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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Bill Plympton's fourth collection of his short films is every bit as creative, if not quite as anarchic, as his earlier work."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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" The film is fun, but the characters are not well developed. The audience has to be onboard not for the characters but for the twisty ride."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"After UP set a standard for character development, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS falls short."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The first half is inventive, but the film really loses steam in the second half. Too many technical problems went unsolved in bringing this story to the screen."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Somewhere between Gaiman's writing and the rendering on the screen this film loses coherence with too little happening that makes sense."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"DEAD SNOW is done with sufficient style to keep it interesting, but a little originality would have gone a long way."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"While the film is asking difficult questions, it is a first rank piece of science fiction. When it starts to answer those questions in the easiest and most predictable ways the film becomes just another loud summer action film."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"What is nice about this film is it is different from most of the horror films being made currently. What is disappointing is that it is not enough different from some of the classics of the horror genre."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"This film will bring back memories of films like MEMENTO, 21 GRAMS, and some time machine stories, but it is really very different."
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Amusing and frustrating. But it is undeniably entertaining and one gets a certain amazement at the creativity of Khouri's mind under pressure--much the same quality that Clifford Irving has in THE HOAX."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Rather than a serious attempt to resurrect the Gothic horror of the 1960s it is more just a reverential nod or even a send-up."
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The plot of this film is impenetrable but the dialog is hilarious and comes a staccato pace. This is a comedy of political backbiting, in-fighting, and out-fighting."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"In Steven Soderbergh's hands and with some very strange stylistic choices the story becomes muddled and more confusing than necessary."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Some of it is good; much of it is preposterous. In trying to meld comedy and tragedy it entertains fitfully and requires more patience than most Tarantino films do."
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"I like the sheer quantity of ideas in this film, but I am not sure that they all fit so nicely together. I expect with some thought the flaws will seem less important and the audacity of the plot will win out."
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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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(2009) |
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"From opposite ends of the world the two can say anything to each other, and the clay animation lets us see what their minds' eyes are seeing. The story is wise and funny in ways it could not be in live action."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The jokes are good; the animation is fine; the 3-D is awesome. But still the film fails to make a monster or an alien as powerful a character as the little clownfish Marlin from FINDING NEMO."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"It builds to a satisfying and almost funny denouement with a cleverly intricate sequence involving all of the primary characters of the plot."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"While the film is full of some very cogent arguments, there are major flaws in his case."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Hayao Miyazaki is off his game with this film that has weaker art and animation than his usual films and a script that needed another draft or two."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"issues are complex and the approaches to the solution are even more so. This film makes it hard to agree with either side."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"SKILLS LIKE THIS has a lot to offer, reminding us of the adage that the cheapest way to improve a film is with solid writing."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"A new fan of the series--and there are more that I would have expected--can enjoy STAR TREK, but a veteran "Trek" devotee will get a lot more out of it."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The story is simple and compelling and the title leaves no doubt where the story is going. This is a powerful film for those willing to see its extreme violence."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"This is a good science documentary about a problem that does not get much press. [It] raises disturbing questions."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The film suggests the viewer see the proceedings in two ways, as a believer might and as an unbeliever might. This makes it really two films."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Pixar has gone past the point where they made animated films that happened to be good stories. Now they are making good stories that happen to be animated."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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3/10 |
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(2009) |
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"With a film featuring all this violence and with superheroes the last thing you would expect is a film so dreary and tedious."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"While the book works fine for the younger set, the film tries to be too much an Alice-in-Wonderland-class story for all ages, but it rarely works for both young and old at the same time."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"A surprisingly sharp and cynical story about success, public image, and fame and is about both those who have it and those who don't."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Gertrude Berg herself probably could not have made a better documentary of her life and her creations than YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The novel was written for young adults and the film feels like it pulls its punches. The final horrifying revelation is still a long way from the painful realities of those days."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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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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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A realistic depiction of what it would be like if a giant monster really did attack Manhattan. The photography is jarring, but not as jarring as the realism."
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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."
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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."
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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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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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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A film with some rough edges, but also some promise. Under the comedy this is a sad and tender story."
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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 is made a little idealized, but this is a chapter of history that has rarely been explored before."
[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 nifty plot and the puzzles that keep coming should be a pleasure for any thinking viewer."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"While the main character is Michael Sheen's David Frost, Frank Langella is fascinating as the cold and withdrawn Richard Nixon."
[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."
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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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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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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."
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