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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The story produces a gamut of emotions from comic to tragic. This film is touching and occasionally powerful. If one can get by the early negative characterizations, it eventually rewards the viewer."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The story is made a little idealized, but this is a chapter of history that has rarely been explored before."
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Mitchell could easily go on to do much better things, but this film is not the most auspicious calling card. If I were to give him advice it would be to think about reusing this premise in a serious film."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Actually quite good. This is a nice tense political thriller that sticks fairly closely to history."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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9/10 |
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(2008) |
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"More than just a film, David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is a genuine accomplishment. It stylistically shows a span of history, carefully orchestrating an evolution of style and mood that tracks the passing years."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is not a piece of throwaway fluff. It is a dark film of pain, most not of a supernatural origin."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Darren Aronofsky tells a solid character-driven drama with simplicity and impact."
[movie review] |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Benicio del Toro looks the part, but Soderbergh does little to flesh out his other characters. Just following what is happening is hard work."
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This is a really off-the-wall nihilistic fantasy that may please a small segment of the audience and perhaps even become a cult film."
[movie review] |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Much of the story seems distorted for melodramatic effect. The concept of the film makes it seem light, but the first reel is very violent and perhaps harrowing."
[movie review] |
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This makes the film interesting in concept but disappointing in execution. And surreal touches added throughout that just do not add up to anything but a film more challenging than rewarding."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Mike Leigh seems to have had a great time writing about this woman who uses her sunny attitude as armor against life and more surprisingly finds that it works for her."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This is a decent spy thriller on an adult level. The tone is downbeat, but it is still one of the best in the series."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A fine cast produces a surprisingly low-key outing. It sports a plot like a Western from 45 years ago, but pacing familiar from LONESOME DOVE."
[movie review] |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"There is room for a simple, feel-good story in the holiday season and HOW ABOUT YOU fills the bill nicely. A good ensemble cast brings this adaptation of a Maeve Binchy short story to its amiable if predictable end."
[movie review] |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Mr. Maher's arguments against religious irrationality seem to be on the side of the angels. This is a film that is funny and disquieting."
[movie review] |
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6/10 |
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(2002) |
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"The story is weak on logic, but the writing is warm and frequently laugh-out-loud funny."
[movie review] |
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7/10 |
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(2002) |
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"Lucas does not always
recognize his limitations. This tends to make films of mixed
quality. Still, there is always enough that is excellent to make
them worth seeing."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Koury goes back and forth among the threads, but he could have used a few more threads and his camera was not always on the most interesting material."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"I would like to feel that these dull people are a comic fiction. Unfortunately, I think that Brian Wright might be right. The eventual statement made by the film may be a little trite even for so short a film."
[movie review] |
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7/10 |
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(1968) |
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"This time capsule of the late 1960s is a lot of fun, some of it edifying, and quite worth the effort to find."
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9/10 |
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(1951) |
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"Billy Wilder's take on human selfishness and callousness makes for one of the most angry and cynical films ever made."
[movie review] |
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7/10 |
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(1924) |
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"This original version runs a little slowly by modern standards, but it has one of the great performances by the under-appreciated Conrad Veidt."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The first half has some very good writing, but the film loses its center and wanders in its second half."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Very probably will be one of the best science fiction films of this decade. It really deserves to be seen."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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3/10 |
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(1959) |
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"This is obviously a decent script mangled by a very bad production."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"TRAITOR starts with the complexity and credibility of a John LeCarre spy story and transforms itself into an action thriller of the Frederick Forsyth mold."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"There are several pieces of vulgar language in the film that some viewers might find objectionable. I found them neither objectionable nor particularly funny. In fact, that sums up how I felt about the entire film."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"It manages to bring together an action film and a thought piece. This is a lot more than we have come to expect from a comic book film."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Fun as thrill ride, but surprisingly poor as film."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The visuals of HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY are a triumph of imagination, but the story is more of a failure."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A saga of blood feuds, betrayals, vendettas, and a lot of fighting The film is entertaining but more macho than intelligent."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"It is all about some serious problems our world is facing. Under the laughs and the humanized robots this is a serious science fiction film and well above average for the genre."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"THE INCREDIBLE HULK is a darker and grimmer superhero film with a more tragic hero than we have seen of late from the Marvel films."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This may be the last film to feature Trumbo's writing and it has some of his most powerful prose. It is may be the best film that has ever been made about the Hollywood blacklist and the Hollywood Ten."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The production values are amateurish, but the story is involving and probably will not disappoint fans of THE SOPRANOS."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This film is a compendium of geographic misinformation as well as solid collection of action sequences."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is that sort of horror film that really needs a Friday night or a great deal of suspension of disbelief."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If you
can get past the irony (or hypocrisy) of the
central concept Jon Favreau's adaptation is reasonably entertaining and uses
its digital effects energetically."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Never really comes to any surprising connections. But the film is a pleasant way to meet seven people whose names all happen to be Jim Killeen."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Films about moral issues are not uncommon. Films that leave the questions open are considerably rarer. This film trusts the viewer to make his own moral judgements as well as dramatizing a nearly forgotten chapter of history."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A suspenseful film carried off without the viewer knowing what the suspense is all about. ... The mystery happening in the margins of this story is more interesting than the mainline plot."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The story of the nearly thirty years of courage in the face of repression in the Soviet Union. This is polished and evocative filmmaking."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A comic documentary that is supposedly an inquiry into the reasons for the poor quality of Hollywood films... The result is amusing but nowhere near profound."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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4/10 |
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(2007) |
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"'Startlingly original' is not necessarily a good thing, particularly when it is at the cost of good storytelling."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The story is simple and the production values are equally simple, appearing to be as effective as a small budget could allow."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"We get a mix of comedy, tragedy, and some mysticism. The stories are strange and offbeat and just matter-of-factly seem to drift into magical realism."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Somehow the characters never manage to make it all the way to likable. This film works as a quick throwaway comedy, only 90 minutes long, but is likely to be quickly forgotten."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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4/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The film satirizes well-intentioned socially conscious documentaries, examining how zombies have been integrated into the general population. It has a rewarding last half hour if the viewer can wait it out."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This film is full of action and actual suspense. The wit of the story is not always obvious when watching the film, but does come out in retrospect."
[movie review] |
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