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C |
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(2008) |
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"What should have stayed in Vegas is this movie."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"The Wachowskis have taken the iconic but decidedly low-tech 1960's Japanese cartoon character and put the pedal to the metal with dazzling effects and electrifying action."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Cheerfully offensive, cheekily raunchy, happily outrageous, and often just plain disgusting, the movie avoids the usual sophomore slump by ramping up the political jabs while keeping it all unpretentious and moving quickly."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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""Baby Mama" is not just smart, warm, funny, and romantic, it is an especially welcome dose of XX chromosome humor in an Apatow-flooded XY era."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"It shows that no one has more reason to stick it to The Man with rock music than people who are most defiantly not going gently into that good night."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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D |
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(2008) |
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"The movie itself is an example of design by faith and emotion rather than intelligence, defined as rationality grounded in proof."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"It does not take itself too seriously but it does take the action scenes seriously."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Segal writes some hilarious lines, and there is a deliriously random detour into vampire musical theater puppetry. But the film's happiest surprise is Russell Brand."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"The characters might be too smart for their own good, but the movie could use a few more IQ points."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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""Street Kings" is a like a Cliff's Notes version of Training Day not that Training Day was any special challenge to the mental muscle. Corruption is bad, we get it."
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Like the 1925 ragtag professional football team it follows, this movie has more high spirits than ability to deliver."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"An eye-filling and heart-warming story"
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"[Director Joseph] Cedar gives a surreal, dreamlike quality to many scenes, underscoring the soldiers' isolation."
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Denver Post |
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"a profound exploration of identity, meaning and human struggles in all times and places."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"An overlong over-conventional under-funny romantic comedy. To put it in its own terms, it might make it as a 100-yard-dash, but does not have the stamina for a marathon."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Despite the sincerity of its aspirations, it's hampered by awkward construction...and Hollywood gloss that cannot come close to the real-life soldiers telling their stories."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"The two leads here are not nearly as desperate for Drillbit to come through as the script is, but it never happens."
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"The magical glow makes it easier to address some heart-rending themes that might be too disturbing if told in a more straightforward manner."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Fetishised footage of taut, muscular young men grappling with and pounding on each other. All I could think was, "Oh, go ahead. Back down. We'll all be happier.""
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"They finally got Dr. Seuss right in this warm-hearted and heart-warming story of the elephant who is "faithful 100 percent" and the world on a little speck of dust that he rescues."
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2005) |
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Click here to see the review!
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The Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"If you are ten years old fan of video games with a short attention span and no knowledge of history, you will love this movie. The further you stray from these core qualifications, the less you will love it."
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2008) |
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"[The] plot would make even the lightweight storylines of "That's So Raven" seem literary. It would make the lightweight storylines of a Bazooka Joe comic strip seem literary."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"It may be traditional, but it is not the slightest bit musty."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Stylish direction from Roger Donaldson and British understatement balance the tension with sly and often-outrageous humor."
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Like its hero and heroine, this movie is not for everyone, but it will be loved by those who know how to appreciate it."
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Beliefnet |
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C- |
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(2008) |
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""Semi-Pro" is not even semi-funny."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Take away the sumptuous settings and Hollywood glamour and what you have here is like Henry VIII for Dummies enacted by the cast of the OC."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"The film's message about the way that listening and being listened to are essential and life-changing is honest and touching. But it runs out of ideas and the conclusion feels rushed. Like the main character, the film should have had more faith in itself."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"A gimmicky thriller without much of a gimmick or many thrills, "Vantage Point" suffers, too, from being out of synch with its time."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"This charming little fairy tale is more than a sweet and heart-warming story; it is a thoughtful exploration of the power of stories, why we are enthralled byhearing and watching them and why we are even more captivated by telling them."
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Gorgeous cinematography from Caleb Deschanel (The Black Stallion) and wonderfully intricate production design from James D. Bissell create a believably magical world of dusty tomes and toothy goblins."
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2008) |
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""The Business of Being Born" is messy and amateurish but heartfelt and compelling."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Halfway through Kevin Kline shows up in a performance of such vitality and honesty that it shows how two-dimensional the rest of the movie is."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"This movie is paced for an audience that grew up multi-tasking and its aesthetic sensibility and depth of story-telling is equivalent to a beer commercial."
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Beliefnet |
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(2008) |
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"The story may be old, but these kids act -- and dance -- as though they are telling it for the first time."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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D |
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(2008) |
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"This pea-brained vanity production does not have the energy to remember from one scene to the next what it is about or why it is on screen. It is attention-deficit film-making."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"There are a lot of outrageous, raunchy, and insulting comments from caricatured family members, but, surprisingly, considering that most of them are played by stand-up comics, very few actual jokes."
[movie review] |
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Like its namesake, this one is all glitter."
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2008) |
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"starts out badly, gets much worse, and then after it is just dull for a while, it veers off into a whole new category of awful."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"It loses all meaning and becomes a numbing barrage of blood. We end up wondering how the special effects were achieved instead of investing in the outcome."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"The thin and predictable plot benefits from likable performances by Wesley, Armstrong, and the rest of the cast, from some distinctive detail about the Caribbean immigrant population and their community, and from some smokin' dance moves."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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""U2 in 3D" doesn't just give you the feeling of being at a rock concert. It gives you the feeling of being a rock star."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Watching this film is like hoping to be tossed a bride's bouquet."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"What force on earth is strong enough to unite an upper middle class suburban housewife, a poor African American single mother and a young, spaced out rock n' roll fan living in a trailer? Why, the opportunity to steal from the government, of course."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"A clever premise keeps the audience literally off-balance."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"The colorful but limited animation can seem static on the big screen, but the gentle humor and equally gentle lessons will appeal to younger children and long-time fans."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"It has the slapstick of a The Three Stooges short without the comic timing, the characters of "Hot Ghetto Mess" without the irony, and the stereotypes of Amos 'n' Andy without the wit."
[movie review] |
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Dying just seems an excuse for a geriatric, spend-it-all Spring Break."
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"The film is extraordinary, expanding the forms of memoir and of animation, told with enormous insight into the most intimate moments of adolescent longing and the most complex aspects of political upheaval."
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Beliefnet |
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