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7.5/10 |
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(1942) |
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"In something beyond drama and melodrama, diluted American mythos makes for Euro cine refined."
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"In this Kill Billish revenger pastiche, the humorous tone of the script appears alien to the filmmakers."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A mastery of inspiration by writer-director Henry Selick. At the finale of this visual delight, every hired hand and technician also deserve acclaim."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This children's fantasy flirts with the dark side, though family values win out."
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8.5/10 |
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(1948) |
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"With new techno-gadgets arriving in stores by the month, can we relate to the joy Americans felt when the 'magic window' first arrived to their homes?"
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PopMatters |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A little sentimentality can fuel a lot of action, yet Zwick buries his film in cloying guilt, in the end sinking "Defiance" with the holocaust film's bait."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Exhausting yet invigorating, it's a drama one witnesses more than just views."
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9.5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Nacho Vigalondo's reinvention of Pandora's Box plays upon the nerves as much as the intellect."
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PopMatters |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The Wrestler turns into a piece of wildly uneven inspiration ... It's as if a zero-degree work of realism -- like Lance Hammer's magnificent Ballast -- gets body-slammed by the classical three-act structure."
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.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The Reader is a cloaked male fantasy, in which a milf hides under spinster garb -- all for a 16-year-old's delight."
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Film Threat |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This purported nature documentary muses on everything it encounters."
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IdentityTheory |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"With measured visual flash, Luhrmann highlights the delightful presence of his two stars and realizes an unlikely feelgood film, in spite of its grave matters."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Demme keeps a close eye on his shaggy family drama and, by assembling it, creates a platform for numerous natural performers to shine."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"With testimony from scads of heyday contributors and an infectious design reflecting Grove Press's innovative cover art ... the filmmakers could have shelved the weaker bits without missing a beat."
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7.5/10 |
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(1985) |
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"Babenco's film blends ideology with drama and betrayal for a tale as intellectually rewarding as it is passionate."
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PopMatters |
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7.5/10 |
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(1939) |
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"As he headed westward in his films, a new, darker Jimmy Stewart helped redefine a genre."
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PopMatters |
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I've been in the Kiss Army since first hearing 'Destroyer' at age 13, and I can safely say that, Mr. Wain, you've gone too far."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Swamp Devil stumbles right when it should turn up the mayhem."
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4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Plays like a fever dream recalled upon waking, told with the immediacy of fear couched in relentless pleasure."
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Film Threat |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The audio is occupied by only the sounds the characters make ... moments of silence open up an emotional void."
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IdentityTheory |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"As brisk as things become, clarity wins out, as the hand-held camerawork Bourne for many a chase sequence has no place here."
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IdentityTheory |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Plays on conventions so smoothly that we're never distracted from the ride."
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Film Threat |
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.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A relentless eyesore -- like looking into the sky and having sand poured into your eyes."
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Film Threat |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"This Scottish film often pushes for realism, though its stylish tones fall back on whimsy."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Director [Frank Henenlotter] holds fast to his old-school style of goofy thrills and analog FX."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Let's not kid ourselves: There's something about Javi."
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Film Threat |
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5/10 |
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(1949) |
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"Through the Archers' gaze we watch closely, but are never let in."
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PopMatters |
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8/10 |
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(1957) |
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"A reflexive exercise in noir."
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IdentityTheory |
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4/5 |
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(1931) |
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"Vampyr plays like a musty old photo that wakes to jolting life."
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Film Threat |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A poor production had its way with an able performer."
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PopMatters |
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.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Never has fury been deader."
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Film Threat |
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1.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"We're far from the classic world of the title, but in an animated neo-noir, gray as steel and just as cold."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Filmmaker Juan C. Lopez finds whatever he can on the topic without unifying his footage into a film."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Everything in Times and Winds glides by like a dream. Or perhaps, the dreamlike tone reminds us that we'll never know such hardship."
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Film Threat |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Keeping the style objective and routine, [co-directors Tony] Gerber and [Jesse] Moss remain non-judgmental of the bizarre carnival they have uncovered."
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Film Threat |
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"A fresh and rewarding take on cinematic terror."
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1/5 |
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(1993) |
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"The sour taste that Body left for [director] Edel is evident in his next, very different big screen feature: the children's fantasy The Little Vampire."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"By itself, the golden age of Trumbo's career would make for an inspired documentary. But, alas, history situates him in another story, a tragedy that nearly consumed him and many other members of Hollywood."
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Film Threat |
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A brilliant exercise in American gothic."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Many have described Journey as a 3D film dumbed down to a theme park attraction. However, its visual splendor would have left Walt Disney weeping and Sergei Eisenstein preaching of cinema's second coming."
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Film Threat |
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9/10 |
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(1972) |
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"Apart from its fantastic elements, Woody's script of Sam finds a deft blend of the comic and romantic."
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IdentityTheory |
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4/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Even if the new Hairspray seems a welcome return to camp for Travolta, his mock seriousness is as frozen as ever."
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Bright Lights Film Journal |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Perhaps our everyday creatures are chilling enough, and thus our dreams transform the mundane into the monstrous."
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PopMatters |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"What a quirky pair of brothers do Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke make."
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PopMatters |
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"When all the nonsense of Boarding Gate ends, only Asia remains in memory. She can light up the best and the worst of 'em."
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Film Threat |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Here Breillat directs one of the most thrilling actresses working today, and the latter makes this calculated study into a tale brimming with passion and sorrow."
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Film Threat |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"[Maddin] has so much inspiration that, of all our filmmakers, he must possess the greatest need to create."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Many elements will have young viewers turning to their parents in confusion."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The path to Jack's calling is a slow one, even for a fan base used to extended setups."
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Film Threat |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I sense that the Jacobson brothers set out to make a simple little comedy. But how grand it must be for them to see the humanity of their fresh, inventive film rising to the level of its humor."
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Film Threat |
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