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"The introductory half hour feels overly protracted, but the comedy works perfectly, mainly because of the excellent direction of the actors (who all have a faultless comic timing) and the witty script."
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(2006) |
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"The actors generally aid Olesen in quickly sketching their multi-layered characters, except for Mie, who is not only played by a relatively inexperienced actress but is also severely underwritten."
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(2007) |
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"A quirky and smart multicultural arthouse comedy."
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(2005) |
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"Salazar might not have created a completely satisfying film, but if you are looking for a cinematic curiosity way out of the ordinary, 20 centímetros will definitely do the trick."
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(2007) |
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"Conceived as tailor-made characters for the four actors, the roles obviously fit them like a glove, though the stories are not always as engaging as the characters in them."
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(2008) |
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"After 2005's Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr Lazarescu), another very high quality Romanian film explores the country's ills and the illnesses of its inhabitants."
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(2005) |
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"Ozon's script wisely leaves any direct causes for the break-up untold; with two decent performances this film is an interesting romantic drama."
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(2002) |
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"Klopt elementen van een Agatha Christie whodunnit, een frivole chansonmusical en de kleurrijke melodramas van Douglas Sirk op tot een luchtige souffle, als is de kooktijd wel wat lang."
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(2007) |
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"Set in the bourgeois and vaguely intellectual Parisian bubble of Bruni Tedeschi's alter ego, it veers more towards comedy as the film progresses, earning good-hearted laughs as well as, well, whatever one may feel towards this particular milieu."
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(2007) |
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"The force of AFR is that it not only reflects on the power and the responsibility of the media and of the leader of a Western-style democracy, but also on the nature of freedom of speech itself."
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(2004) |
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"Soldini has yet again crafted an escapist fantasy that works. You even forgive him for making it last two hours."
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(2006) |
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"While the script has the occasional hiccough, the impeccable performances of the three actors actually make us care for these dysfunctional brothers."
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(2006) |
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"Deftly reunites the emotional and the political, the historical and the natural into a familiar story infused with the particular details of Cypriot and Greek-language culture."
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(2004) |
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"An overview of an intensely passionate life as few film-makers could bring it to the screen."
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(2005) |
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"Though less ambiguous in its message than Reconstruction, Boe succeeds again in telling a captivating story about the emotions that connect us all."
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(2006) |
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"Does not offer any easy answers, but its exploration of the subject -- despite a flagging rhythm in its opening and closing sections -- is one of the more remarkable directing debuts of recent years."
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(2007) |
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"Toys with a possible heavy subject matter in a contemporary and light-hearted way without seeming frivolous or disrespectful."
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(2004) |
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"Should appeal to people who like musicals but cannot afford them, though this is not a particularly inventive nor a particularly cinematic adaptation."
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(2007) |
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"The fullest expression of Ozon's obsessions, but what kind of audience would accept Angel on those terms remains to be seen."
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(2005) |
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"The force of Anklaget will still partially hinge on the viewer's feelings about Henrik, but Thuesen gives us a lot of worthwhile things to ponder along the way."
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(2005) |
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"If there would be anything to complain about (apart from the rather silly ending), it would be that first-timer Salle makes the film fly by almost too fast."
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(2007) |
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"Deneuve's grieving mother from the French provinces is one of her most expressive roles in years."
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"The film's contents may not be revolutionary enough to travel far and wide, but its sweet nature and good humour will certainly seduce some."
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(2004) |
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"Indulge in this two hour fantasy of this rakish burglar in an exquisitely imagined Paris and Normandy and you will come away entertained, amused and delighted."
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(2005) |
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"The image quality sometimes is misty at best but the pay-off of these stories lies in the fact that they would otherwise have probably remained untold."
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(2007) |
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"Made with modest technical means but an excellent and extremely game cast, the film could be an offbeat choice on DVD before life as a cult item on Nordic TV."
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(2007) |
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"Admirably blends animation and live-action and has a lot on offer for kids, though adults will probably yawn more than once at the predictable twists and turns of the plot."
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(2007) |
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"The titular act of violence is the best scene in the film, radiating a kind of unavoidable fatality that elevates the lethal gunshot from a just another bang to something triggering a very strong sense of epochal change."
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"Atonement is a fully formed pleasure of a film that only really stumbles in its editing and its closing moments."
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"[The director] admirably juggles the different narratives and knows how to imbue her stock characters and situations with life through a savvy direction of her actors."
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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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(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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"A very manipulative, Hollywood style film that works despite its cliche-filled plot because of its performances and breathtaking cinematography."
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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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(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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(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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(2004) |
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"[A] perfectly light comedic soufflé that is not intimidated by its characters' darker undercurrents."
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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(2003) |
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"Blueprint is an excellent modern moral fable with very dark undercurrents."
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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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(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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"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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(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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(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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"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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(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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