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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...watching is more about keeping track than caring about what happens.... the comedy is mostly contrived slapstick." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...about a third of the way along, there's a shocking revelation that definitely packs a punch. Problem is, it's followed by a near-immediate return to familiar narrative..." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...this being Southern Gothic with a bizarre comic twist, gorilla masks get donned and banks get robbed. Huh? Exactly." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "The film's lack of sentimentality is a strength overall, but an occasional weakness. For the most part, the characters look and behave as their real-life correlates would." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...don't expect much pleasure along the way." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "Propelled by a perfectly cast trio of stars whose eccentricities shine in singular character roles, 'Bernie' is charmer." |
| 7. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...gives new meaning to the in-name-only adaptation, pitting a surprise armada of violent alien ships from 'Planet G' against the Earth-defending U.S. Navy..." |
| 8. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...highly watchable, finely crafted legacy preservation - and it's either a white-washed sham or awesomely shaded." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...rude and goofy... while Baron Cohen's lanky physical slapstick and verbal manglings are funny, the movie begins to feel like one of the later, worn-out 'Pink Panther' movies." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "Inspired by Edwin Boyd's story, rather than literally retelling it, the movie is less a gangster film than an existential allegory of choices and limitations." |
| 11. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "Depp is going for a London art school bohemian sound and look this time... Our vampire apparently wants to join The Moody Blues." |
| 12. |
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05/04/12 |
Moderate |
 "With its stereotypical characters and creaky plot turns, this passage to India feels even longer than its running time." |
| 13. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...doesn't illuminate the darkness so much as deepen it.... At times it is smart, but it's never a beacon - a pitch-black lighthouse points the way to nowhere." |
| 14. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...slick and spritely, a mixture of corporate skullduggery and low-life slapstick that plays like 'The Firm' meets 'Blood Simple.' " |
| 15. |
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05/03/12 |
Moderate |
 "The eyes are often delighted, the senses are consistently engaged/assaulted and the funny bone is occasionally tickled, but our emotions emerge wholly unscathed." |
| 16. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...occasionally funny and poignant... feels more like the raw feed than the final edit, and seems to run as long as the time span promised in the title." |
| 17. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "Brit Marling ('Another Earth') plays Maggie with melancholy, amusement and scorn. Compulsively watchable, she can change who we think she is by simply turning her face." |
| 18. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the plot first strains and then assassinates credulity... Love the kid though, and Statham too - it takes a star with quality to be so rock solid in a crumbling yarn." |
| 19. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "...even its most rousing passages are tempered by a sense of loss. Rather than simply enshrining its underdog heroes' efforts, it considers their cost." |
| 20. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "Designed to please all generations of irreverent humour-lovers... may not be heart-warming (it is about nasty, scurvy pirates!) but it's breezy rollicking fun." |
