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09/11/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "In 50 years, film lovers will look back on '9' as the debut feature of an original talent." |
| 2. |
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07/31/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a wise, wistful study of hope and dread.... uses a format familiar to kids to explore weighty themes." |
| 3. |
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07/24/09 |
Very Good |
 "...an engagingly breezy tale about a guy with a broken heart and the girl who broke it.... Deschanel does what she does seemingly without effort..." |
| 4. |
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11/13/09 |
Moderate |
 "...uninspired.... ('Untitled)' asks a lot of intriguing questions -- more intriguing than the film itself." |
| 5. |
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04/10/09 |
Very Good |
 "...its themes are universal at their core: Human beings are filled with bigotry and hate, but also with an ability to reason and, on our better days, to seek out the truth." |
| 6. |
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11/19/10 |
Outstanding |
 "It takes a particular talent to build an action movie around a static figure literally stuck between rock and hard place. Boyle has the gift." |
| 7. |
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05/13/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...about brotherhood, justice and sacrifice... at turns, thrilling and funny, visually exquisite and emotionally charged." |
| 8. |
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04/17/09 |
Very Good |
 "Thomas Lennon and Melora Hardin provide some comic relief as Mike's nerdy friend and the fetching high school principal on whom he nurses a crush.... mildly diverting." |
| 9. |
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08/17/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...ridiculously funny, ridiculously charming... It's nice to see Rock settle into a role, and as each other's significant other, he and Delpy display genuine rapport." |
| 10. |
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02/06/09 |
Good |
 "The animation nominees are more diverse, and involving, than their live-action counterparts." |
| 11. |
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02/19/10 |
Very Good |
 "Darkness and disaster loom large in this year's selection of five Academy Award-nominated live-action shorts.... Nevertheless, there are glints of humor here..." |
| 12. |
Steven Rea, Carrie Rickey |
02/11/11 |
Very Good |
 "British and Irish youths dominate the field of contenders for this year's Academy Award for live-action short film." |
| 13. |
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11/13/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a preposterously diverting, instantly forgettable, big-screen video game." |
| 14. |
Steven Rea, Carrie Rickey |
02/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Magic, whimsy, a fair amount of darkness... some of the finest animation out there.... movie short subjects that are more like short stories." |
| 15. |
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02/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...my pick for the animated shorts is 'Paperman'... the strongest of the live-action titles, and the most emotionally resonant, is 'Asad'.... It's powerful." |
| 16. |
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08/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the film asks the question 'If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?,' then posits some disturbing answers. Disturbing, but dubious." |
| 17. |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "...this potty-mouthed and drug-laced reimagining of the 1980s TV show has one of the highest laughs-per-minute ratios since the 'Naked Gun' films." |
| 18. |
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08/12/11 |
Moderate |
 "Eisenberg does his usual Eisenbergian thing, more slacker and less hacker, but still hitting the same notes.... Ansari squawks and yelps, like a parrot with a grudge." |
| 19. |
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12/04/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Denis is a minimalist, but a minimalist with a big heart, a big soul. Her '35 Shots of Rum' is nothing less than exquisite." |
| 20. |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a great and triumphant story, and writer and director Brian Helgeland brings it to life in burnished, old-fashioned Hollywood style." |
