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11/13/09 |
Very Good |
 "...the ultimate Roland Emmerich disaster picture.... overwrought and overproduced. It's also among the most entertaining movies you'll see this year." |
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04/03/09 |
Very Good |
 "Though 'Adventureland' is virtually without plot, it is full of empathy, for its wiseacre, college-kid main characters and for the townies working alongside them." |
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05/15/09 |
Moderate |
 "Remove the red robes and ominous music, and you're left with occasionally gripping but mostly adequate action and a lead character who's only moderately likable." |
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05/01/09 |
Poor |
 "The design is too rudimentary, which slams against the efforts for realism taken with the humans. Neither really works." |
| 5. |
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09/11/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...rather typical.... But Alexa Vega and Luke Arnold have such a nice chemistry that they make the familiar feel fresh.... Like a well-written piece of music, 'Broken Hill' builds to an amazing crescendo." |
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10/23/09 |
Weak |
 "Evidently these characters would have more to do in sequels which, let us pray, we never have to sit through." |
| 7. |
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02/13/09 |
Weak |
 "Instead of an intelligent conversation, director P.J. Hogan falls back on pratfalls, funny faces and what look like leftovers from episodes of 'Will & Grace.' " |
| 8. |
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02/06/09 |
Very Good |
 "...this PG-rated film, though visually splendid and thoroughly engaging, is also too eerie for most kids. Eeriness, unlike violence or shock, is hard to quantify." |
| 9. |
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03/20/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Roberts and Owen create a charisma bubble... when the picture fans out to include more characters, 'Duplicity' falters in tone as well as clarity." |
| 10. |
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04/03/09 |
Weak |
 "They're all wooden here, except Rodriguez, and she's barely on screen, thus cutting short a cinematic romance with Diesel..." |
| 11. |
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02/06/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an insightful, funny film loaded with appealing actors... engages so thoroughly for stretches that it's a shame when it grows too contrived and then too long." |
| 12. |
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03/20/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a bang-up comedy for about 40 minutes that hits, misses and meanders after that. The letdown almost seems inevitable..." |
| 13. |
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01/23/09 |
Moderate |
 "A few of the creatures, as well as one startling moment, might unsettle little ones in the audience. But the greater danger is that they'll fall asleep." |
| 14. |
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12/25/09 |
Moderate |
 "...a romantic comedy not about shiny young things but about 50-somethings.... But something at the heart of Meyers' screenplay struck me as forced and phony..." |
| 15. |
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10/16/09 |
Poor |
 "Director F. Gary Gray's pacing is so slow it feels like 10 years have passed. His shot selection looks like a cut-and-paste section from 'Movie Making for Dummies.' " |
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10/29/09 |
Very Good |
 "Working with footage never intended for the big screen, Ortega succeeds in showcasing not just Jackson but the process of mounting a behemoth production." |
| 17. |
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03/27/09 |
Very Good |
 "...pleasing without being especially hilarious... But a lack of zingers is forgivable in a movie of such visual accomplishment." |
| 18. |
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01/16/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...those entertainingly scary days of yesteryear... Toss in first-rate 3D, and the movie not only pays homage to the 1981 original but kicks it up about 1,000 notches." |
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06/26/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...for many, just the premise of 'Sister's Keeper' will seem horribly manipulative. They cannot be blamed for approaching with caution." |
| 20. |
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01/30/09 |
Moderate |
 "...somewhere near the middle of the subpar pack of films released since Zellweger's flawed comic heroine ate, drank and smoked her way into moviegoers' hearts." |
