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1/5 |
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"the summer's most irrelevant blockbuster"
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Joelsas' youthful exuberance carries the movie long enough to make this "Vacation" a rewarding trip."
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The group's enthusiasm, natural talent and undeniable chutzpah effort-lessly translates to the screen in Stephen Walker's winning new documentary."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"An archetypical Los Angeles detective story"
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"(The book) raises a number of interesting arguments, most of which (the movie) ignores."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Might be (David Gordon) Green's best film."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"As much as I enjoyed Quaid's introspective turn, his co-stars play characters lifted straight out of Screenwriting 101."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The legendary rockers never did much for me musically, and so a film that's 95 percent live performance does even less."
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Turn and run, no matter what size you are."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"I suspect Hitchcock would enjoy watching this slow-churning thriller, which pilfers a few of the master's storytelling tricks as it revels in its own dark heart."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Bustles along to its central theft, then treads water until (it) can map a proper end game."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A triumphant lark."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"(Minkoff) botches the film's fantasy elements, saturating these segments with cheesy effects."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The answers to its most intriguing puzzles disappoint, and the final motive provided for this near-perfect scheme can only be described as flawed."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The year's first film that kept me laughing from end to end with intelligent and perceptive punch lines that don't aim for the broad side of a fraternity house."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"So accurately captures how boys behave, you'd think Jennings planted his camera inside a 10-year-old's skull, then beamed the child's imagination directly through his saucer-wide eyes onto the theater's screen."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"recycles tired clichés and settles on the easiest jokes"
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"a solid, well-crafted launch for what should be a lucrative franchise."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"runs into the same snags Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston encountered when they suffered through The Break-Up in 2006"
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"a string of poorly-written, obvious clichés that litter the road many travel from Mexico City to the southern United States"
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"devolves into a slapdash version of Home Alone on holiday"
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"hangs so close to films produced during a forgotten age that audiences who don't recall how quick-witted screwball comedies used to be might not fully appreciate it (or even care to)."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Exquisite... Listen closely to Horton Hears a Who! You might be surprised by what you hear."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"a ripping good yarn"
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The women in the cast are exceptional. ... The men are miscast."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"the girl's ungainly snout is the only unique feature in this otherwise textbook fantasy."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Bartlett would make a decent sitcom character, and the uneven film plays out accordingly."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"corny, cool and beautiful"
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The riveting second half rewards your patience and tolerance for emotional pain."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"it's time Ferrell gives these sports comedies a little time on the bench before his big-screen career fouls out."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I let my guard down and was completely surprised by the sweet, happy finale, which Brooks and his cast definitely earn."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"lifeless"
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"light on laughs"
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"as pretty as it is dumb"
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"silly in a memorable way."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"the cast, uniformly good, smoothes over most of the wrinkles"
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A shabby, flabby date movie"
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"a milestone in contemporary filmmaking [that] appeals directly to the maturing YouTube generation without pandering."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Smaller than you'd expect, though many may remember it for the exquisite period detail, production design or fluid camera work."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Lame."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It's afraid to leave its comfort zone, and its primary joke wears thin in a hurry."
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The phrase "inspired by" may buy a filmmaker creative leeway, but it's at the cost of credibility with an audience."
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Ambitious as hell but irreparably flawed, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood enthralls for half its run but balances precariously atop an epilogue that can't sustain the picture's dramatic weight."
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"for all its unmistakable faults, it casts such a complete spell that I'm chomping at the bit to see it again"
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"ponderous and self-absorbed"
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"An extremely tense exercise."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Lumet moves Devil with a purpose, all the while maintaining a firm grip on his live-wire cocktail of guilt and paranoia."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"a nice place to get lost for a few hours."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"An op-ed piece masquerading as a motion picture."
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"a fragile premise stuffed with hollow Christmas jokes"
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