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08/07/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...low-budget yet quietly brilliant and downbeat Israeli-Australian co-production... seems more inspired by Robert Altman than Walt Disney." |
| 2. |
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07/17/09 |
Excellent |
 "...this sweetly engaging trifle goes down as easy as cold lemonade on a hot afternoon." |
| 3. |
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11/12/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...an ode to survival, a bracing story of man and nature and an exhilarating sensory experience. It's my favorite movie so far this year.... a rush." |
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11/13/09 |
Weak |
 "No one knows the recipe for this kind of fare better than Emmerich..." |
| 5. |
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01/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Denis to the nth power. It dares you to put everything together, even as it invites you to luxuriate in its visual assurance and trancelike rhythms.... bristles with confidence..." |
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06/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...unabashedly one-sided.... The film's central premise is that the church secretly led and overwhelmingly financed the Proposition 8 campaign that wiped out a decision." |
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07/30/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a compelling glimpse of a community and, by extension, a country, in the throes of change... particularly emblematic for the age." |
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11/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable... an essential statement on why we bear witness. The film pulls back the curtain on a deadly PR machine and forces us to consider its deceptions." |
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04/30/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The dream sequences aren't particularly special, though they're usually good and bloody. The surprise factor is almost nil..." |
| 10. |
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08/07/09 |
Excellent |
 "...doesn't do much new and the twist is as obvious as a tornado in the Texas Panhandle. But that doesn't make it any less of an escapist joyride..." |
| 11. |
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03/12/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a film so comfortable in its intelligence and so assured in its style that every little detail counts." |
| 12. |
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10/09/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...this time the Coens wed their singular style to an intellectual probity and moral purpose. It's the best film of their careers." |
| 13. |
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06/18/10 |
Excellent |
 "...there's no denying that this 'Town' is a fun place to call home for a while." |
| 14. |
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08/14/09 |
Very Good |
 "Consider seeing it for the lead actors, who resist the screenplay's more cloying flourishes and make these characters (almost) believable." |
| 15. |
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04/03/09 |
Very Good |
 "...has so much going for it that you wish the final emotional impact was greater." |
| 16. |
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03/05/10 |
Excellent |
 "There's always something on-screen to tickle the eyeballs... But the narrative arc and dramatic momentum are inert..." |
| 17. |
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04/03/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Neither as terrifying as the movies it's channeling were meant to be in their time nor as funny as a pure sendup would have been... neither fish nor foul..." |
| 18. |
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10/23/09 |
Weak |
 "Take your pick of aviation-themed quips - 'Amelia' sputters and stalls, 'Amelia' runs out of runway, never takes off, never leaves the ground. Any will do." |
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09/25/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The immigrant experience chronicled in Cherien Dabis' 'Amreeka' isn't especially eye-opening: You've seen this story many times before." |
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10/30/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...engages throughout and flies by in the blink of an eye, or as long as it takes for a teenager to fall head over heels for a grand illusion." |
