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07/01/10 |
Poor |
 "...a mind-bending mess." |
| 2. |
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06/18/10 |
Poor |
 "The convoluted script could be why Brolin looks like he's sleepwalking through the movie. His stiff acting is only made worse by the makeup he wears to portray the scarred hero." |
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06/12/09 |
Weak |
 "...the latest Eddie Murphy disaster. He undermines his own efforts in a silly film that's supposed to pass as comedy." |
| 4. |
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03/12/10 |
Fair |
 "...sadly, the film adds up to something less than its many constantly moving parts.... arresting but often heavy-handed, dumbed-down..." |
| 5. |
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02/13/09 |
Fair |
 "Heightened quality in all departments raises this umpteenth entry in the gory slasher series above its predecessors. Still gratuitously pointless, though." |
| 6. |
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01/30/09 |
Fair |
 "...a crude but fairly effective thriller. Film spends a half-hour on character and the next 60 minutes on breathless movement." |
| 7. |
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07/16/10 |
Moderate |
 "Vampires meander about in this ill-fated attempt at comedy... The master vampire Theo is not very scary or funny... this is not a movie you can sink your teeth into." |
| 8. |
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11/25/09 |
Moderate |
 "Imagine 'The Darjeeling Limited' with talking fox heads on the actors' bodies... occasionally amusing, mostly listless, quintessentially Andersonian..." |
| 9. |
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06/24/09 |
Moderate |
 "...so unvarying in its frenzied hysteria that it makes director Michael Bay's other efforts, like 'Bad Boys' and 'Armageddon,' look like 'My Dinner With Andre.' " |
| 10. |
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02/06/09 |
Moderate |
 "The force is not with 'Fanboys.' Jokes are there - they just aren't funny.... there's probably enough here to satisfy some who've been screaming for it to come out." |
| 11. |
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01/30/09 |
Moderate |
 "...so elementary it makes most after-school specials look sophisticated. Your average episode of 'Northern Exposure' or 'Men in Trees' seems Shakespearean by comparison." |
| 12. |
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03/06/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the movie's tricky, bombastic presentation of these ideas wears on a viewer as surely as a sober, philosophical approach may have." |
| 13. |
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02/27/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...starts off with richer characters and stories... ends up puttering into a familiar cinematic Southland junkyard of used ideas and worn-out parts." |
| 14. |
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05/01/09 |
Good |
 "...there is a special scene after the closing credit.... director Gavin Hood has created at least two different special scenes to be randomly added to the end of the movie." |
| 15. |
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04/28/09 |
Good |
 "...strays from its comedic tone before finding its way back... When it does sustain its wit, the film transcends the complacent monotony of many romantic comedies." |
| 16. |
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06/25/10 |
Very Good |
 "...unconventional methods included shooting in chronological order, improvising much of the dialogue, filming long uninterrupted takes..." |
| 17. |
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06/23/10 |
Very Good |
 "Tom Cruise doesn't go out on larks nearly often enough... No doubt this role took a lot of work, but Cruise makes it look effortless." |
| 18. |
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05/28/10 |
Very Good |
 "...transports us back to an innocent era of the action-adventure flick - a time when stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Errol Flynn swashed and buckled..." |
| 19. |
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10/02/09 |
Very Good |
 "...plugs into an intriguing, real-life milieu: The roller derby leagues that sprang up in Austin in the early 2000s, and inspired a derby renaissance across the country." |
| 20. |
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04/26/09 |
Very Good |
 "Based on their performances, García Bernal and Luna can clearly identify with the characters they portray, as well as the disorientation of sudden fame." |
