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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Lucid and startling"
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"This is at least the third film out of this year's Sundance centering on a teenage girl's coming of age, and the most quietly observed and convincing."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"This do-it-your effort, shot in HD, would be nothing without hazel-eyed Greta Gerwig as Hannah, Meg Ryan-cute with a tousled Jean Seberg hairdo."
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2.75/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Scenes of impressive subtlety and thoughtfulness centering around the pensive Gabrielle [Charlotte Gainsbourg] are overshadowed by the antics of the middle-aged men."
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1.5/5 |
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(2002) |
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"The dialogue is much like a bull session in a college dorm room, right before the munchies set in."
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3.75/5 |
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(2008) |
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"WWPD%u2014What Would Poppy Do?"
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It may be true that every generation deserves its droll slacker comedy. But every five years?"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The film takes flight when the story is grounded in the world of Hogwarts."
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School Library Journal |
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Harry Potter fanatics will have a field day pointing out the numerous omissions from the book."
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Like the film's odd couple, [Head-On] doesn't know when to say when."
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Issues of class and race are overwhelmed by the third act melodrama."
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'3/5' |
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(2005) |
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"The film successfully serves as a crash course in the baroque world of French film politics, then and now."
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3/5 |
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(1941) |
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"The appealing theme of predestination is expressed by [Rain's] Mr. Jordan ... making this one of the few rom-coms expressly for Presbyterians."
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3/5 |
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(1940) |
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"A double espresso is needed to keep up with the rapid-fire exchanges of Hawks' no-holds-barred muckraking comedy."
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2.75/5 |
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(2005) |
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"This documentary offers the real Springtime for Hitler."
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4/5 |
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(1938) |
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"Charming and melancholic, Holiday %u2026 breezing by in comparison to the more loquacious %u2026 banter-fest, The Philadelphia Story.
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2.75/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The film goes to the dogs. They don't steal the scenes, they are the scenes. They bring so much personality that it's hard for any of the actors to compete, even the kids."
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School Library Journal |
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"After a long dry spell, House of Sand is an original and exceptional revision of the woman's picture (in the broad sense and without the melodrama that label often implies)."
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2.25/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Turning into a twisted pretzel, House of Sand and Fog becomes a melodrama straining to make its point."
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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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"In an obvious stretch, Kidman’s acting calls attention to itself, especially with her broad gestures."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Can director Lynn Shelton sustain enough interest building up to the will-they-or-won't-they resolution? Yes, thanks single-handedly to the cast."
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