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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 |
 "...a wry, wobbly cartoon made for grown-ups, featuring quirky hand-drawn animation and very little dialogue outside the central voice-over." |
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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..." |
| 4. |
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02/04/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a remarkable movie: lovely, slow-paced and almost silent, rich with pathos and deft comic gestures." |
| 5. |
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01/28/11 |
Very Good |
 "The film is far from a complete success... But when a director goes for the brass ring you have to respect that, watch closely and take it in." |
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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..." |
| 7. |
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01/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a winning formula for Coppola, all the more winning because it's arrived at sincerely..." |
| 8. |
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01/21/11 |
Moderate |
 "The chameleonic Gosling is completely convincing as this empty shell of a man... He makes us hate the sight of him. That's not necessarily a good thing." |
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01/21/11 |
Very Good |
 "...there is nothing corny or effortful... Weir instills emotion in the audience, not by showing emotion, but by showing action and by holding emotion in check." |
| 10. |
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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... The acting is exemplary." |
| 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." |
| 15. |
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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." |
| 16. |
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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..." |
| 17. |
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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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12/17/10 |
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." |
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12/17/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a nice little movie about a thoroughly assimilated first-generation Indian-American... an easy movie to watch, and yet it's just as easy to forget or skip entirely." |
