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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...a complete waste of 82 minutes... Spurlock has lazied his way through this documentary, making a dumb movie from a smart subject." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...has about half of a story stretched to feature length, and it manages to end just as a good story might have been kicking in." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "It's loud, it's large, it's stupid... the survival of the human race depends upon an idiot/slacker naval officer with major impulse-control problems." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...allows director Richard Linklater to explore his own roots while telling a remarkable real-life story, something too crazy for anyone to make up." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a hit-and-miss effort... Elizabeth Banks, who is very funny, keeps the movie grounded in the grinding physical details." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...ambitious... has to be accepted and valued as a loosely exploratory piece, because the more you try to pin it down, the less satisfying you're likely to find it." |
| 7. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "Labaki clearly has a lot of affection for these small-town women taking their men in hand, but she simply can't control the material." |
| 8. |
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05/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a mix of comic bombshells and conventional plot devices that add up to an entertaining goof.... a fine and riotous jab in the ribs." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "At the most fundamental level, as a work of entertainment, it fails. Scenes meander pointlessly, beginning and ending without any change or story movement." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...doesn't offer up a ton of narrative surprises, but there is plenty going on the screen to keep you engaged - and visually stimulated." |
| 11. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...the latest documentary fright-fest from Participant Media ('An Inconvenient Truth,' 'Food Inc.'), and in some ways, it's the scariest yet." |
| 12. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...doesn't hesitate to show us the little triumphs as well as the ego-crushing disappointments along the way. Resilience, fortunately, is part of these kids' DNA." |
| 13. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a film that's hard to watch and hard to recommend.... it is well made, but it's hard to imagine any response to it other than queasiness." |
| 14. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...when you consider all the pitfalls avoided, and all the laughs and pleasures it provides along the way, 'Dark Shadows' is a satisfying and skillful effort." |
| 15. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a pack of all-too-plausible characters... These are people who might go 20 years without saying or doing a surprising thing or having a surprising emotion." |
| 16. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "Joel Murray is brilliantly sympathetic. But in this 'Falling Down' of pop-cultural observation, Goldthwait forgets the thrill of the chase..." |
| 17. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the mother of all big-budget comic adaptations... pops with a knowing, loving, Whedon-world jokiness that keeps everything barreling along." |
| 18. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "I'm not going to give a laundry list of all that happens to this guy - you should see for yourself." |
| 19. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a rare reminder from movies that the grand emotions are not only for the young and the middle-aged. They're the sweetness and torment of life until the last light goes out." |
| 20. |
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05/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "Rachel Morrison's cinematography refrains from too much handheld jiggle, zeroing into close-ups with the spooky prepossession of Maggie and her acolytes." |
