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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"one of this year's must-see films"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"as it was with Kelly's last film, the widely despised, decade-defining Southland Tales, The Box never allows you to get your hands completely around it"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"skims away so much of the noisy and excessive clichés of today's terror flicks that it feels like a breath of fresh air"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"touches on such diverse subjects as religion, North Korea, and the world of dreams"
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"gets stuck in the starting gate, unsure of what kind of film it wants to be."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"There's nothing innovative about The Damned United, but it does exactly what it sets out to do with a clear sense of character and purpose, helped immeasurably by Morgan's rich dialogue and crafty structure"
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas"
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's an impressively convoluted piece of writing, but it loses it shine when it becomes clear that neither Moffett nor Pate know where they are going with these stories"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The Yes Men are dissidents of such fearless ingenuity that you want to believe them at face value"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Moore's most personal film since Roger & Me: a lone, passionate man's hopeful search for answers to the very root of all of our socioeconomic problems"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"animalistic"
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"transitions so fluidly from an unremarkable multi-narrative to abhorrently over-sentimentalized trash"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"a smart, visual dialectic on the ease of showing certain creative processes and the impossibility of documenting others."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"about as formidable and entertaining as a case of blue balls."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This deep devotion to physicality and wordless expression has been part of Denis' repertoire for some time but it has never been so soulful and seductive."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Perkins' film doesn't form as fluidly from its parts but it is, for the most part, far less interested in gazing at its subject as a tortured genius or a hero of the art world"
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"In its first half, 9 pulls you in with the promise of discovery and the thrill of action but its endgame becomes muddier as it trudges along."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"comes off as indecisive"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"an angry film for an angry country"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"may not say enough about modern life on the web and on camera, but ignore what it does say at your own peril."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"comes off as somewhat heavy-handed, if not outright pointless."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"evokes the meaninglessness of trying to find morals in war"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Simultaneously absorbing and alienating"
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"I have seen the film three times now and each time I find myself concentrating more closely"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Pálfi's fascination with the body -- its daily excretions and emanations -- borders on obsession"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"a slight, crude metaphor for South Africa's shame."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"comes from a great line of Miyazaki heroines"
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3.5/5 |
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(1949) |
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"a rather original take on what is usually a very pedestrian setup"
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3.5/5 |
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(1950) |
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"an odd and upending entertainment, one that concludes that those on the opposite side of the world are nothing compared to those at home"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's impossible to watch Ying's film and not think of our own monuments towards heroism, which also come at the expense of blood"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"captures the danger, uncertainty, and overwhelming vitality of youth complicated by an inability to react to the world with anything but intense emotions"
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3.5/5 |
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(1960) |
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"harkens back to the pulp serials where noir was birthed"
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Who knew you could make graverobbing boring?"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"surpassingly fascinating"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"inarguably Kaufman Lite, but I'm not sure if that's something to bemoan"
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4.5/5 |
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(1954) |
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"A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat"
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Overlong by a half-dozen blood spurts and tonally frantic"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"feels like a summation of the Dardenne's work so far"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Self-aware and just a little too coy"
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3.5/5 |
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(2002) |
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"lewd and lurid"
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2/5 |
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(1996) |
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"Despite Gray's galvanic ability with action sequences, there are very few surprises to be found in Set It Off"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Andersson is, at heart, an expert absurdist; to him, there is meaning in the meaningless and salvation in the ridiculous"
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a tasteless film but it doesn't seem to even enjoy any of the politically correct totems it so openly sprays its bodily fluids over"
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"about as memorable as the proverbial stock picture that came with the frame"
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4/5 |
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(1966) |
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"The fresh bombast of U.S.A.'s abnormal groove may not measure up to the other elaborate, beautiful contraptions that were made in Godard's peak years, but it makes many current films look stagnant, if not outright dated."
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Believable and engaging, Fanning nearly renders the ensuing bore watchable"
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3.5/5 |
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(1968) |
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"Though not high-minded debate, Hang 'Em certainly counts as a solid victory lap"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"uses every second of his 70-minute runtime rather than adding on perfunctory storylines or resorting to expositional sequences"
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5/5 |
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(1950) |
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"grim and glorious"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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