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01/07/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...the best film of 2010... it invites you to get completely lost in a vast, complex universe, populated with colorful characters and shocking twists." |
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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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11/05/10 |
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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06/18/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...distills the most elemental feelings - friendship, loss, forgiveness - into a shimmering nugget." |
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06/18/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...as good as documentary filmmaking gets, economical and deeply penetrating." |
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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." |
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02/26/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a frank and powerful glimpse of a dead-end British teenage life... as portrayed by Katie Jarvis, Mia is compulsively watchable and unforgettable." |
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12/25/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...rip-roaring action-adventure of high order, a sometimes dizzying but ultimately thrilling display of showmanship on the part of the actors, director and screenwriters." |
| 9. |
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12/04/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Few recent films have been so adroit at looking outward while burrowing inward." |
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11/13/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...has the energetic pop of a Mick Jagger dance move, the infectious nature of a Jimi Hendrix guitar riff and the entertainment value of the entire Beach Boys catalog." |
| 11. |
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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." |
| 12. |
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09/11/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...everything one could hope for in a movie experience: drama, wit, stifled rage, unbridled glee, pouty adolescents wearing far too much makeup, massive egos..." |
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05/29/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...the heartbreak ballad of Salma, a Palestinian widow who has no desire to be political, no longing whatsoever to be a cause célèbre." |
| 14. |
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05/29/09 |
Outstanding |
 "It seems a rather silly exercise to gush about a movie that sums itself up so well and so simply in its two-letter title - 'Up.' " |
| 15. |
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05/08/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...one indisputably great movie..." |
| 16. |
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05/08/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...doesn't sound like a formula for a fun, fascinating viewing experience, but that's exactly what 'Valentino' provides." |
| 17. |
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02/06/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...the best kind of children's entertainment..." |
| 18. |
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12/31/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Spacey has pulled off the seemingly impossible.... He's created a character who, while often despicable, also comes off as ingenious, charming and sympathetic." |
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12/24/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...when grief is portrayed well, it creates its own impact: a rupture, a jagged rip in the fabric between life before and life after, which can never be the same." |
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12/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a classic Western tale livened up by a few Coen brothers tweaks.... has something that the Coens are usually too pleased with themselves to create: grandeur." |
