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"Scribe-helmer Jean van de Velde puts his considerable filmmaking talent at the mercy of a screenplay riddled with cliches and improbabilities."
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(2009) |
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"A sequel to the Spanish cult hit that offers an explanation for something that was far more effective when left largely unexplained."
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(2009) |
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"True story of a stretch of asphalt rolled out by formerly jobless road workers in northern France, under the command of an impostor, blends social critique, character drama and crime into one smooth, good-looking package."
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(2009) |
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"Calling the Strobbe clan a working-class family would imply that some of its members worked (or had class), but none of the lowlife protags do in the visually robust and often hilarious Flemish tragicomedy The Misfortunates."
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(2009) |
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"The decidedly Nordic -- though not at all glacial -- O'Horten is a mixture of sweetness and deadpan that proves the Kaurismäki/Andersson school of filmmaking still has new delights in store."
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(2009) |
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"This small, contemporary Czech marvel showcases two bright talents and a sentiment not seen often enough on screen nowadays: sincerity."
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(2009) |
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"Cynical, love-themed criss-crosser set in Budapest features plenty of jiggly vid footage but the improvised characters played by nonpro actors feel so arbitrary it's hard to care about any of them."
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(2009) |
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"Because Ozon doesn't develop his characters once Ricky shows his true nature, the movie's slightly overcooked working-class realism quickly morphs into a grotesque story of a mutant baby. The film's two halves feel almost mutually exclusive."
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(2008) |
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"Languid, multi-accented adaptation of the contempo novel by Peter Cameron suffers from an unfocused screenplay and direction."
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(2009) |
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"Dare bests truth at each turn in Cherrybomb, a zippy if over-schematic teen pic from tyro helmers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn."
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(2009) |
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"Gives a relatively faithful idea of the novel's ingenious construction but only glimpses of its scathing portrait of Sweden as a corrupt, bankrupt and misogynistic society."
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(2009) |
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"Upscale talkfest, which delights in its witty banter and sly references, could be helmer's most commercial work in quite some time, especially if the pic is tightened by a good 10 minutes."
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(2009) |
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"Peruvian realities and Llosa's light magical realism mesh to create a vivid picture of a society and its problems."
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(2009) |
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"Wacky tale of a woman who killed virgins for their blood to keep her skin wrinkle-free might get some traction in Central Europe, where it is set, but won't make it past the Europudding label elsewhere."
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(2008) |
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"Three 30-somethings relive their gloriously lurid college days for one night only in Radu Muntean's Boogie, a restrained and honest look at the male midlife crisis in an embryonic state."
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(2008) |
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"Big-name German cast is aces, but helmer Heinrich Breloer struggles to lift his big-budget sudser to the level of epic tragedy."
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(2008) |
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"A tightly drawn, atmospheric thriller that has one false bottom too many to qualify as great."
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(2009) |
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"A bold, very carnal take on adolescent female bonding in a setting not often portrayed onscreen. Small but ambitious movie should be able to sing its way into fests and arthouses."
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(2008) |
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"As in Twin Sisters, a veneer of nostalgia, plus excellent lensing and acting, make the soap-opera plot play on the bigscreen."
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(2008) |
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"Helmer Phil Hawkins and young thesps get the awkward first moments of infatuation just right, but the screenplay's limping second half may hamper theatrical prospects."
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(2008) |
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"As in Osama, the Afghan writer-helmer again uses a non-pro cast, but the result is stifled by poorly written English dialogue and a failure to reconcile apparent realism with occasional detours into absurdist tragicomedy."
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(2008) |
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"A surprisingly simplistic morality tale that offers few laughs and even less involving drama."
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(2008) |
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"Though it occasionally skirts TV territory, pic remains involving, thanks to an ace performance from legit actor Pepijn Caudron and sumptuous widescreen lensing."
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(2009) |
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"Jaw-droppingly handsome cast, laugh-out-loud moments aplenty and a finely sketched, more serious undertow should make this third feature by Gallic helmer Lisa Azuelos a big hit in Gaul."
