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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"It relies primarily on charm and unabashed sweetness that perfectly suits Efron's easy grace."
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Beliefnet |
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C- |
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(2009) |
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""2012" is yet another example of technological genius and story-telling mediocrity."
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"By the time we see those first, early moments of heady connection, we realize how the sweetness of those initial feelings will become almost unbearably poignant."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Tim Burton protege Shane Acker has proven a better student of the letter of his mentor's work than the spirit."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Writer/director Max Mayer has crafted a sensitive, even lyrical, script that quickly makes us care about both of these characters."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Mottola manages to avoid the cliches and create characters with warmth and specificity and -- that rarest quality in movies of this genre -- some grace"
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"The shrewd script has two of the 1950's primary fixations: the couple who exemplify "togetherness" and the teenagers who could be juvenile delinquents."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"What works best in the film are the special effects, clearly the primary focus as the talented cast gets less attention than the CGI and wire work."
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2009) |
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"Somewhere, like the pea in the bed of the princess, is an idea that could be interesting. Unfortunately, it's smothered in 20 mattresses of awful and 20 more of dumb."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"It just never takes off."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Nicole Beharie makes one of the most thrilling feature film debuts in years."
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Carey Mulligan, in a star-making turn, makes this into one of the best films of the year."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Once again the heavy exposition translates unevenly to the screen as the actors chew through paragraphs of detailed information while careening through the streets of Rome."
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Beliefnet |
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"If you think it's a good idea to begin a movie for children by killing off a young boy in an industrial accident as his father looks on, raise your hand. Anyone?"
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"A little edgier than "High School Musical" and a little smarter than the usual tween fare, "Bandslam" is a refreshing late-summer treat for tweens, teens, and their families."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"The animation may be three-dimensional but the story is one-dimensional in this dull saga of humans invading an alien planet -- from the perspective of the aliens."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"This movie is smarter than it had to be, which gives its emotional core even more of punch."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"Movies thrive on smackdowns. "Clash of the Titans." "Alien vs. Predator." "Freddy vs. Jason." Rocky vs. Apollo Creed. And now, Bridezilla vs. Bridezilla."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Moore's most telling argument is about the extinguishing of the middle class, and the consequences of losing the crucial foundation of our economy and our culture."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"It true to the tone of the series, a combination of teenage angst and outrageous grotesquery, with the recognition that sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"This is a fresh and clever film, with both wit and heart, a family delight, more fun than a hailstorm of jellybeans followed by pizza flurries."
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"It is always a mistake for a movie to be more in love with its heroine than the audience is."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The creepier it gets, the more mesmerizing the visuals, ravishingly grotesque and dazzlingly inventive."
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2009) |
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"We just keep wishing they would get out of the way and let us enjoy the pretty scenery."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"A well-intentioned but ham-handed exploration of U.S. immigration policies, this movie's message is undermined by its cardboard characters and clunky script."
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"The utter freedom of camera movement evokes a visceral sense of buoyant jubilation that immediately connects us to the movie's setting."
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Instead of running around and shrieking, this story posits an even more believable reaction to an alien invasion --- a bureaucratic one."
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"A sharp, twisty, and very stylish thriller, this time with romance and a bit of stardust. The result is a top-notch date movie for grown-ups."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"It has no flair."
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"It is a revealing reflection of its target audience: kids used to keeping up to date via tweets and Facebook status lines...the entire audience diagnosed with ADD."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"It is a shame that a movie about the people who are most passionate about edgy, imaginative stories is itself slipshod and formulaic."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Anderson's liveliest and most appealing movie...every shot filled with precise and intricate detail. This is movie-making as Cornell Box."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"The imagination of the almost-identical title matches the imagination of the almost-identical script."
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2009) |
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"I think the screenplay is punchdrunk."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"No surprises along the way -- except perhaps how poorly the cheerleading routines are photographed and how much you can get away with in a PG-13 movie."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"What starts out as an intriguing dance between two different themes ends up as a brawl in which crass and shallow wins by a TKO in the 23rd round."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"Top voice talent and good 3D computer graphics cannot make up for the fact that this film is utterly synthetic as well as crass, loud, and vulgar."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"Not as deep as Matthew McConaughey's dimples."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Should be seen by everyone, especially mothers and daughters, to remind us that all hair is good hair and that beauty is more about how we feel than how we look."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"This is slash and burn, shock and awe comedy and it's cheery outrageousness makes enough of it work to, in Don Ready's terms, make the sale."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Hanks is a likeable onscreen presence with an easy affability."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"A cheerfully outrageous comedy, with much of the humor coming from discovering with them just how appallingly they have violated every standard of appropriate behavior."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The movie will satisfy Cyrus fans and give their families a sense of why they love her so much."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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A |
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(2009) |
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"Once again, J.K. Rowling and screenwriter Steve Kloves expertly blend the most intimate and personal of teenage feelings with the grander concerns about the fate of the world."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The film balances humor with some sharply observed moments and painfully familiar conversations that are sure to provoke lively debates on the way home from the theater."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Cute kids cuter dogs = one doggone cute movie."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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D |
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(2009) |
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"Takes the tiredest and most predictable elements,wrings out any authentic or appealing detail, and then drags out every single set-piece to the agonizing breaking point."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Rudd is at his best in the small moments when his character is trying hard to be a "regular guy" even though in his heart he suspects that whatever it takes, it is beyond him."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The sweet nature of this film is engaging and the adorable characters designed by illustrator Peter de Seve make this movie both satisfying and fun."
[movie review] |
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Beliefnet |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Murphy limits himself to just one role and seems to enjoy portraying the straight-laced but superbly professional Danielson and allowing him to thaw without overdoing it."
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Beliefnet |
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