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2.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Almost unnervingly feral in the same vein as actresses Samantha Morton or Sylvie Testud, [Isild] Le Besco's hysterically-pitched outbursts overpower everyone else onscreen, even Emmanuelle Seigner's boozy, uninhibited Lauren."
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2.25/5 |
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(2005) |
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"When the father and daughter are left to their own devices, the film plods along with four endings."
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"The documentary suggests the elixir of youth may be found at the barre."
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2.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"And underwhelming is any film that uses footage of the attack on the World Trade Center for one of its few emotional jolts."
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'3.25/5' |
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(2005) |
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"Rising French star Romain Duris' high-energy performance alone justifies director Jacques Audiard's remake of James Toback's grimy 1978 melodrama Fingers."
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"You would be blameless if you thought you had walked into another clever Christopher Guest mockumentary.
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Any A- or B- list actress would jump at the chance to work with the [screenwriters]."
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2.5/5 |
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(1964) |
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"Most of the dialogue-driven scenes are a series of two-shots; which is great in seeing the sparks fly between two of the leading British actors of their generation, but plodding when it comes to pace."
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'2/5' |
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(2005) |
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"What was appealing and understandably reserved in print is practically glum on screen."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"With verbose and eloquent characters (let alone the fog of cigarette smoke), Before I Forget won't easily shake off the label of a "French film," and all that that implies."
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3.25/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Thanks to the actors' chemistry and Paris, Before Sunset has an irresistible pull."
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'3/5' |
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(2004) |
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"Before The Fall packs a wallop, even if the ending is sentimentalized - the impact is more a jab than a right hook."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Claude Chabrol's disappointing tribute to Georges Simenon and Agatha Christie ... is a pale follow-up to his baroque A Girl Cut in Two."
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"The Best of Youth more than earns its running time."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The invigorating Beyond Belief gets past the anger and exasperation that pervades so many films ... and is still as political as Fahrenheit 9/11 or Why We Fight."
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3/5 |
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(1922) |
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"The new beautifully melancholic score by Henny Vrienten greatly adds to the atmosphere."
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"This film is a natural for tweens and teens, like The Yearling or the British film Ring of Bright Water."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Verhoeven highlights how intricately plotted the script is. Turn away from the screen for a few minutes and a scene later on won't make sense."
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"The film raises issues that were mere sound bites during the 2005 G8 Summit. All that's missing is Bono's seal of approval."
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2.75/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The film itself is staid in comparison to the descriptions of the '70s high life."
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"That [Kevel's] in almost every frame, with the entire film resting on her shoulders, makes documentarian Gavras's first feature even more remarkable."
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3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"The deliberately paced film, with understated performances..., is rich with ambiance, painting a memorable and lurid portrayal of China's economic boom."
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3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"With sword fights galore and geysers of blood, Zatoichi is sake-flavored popcorn."
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1/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The only creature this heavily accented leader of the pack [Olivier Martinez] resembles is Pepé Le Pew."
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"This unsettling and frequently chilling look on a mourning Iraqi family has an immediacy that's rare for a theatrical documentary."
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3/5 |
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(1966) |
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"Peter Brunette’s detailed and entertaining commentary refreshingly acknowledges that, at many points, 'Things don’t add up in this movie.'"
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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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"It’s sweet, with more than a hint of lemon."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The Manchester-set drama could be labeled as kitchen sink, but Crowley breaks free from that label."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Sophisticated and involving, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas offers a fuller picture of the period [than the book] and a stunner of a conclusion."
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"The Boys of Baraka generates its own disquieting form of suspense with its ambiguous open ending."
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2.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"It wouldn't be unfair to say one Maddin film is strikingly similar to another."
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1.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Brick will make you dread high school all over again."
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Moving and well acted, the film is a throwback to the days, back in the '60s, when Disney (one of the film's producers) made ambitious live-action family films."
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3.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"[Director] McElwee is also the rare documentarian who allows for surprises—look for a giant rat in the background (you can’t miss the scene-stealing dog)."
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3/5 |
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(1947) |
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"As brassy, boozy, and blonde entertainer Ida Arnold, [Hermione Baddeley] is a blast of smoky and stale music-hall air."
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3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"A look at show business through rose-colored glasses"
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'3.5/5' |
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(2005) |
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"Here, minimal is more."
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"This is perhaps the most moving and eloquent film of life on the home front since Coming Home."
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2.75/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Tellingly, [John] Kerry is a much more compelling speaker during a 1970s protest rally than in the contemporary footage, where he carefully chooses his words."
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2.25/5 |
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(2003) |
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"This blazingly irreverent comedy hits its machismo targets over and over again to the point of overkill."
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The sudden shock in tone may have another different and unintended effect than the director intended, relief that finally something has happened."
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2.75/5 |
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(2004) |
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"There is no denying the relevancy of the film."
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Gone is the grace and subtlety of Buster Keaton's 1920s classic comedies. In these two-reelers from 1939-1941, knock-about slapstick wreaks havoc."
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2.50/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Although well acted with a strong sense of naturalism, the film is as light and ephemeral as the [butterfly] itself."
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