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| Le Havre | 86.1% | Key Cities | $612K |
| Fake It So Real | 74.5% | Limited | na |
| Last Days Here | 74.4% | Limited | $7K |
| The Hunter (Shekarchi) | 70.8% | Limited | na |
| We the Party | 54.9% | Key Cities | na |
| Falling Overnight | 51.4% | NYC/LA | na |
| The Understudy (2012) | 48.3% | NYC/LA | $15K |
| ATM (2012) | 46.7% | NYC/LA | $2K |
| Detention (2012) | 44.4% | Key Cities | na |
| Trade of Innocents | 31.7% | NYC | $15K |
| LOL (2012) | 25.0% | Regional | na |
| Average: | 51.7% |
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On DVD/Blu-ray July 31, 2012
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Le Havre, Sensational Reviews Key Cities
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Le Havre played in key cities to sensational reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "...as lovable as a silent comedy, which it could have been.... There is nothing cynical or cheap about it, it tells a good story with clear eyes and a level gaze, and it just plain makes you feel good." • And Andrew O'Hehir wrote for Salon, "...very nearly an instant classic..." 30 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 86.1% | 100.0% | 85.2% | 75.6% | 82.8% | 84.5% | 85.3% | 85.4% | $612K | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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Fake It So Real, Very Good Reviews (Doc) Limited
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Fake It So Real played in limited release to very good reviews. • Ryan Lattanzio wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, "...lends humanity to independent pro wrestling's savage theater of machismo.... It will appeal to anyone compelled by the documentary medium's ability to tell stories." More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 74.5% | 87.5% | 74.5% | 62.5% | 66.6% | 67.0% | 73.3% | 75.0% | na | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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Last Days Here, Very Good Reviews (Doc) Limited
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Last Days Here played in limited release to very good reviews. • Bill Weber wrote for Slant, "...doesn't flinch from the sad spectacle of doom metal singer Bobby Liebling at his nadir, but you will.... a story that rather bracingly puts dignity within his grasp." • And Peter Keough wrote in the Boston Phoenix, "...there's never a dull moment, as this real-life story has more bizarre twists than any fiction." 10 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 74.4% | nr | 75.9% | 78.1% | 71.7% | 69.3% | 75.9% | 79.6% | $7K | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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The Hunter (Shekarchi), Very Good Reviews Limited
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The Hunter (Shekarchi) played in limited release to very good reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "...a stark film from Iran about a man who is fed up and not going to take it anymore.... a parable about modern Iran..." • And Andrew O'Hehir wrote for Salon, "...a lean, disturbing, beautifully photographed thriller... something like the Iranian equivalent of 'Falling Down'..." 10 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 70.8% | 87.5% | 72.6% | 84.7% | 64.9% | 64.0% | 75.4% | 100.0% | na | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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We the Party, Mixed Reviews Key Cities
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We the Party played in key cities to mixed reviews. • Diego Costa wrote for Slant, "...remarkably well-edited and authentic... both exhilaratingly fun (think a less self-indulgent, and definitely less queer 'Kaboom') and socially conscious — to a limit." • And Stephanie Merry wrote in the Washington Post, "...there are a few bright spots, not the least of which is Van Peebles the younger." 12 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 54.9% | 66.1% | 48.7% | 55.9% | 50.0% | 43.8% | 53.8% | 37.5% | na | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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Falling Overnight, Mixed Reviews NYC, LA
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Falling Overnight played in New York City and Los Angeles to mixed reviews. • Chuck Bowen wrote for Slant, "...mistakes banality for truth... Elliot and Chloe are ciphers..." • And Michael Nordine wrote in the Village Voice, "A lo-fi romantic drama that isn't awash in self-pity or -aggrandizement.... we actually care and wonder about these people..." More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 51.4% | nr | 41.6% | 64.6% | 44.7% | 52.7% | 52.7% | nr | na | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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The Understudy (2012), Fair Reviews, Mixed NYC, LA
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The Understudy (2012) played in New York City and Los Angeles to fair reviews. Reviews were mixed. • John Anderson wrote in Daily Variety, "The story gets off to a promising start... [but] lurches to a conclusion, not a minute too soon, and it's simply too bad that such promising perfs were left adrift on this ice floe." More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 48.3% | nr | 49.9% | 52.7% | 47.0% | 50.0% | 49.5% | nr | $15K | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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ATM (2012), Fair Reviews NYC, LA
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ATM (2012) played in New York City and Los Angeles to fair reviews. • Stephen Whitty wrote in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, "There are one or two small scares, and the score by David Buckley is nicely unsettling. But none of it builds to anything or engenders any real suspense." • And Scott Tobias wrote for the AV Club, "Perfunctory killings outside, bickering ninnies inside: It's about as riveting as it sounds." 10 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 46.7% | nr | 45.8% | 44.9% | 58.0% | 47.8% | 50.5% | 37.5% | $2K | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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Detention (2012), Fair Reviews, Mixed Key Cities
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Detention (2012) played in key cities to fair reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Connie Ogle wrote in the Miami Herald, "There's something to admire about the in-your-face comic anarchy... [but] somebody forgot that a film needs a streamlined story to make visual chaos palatable." • And John Hartl wrote in the Seattle Times, "...suggests an evening of determined, incoherent channel-hopping..." 16 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 44.4% | nr | 43.0% | 35.3% | 36.7% | 41.8% | 36.4% | 47.0% | na | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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Trade of Innocents, Poor Reviews NYC
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Trade of Innocents played in New York City to poor reviews. • Ronnie Scheib wrote in Daily Variety, "Unfortunately, with its unconvincing action, preachy script and flat performances, the pic winds up less moving than most typical journeyman documentaries on the subject." 6 More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 31.7% | nr | 35.8% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 29.2% | 62.5% | $15K | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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LOL (2012), Poor Reviews Regional
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LOL (2012) played in regional release to poor reviews. • Joe Leydon wrote in Daily Variety, "...a shapeless and charmless teen-skewing trifle stocked with trendy slanguage and social-network gimcracks that make it seem like something four years past its expiration date.... plays like a mash-up of three or four segments of an ABC Family sitcom..." More Reviews... |
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| Total | Broad National Press | Local News- papers | Alter– native/ Indie | High- Brow Press | Movie Industry | NY/LA Chicago Toronto | Key Cities | Total B.O. | ||||||
| 25.0% | nr | nr | nr | nr | 25.0% | nr | nr | na | ||||||
| Averages: | 51.7% | 54.3% | 51.9% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 49.0% | 49.8% | 54.4% | ||||||
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