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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a magnificent achievement, so dense with the weight of shared history that it's a wonder it doesn't collapse into a singularity." |
| 2. |
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05/16/13 |
Very Good |
 "For the first time in years, maybe decades, the crew of the Enterprise faces a worthy adversary... consistently nimble entertainment..." |
| 3. |
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05/16/13 |
Excellent |
 "Ozon sticks close to his protagonist but mostly denies us access to her thoughts.... Vacth gives a remarkably assured and subtle performance..." |
| 4. |
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05/16/13 |
Fair |
 "...a clunky hybrid -- half feel-good weepie, half preposterous thriller -- that functions primarily as an elaborate travel brochure..." |
| 5. |
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05/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "...boasts few surprises -- except perhaps its message, which seems to be that selling out isn't so bad. Chalk it up to a case of 'write what you know.' " |
| 6. |
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05/16/13 |
Weak |
 "...aspires to be an action movie and a thriller -- two genres in which style is everything -- but ends up looking like a hyper-violent CBS drama." |
| 7. |
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05/16/13 |
Good |
 "...a movie with a big backdrop -- issues of class, the workings of the mind, a changing society -- and a narrow focus." |
| 8. |
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05/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a hollow provocation. The film may be all about the burden of debt -- financial, spiritual, or otherwise -- but it's the audience that really pays a price." |
| 9. |
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05/16/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the principal problem with the film: It sets up the distaff-'Deliverance' scenario much better than it pays it off." |
| 10. |
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05/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a wry and moving portrait of friendship... makes the subtly optimistic point that the life you build in youth is always available." |
| 11. |
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05/16/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "As a primer, the film does the job, albeit less thoroughly and with more needless digressions than would even a lengthy magazine article on the subject." |
| 12. |
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05/09/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a bland, sub-'Hangover' comedy about guys on the make in South America.... The film is most successful in the way it subverts expectations." |
| 13. |
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05/09/13 |
Poor |
 "...a bottom-feeding schlock-fest from WWE Studios.... There's no side to take in Kitamura's film; the killer is a smug bore, his victims disposable scumbags." |
| 14. |
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05/09/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...for serious action movie buffs. Neither outrageous nor self-conscious, it looks and moves like any number of good late-'80s/early-'90s action flicks." |
| 15. |
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05/09/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a feeble satire... like a feature-length version of that video clip in which Christoph Waltz just repeats the words 'dill pickle' again and again..." |
| 16. |
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05/09/13 |
Good |
 "What comes across most strongly is the genuine, overpowering love these two women have for each other, even when they're in direct competition." |
| 17. |
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05/09/13 |
Fair |
 "...proceeds with a lazy, sketch-like feel that makes more sense after considering that these characters began on stage... the humor here, ironically, doesn't travel well." |
| 18. |
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05/09/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Polley has taken a big leap forward by looking inward, and she can now be mentioned in the same breath as the great Agnès Varda." |
| 19. |
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05/09/13 |
Good |
 "...light and occasionally very funny... one of the smartest and most accomplished films to emerge from under the Tyler Perry banner." |
| 20. |
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05/09/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...half-reverent, half-travestying... campy but not a betrayal, offering a lively take on a familiar work while sacrificing such niceties as structure, character, and nuance." |
