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03/04/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...anchored by a pair of amusing performances... It's a movie of sporadically entertaining scenes that add up to a vaguely unsatisfying whole." |
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02/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "Director Richard J. Lewis brings out the fine shadings, particularly in the performance of Rosamund Pike..." |
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02/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a wry, wobbly cartoon made for grown-ups, featuring quirky hand-drawn animation and very little dialogue outside the central voice-over.... should charm dog fanciers - and anyone else, really, who has ever looked in the eyes of a loving animal and wondered why people don't measure up." |
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02/04/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a remarkable movie: lovely, slow-paced and almost silent, rich with pathos and deft comic gestures." |
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01/28/11 |
Very Good |
 "We're not talking about just another night at the movies." |
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01/28/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a gutsy movie, in that Leigh says something about life that nobody really wants to believe, and he says it forcefully..." |
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01/21/11 |
Very Good |
 "...there is nothing corny or effortful or remotely Hallmark-like... Weir instills emotion in the audience, not by showing emotion, but by showing action and by holding emotion in check." |
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01/21/11 |
Moderate |
 "The chameleonic Gosling is completely convincing as this empty shell of a man... he grabs our emotions: He makes us hate the sight of him. That's not necessarily a good thing." |
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01/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "For 15 minutes, this new film from Sofia Coppola is blase and deadpan, slightly precious and not particularly interesting.... then suddenly it becomes riveting.... in its odd, detached way, it is compelling viewing." |
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01/21/11 |
Very Good |
 "Solid performances, and a sincere faith in the dignity of the average working stiff, save it from getting too preachy." |
| 11. |
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01/14/11 |
Moderate |
 "...by turns heartrending and stultifying, but mostly stultifying. Partly, this is a natural consequence of the movie's atmosphere." |
| 12. |
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01/14/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...extraordinary and beautiful... One of the saddest and best films of the past year..." |
| 13. |
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01/07/11 |
Very Good |
 "...will probably be a polarizing film, with audience members walking out on it and declaring it a masterpiece in approximately equal numbers." |
| 14. |
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01/07/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a spirited look -- well written, beautifully acted, full of uplift -- at lovably cheeky heroines on the march for a little respect." |
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12/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Firth pulls off a daunting technical feat... Rush exudes the spry theatricality and constant alertness of a fellow who's always up to something, even when he's not." |
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12/22/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a semi-painful, semi-amusing sequel that reunites the battling in-laws.... Some of it induces laughter; some of it induces squirms." |
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12/22/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a respectable, entertaining Western, but it's not so radically different or innovative that the Coens' need to make it seems overpowering. I guess we should just assume that they had a hankering to make a pretty good Western. So they did." |
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12/22/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a fairly satisfying and cheerful little movie when buoyed by a packed holiday crowd and the presence of glowing children and happy adults..." |
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12/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "...adults with children, who are used to getting bored out of their skulls with children's fare, may find in this a refreshing and politically charged change of pace." |
| 20. |
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12/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "...entertaining from beginning to end and contains two brilliant and extreme supporting performances that are among the year's best." |
