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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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(2004) |
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"These filmmaking youngsters have both a knack for the real world and the artificial world of film and Babylonsjukan is their first love letter to both."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"[A] particularly enriching experience about the fine line between art and real life [that] is not for everyone."
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european-films.net |
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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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(2005) |
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"A very manipulative, Hollywood style film that works despite its cliche-filled plot because of its performances and breathtaking cinematography."
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european-films.net |
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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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Variety |
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(2004) |
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"[Cachorro provides] 100 minutes of wonderfully realised characters, many laughs, some tears and much valuable insight."
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european-films.net |
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(2005) |
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"Perhaps somewhat schematic but nevertheless powerful because of its central performance and its clear thematic coherence."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"With an intelligent and fearless script and two winning performances by the young male leads, Napola is a testament to uncompromising film-making from beginning to end."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"[A] perfectly light comedic soufflé that is not intimidated by its characters' darker undercurrents."
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european-films.net |
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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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Variety |
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(2008) |
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"It would be hard to guess from the final result that Balthazar has never made a film before; Ben X takes full advantage of all that the medium has to offer."
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european-films.net |
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(2005) |
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"As a movie-going experience La meglio gioventu leaves much to be desired. If you are interested, buy the DVD instead."
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european-films.net |
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(2005) |
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"Au-delà de la haine is perhaps best used as a case study in psychology schools, because it is too convoluted to really make much sense for the general public."
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european-films.net |
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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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european-films.net |
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(2007) |
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"A look at humans under the inhuman stress of war that is more nuanced than almost any grand-scale war film."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"The real case of the Black Dahlia was never solved, and watching this film we understand why: the story is just way too complicated."
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european-films.net |
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(2003) |
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"Blueprint is an excellent modern moral fable with very dark undercurrents."
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european-films.net |
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(2007) |
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"Audiences able to tune in to Bogdán's audiovisual poem will relish this film experience unlike any other. Boldog új élet has revealed yet another promising talent of Hungarian cinema."
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european-films.net |
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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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european-films.net |
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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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Variety |
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(2004) |
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"Has an impeccable technical package and unsullied performances, but its plot proceeds at the sluggish speed of the voyage across the Atlantic it so painstakingly portrays."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"People who like their mysteries to remain just that (and who have a patient nature to boot) could enjoy La demoiselle d'honneur as a minor entry in Chabrol's notoriously uneven filmography."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"Except for the ending, 'Bright Young Things' is very Waugh, very Fry, very British and very good."
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european-films.net |
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(2005) |
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"Ang Lee's best film to date; career best performances of Ledger and Gyllenhaal, amazing score and cinematography and a heartbreaking love story to boot. One word: Wow."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"Love-making in Hernández' film is not a physical act but an emotional state expressed through physical action. Certainly not multiplex fare, but definitely one of the year's best films."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"Is appropriately moody and gets the music right, but becomes as incoherent and messy as the lives of the protagonists in the film's second half."
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european-films.net |
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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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Variety |
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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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(2006) |
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"Like the films of Leigh, Godard and Cassavetes, Börn has a freshness and sense of character truth that more scripted projects often lack."
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