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09/09/09 |
Good |
 "Shane Acker keeps things moving briskly... pulls off the trickier feat of establishing distinct personalities for his monochromatic, look-alike characters..." |
| 2. |
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06/01/11 |
Very Good |
 "...moves briskly, unfolding as one lively sit-down after another with artists, scholars, and curators who established themselves at the height of second-wave feminism." |
| 3. |
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06/17/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "There's nothing especially spiritual or Jewish about '$9.99,' but with its numerologically suggestive title, this curious movie does inspire Kabbalistic reveries." |
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01/09/13 |
Moderate |
 "While it's not all condemnation here, as Kevin Mazur allows gossip-rag editors and paparazzi to tell their own side of the story, it's clear where the film's sympathies lie." |
| 5. |
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07/15/09 |
Fair |
 "...similar to most factory-made rom-coms... this isn't exactly Steven Soderbergh or Alejandro González Iñárritu territory here. It's more like a love story in a blender." |
| 6. |
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10/21/09 |
Weak |
 "...aims wide and misses, its satire of the contemporary-art scene seemingly lifted from the transcripts of late-'80s Senate debates about the NEA..." |
| 7. |
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07/07/10 |
Weak |
 "...principally channels 'The Exorcist' and 'Aliens'... Contrived panic abounds, as do expiring camcorder batteries and expletive-laden variations on 'Shoot it in the head!' " |
| 8. |
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09/05/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...run from the zombies, hide from the zombies, retreat to the next room when the zombies knock down the door, repeat... an enjoyable if ordinary fright flick..." |
| 9. |
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09/12/12 |
Good |
 "...amiable, seriocomic... succeeds in pulling off a fine varsity talent show... it bounces nimbly from character to character..." |
| 10. |
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03/13/13 |
Good |
 "Renate Costa's grainy footage looks amateurish at times -- at one point, she runs out of battery and the screen goes dark -- but her rule-breaking is bold." |
| 11. |
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02/20/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...set in 1975, just before the death of Mao and his pitiless Cultural Revolution... more sensitive than disaffected, too gentle to resonate more than mildly." |
| 12. |
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03/04/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2008... masterful, engrossing..." |
| 13. |
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03/25/09 |
Weak |
 "...belongs on a basic-cable weekend... the main image that sticks with you is Cena's Nike firmly depressing the gas pedal on whatever vehicle he's commandeered now..." |
| 14. |
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11/03/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a portrait of American ingenuity, with Franco's likable, practical performance at its heart.... a smartly chosen, intuitively delivered performance..." |
| 15. |
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10/26/11 |
Weak |
 "If Géla Babluani's central metaphor holds up -- capitalism as slaughterhouse casino -- it's not for lack of trying to bury it in emphasis and caricature." |
| 16. |
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04/27/11 |
Fair |
 "Perhaps something important was spirited away with the 20 minutes of footage shorn for this U.S. release, but the combatants are scarcely distinguishable here..." |
| 17. |
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11/14/12 |
Good |
 "Richard Hankin's film finally makes the indigenous variety of deadlock particular to New York politicos seem as quaintly comforting as a buttered bialy." |
| 18. |
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04/15/09 |
Poor |
 "...if this is one small step for Zac Efron toward becoming a leading man, it is, for Hollywood movies, one more giant leap into infantilism." |
| 19. |
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09/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "At times reminiscent of Sofia Coppola's 'The Virgin Suicides'... It never achieves that subtlety or consistency, but it does have its impressive moments and imagery." |
| 20. |
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09/19/12 |
Poor |
 "...on every level this production -- from John Robinson's callow performance to Camilo Vila's hackneyed handheld camerawork -- remains firmly on the level of the obvious." |
