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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a cry from the heart of an artist compelled to create, tell stories and respond to hostile, confounding realities." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...love for his native territory keeps the movie from being a condescending caricature... Linklater's distance as an artist allows him to back up just enough to avoid sentimentality." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an invigorating blast of cinematic adrenaline... it's a bit preposterous, not to mention loud. But it's also brisk and viscerally thrilling, with a genuine surprise or two..." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...what to expect from the movie? Among the hodgepodge of near-death moments and slapstick pratfalls, it's anybody's guess." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...suffers from acting that ranges from the amateurish to the only average.... seems less interested in breaking ground than in following a path that has been trod a thousand times before." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a satire in which pathos competes with light comedy and neither quite flourishes.... the vibe stalls each time real violence or animosity rears up..." |
| 7. |
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05/15/12 |
Poor |
 "Even amid the hit-and-miss broadsides and laugh-free longueurs that comprise most of 'The Dictator,' Cohen's acute hypocrisy-detector keeps on ticking, if barely." |
| 8. |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...alternately antic and deadly dull.... There's little by way of a story... works as a glib, if attractively atmospheric, collage of winks and references." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "...runs out of steam after about a half an hour." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "...weighed down by cliches, offering few real surprises other than a bizarre ending that is less twisty than tangled.... There's a low-budget look and feel to every shot." |
| 11. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "It is that glimpse behind the curtains, and into the lives of these very young dancers, that draws you in and that Kargman so lovingly provides." |
| 12. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...skillfully threads viewers through complicated scientific, environmental and geopolitical issues.... the film is determined to see the glass as half-full..." |
| 13. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a cat-and-mouse game with the giddy excitement of a heist movie... the humor lifts up the proceedings when things take a turn for the dramatic during the denouement." |
| 14. |
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05/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...austerely bewitching... explores not just matters of life and death, but also the nature of truth and lies, beauty and ugliness, guilt and innocence and good vs. evil." |
| 15. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...plays like an episode of 'Behind the Music' masquerading as a feature-length rock doc.... 'Hit So Hard' often finds Patty Schemel as an extra in her own film." |
| 16. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...less interested in the sweep of history than in how one man's self-interest melts away -- through the warmth of human connection -- to become self-sacrifice." |
| 17. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "The performances are so well-pitched, meshing with such vividness and ease, that it's tempting to overpraise the good but not great movie that surrounds them." |
| 18. |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...infuses everyday grimness and grit with what seems to be so sorely lacking in movies nowadays: beauty." |
| 19. |
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05/04/12 |
Weak |
 "A blandly middling crowd pleaser.... neither terrible nor great, despite moments at both extremes." |
| 20. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...enlightening and engaging... trades in overt sentimentality and looks at Netanyahu's shortcomings the way a potential employee might describe his weaknesses in a job interview - he just cared too much." |