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(2009) |
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"An explosive performance by Johanna Wokalek gives some relief to an otherwise long and humdrum series of characters, blow-'em-ups and prison locations."
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(2008) |
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"Makes for compelling viewing despite many familiar elements."
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(2008) |
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"Pic is refreshingly honest in its warts-and-all portrayal of friendship, though its lack of narrative hooks and genuine comedic sparks will make this a hard sell anywhere."
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(2008) |
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"Portrays the culture of those seeking knowledge in recreational drugs and around bonfires on palm-lined beaches with a seriousness the subject doesn't deserve."
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(2008) |
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"More of a cinematic curiosity than true blockbuster material, despite its scale."
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(2008) |
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"A subtle portrait of loss and personal growth."
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(2008) |
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"Screenplay struggles to develop its more serious themes, but pic's plentiful laughs and gorgeous lensing make it an enjoyable experience overall."
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(2008) |
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"Though on the surface Habibi is, indeed, a full-blown, crowd-pleasing melodrama, there's also a more thoughtful subtext below its glossy exterior."
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(2008) |
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"The phenomenal legit performances are alone worth the price of admission, but a side story involving the troupe at a festival in Poland adds extra weight and underlines the timelessness of Dostoyevsky's themes."
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(2008) |
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"Snappy timing, focused writing and pitch-perfect acting."
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(2008) |
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"Feels more like a cheap hypermarché knock-off with a fancily designed label than the real deal."
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(2007) |
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"Having three different protagonists is perhaps too much, as Bollain and Rodríguez' screenplay only succeeds in reducing each woman's story to its soap-opera essentials."
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(2008) |
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"Crossover hits from Flanders are rare and Flemish working-class romantic comedies even less so, but van Rompaey may have actually made both when he made Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium)."
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(2008) |
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"French director and provocatrice extraordinaire Catherine Breillat is finally tamed by a partially stilted adaptation of an early 19th century literary classic."
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(2008) |
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"The details of the exotic trappings on display may be relatively new but the rites-of-passage story is as old as civilisation itself in Tulpan, a timeless and endearing coming-of-age tale for the Story of the Weeping Camel crowd."
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(2009) |
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"The uncrowned king of post-war Italian politics, Giulio Andreotti, might be the subject of Paolo Sorrentino's nominal biopic Il Divo, but it is as an incisive portrait of Italian politics in general that it impresses."
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(2008) |
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"The Neapolitan mafia, known as the Camorra, gets the Syriana treatment in Matteo Garrone's Gomorra (Gomorrah), one of the most incisive organised-crime films to emerge from any country since the 1970s."
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(2008) |
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"Again an austere but acutely observed drama with a quasi-documentary style, Entre les murs (The Class) impresses with its veracious tone and nuanced characterisations."
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(2008) |
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"A winner. Puts its tale of a southern postal worker hoping for a transfer to the Côte d'Azur through the very effective reverse psychology wringer when he ends up in the dreaded north instead - but discovers he loves it."
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(2008) |
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"A willingly schizoid portrait of a generation growing up on a continent where distances count for nothing but some gaps are still impossible to close."
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(2009) |
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"After two continent-wide trips and a plunge into the French capital's underworld, French director Cédric Klapisch stays close to home and well above the ground for Paris, his valentine to the City of Lights."
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(2009) |
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"A meandering first half gives way to a spectacular psychological portrait of the deafening silence of pain and loneliness in Austrian writer-director Götz Spielmann's Revanche."
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(2008) |
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"A gentle character sketch gradually makes way for a high-energy tale of loyalty and betrayal that is perhaps rife with clichés but works because Yildirim has established his characters properly."
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(2007) |
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"A showcase for Finnish acting talent and a significant step forward for Kotwica, though the closing reels of Musta Jää dilute its power as a psychological thriller in favour of plot twists more at home in a soap opera."
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(2008) |
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"Tiramisu walks a fine line between feel-good clichés and true character development, though Van der Oest finally makes it all believable because of her direction of the actors."
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(2007) |
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"Especially the first hour of Leo is a promising debut in full-out Scandinavian drama for the comedy director after his first try at something more dramatic with his charming displaced children's tale Zozo."
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