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05/18/12 |
Good |
 "...the first New Zealand Western.... a solid, beautifully shot, deadpan-funny genre movie with a fresh look." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...sometimes despairing but never heavy... the blend of drama, comedy and music is brisk and fresh." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Good |
 "...offers a few laughs and a moment or two of drama, but it's finally more of a conceit -- and a familiar one -- than a film." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a breezy, fleeting film that offers more 'who knew' moments than epiphanies... there are a few chuckles, a few head-scratches and, thankfully, very few missteps. It charms." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...grindingly dull, digitally rendered naval warfare; the flick could easily be retitled 'Flying Ordinance and Forgettable Stars: The Motion Picture.' " |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Fair |
 "Though the fur on the movie's titular canine isn't very long, this is still one hummer of a shaggy dog story.... The whole thing has the feel of a fact-based dinner-table anecdote..." |
| 7. |
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05/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...lumpy... has a few laughs along its bumpy path, but not enough of them to indicate that Cohen has found a means to escape the shadows of his early career..." |
| 8. |
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05/11/12 |
Good |
 "Batmanglij lets the mystery unfold in an immersive way that's probably a bit more compelling than its actual scripted payoff deserves." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "Tim Burton and Johnny Depp need some fresh air." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...cinematic comfort food aimed at well-settled audiences looking for a little vicarious, AARP-approved spunk. Not that there's anything wrong with that." |
| 11. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...makes up for a lack of originality with reasonably good gut-munch action and a view of the Cuban Revolution.... anchored by a laconic, devil-may-care performance by Alex Díaz de Villegas as Juan." |
| 12. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...comes tantalizingly close to reaching the level of the very best comic book films of the current generation.... But that it might have been better can't be denied..." |
| 13. |
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05/04/12 |
Good |
 "The premise is truly inspired... But the film wastes itself on silliness and scattered threads before very long, truly squandering a brilliant promise." |
| 14. |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...isn't a big or bold or conventionally ambitious film. It's only a superb one -- which, I fear, may not be enough to garner it the attention it deserves." |
| 15. |
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04/27/12 |
Fair |
 "...dull and mechanical and, most of all, phony.... characters who never seem alive, a plot that never feels clever..." |
| 16. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...lumpy, meandering, overlong and relentlessly phony... All the goodwill that the lead actors bring to the table can't overcome the sheer ordeal of watching this wan story play itself out." |
| 17. |
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04/27/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a hoot.... Profane, bloody, and sophomoric, it's a comic adrenaline rush with a surprisingly sweet heart.... a deeply vulgar -- and deeply funny -- film." |
| 18. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...it's better at being droll than laugh-out-loud funny.... What's best about 'Pirates!' is that you never quite know where it's heading." |
| 19. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "Some of it is dazzling in its drollery and quiet cheek. But more than a bit of it underwhelms, and some is appallingly flat." |
| 20. |
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04/27/12 |
Good |
 "Entertainment this is not, but the point is to simply get you to care about the people of Juárez as they try to take back their city and have some semblance of hope for the future." |
