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09/10/09 |
Weak |
 "Uninspired and repetitive back-and-forth action and burlap sack puppets fall flat, all-star voice cast (Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Connelly, Elijah Wood) be damned." |
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07/16/09 |
Weak |
 "...a pastiche of other, far better material. It's as though Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber fed every postmodern storytelling trick into a computer program..." |
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03/19/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Rose's play remains the model of a gripping ensemble drama, the cast is up to the challenge, and the new, distinctly Russian ending is nothing short of genius." |
| 4. |
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03/26/09 |
Poor |
 "...the characters are flat, and coherence and plausibility leave the ring before round one.... even wrestling fans will be disappointed..." |
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11/11/10 |
Excellent |
 "Boyle brings his usual flair to the action, jumping into flashbacks, fantasies and hallucinations.... the cinematic equivalent of restless leg syndrome..." |
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04/16/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Zac Efron isn't as annoying as you might think.... he's still a tailor-made movie star in all his sun-baked glory..." |
| 7. |
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10/06/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...if you don't already know the story of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 and must rely on subtitles, you're left with a string of scenes that only occasionally work." |
| 8. |
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08/09/12 |
Poor |
 "Marion's insouciance has curdled into whiny self-indulgence, and gags about her crass, lusty family land like bricks. Rock's Mingus is little more than a doormat..." |
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11/12/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Give the guy credit for consistency, if nothing else. When Roland Emmerich destroys the world, he destroys it exactly the same way every time." |
| 10. |
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01/31/13 |
Excellent |
 "...the highlight of the program is Minkyu Lee's 'Adam and Dog'.... Understated but moving, it's a lovely little short that stands head and shoulders above its competition." |
| 11. |
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02/28/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...for all its booze-fuelled tomfoolery, the film has frequent glimmers of wit and hilarity, along with a solid grasp of today's young adults." |
| 12. |
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03/15/12 |
Excellent |
 "The trick to enjoying this juvenile reboot is not to take any of it seriously.... it never takes itself or its cheesy TV series source material very seriously..." |
| 13. |
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08/25/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The film's too long, but the time goes by pleasantly. The cast is enthusiastic and the visuals handsome, while the 3-D enhances the effects and jabs some novel things in your eyes." |
| 14. |
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08/11/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "If you're expecting the next 'Heat,' you'll be sorely disappointed, but it's enjoyable enough on its own very modest terms." |
| 15. |
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08/02/12 |
Weak |
 "Low-key... Peter Morgan's screenplay proves as frustratingly diffuse as 2010's 'Hereafter' - and even more simplistic, in the end." |
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04/11/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "If you can stomach a little corn with your ballpark frank, it's a charmingly old-fashioned and touching sports weepy." |
| 17. |
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06/21/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a complex, compelling autobiographical film that we could argue over for as long as the Palestinian conflict continues." |
| 18. |
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08/25/11 |
Poor |
 "Laughable dialogue and awful performances do the film no favours... it's clear Harlin has regressed as an action director since his heyday in the early 90s." |
| 19. |
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09/29/11 |
Excellent |
 "...a shaggy and entertaining buddy movie that just happens to have life-or-death stakes and a grungy immediacy that serves the story well." |
| 20. |
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12/20/12 |
Excellent |
 "Michael Apted is doing something utterly unprecedented, creating a portrait not just of his subjects but of the society in which they live..." |
