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05/23/13 |
Poor |
 "I'm so confused. I don't know how to feel. Waiter, this soup is terrible, but in a different way from the other terrible soup I actually ordered." |
| 2. |
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05/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...nothing feels magical.... like no one involved with making this understands the first thing about life and death or the circles and cycles that drive it." |
| 3. |
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05/17/13 |
Poor |
 " 'Show me how you drive, and I'll show you who you are,' Toretto promises the hapless Letty. The Kaiser would surely approve of such tactics..." |
| 4. |
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05/10/13 |
Poor |
 "...is this supposed to be funny?... There's a ton of dumb shit here.... This could be the movie the phrase 'I can't even' was invented for." |
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05/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...evokes not only the old-school boldly-going adventures of the crew of the starship Enterprise but also -- hilariously -- 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'... I enjoyed it immensely..." |
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05/02/13 |
Poor |
 "...excruciating.... Feel free to laugh at the cute rape scenes... The things that qualify as 'awesome' in the world of Pedro Almodóvar boggle my mind." |
| 7. |
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05/02/13 |
Moderate |
 "...utterly horrific, and utterly compelling.... Even at its most watchable, however, this feels like a pale imitation of 'GoodFellas'..." |
| 8. |
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04/26/13 |
Very Good |
 "Conventional dramedy turns charming and wise... a delightful story about making the most of whatever life throws at you... I didn't expect to be so very moved by the end." |
| 9. |
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04/26/13 |
Fair |
 "...more than a disappointment -- it's a puzzlement.... tediously conservative... never mind satire: even as drama, the film can't find its footing." |
| 10. |
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04/25/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...hugely entertaining... 'I am Iron Man' -- when Tony repeats that line here, it's newly thrilling, and far more intriguing than it previously was." |
| 11. |
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04/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...may be the purest, most delightful example of the feel-good film I've ever seen: funny but never cartoonish, touching but never heavy, sweet without being saccharine..." |
| 12. |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
0513998.jpg) "...you will get some geeky satisfaction out of its rendering of planet Earth, land and sky... Just don't expect to be much surprised by the plot or characters..." |
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04/09/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...satisfyingly meandering, as if it's discovering how loose and confounding reality can be as it goes along, like maybe it's mirroring the experience of actually living." |
| 14. |
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04/05/13 |
Good |
 "...the performances all around are so effortless in their rumpled capture of messy real life that watching them is akin to breathing out a cinematic sigh of relief..." |
| 15. |
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04/05/13 |
Fair |
 "Clearly intended to call to mind Disney's family fantasies of the 1950s and 60s.... undemanding, inoffensive, and instantly forgettable." |
| 16. |
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04/04/13 |
Poor |
 "...extra risible.... It's such a spectacular example of tone-deaf awfulness that it scarcely bears comprehending." |
| 17. |
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04/03/13 |
Poor |
 "...terrifying? Hardly.... tediously ordinary.... How the hell could Sam Raimi give his stamp of approval to this slap in the face to his own work?" |
| 18. |
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03/28/13 |
Excellent |
 "...deliciously preposterous.... the whole shebang is simply embracing its own absurdity from the get-go, and sticks with it throughout... mindboggling." |
| 19. |
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03/26/13 |
Poor |
 "It's almost as if no one -- up to and including the cast -- actually read the 'script' before they started shooting, or even while they were shooting." |
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03/22/13 |
Fair |
 "...adventure and excitement is dangled before us, only to be pulled back and held just beyond our reach." |
