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B |
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(2009) |
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"Johnson's warmth and star power and some cool effects are fun even when the storyline drags a bit."
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"Jonathan Demme's brilliant new film is messy the way life is messy. Its power sneaks up on you."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"The humor may overdo the doo-doo, but there are sweet and funny moments as Stripes tries to follow his dream and learns the importance of friends."
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Harris and Gooding give their characters depth and decency to provide some grounding for the story and keep it from getting too sugary."
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C |
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(2004) |
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"Duff has more hairdos than facial expressions, but the movie is designed around the one she has down pat, a sort of sweet "I don't know I'm adorable" sort of look."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Helen must also be willing not to be completely loved every single second. Hudson shows us as an actress that is a lesson she has already learned."
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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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4/5 |
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(2001) |
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"It is outrageous, cheerfully vulgar, undeniably lowbrow, and very, very funny."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Pixar's latest release is brilliantly animated, and a lot of fun. But it does not have a clear sense of who its audience is, and families with children who are looking for the next Finding Nemo may find themselves puzzled."
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"The movie's two greatest strengths are Foxx's performance and Charles' music...but it never surmounts the biopic hurdles that separate stories from formulas.
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2/5 |
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(2000) |
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"Incessent and very raw potty humor."
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D |
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(2003) |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"What once held some promise of being a clever film explodes into a mess of trite plot devices and sad attempts to explain the rapidly degenerating vision of the filmmakers, who seem hell-bent (pardon the pun) on imparting some sort of religious lesson."
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C |
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(2005) |
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"Another in the endless series of movies about losers and klutzes who overcome lack of talent in one quick montage to learn the meaning of teamwork and beat the meanies.
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2/5 |
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(2001) |
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"The plot, dialogue, and animation are no better than the low standards of Saturday morning television."
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B |
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(2003) |
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"In what used to be the Tom Cruise part (supremely talented but hot-headed kid with father issues), we have the supremely talented and magnetic Irish actor Colin Farrell."
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5/5 |
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(1954) |
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4/5 |
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(2002) |
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"No, we don’t get to see the fava beans or the nice chianti. But the simple sight of seeing a guest swallow a bite of food gives us goosebumps."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Craven uses the claustrophobic confines of the airplane well, keeping things moving to create visual interest but always making us aware of how vulnerable Lisa feels."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Despite his deep commitment to logic and reason (one might say he has a lot of faith in it), Maher never really makes his case."
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4/5 |
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(2000) |
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"A sure script, solid direction, and another sensational performance by Denzel Washington."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"As Hollywood tries to make sense -- or at least drama -- from current events, it is inevitable that the early attempts will seem cardboardish and melodramatic."
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"Most of the humor is just casual references to outrageous behavior, awkward sexual feelings among the cast, preening self-regard, utter cluelessness, and insecure anxiety of its characters, and slapstick."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Menzel and Martin are jump-off-the-screen superstars, fiery, gutsy, and touching. Dawson and Thoms match the old-timers every step of the way."
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4/5 |
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(2000) |
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"The football games are a hoot."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"But nuanced performances and an understated screenplay make it clear that these connections are here to underscore the way that that all of the relationships that define us are just a small part of the larger patterns that contain and sustain us all."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"In the elegaic, beautifully acted Reservation Road, both [Phoenix and Ruffalo] are trying to find a path toward wholeness and each will need the other to find it."
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Chicago Sun-Times |
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2/5 |
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(2002) |
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"There are a lot of "ewwwwww" moments."
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C |
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(2007) |
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"True to its video game origins, the movie is basically one set-piece after another, all going something like this. Alice (sometimes another character) enters a new environment. It is quiet. Too quiet. Then something scary and gross happens."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"This is a movie about honor and integrity and reputation that itself plays fast and loose with the underlying story."
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3/5 |
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(2000) |
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2/5 |
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(2002) |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"It may be, as Thoreau said, that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation," but in the movies, desperation is much more likely to be loud."
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4/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Like the life of its subject matter, there is a lot that is wrong with this movie, but there is also something right enough for a bittersweet happy ending."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Except for 50 Cent, who can't act a smidge, the actors are game but the script is tired."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"The overall tone is creepy and would leave many of the staunchest of movie-goers in dire need of brightly lit rooms and laughter."
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3/5 |
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(1992) |
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" Director Redford also addresses the theme of loving families who do not communicate pain well."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Wrenching, elegiac, but ultimately inspiring, this is a film that knows how to hold onto its own fire."
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Beliefnet |
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4/5 |
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(2000) |
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"An outstanding family movie."
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4/5 |
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(2002) |
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"A powerful, beautifully made film about fathers and sons and sin and redemption, that overrides minor flaws through beautiful directing and first class performances."
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2/5 |
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(2000) |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Vivid, engrossing, and surprising."
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Just like its endearing hero, this movie is assembled from hand-me-down parts but it has so much heart that it becomes irresistibly fresh and downright adorable."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"If ten-year-olds with Mohawked hair shriek Ozzy Osborne songs, what will they do to rebel, sing Guy Lombardo?
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3/5 |
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(2001) |
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"An umimaginative rise-and-fall story that never really captures our hearts or even our attention."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Sharp dialogue, knowing jabs at the music business, and a satisfying pay-off make this a late-summer pleasure that reminds us of what rocking out should be."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Thompson and Kendricks and the debate scenes make this one of the best coming-of-age stories in many months."
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4/5 |
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(1976) |
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"It is especially meaningful that the action behind the scenes paralleled that in the movie."
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C |
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(2006) |
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"Rocky, it's time to stay down for the count."
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