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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"DiCaprio's star power probably propelled this film into release, even though Gore has stolen much of his thunder."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Filmed in real time, the unraveling call-in program is a comedy of embarrassment (The Office, without the asides to the camera, but just as dry)."
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3.75/5 |
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(2008) |
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"But one lingering question remains %u2013 why would anyone want to see this, besides film buffs wanting to see last year's Palm d'Or winner?"
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'2.75/5' |
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(2005) |
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"9 Songs is an undeniably sexy film, albeit one with a thin story line."
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2.75/5 |
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(2004) |
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"With its use of nonprofessional actors and actual locations, this is neorealism via Chad. However, Abouna is more moving to describe than it is to watch."
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"If you're going to be the poster man/child of any disability, you'd want to look like Hugh Dancy."
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3.5/5 |
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(2002) |
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"The Trilogy’s narrative structure may be considered a gimmick, but it’s one that is thoroughly compelling... as all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"[Director] Campos certainly demands your attention, and has it for most of the film."
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3.25/5 |
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(2003) |
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"This compassionate documentary should be of strong interest to viewers of the previous Wuornos film or the current Monster."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"...the fast-paced and unfolding plot will sustain interest."
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1.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"For music that is loud, fast, angry, and in-your-face, the film's low-key tone and pace is more suitable for a PBS fund-raising drive."
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1/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Not since Pia Zadora’s The Lonely Lady has a gardening tool been so violated."
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2.25/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Because the majority of scenes are drawn out and obviously improvised, this disjointed and rambling confection will have limited appeal to others."
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Much of the humor is cruel, not playful. (Lubricant replaced with glue? Try imagining that without clinching.)"
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2.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Without the bawdiness and irony of the Doris Day tribute Down With Love, Anything but Love will also bring to mind the comedies of Judy Holliday."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Lead Mathieu Bulle, an actual agricultural student, stands out among the cast of nonprofessional actors and is completely accessible -- well, as much as an emotionally guarded teenage boy can be."
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'2.75/5' |
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(2005) |
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"Après Vous is light on its feet with an occasional kick."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"On a flatulence scale of 1 to 10, it's an eight."
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3/5 |
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(1969) |
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"Melville milks the tension for all its worth."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"With its Day-Glo colors and fast pace, this $80 million live action/animated film may be the first acid trip for kids."
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Assisted Living could be described as a small film, but it displays more thought and feeling than that moniker implies."
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"The film's taciturn observer, played by Ricardo Darin (the strutting con man of Nine Queens), delivers perhaps the most inward performance of the year."
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Director Danièle Thompson piles on enough pop culture references to please any Francophile in this love letter to Paris, so it wouldn't hurt to know Charles Aznavour from Gilbert Bécaud."
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3.5/5 |
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(1937) |
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"The look of love [Grant] gives co-star Irene Dunne, captured not in a close-up but a medium-wide shot, could melt anyone."
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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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