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12/16/11 |
Weak |
 "...they sum up the whole movie in one Chipette-to-Chipmunk put-down: 'You can make all the jokes you want, Alvin, but you can't make this interesting.' " |
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12/02/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a creepy but poignant descent... dwells on the sordid even as British artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen's film gets at the obvious.... fascinating, off-putting..." |
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11/27/11 |
Very Good |
 "Herzog has managed another strange and intriguing look at a culture and the sorts of people it creates -- victims, cops and criminals." |
| 4. |
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11/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a children's film for grownups -- grownup film buffs.... an 80 minute bon bon struggling to break out of a two hour and ten minute souffle." |
| 5. |
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11/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "Branagh and Williams are worth the price of admission, the former 'wunderkind' of British stage and screen having a go at the pretentious, plummy Olivier..." |
| 6. |
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11/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a lovely, heartfelt character study of common, everyday people trapped on the horns of an uncommon but not unheard-of dilemma." |
| 7. |
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11/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "...spirited, comically chaotic and adorably anarchic... The Aardman animators know a thing or three about sight gags and throw-away lines, and they pile up quickly..." |
| 8. |
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11/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a generally charming exercise in nostalgia.... adult fans who grew up with the show will grin." |
| 9. |
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11/18/11 |
Very Good |
 "...only rarely earns a tear, only occasionally insists that we shout 'Hang the practicality! You kids HAVE to be together!' In its own way, that's a good thing..." |
| 10. |
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11/18/11 |
Weak |
 "...you'll be rolling your eyes at the dull melodramatics, or rolling on the floor at the big doggie debate amongst the digital wolves." |
| 11. |
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11/18/11 |
Moderate |
 "...as disquieting as it is unsatisfying... a movie that has us thinking 'Ewwwwwwww' no matter what the subtitles translate on the screen." |
| 12. |
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11/18/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a muddled sequel about trapped penguins and inter-species cooperation, all in the name of 'adapt or die'.... The songs are weaker... The laughs are fewer..." |
| 13. |
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11/11/11 |
Weak |
 "Grisly, gross, messy... a pseudo-arty melding of spatter film to the sword-and-sorcery genre." |
| 14. |
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11/11/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Olsen makes the journey through all her moods and guises a mesmerizing and chilling experience and turns a cryptic film into an unforgettable one." |
| 15. |
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11/11/11 |
Weak |
 "Even by sloppy Sandler movie standards, this one's a wreck -- fart jokes, potty zingers and pit-stain gags." |
| 16. |
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11/11/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a lumbering miscalculation, a slow and clumsy re-think of the late F.B.I. founder J. Edgar Hoover's life and career..." |
| 17. |
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11/04/11 |
Very Good |
 "A cast of comedy specialists each deliver their comic specialties to perfection... you don't notice how clunky the actual caper in this caper comedy is." |
| 18. |
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11/04/11 |
Weak |
 "...there's nothing sadder than a 30something stoner, years of smoking and pounds of attacks of the munchies having taken their toll." |
| 19. |
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10/28/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an agreeably drunken stagger through the novel Thompson based on his formative year as a writer -- 1960 -- which he spent drunk..." |
| 20. |
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10/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Antonio Banderas as a swashbuckling Puss in Boots pays off brilliantly... even kids get the joke of a voice that sensual and grand coming out of a kitty so small." |
