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05/24/12 |
Moderate |
 "What better way to handle enraged, armed men than by getting them intoxicated? Labaki's film is equally wrongheaded; silliness and sentiment don't trump hate and rage." |
| 2. |
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05/24/12 |
Very Good |
 "At its worst, 'I Wish' is static. At its best, it has the warmth and subtlety of classic Asian works by Edward Yang and Yasujiro Ozu." |
| 3. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...fails to find much point in its subject: men's grooming.... I wanted this documentary to have the balls to tell it like it is; instead it's the movie equivalent of a bad hair day." |
| 4. |
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05/17/12 |
Poor |
 "...gets a D for an overly literal device that finds teenaged Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) re-enacting coming-of-age tropes.... a step backward for the genre." |
| 5. |
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05/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a sweet movie, not unlike Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator,' if less sentimental. Funnier, though." |
| 6. |
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05/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "...tackles pregnancy with a taste for its sillier moments.... the sentimental rom-com antics and underdeveloped archetypes feel as fake as the big bellies the ladies are showing off." |
| 7. |
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05/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...belongs to the actual citizens of Carthage, Texas.... like a more lighthearted version of Werner Herzog's 'Little Dieter Wants To Fly.' " |
| 8. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...no one utters the immortal line, 'You sunk my battleship!' You can't help but wonder what Hasbro will do with Candy Land." |
| 9. |
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05/17/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a pastiche of conventions, but strange nonetheless, and not always in a good way.... the concluding scenes are haunting..." |
| 10. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...a one-note complaint about how mankind has gone wrong... nothing new here beyond what every conscientious liberal already knows is wrong with the world." |
| 11. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...insulting and inconsequential.... the lazy plot here isn't nearly as offensive as Ayelet Zurer's performance as a possibly psychic gypsy who uses her visions to keep the family searching (and bonding)..." |
| 12. |
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05/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the search is internal, through the guilty, grieving memories of the investigators, ending with an excavation of a grislier kind." |
| 13. |
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05/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...evokes the consciousness of female desire as something blinding and all-encompassing... conveys an emphatic mixture of audacity, naïveté, and sexual abandon." |
| 14. |
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05/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "While many of the kids could have ended up the subjects of a film like 'Bully,' this isn't that story. These kids are proud of their tights." |
| 15. |
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05/10/12 |
Very Good |
 "Tim Burton's best film since 'Ed Wood'... features Burton's macabre wit, his fizzy mix of camp, nihilism, and unexpected beauty." |
| 16. |
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05/10/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a slick entertainment with well-orchestrated chases and bloody shootouts, though its characterizations are shallow and sketchy." |
| 17. |
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05/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "Broken into numerous brief, sometimes elliptical but mostly perfunctory chapters... reminiscent of '12 Monkeys' and 'Terminator,' except those films kind of made sense." |
| 18. |
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05/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a thin excuse for a series of distasteful soft-core sex scenes. For the audience, the sooner these voyeuristic interludes are over, the better. Ditto, this unpleasant movie." |
| 19. |
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05/03/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...old-fashioned... Filled with Indian (and British) clichés, it is nonetheless a pleasant diversion that doesn't involve special effects or 3D glasses." |
| 20. |
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05/03/12 |
Very Good |
 "...inventive, funny, and sometimes subversive... Adept at mixing raunchy comedy, inspired shtick and insight into the pathology of relationships..." |
