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07/08/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Pratfalls and agonizing tumbles appear to be James's business, and man, business is booming." |
| 2. |
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10/02/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Wildly implausible, slightly scary and plot-lite... try to dwell on the laughs and stop asking questions." |
| 3. |
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01/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...makes a 10-year bureaucratic slog utterly riveting... injects an astonishing degree of tension and suspense into a raid, the outcome of which is universally known." |
| 4. |
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01/08/10 |
Moderate |
 "...strains as it toggles between observational and slapstick humor." |
| 5. |
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10/09/09 |
Excellent |
 "...stirring, often visually striking... by far the most powerful element is N'Dour's lone voice, a thing of high, pure beauty that feels at once ancient and new." |
| 6. |
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06/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "Very little is simple in 'Your Sister's Sister' -- not the emotions, the naturalistic tone or the unstudied, easygoing performances. But the film's pleasures are." |
| 7. |
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04/08/11 |
Moderate |
 "...has its moments.... While the chemistry between characters is impressive and the comic delivery spot-on, the jokes feel unoriginal." |
| 8. |
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01/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...if you set your expectations for a minor work about adoration rather than a masterpiece of a biopic, 'Young Goethe in Love' may prove an amusing diversion." |
| 9. |
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12/16/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...too creepy and acerbic to be consistently comic.... It doesn't work, but it's amusing to listen to, as well as ultimately rather moving." |
| 10. |
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10/08/10 |
Weak |
 "...grim and slightly implausible, but not unrelentingly so. It's a highbrow romantic farce, without the laughs." |
| 11. |
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09/21/12 |
Weak |
 "Its lunacy is well staged and fast-paced. Too bad the movie's premise is so lame that the nimbler moments can't redeem it." |
| 12. |
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09/24/10 |
Poor |
 "...suffers from an increasingly common defect: appealing, sharply drawn supporting characters, and a cast of main characters that is as unlikely as it is unlikable." |
| 13. |
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03/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...delicately bittersweet... succeeds thanks to the baby-faced Knoller, who embodies Yossi with fleeting flashes of suffering that yank hard on the heartstrings." |
| 14. |
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07/17/09 |
Excellent |
 "...generally excellent... does much to fill the void, restoring an unfortunately forgotten figure to her rightful place among broadcasting's trailblazers." |
| 15. |
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12/17/10 |
Weak |
 "Hey, Boo Boo! Zzzzzzzz..." |
| 16. |
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06/19/09 |
Poor |
 "...never rises above, oh, about crotch level. It's unevolved, unapologetic and mostly unfunny.... Cera looks genuinely embarrassed to be caught on camera..." |
| 17. |
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06/03/11 |
Very Good |
 "Michael Fassbender's Erik/Magneto emerges as one of the most nuanced, conflicted, genuinely antiheroic protagonists in recent comic-book-movie memory." |
| 18. |
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05/01/09 |
Poor |
 "If 'Wolverine' suggests anything, it's that living, breathing people in big-budget mainstream movies are rapidly becoming obsolete. We're almost there." |
| 19. |
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08/21/09 |
Fair |
 "...doesn't push the limits... Don't expect a chipped tooth or four to come flying off the screen and peck you in the eye... Forgivable -- this is a family film, after all." |
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10/12/12 |
Moderate |
 "It's as if Arnold took this impassioned tale and injected it with Botox. Where are the emotions?... curiously hollow." |
