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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A technically proficient but disturbing adaptation (that) adopts a surprisingly macabre tone."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Does a passable imitation of a Coen brothers comedy."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A familiar lemonade-from-lemons period biopic or, in the case of the fashionista, a smart-suit-from-tattered-threads tale."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"a ferociously entertaining send-off for the musical icon, a coda that permits Jackson's legacy to end on a high note."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Educates more than it entertains, even though there's plenty of colorful subjects (Chris) Rock could have gently lampooned."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A quiet, reserved, and unexpectedly small picture about an aviation pioneer whose historical legacy ... has become larger than life."
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Filmcritic.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The ultimate explanation behind Shelton's methods deflates some of the picture's fun, but by then you've enjoyed most of Gray's gritty ride."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Sendak's book crackled with the combustible energy of adolescent anarchy and creative play -- two elements severely lacking from Spike Jonze's mopey, withdrawn feature-length adaptation."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Far more effective during its nighttime scenes"
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Does its part to widen this historic concert's potential audience base."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Beneath the feathered toupee, that disturbingly fuzzy mustache, and 30 pounds of listless, desk-job body fat lies Matt Damon, giving an outstanding comedic performance."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Where Pixar would have made a nutritious main course out of the character issues in Lord and Miller's script, "Meatballs" skips them in favor of dessert."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Plays by the strict and proper rules of the period genre, resulting in a predominantly frigid and impersonal love story."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Packs the same unfiltered jolts of grrrrrly-girl empowerment Barrymore likes to embrace in her acting gigs."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Marrying comedy to horror isn't original, but "Zombieland" discovers inventive ways to entertain by placing its emphasis on laughs over legitimate scares."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Listening to rock gods speak about their music isn't nearly as enjoyable as listening to them play it."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Wrings pain out of heartbreaking truths, and steamrolls to an unpredictable conclusion that's suspenseful, mildly coincidental, but gut-wrenchingly sad."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"An interesting socio-analytical documentary that preaches valuable messages regarding global conservation. My problem is I wanted to shoot the film's pompous messenger."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Comes across like a refresher course, and not the higher education Moore has strived for in the past."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"a front-row seat to a rousing Broadway production"
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Beyond the impressive visuals, there isn't much."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Melodramatic, starting and stopping without achieving a flow."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Even a haute couture heathen such as I recognizes that to full-blown fashionistas, "September Issue" is nothing short of a religious experience."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The Oscar-winning director has effectively captured the good vibes surrounding the initial festival."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Did you ever wonder what face Andy Griffith makes when he's having an intimate moment with a lady friend? Me neither. Yet that's one of many "delights" foisted on us during writer-director Marc Fienberg's feature-length debut comedy."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a limiting move, making a specific film about people who adore a specific film"
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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1.5/4 |
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"An imaginative but shamefully unsophisticated fantasy."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The pop-art auteur's least-focused film to date, a rambling wreck of shrewd ideas and cinematic influences that never interlock into their own identifiable movie."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"One of the year's most intelligent (scripts), unifying political intrigue and backroom muckraking with stinging, pop-culture putdowns."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Visceral enough to inspire action, no matter your politics."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Adam's disorder is but one piece of a tender relationship puzzle that's nurtured out of its shell by the performers."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"a raucous comedy that adheres to the one-joke-pony structure ... except the talent Brennan attracts is stronger, and the jokes his screenwriters attempt are more obscure."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Jolts with disturbing plot twists, disgusts with gory kills, showcases awesome and inventive alien technology, comments on inhumane medical experimentation and criticizes unchecked military might, but always remains in service of a nail-biting story."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The action figures formerly known as "Real American Heroes" deserve something better than this artificial, live-action cartoon."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Can't get away from the psycho-stalker formula, so predictability trumps creativity in the end."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Perfectly pleasant but slight."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Episodic ... (but) reflective of life and the fluidity with which it passes."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"You want the truth? They don't come much uglier than this."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A comically relevant fairy tale about the excessive trappings of celebrity and the dangers of achieving one's goals."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The kind of movie where telling people to see it isn't enough. You physically want to drive them to the theater so they'll be there in time for the next showing."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A pretentious, naval-gazing pity party thrown for condescending, affected blowhards."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"There's a definite absence of Hollywood gloss in Bigelow's film, which was appreciated."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"As a quiet, sad character piece, it strikes the appropriate nerves."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Feeds our ever-growing need to root for talented performers seeking that proverbial big break."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Smaller, intimate, personal and fragile. It almost feels as if nothing happens ... until you step back and realize everything is happening in this film."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"This is what happens when the guy who directed two "Home Alone" movies collaborates with the screenwriter of "Looney Tunes: Back in Action.""
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Comparisons to "2001" or even Ridley Scott's "Alien" aren't far-fetched."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"It's an "Inconvenient Truth" for food, minus the droning Al Gore and a handful of PowerPoint slides."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Goes for broke on sentiment but overlooks important details that make decent films great."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Preachy, nihilistic, derogatory and unfocused."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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