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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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"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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(2006) |
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"The film runs too long to be fully effective, but if you are into French situation comedies on exotic locations you could do worse than this light trifle."
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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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(2006) |
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"The film's ideas are intriguing but Hattu, who makes his directing debut here and co-wrote the script, fails to completely bring his material into focus."
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(2006) |
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"The intersecting stories are connected by themes of money, power, corruption and the absence of love, though more often than not they play in full-on melodrama mode and are used simply to wring compassion from the audience in the way soap operas do."
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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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(2004) |
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"After an intense, almost wordless opening sequence, Zglinski has run out of ideas already and reverts back to the well-trodden path of the "overcoming grief" melodrama."
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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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(2008) |
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"The documentary Les animaux amoureux (Animals in Love) might seem cute on paper but lacks the rigour of recent documentary hits such as La marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins) and Earth."
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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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(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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(2006) |
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"[T]he inclusion of disco music and gadgetry such as SMS messaging does not sit well with the series' old-fashioned tone; they seem designed to camouflage its true nature, rather than update it."
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(2007) |
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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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(2007) |
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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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(2006) |
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"Anyone still in primary school will love the second part, which means adults are in the difficult position of having to decide whether to give Ocelot the benefit of the doubt."
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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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