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10/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Writer-director Kore-eda Hirokazu creates characters so honest and situations so real that you can't help but be reminded of scenes from your own life." |
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09/25/09 |
Very Good |
 "...examines an obsessive sports subculture with heart and nuance, and it's capped by a central performance that is equal parts charming and chilling." |
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09/18/09 |
Very Good |
 "...as artful a humanity lesson as you're likely to find at the movies this year." |
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09/18/09 |
Very Good |
 "...depicts the awkward rhythms of real relationships among people who don't look remotely like Julia Roberts. It's fun to watch the film's lead actors learn on the job..." |
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07/24/09 |
Moderate |
 "German director Christian Petzold uses the familiar trappings of film noir to deliver a well-composed if underwhelming treatise on class, culture and loyalty." |
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07/10/09 |
Very Good |
 "What makes it special is the nuance provided by Martin Provost and actress Yolande Moreau, who imbues her subject with rare dignity even as she slips into insanity." |
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05/20/09 |
Moderate |
 "...a case of diminishing returns. 'Salvation' so keeps its characters at arm's length that after a while it really doesn't matter what happens to them." |
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04/10/09 |
Very Good |
 "...a decidedly lightweight diversion... comes with attractive performers and a breezy tone that has rightly been compared to the films of Woody Allen and Eric Rohmer." |
