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3.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Garner manages a natural sweetness that sells Jenna’s inherent adolescence, and her wide-mouthed grin wipes the grime off of the simplistic script"
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"gruesome and psychologically chilling, not gory and shockingly gross"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"a polished, professional, by-the-book approach to the improving real-time plot strategy."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"(Has) an acerbic sense of humor and a fantastic ear for struggling-relationship dialogue."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/5 |
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(2003) |
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"I’d have gone with 2 Loud 2 Obnoxious, or 2 Ridiculous 2 Unnecessary."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Packages the disaster-happy director's greatest hits into one cataclysmic picture."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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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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Charlotte Weekly |
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Those who can’t tell their Johnny Rotten’s from their Right Said Fred’s will be entertained by Coogan’s charmingly relaxed turn and Frank Cottrell Boyce’s ardent script."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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D+ |
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(2002) |
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"Couldn’t have been more generic if it tried."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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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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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Manifests and maintains a drug-induced nightmare state of apocalyptic proportions."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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1.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"30 Days of Night amounts to two hours of missed opportunities."
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"far more original than I thought possible"
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Filmcritic.com |
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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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Charlotte Weekly |
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D |
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(2002) |
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"Screenwriter Rob Perez knows as much about both self-discipline and Catholicism as I know about echocardiography."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"These R-rated comedies sure know how to be raunchy. They just don’t know how to be short."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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C |
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(2004) |
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"Call me crazy, but I like my romantic comedies to actually have a little comedy in them."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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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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3.5/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Eminem kept his cool, and his new movie was straight dope."
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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."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Whether Gaghan is striving for abusive psychological test of torture or plodding teen drama, he ends up with both."
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Filmcritic.com |
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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"
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Filmcritic.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A low-rent, off-Broadway spectacle that's desperately in need of a stage"
[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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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"Jonze and Kaufman’s imaginations may be limitless, but their film could use some intentional grounding."
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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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."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Movies this tiresome and obvious have no business in multiplexes."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The message remains fantastic for kids, even if the director allows his events to teeter toward comical near the end."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"Wilson and Hudson can two-step with the best of them, but the music they sway to is repetitive and indistinguishable, a tune heard in countless romantic comedies of the past."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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1/5 |
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(2004) |
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"A big misfire, a big bore, and a big fat waste of time."
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Filmcritic.com |
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(2001) |
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"Does pack plenty of punches, most notably the mesmerizing turn by Smith."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"The introspective Girls is frequently beautiful, though it occasionally slips out of focus for brief stints."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Another high-brow laugher that delights in running (Ben Stiller) through the ringer."
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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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."
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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(2001) |
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"When Sweethearts runs out of sharp gags or crafty in-jokes, it leans too heavily on misplaced, cartoonish slapstick."
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Pokes fun at a program that doesn't take itself seriously, cutting down easy targets like an eighth-grade bully picking fights with first graders."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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(2001) |
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"Just never quickens your pulse."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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(2001) |
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"With Pie 2, Biggs' Jim finally rises to the challenge of being the main character the first film desperately needed him to be."
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Eclipse Magazine |
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"A blast of originality, an oddly poignant and viciously entertaining glance into the conflicted mind of a genius."
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"We didn't need a third American Pie, but you'll still get a few laughs out of it."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"On almost every level, this remake is a marked improvement."
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Charlotte Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A handsomely crafted and beautifully acted awakening story that's predictable but consistently rewarding."
[movie review] |
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Charlotte Weekly |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"No sooner had I left the theater than I already started to fughedaboutit."
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"We really can’t call this a sophomore slump. Does sophomoric slump work?"
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"no passion, no thrill, no showmanship"
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"never comes close to duplicating the urgent pacing of Brown's crackling source material"
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Though Management might be the comedian’s most mainstream effort to date, the end result is still very much an Adam Sandler comedy."
[movie review] |
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Eclipse Magazine |
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Saying Annapolis is predictable is like saying water is wet."
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"It's not that Bully bugged me. It just never managed to fly."
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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4/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Uniformly well-performed and blessed with a spotless screenplay that could easily pass a naval inspection."
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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