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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...it's fast, efficient, and keenly aware of its popcorn-movie mission statement. And the movie has a strange sort of heart." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...borrows liberally from every sports movie ever made... But you know what? It mostly works.... has something many sports movies forget to include -- kids who can really play.... full of lacrosse-culture cameos, for the true geek." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a glib, drive-by look at the recent trends in male grooming and fashion... nothing here like the level of cultural resonance/instigation Chris Rock was able to achieve in 'Good Hair.' " |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A wake-up call of epic significance, one of those documentaries that everybody should see... a remarkably cogent, albeit remarkably alarming, film." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...nicely mixes comedic absurdity with weightier career vs. commitment themes... Weiss has a nice sense for the rhythms of comedy as she puts her cast through its paces." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the filmmakers do little to unify the multi-strand narrative and its ensuing extreme mood shifts." |
| 7. |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...cheerfully twisted... is justice being served? That's the question we're left pondering in this weirdly funny, inspiring film." |
| 8. |
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05/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "Baron Cohen plays the General Admiral with a winning mix of straight-faced ardor and buffoonish pomposity... mixes high and low comedy with surprising success." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "Performances in this film are astonishing.... if the amazing kids of 'First Position' are the future of ballet, bring it on." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "You can sympathize with Goldthwaite's outrage here, even laugh at some of his jokes, and still wonder whether he's decrying the decline of our culture, or contributing to it." |
| 11. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...merrily macabre... Just when the whole vampire thing was beginning to feel old, Depp and Burton have come along to make it feel, well, very 1972 again." |
| 12. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a shambling and not exactly deep ensemble piece centered on a long-married couple and the dog that comes into, and then out of, their lives." |
| 13. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a fatally pretentious art-house entry laced with lots of sex..." |
| 14. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...cannot be faulted for its scope or ambition.... doesn't have the resources of a Hollywood movie, that's obvious. But it is has one thing many Hollywood movies do not have -- an ending." |
| 15. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...just a pumped-up take on a tradition that harks back to 'Godzilla,' and harks back, of course, to the Marvel comics from which all these heroes originally sprang." |
| 16. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "An economical thriller, both narratively and budgetarily... works a winning undercurrent of playful absurdity into the material..." |
| 17. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...beautifully acted... a character study, insightful and nuanced, about a man grappling with a profound sense of inadequacy, questioning himself." |
| 18. |
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05/04/12 |
Poor |
 "...reaches into the pits of moviegoing hell when it finds Marley on a celestial white couch, ringed in billowing white curtains, communing with God." |
| 19. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Violent episodes explode and recede, but without context and emotional connection, they're sometimes just pictures." |
| 20. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "It's 'Eat, Pray, Love' for the AARP -- which, in a worst-case scenario, might play like 'Eat, Complain and Continue Eating.' " |
