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01/25/10 |
Excellent |
 "You'll laugh uproariously at what seems like a nihilistic but good-humored film, until you realize that director Chris Morris isn't actually kidding about any of it..." |
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01/26/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...ranks with the most compelling portraits of an American marriage, regardless of sexuality, in film history.... an overwhelmingly affirmative warts-and-all portrait..." |
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05/03/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the coincidences pile atop each other and almost every scene ends in chaos, isn't necessarily Fatih Akin's strong suit.... [but] it is undeniably appealing." |
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05/14/10 |
Moderate |
 "...ambitious, uneven, surprisingly talky... Stone clearly longs to invest these characters with emotional and moral ambiguity... I'm just not sure that's where his strengths lie." |
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07/08/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...lean, mean and workmanlike... [but] there's way too much plot here getting in the way of the story..." |
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07/09/10 |
Very Good |
 "An enjoyable blend of sweetness and silliness, with loads of giggles and just enough dark-edged humor to keep the adult companions interested..." |
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07/09/10 |
Good |
 "Sure, many of the plot's most intriguing elements get squandered in favor of a series of increasingly conventional chase-and-fight sequences. But what do you expect?" |
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07/12/10 |
Excellent |
 "...a pell-mell, edge-of-your-seat, theme-park ride through hell... I am your friend, horror fans! I know what you need, and this is it." |
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07/14/10 |
Weak |
 "A clunky, overblown disappointment. Christopher Nolan's much-hyped thriller is a joyless, awkwardly constructed mess." |
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07/15/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a fugue-state meditation on the medieval encounter between Europe and America rather than a comprehensible yarn that travels from a beginning to an ending." |
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07/16/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a film about another film that doesn't actually exist.... a fascinating exploration of artistic self-destruction and hubris..." |
| 12. |
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07/22/10 |
Very Good |
 "...well-greased... drives forward with tremendous momentum, elevating your pulse rate and relieving you of the need to think for more than a second or two at a stretch." |
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07/22/10 |
Excellent |
 "...highly effective... built on the social-activism model pioneered by 'An Inconvenient Truth'... provides roughly two-thirds gloom and doom to about one-third hope." |
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07/27/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "You'll either find the film utterly charming or thoroughly mystifying... either way Kevin Kline, playing a community-theater version of himself, inhabits its peculiar soul." |
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07/29/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a very mixed bag.... does get you thinking, which is one of the best things any documentary can do." |
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07/29/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...minor but reasonably amusing... a bland and miscellaneous collection of gags and situations.... has more laughs than your average dumb-ass comedy..." |
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07/30/10 |
Very Good |
 "Ron Galella played an instrumental role in creating the lightning-speed, invasive celebrity-media complex that so dominates our nation's dubious public life." |
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08/05/10 |
Weak |
 "Schumacher is never content just to show, or to tell, or even to show and tell. He's got to show you, tell you and then tell you what he just showed you." |
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08/05/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a mixed bag with plenty of gags that fall flat, not a comic masterpiece. But it's got tremendous zing, a sense of mischief and a big heart..." |
| 20. |
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08/05/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an agreeably sleazy, stylish, Scorsese-flavored film noir... naked flesh, dangerous and/or unctuous villains galore and several hilariously unhinged supporting characters." |
