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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...thin, neatly folded, paper-airplane of a movie threatens to nose dive into tweeville as it depicts the carefree lives of best-bud scam artists..." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Fair |
 "...doesn't wind up feeling like a con, exactly, but it has just enough promise to leave viewers feeling ripped off when it comes up short." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...intriguing and intelligent... a soulful tale of small town saints and sinners and a road trip to redemption.... rests on a finely textured performance by Rachael Harris..." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "Nothing adds up... the loosely autobiographical movie aims for roller-coaster passion but only flatlines.... an excruciatingly slow train wreck." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...rather than the engaging enlightenment of the source, the film becomes bloated by confusion.... the ensemble comedy with its many entanglements flounders badly." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...something of an earnest, two-hour infomercial that should do wonders for naval recruiting if not civilian entertainment.... not a whole lot of fun." |
| 7. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a smart, involving documentary... offering just enough insight into the creative process to feel enlightening." |
| 8. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "If not every piece of the puzzle delivers its intended impact, the movie as a whole gets under your skin, and the central characters resonate long after the screen goes dark." |
| 9. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...settles for predictable tropes about fame-seeking when it could have fused 21st-century sexual mores and ripe-for-razzing starmaking politics into something much more potent." |
| 10. |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...feels exceedingly random and disorganized.... There's no real center to the film's potentially insightful topic, with Spurlock never zeroing in on a cohesive message." |
| 11. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "Common sense and basic logic are left at the door; there's a brief creature effect that is laughably, outlandishly awful." |
| 12. |
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05/18/12 |
Excellent |
 "There's an unflashy clarity... Laudatory but never simplistic... a thoroughly engrossing portrait of William G. Wilson, his times and the visionary fellowship that is his legacy." |
| 13. |
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05/18/12 |
Fair |
 "The picture's heart belongs to Gyllenhaal's ultra-modern feminist... she's like a time traveler from a century ahead. You don't believe in her in the context of the film's setting." |
| 14. |
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05/18/12 |
Fair |
 "Packs a lot of action -- if not a lot of sense -- into its story... weaves between a quilt of romantic thriller and historical drama.... It's all wildly over-complicated and at times even a bit difficult to track... visually exciting but narratively nonsensical... jumbled..." |
| 15. |
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05/16/12 |
Good |
 "By turns hysterical, heretical, guilty, innocent, silly, sophisticated, teasing and tedious... underscores both Baron Cohen's genius and his folly..." |
| 16. |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...an uncertain combination of elements that unsuccessfully tries to be half-scary, half-funny and all strange... all over the place..." |
| 17. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "There is a lot of hope in the air, but the film never feels sappy... 'I Wish' has a similar carefree feel of kids just being kids in that time before innocence is completely lost." |
| 18. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "If only the falling-in-love machinations and character details weren't so wispy, 'Tonight You're Mine' might have had more resonance. That said, the film has its moments..." |
| 19. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...does a fair job of laying a spooky groundwork for the revelatory emotional sadism that lies behind most acts of evil; it just takes a bit of clunky exposition to get there." |
| 20. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "...part road movie and part coming-of-age story but mostly plays like some creepy-perv fantasia looking for mileage.... This 'Hick' should be sent packing back to the sticks." |
