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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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Variety |
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(2004) |
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"Though the fact that it is not a linear and fully comprehensible story might throw some viewers off, I would recommend it to anyone with an open mind."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"[T]he overly long yarn never knows on which part of the story to focus (politics? history? love triangle? music?), which makes its overall impact much less than the sum of its parts."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"Cédric Kahn has crafted a motion picture that is a mix of genres that succeeds in convincing the audience to care about the characters on screen.
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european-films.net |
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(2005) |
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"Just shy of three hours, this is of the admirable, artistic type that one should certainly see, but preferably at home, where the fast forward button is just within reach.
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"I hereby propose to close the voting for the Raspberry awards 2004, and incidentally rebaptise them the 'Blueberry awards'. What a mess.
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european-films.net |
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(2008) |
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"Uncannily like Truffaut's Jules et Jim in its ability to seamlessly synthesise the heedless energy of youth and its pronounced melancholy undercurrents."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"Requiem shows us with a sense of palpable reality (and without any special effects) what being -- or feeling -- possessed must be like for Michaela herself and her family."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"Though not particularly original, Z odzysku (Retrieval), demands to be reckoned with because of several key scenes that are almost flawlessly executed."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"This solid film tells the story of the brothers Andrey and Ivan. It is not the particular story of these brothers: it is the universal story of kids struggling to grow up."
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european-films.net |
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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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european-films.net |
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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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Variety |
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(2002) |
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"See this film for its story and for Malkovich' performance, or if you are easily distracted and irritated, buy the book and imagine everything yourself instead."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"Whether informed audiences will learn something new here is debatable. Instead, the directors seem more interested in refocusing attention on the subject of the existence of Guantanamo in general."
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european-films.net |
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(2007) |
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"Since there is no narrative drive other than being fully immersed in its gentle and amusing stories, the running time of 131 minutes is overly long."
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european-films.net |
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(2007) |
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"Rokonok feels somewhat dusty around the edges, though it is certainly solid as an adaptation of a 1932 literary work."
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european-films.net |
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(2004) |
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"An engaging film about being famous and admiring famous people."
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european-films.net |
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(2007) |
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"The greatest indication that a director is in complete control of his material is when everything seems to be casually in the right place, which certainly seems to be the case in Les amours d'Astree et de Celadon."
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european-films.net |
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(2006) |
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"[A] more finely wrought, well-matured version of the film that inspired it. Which, however, does not exclude a lot of meaningless fun!"
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european-films.net |
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(2005) |
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"The first approach to the main character is a piece of virtuoso filmmaking (...) but the film does not maintain this wedding of thematic coherence and enigmatic visual style, its narrative soon revealing itself to be predictable and bland."
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