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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...explores the creative process and the way we rewrite our pasts for ourselves through the prism of a droll romantic comedy." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "As biographies go, this one's pretty close to hagiography..." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...goes from popcorn-dumb to aggressively stupid: At one point, a hot chick in a Jeep saves the world by ramming her car into an alien thingamajig." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "The cast is game, but the film plays out more like a long sitcom than a feature film... On the bright side, it gets to show cute babies at the end." |
| 5. |
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05/16/12 |
Weak |
 "...a collection of outrageous gags and jokes strung together by a slapdash plot no one really cares about, least of all the filmmakers.... radiates a mean-spiritedness..." |
| 6. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...isn't as dull as 'Alice in Wonderland' or as inert as 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' but this one hurts more than those did because the potential was so great." |
| 7. |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...takes too long to find the right tone, goes too long between laughs and too long to show any real progress in these two girls in the process of growing up." |
| 8. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a leaden, ham-fisted affair that was exactly the sort of pap John Waters was spoofing when he cast Kathleen Turner as a serial-killing soccer mom." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "Kaye's relentlessly nihilistic outlook is exhausting.... You agree with what he's saying, but you also want to tell him to shut up." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "The movie's charms lie in its frank and amusing assessment of age and in its heartening message that life isn't over just because you've hit 65." |
| 11. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "These children are stunning -- sleek, powerful, poised, capable of feats that most grown dancers couldn't achieve." |
| 12. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an eloquent defense of geek pursuits and a community that obsesses over things outsiders dismiss as childish and silly." |
| 13. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...gentle, winning... the Kasdans get the anguish of a pet owner in distress just right." |
| 14. |
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05/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "...deals in broad platitudes -- live life to the fullest, appreciate your friends and family, make the most of your time on earth..." |
| 15. |
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05/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "...drowns in the details.... a long, talky, clunky movie that culminates with a huge action sequence. From Joss Whedon, you expected more than spectacle." |
| 16. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "For a good hour or so, 'The Raven' is gruesome, ludicrous fun. Then it's just ludicrous." |
| 17. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "Whit Stillman's funniest and most accessible film... an inconsequential bauble -- but I laughed out loud in nearly every scene, and there are lines in the movie that still make me chuckle." |
| 18. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...feels a bit long; it probably doesn't need all of its two-hour-plus running time... And yet the payoff feels all the sweeter for all troubles Tom and Violet have been through." |
| 19. |
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04/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...never takes its silly premise too seriously and is genuinely funny even though you're pretty sure you've heard a lot of these he said/she said jokes before." |
| 20. |
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04/20/12 |
Poor |
 "They bond, fight, sulk, reconcile, break up, all in the course of a coast to coast flight. It'll feel like six hours to you, too.... a witless waste of time, more likely to make you reach for an airsickness bag than make you laugh." |
