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05/01/09 |
Weak |
 "The most terrifying thing about the movie, really, is that plural: Originsssss. So many mutants, so much time. Thank God we can leave that for another summer." |
| 2. |
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09/08/10 |
Good |
 "...a charmer filled with people who seem every bit as surprised as we are when they manage to look past surface differences, and find reasons to bond." |
| 3. |
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03/06/09 |
Moderate |
 "...backstories tend to clutter up a movie... director Zack Snyder is still doling out origin flashbacks two hours and seven minutes into his little epic." |
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09/10/09 |
Good |
 "Disney would develop a reputation as a control freak with a dark side. But on this trip, he was not yet 40 and still willing to wear a gaucho costume and twirl a lasso..." |
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03/26/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...no one is going to mistake 'Waking Sleeping Beauty' for a tell-all documentary. It's hardly impartial... it seems to have a score to settle with Jeffrey Katzenberg..." |
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11/27/10 |
Very Good |
 "...has a big heart.... has the rhythm and texture of real life, as well as emotional undercurrents that are haunting." |
| 7. |
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12/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...splendidly acted and takes full advantage of every breathtaking vista it comes across, a grand epic made quirky and intimate by the dialogue... terrific filmmaking." |
| 8. |
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11/12/10 |
Good |
 "...a story that feels as true to life as you'd expect.... plays like situation comedy, but with an overlay of performance art." |
| 9. |
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05/06/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...give the producers credit for casting that slab of beefcake with the blazing smile. Hemsworth looks and acts like a comic-book superhero come to life..." |
| 10. |
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01/21/11 |
Fair |
 "...proof of the maxim that epic elements don't mean much without engaging characters to hang them on." |
| 11. |
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06/29/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...has pretty scenery, pretty people, pretty wolves and pretty broad winks at the audience... Director David Slade keeps the action brisk and the time-killing attractive." |
| 12. |
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06/10/11 |
Excellent |
 "Not sure when I lost it and started laughing at absolutely everything they said, but by the time they were singing ABBA songs at the top of their lungs, I was gone." |
| 13. |
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05/27/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...epic -- and intimate at the same time.... grand, loopy, spiritual.... astonishing in some spots, almost incoherent in others." |
| 14. |
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08/20/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a riveting detective story... ferocious filmmaking, but it wouldn't have half the force it does if the director didn't also get at the complicated man Pat Tillman was..." |
| 15. |
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09/30/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...terrific entertainment -- an unlikely thriller that makes business ethics, class distinctions and intellectual-property arguments sexy..." |
| 16. |
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02/25/10 |
Excellent |
 "...there's something kind of captivating about a film that's been painstakingly drawn to glorify the craft of illustration, and that's comfortable using retro techniques." |
| 17. |
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04/16/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a noirish thriller that splits the difference between the two -- a taut murder mystery with a political conscience.... finds secrets everywhere..." |
| 18. |
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11/28/09 |
Good |
 "...the director sure knows how to make it cinematic. Dystopias come and go. But in 'The Road,' the end of the world feels about as real as you'd ever want it to." |
| 19. |
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11/15/09 |
Excellent |
 "...a film that itself bears such sad tidings about the costs of war, that is an affirming, even an inspiring, gift." |
| 20. |
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11/29/10 |
Excellent |
 "...a high-toned, elegantly upholstered buddy flick.... smart, lush and a lot more amusing than you'd expect." |
