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11/12/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...if you have an appreciation for the cruel absurdities of life and the ability to rise above them, then '127 Hours' is the ultimate 'Road Runner' cartoon." |
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10/07/11 |
Moderate |
 "...lumbering, loud and colourful... roots for the oppressed and provides historical evidence that tyrants sometimes get the comeuppance they deserve." |
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08/10/12 |
Moderate |
 "The biggest applause at the Sundance world premiere of the film was reserved for the actress-director's perpetually mugging 70-year-old dad, actor Albert Delpy." |
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03/01/13 |
Poor |
 "...a lot better when it was far funnier and called 'Animal House'.... goes looking to mine gross-out comedy diamonds but ends up pawing around in a mirthless sewer." |
| 5. |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "The picture really belongs to Tatum and Hill.... they manage to create comic alchemy that deserves the sequel that is brazenly announced before the gag-reel..." |
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08/12/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...rude good fun without excessive raunch.... feels like a throwback to comedies of the '80s or even '70s, with a caper plot involving a $100,000 bank heist..." |
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08/03/12 |
Moderate |
 "...it will take a sharp mind and memory -- and perhaps an atlas -- to chart all the various storylines, some of which never really seem to go anywhere." |
| 8. |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...well-paced and often riveting... manages to inspire while remaining true to the sport and to the player who changed it and all of professional sport forever." |
| 9. |
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06/22/12 |
Very Good |
 "...raises many uncomfortable truths, especially for Israelis.... required viewing for those seeking to understand the roots of this long-standing conflict..." |
| 10. |
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08/26/11 |
Weak |
 "The plot is culled from a variety of 'war is hell but I'm covering it anyway' journalist-in-the-field movies... handled with clichéd clumsiness..." |
| 11. |
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09/30/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...the serious subject matter is regularly enlivened with jolts of genuine hilarity, some of it in delightfully questionable taste. It's also unashamedly moving..." |
| 12. |
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12/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "Apted makes for a curious and patient inquisitor, as always, and you have to give the man all due respect for creating a unique work that will likely never again be equaled..." |
| 13. |
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07/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a brilliant, tender and compelling masterpiece.... The film works on every level because it's eminently believable..." |
| 14. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "Thierry Binisti has chosen two excellent leads in Shalaby and Bonitzer, both of whom exude intensity and charisma. The supporting cast is also uniformly solid." |
| 15. |
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01/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...may be the most perverse David Cronenberg film yet." |
| 16. |
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01/11/13 |
Weak |
 "A slog of a thriller that tries for relevance with an environmental message... its biggest mystery is how so many 'name' actors ended up in this torpid turkey." |
| 17. |
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09/24/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Hersonski has renewed the power of these images by exposing the lies they tried to tell and the truths they couldn't entirely conceal." |
| 18. |
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02/15/13 |
Weak |
 "There's a whole lot going on, all set to a twee pop soundtrack by Liam Hayes, but there's little sense of purpose and even less impact." |
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02/14/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...there is wisdom behind this franchise folly, and a reason to see Bruce Willis and his tattered white T-shirt save the world yet again." |
| 20. |
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01/25/13 |
Poor |
 "...the movie flatlines early on and no amount of Wayans' histrionic shrieking, endless allusions to group sex and tired pop-culture references can resuscitate it." |
