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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 |
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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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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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2.25/5 |
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(2009) |
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"If ever there was a role to be cast based solely on looks, it's Colette's Chéri."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The movie avoids the darker aspects of the vampire myth, and like the books, it's more into horror than hormones."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Because Selick remains true to the novel's spirit, the film rises far above being a mere novelty."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Count on the first tear to fall by the 55-minute mark."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"An infectiously upbeat menagerie"
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"If a man had directed The Girl from Monaco, this erstwhile comedy would be labeled misogynistic -- a charge that would stick."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Téchiné's unsettling The Girl on the Train is his best film in years and already one of 2009's highlights, freely inspired by a sensational real-life media furor."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Guest's focus on Sherman and her work is [the film's] strength, providing an in-depth and revealing glimpse of one of the most celebrated artists in the world,"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Lucid and startling"
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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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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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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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2.75/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The simpler the details the better"
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Similar to the movie adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass (Knopf, 1996), the filmmakers shoehorn most of the book's plot into a small amount of time, leaving little room for character development or nuanced acting."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A brisk, irreverent music-history lesson by way of Terry Gilliam."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Lorna's Silence is one of the few films in current release which left me wanting more."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"In its funniest moments, the film displays the delicate timing of the best silent comedies."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A charmer that's a sleeper in the making"
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2.75/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Ah, to be middle aged, footloose, and fancy free!"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This is gotcha journalism at its most insistent."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Quiet Chaos jerkily shifts tones, from oddly comic ... to blunt. And by blunt I mean an indiscreet, in-your-face sex scene that turns the viewer from observer to pervy voyeur."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"More Cavalleria Rusticana than Gomorra."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This modest but amicable tale has more depth and more spirit than many films twice its length."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The story is so well told that the symbolism supports rather than sustains the plot."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Despite the hothouse atmosphere or the backstage tantrums and a suicide attempt, [director] Rodrigues lowers the temperature with his slow, steady camera for a flabby 138 minutes."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It lives up to the expectations implied by its title: acutely observed Ozu-inspired domestic drama, beautiful composed yet unfussy shots, and emotional restraint."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"For actor Alfredo Castro's sinister steely stare alone, Tony Manero memorably stands out weeks after its screening."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Edward is still a walking mannequin, and his emotional range is so limited that the connection between Bella and Edward seems strained and at crucial times unconvincing."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Awash with celebrity, the documentary is a rubbernecker's delight."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The film has a train-wreck fascination about it."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Without a smirk, the film stands out from the many pop-culture-laden, wisecracking studio franchises."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Andersson's tableaus of the everyday are full of feeling, especially from the women (probably after a drink or two)."
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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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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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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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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 |
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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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3/5 |
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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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School Library Journal |
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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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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The emphasis on the brotherhood of the ragtag rebels wouldn't be out of place in a 1940s war film"
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The family's vulnerabilities and eccentricities burrow under the skin."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Most adults will find Prince Caspian tedious, but young viewers are likely to be mildly diverted, rather than actually swept up by the story."
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Saoirse Ronan brings a preternatural maturity to this starring role, but, most importantly, a sense of urgency, which is largely missing from much of the big-name cast."
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School Library Journal |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"What will rouse empathy and exasperation, though, is one teacher's attempt to act more like a colleague or mentor than an intimidating white male authority figure%u2014a teacher a student can call un ami."
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2.75/5 |
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(2008) |
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"One way to look at this movie is as an elegantly acted, art-house woman's picture."
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