Puss in Boots (2011) opened to good reviews. • Bill Goodykoontz wrote in the Arizona Republic, "...a surprisingly delightful adventure romp... As good as Banderas and Hayek are together, Galifianakis is better, making Humpty-Dumpty, of all people, one of the more intriguing animated characters to come along in awhile." • And Josep Parera wrote in La Opinion, "...no cambia para nada el panorama deprimente del cine animado de 2011." 36 More Reviews...
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Tower Heist played to good not great reviews. • Rene Rodriguez wrote in the Miami Herald, "...mildly diverting but instantly forgettable... [the best thing] is that it seems to have awakened something in Murphy that had laid dormant for much of the past two decades." • And Wesley Morris wrote in the Boston Globe, "It's not going for too much, but I laughed a lot, despite knowing better, which was more or less any time Eddie Murphy says anything to Ben Stiller." 49 More Reviews...
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J. Edgar opened to good not great reviews. Reviews were mixed. • David Denby wrote in the New Yorker, "...a nuanced account of J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a sympathetic monster, a compound of intelligence, repression, and misery... another remarkable turn in Clint Eastwood's career." • And Alynda Wheat wrote in People, "...lacking in insight, warmth and even color... as revelatory as an old newsreel — and about as subtle." 49 More Reviews...
J. Edgar Positive Reviews (51 Reviews, click on headers for reviews)
Martha Marcy May Marlene played in national release to outstanding reviews. • Patrick Z. McGavin wrote for Cinema 24/7, "...a formally audacious and visually sophisticated debut from the gifted young filmmaker Sean Durkin.... a disquieting and frightening portrait of surrender and coercion." • And Moira Macdonald wrote in the Seattle Times, "...gets under your skin and burrows there; you can't quite shake it off.... a nightmare and its aftermath blurring together." 48 More Reviews...
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone opened in key cities to very good reviews. • Joe Williams wrote in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "...along with infectious old concert footage and an inevitable shortage of material about the creative process, features extensive recent interviews with broke alcoholic Angelo Moore, soured survivor Norwood Fischer and the respective mamas who cleaned the mess. But like a Fishbone show or an LA weather forecast, the dark curtain rises..." 16 More Reviews...
The Way (2011) opened in key cities to very good reviews. • Steven Rea wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "A heartfelt project, scrappy and engaging... has its way with audiences despite, not because of, its sentimental excess.... the actors find something genuine in the material, and the rapport among these strangers-turned-friends feels genuine." • And Lisa Schwarzbaum called the film in Entertainment Weekly, "...an affecting personal project..." 33 More Reviews...
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Blank City played in key cities to good reviews. • Joseph Jon Lanthier wrote for Slant, "Less a movement than a barely unified period of gnarled transitions... To have been surviving amid the squalor and crime of Alphabet City was a fortunate fate too remarkable to go un-catalogued." • And Sheri Linden wrote in the Hollywood Reporter, "...may not be groundbreaking, but it’s vibrant and well researched.... a well-informed portrait of cinema that was truly independent..." 19 More Reviews...
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The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) opened in New York City to good not great reviews. • Jesse Cataldo wrote for Slant, "...a specific appreciation of a job done well, rather than a rosy-eyed celebration.... a meditation on enforcing order in a world that refuses to accept it." • And Michelle Orange wrote in the Village Voice, "[Director Vadim] Jendreyko gives his portrait the rough, ruminant structure of a journey, mixing [Svetlana] Geier’s memories with the present." 5 More Reviews...
Cat Run played in limited release to weak reviews. • Jesse Cataldo wrote for Slant, "Torn messily between international intrigue, detective story, and buddy comedy... little more than a collection of bad ideas glued hastily together." • And Bill Stamets wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "Writer-director John Stockwell, who directed the anti-gringo slasher film 'Turista' (2006), calls 'Cut Run' a 'hilariously violent action-comedy.' He’s got the violent part down." 9 More Reviews...
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The Son of No One played in key cities to weak reviews. • Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel, "...about a cop covering up a dark day from his distant past and the code among cops that helps him do it... It's all very messy and entirely too obvious at the same time.... the story keeps staggering into dead ends." • And Mara Reinstein wrote in Us Weekly, "What it wants to be: a gritty depiction of the NYPD. What it is: a dreary, unsatisfying mess." 21 More Reviews...
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