever charm it once possessed." |
| 9. |
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06/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "...epic enough on its own terms if not quite big enough to expand beyond its genre and matter to people who find it difficult to care about characters..." |
| 10. |
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10/19/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The film scampers to keep up with its own narrative; Arnold is so much stronger on atmosphere than event that she comes to seem resentful of Brontë's plot..." |
| 11. |
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11/02/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the details are clever and occasionally delightful, the visuals dazzling, the film as a whole drably predictable... It made me want to go read a book." |
| 12. |
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09/28/12 |
Moderate |
 "Is there an actress able to do bone-deep exhaustion better than Viola Davis?... strong on gumption and scant on particulars..." |
| 13. |
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07/02/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a magical-realist cry from the heart... At times the beauty of the visuals work against the defiant unprettiness of the message..." |
| 14. |
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06/18/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...feels so real, so right, that you only slowly realize you're watching a detective movie. It's those noir bones that give this social-realist drama its punch..." |
| 15. |
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04/08/11 |
Moderate |
 "...if you're a fan of opulent WWII-era Resistance dramas told from the European side of the equation you'll probably want to add it to your queue." |
| 16. |
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03/25/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...confident enough to simply go with the exotica of average middle-class Americans who are well-intentioned, flawed, and dog-paddling like crazy to keep their heads above water." |
| 17. |
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02/04/11 |
Very Good |
 "...very enjoyable... The author refused to be considered the godfather of punk or gay liberation, once declaring 'I'm sure as hell not part of any movement.' " |
| 18. |
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07/16/10 |
Moderate |
 "...vaguely reminiscent of Luis Buñuel's last film, 'That Obscure Object of Desire,' but where that was a dry and wicked work, this just seems insufferably pleased with itself." |
| 19. |
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09/11/09 |
Weak |
 "...fritters away its suspense, its setting, and our indulgence. You come away wishing someone had applied White-Out to the script." |
| 20. |
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11/26/10 |
Very Good |
 "...isn't an easy watch, but no hard lesson should be." |
