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05/17/12 |
Good |
 "...spirited, a jaunty trifle that's low on eroticism but high on cartoony coquettishness. Like the little motorized whatsit that is its subject, it does have its charms." |
| 2. |
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05/17/12 |
Fair |
 "...think one scene in which a woman howls and makes funny faces during labor is funny? How about many of them together?" |
| 3. |
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05/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "...comfortably pleasant... until it takes a jarring turn right out of Park Chan-wook, and from there takes a tumble into ludicrousness from which it doesn't recover." |
| 4. |
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05/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "Taylor Kitsch is quite winning... a believable human presence in the midst of lots of metal stuff getting blasted to smithereens." |
| 5. |
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05/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "...garbled... does feature a strong performance from Jennifer Connelly, who's vulnerable and appealing while still being genuinely and alarmingly unpredictable." |
| 6. |
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05/15/12 |
Excellent |
 "...indefensible and hilarious, an unruly thing that invites you to laugh at things you feel you shouldn't.... Cohen knows it's the impolite conversation that really gets things moving." |
| 7. |
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05/10/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Grace's apparently bottomless self-absorption is well played by Eva Mendes, who has always infused her man-candy roles with warmth and a weary intelligence..." |
| 8. |
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05/10/12 |
Fair |
 "...an overly bleak film ready to write off the world and go down in a blaze of gunfire, both middle fingers raised." |
| 9. |
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05/10/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...features an ensemble cast made up largely of nonprofessional actors... its occasional entertainment value aside, the picture is also blithe to the point of being flimsy." |
| 10. |
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05/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "...suffers from the now-predictable Tim Burton pile-on: Like a matron who's gone mad for garish jewelry, he just doesn't know when to stop." |
| 11. |
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05/10/12 |
Good |
 "...a film that should be appallingly twee, but more often than not is actually scruffy and sweet.... remains fairly light despite some serious developments..." |
| 12. |
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05/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...walks the jittery line between being exploitative and too sensitive, and while it's probably a relief that it tips more toward the latter, the movie also seems a bit unclear in its motives." |
| 13. |
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05/04/12 |
Fair |
 "...the best way to get through this film is probably on a morphine drip, a confection that, sadly, is not available at most concession stands." |
| 14. |
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05/04/12 |
Excellent |
 "...isn't just a documentary about ballet and the extraordinary discipline it requires; it's also about youth and its attendant hopes and risks, spelled out in language that's painfully universal." |
| 15. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...this is not a film about India, it's one about growing old in a terribly British fashion.... the pleasure is in watching the characters on screen realize the fact themselves, to their delight." |
| 16. |
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05/03/12 |
Very Good |
 "If you're in the mood for something new to keep you up at night worrying (and who isn't?), Jessica Yu's new documentary will neatly do the trick..." |
| 17. |
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05/02/12 |
Good |
 "...a soft-willed religious tolerance parable.... seems to resist introspective pit stops, cruising toward its tidy resolution with a host of missed opportunities in its wake." |
| 18. |
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05/01/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an oversized, self-aware picture designed mostly for effect: That of reliving the experience of a movie you've seen before and just can't get enough of." |
| 19. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the plot wobbles off the rails too many times to count... It all could have worked, maybe - if only Cusack, as the frustrated, impoverished genius, weren't so insufferable." |
| 20. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's hard to say whether this is a wholly bogus and pretentious indie enterprise or a weirdly compelling bit of low-budget storytelling." |
