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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...watches rich, foolish, selfish people tearing themselves and each other apart. And watches them through the unblinking eyes of a child." |
| 2. |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a perfectly made, tremendously involving film that, nonetheless, is very difficult to watch, particularly if you're past the midpoint in your life." |
| 3. |
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10/05/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the character design is full of terrific touches... the black-and-white photography perfectly evokes the creepy old classics." |
| 4. |
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12/30/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Did he do what he's been accused of? Is she telling the truth of what happened? We can't believe our own eyes." |
| 5. |
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12/09/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...gripping, grueling... is it one many American parents should see? Absolutely. Because in some families, some conversations have been avoided for far too long." |
| 6. |
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12/02/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Stunningly graphic.... it's about as far from erotica as you could get.... It's not about the joy of sex. It's about the utter despair it can't conceal." |
| 7. |
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07/08/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Just who is the man, and who is the beast?" |
| 8. |
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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...completely understands the sisterly support and emotional bonds those deep friendships can engender.... casually charming..." |
| 9. |
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05/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Pine is very good as young Kirk... Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto create plausible, alternate versions of Bones and Spock... Saldana takes Uhura to a new level..." |
| 10. |
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04/19/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a bit like one of Woody Allen's darker, serious films, right down to the self-loathing protagonist, and namedropping of Kierkegaard and Tolstoy... very French..." |
| 11. |
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03/29/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...its ambitions -- even its unrealized ones -- are a great part of its power. Perhaps the film is too big for its own good..." |
| 12. |
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03/29/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...accomplishes something that none of the other recent fairy tale updates have even come close to: It creates something new out of something old." |
| 13. |
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03/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the sly Alice Englert is shown off to far better advantage than she was in 'Beautiful Creatures.' And Alessandro Nivola is excellent as Ginger's undependable dad." |
| 14. |
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03/13/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...crisply filmed.... Roth's given us more than 50 years of great work, and his tireless detractors an awful lot of ammunition.... it would be nice if he found a little bit of peace." |
| 15. |
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03/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...lust... despair... covetousness... bearing false witness.... there is the sin of caring far too much -- and mostly, of not caring enough." |
| 16. |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Park isn't interested in simply trendy material and edgy effects; a former philosophy student, he wants to weave it all into a genuinely disturbing drama." |
| 17. |
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02/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...yet another movie which is different from everything Soderbergh's done before. And yet, in all the truly important ways, really all of a piece." |
| 18. |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...has real performances from a cast of constant collaborators, wildly raunchy dialogue that has you red-faced with either embarrassment or laughter... a slice of life." |
| 19. |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "John Magaro is excellent as Douglas... Bella Heathcote, with her huge grave eyes, is a perfect pin-up as his dream girl, Grace." |
| 20. |
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12/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Spoiler alert: We got him.... [and yet] we're suddenly on edge, worrying, wondering if somehow this time around, the story is really going to end a different way." |
