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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"While it's not in the same classic league, the movie has a nice Back to the Future vibe to it."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A boring, stupid, overlong, obnoxious, soulless piece of Hollywood "product.""
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"I loved (500) Days of Summer for many reasons, but for this one the most: I felt more during this movie than I have in any other romantic comedy in years."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The fact that 9 looks so breathtakingly vivid and alive is reason enough to catch it on the big screen."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"This is a little movie well worth checking out. The performances are very natural, and the themes are enticingly provocative."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"As far as I'm concerned, Angels & Demons is the first bona fide dud of the 2009 summer movie season. A typical walk up the aisle to receive communion is more exciting than this movie."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The Answer Man is like a great big breath of fresh air on the first nice day of spring. It is a story with characters who feel real, as they try to find real answers to real problems."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A cool, philosophical mindfreak."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The way the film exposes, tries, convicts, and administers punishment to homophobes - through humor rather than preachiness - had me laughing for 82 straight minutes."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"This is a fun movie, as well as an interesting peek into what entertains audiences in a different culture."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Starts off strongly, which only makes its drastic eventual decline that much more disappointing. What could have been a really quirky, edgy teen horror comedy instead turns into a crushing bore."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Coraline is just dazzling to look at, the kind of film where the frame seems to be bursting with things to discover."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Couples Retreat is like watching somebody's boring vacation videos, except that they're filled with big stars."
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Smart, provocative, fun, and exciting...District 9 is everything that Transformers 2 and G.I. Joe tried - and failed - to be."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"If The Exorcist were re-imagined by Bugs Bunny, this is what you'd get. Drag Me to Hell is a head trip for the ages."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"I didn't dislike Extract by any stretch of the imagination, but it's not necessarily the kind of movie that's worth going out of your way to see, especially at full price."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Fast & Furious represents a drastic drop in quality for the series. The reason is simple: it abandons the central premise of the franchise, which seems a betrayal of the very thing that made the other entries so enjoyable."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Slasher movies are not my cup of tea. At the same time, honesty requires me to acknowledge that Friday the 13th is a really well-made and effective example of something that I don't like."
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Hilarious while also being poignant and wise, Funny People is, hands down, my favorite movie of the summer."
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"G-Force is being shown in both 2-D and digital 3-D formats. I saw it in 2-D, and that's the preferred format because it's one less dimension for the movie to suck in."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"I don't mind if something blows up every five minutes so long as I'm given a reason to care why something is blowing up every five minutes."
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Ideally, you want to see the male and female leads end up together in a romantic comedy; if not, it all starts to become kind of creepy."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"With a comedy like this, you want to be laughing constantly, not every 15 or 20 minutes."
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"After the success of his original, director Rob Zombie warned fans that he had no intention of making a cheesy sequel. Oh, how I wish he'd stayed true to that promise."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The script is really a marvel of invention as it finds myriad ways to sink the characters deeper and deeper into the abyss, and this is where many of the film's biggest laughs come into play."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"I don't believe in magic, but I do believe in "movie magic," and this sixth installment has it."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Despite some definite tendencies toward the formulaic, He's Just Not That Into You actually has half a brain in its head."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"If you like horror movies that actually have some artistic merit to them, this is definitely one of the more noteworthy pictures of the year."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"My problem with the film is that Larry Doyle (who also penned the screenplay) seems to have softened what his novel was fundamentally about."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"I hesitate to call the film "touching" because that's kind of the antithesis of R-rated humor. So instead I will say that I Love You, Man locates comedy in the truth, and I laughed consistently."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"While The Informant! has a lot going for it stylistically, the entertainment value is sorely lacking."
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"I think this is a key work in Tarantino's career, because it shows that he can pull off a masterpiece without resorting too much to his well-established bag of tricks."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"If there's a problem for me with Inkheart, it is one of scope. This feels like it should be an epic movie, but it's not."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Unlike many recent thrillers, it's not disposable. Days after seeing it, the film is still on my mind."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A funny, cleverly-conceived, heartfelt expression of a point of view that is not nearly my own."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A good example of how someone [like writer Diablo Cody] with a fresh perspective and an original voice can make even a genre picture better."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Meryl Streep and Amy Adams are great fun to watch, and Streep could well earn yet another Oscar nomination."
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The movie has all the thematic depth of a really great arthouse film wrapped in the action and excitement of a first-rate Hollywood action picture."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The great irony of the new big-screen Land of the Lost adaptation is that the filmmakers have spent a reported $100 million to make a movie that looks like it cost $1.95. And you know what? In a weird kind of way, I actually appreciate that ethic"
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The mixture of gruesome revenge picture and self-satisfied message movie is deeply off-putting."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"It falls a bit short of the high bar it has set for itself, yet I respect the film's willingness to aim that high. And it does get enough right to be worth seeing."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"This Is It avoids the kind of messianic fervor that characterized Jackson's career. The man's work is simply allowed to speak for itself. There could be no more fitting tribute."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The ongoing advances in animation make it easier for filmmakers to create worlds we can get lost in, which is exactly what happens here."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"One of the most gut-wrenching portraits of family dysfunction ever to hit a movie screen."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The film has a profound and compelling premise. Regrettably, it seems intent on being about everything but that premise."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is that most rare of exhibits: a sequel that's actually better than the original."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Notorious is a well-made, compelling, and ultimately humane film, even if you don't like rap music."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"If you laugh at all - which I admittedly did - it is sometimes laughing at the political/social incorrectness of [the main character], and sometimes laughing at the sheer audacity of the film."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Gene Siskel used to talk about the Idiot Plot - a plot that could be resolved in five minutes, were all the characters not complete idiots. Obsessed represents the dictionary definition of the Idiot Plot."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"This is the rare fright flick that is actually grounded in some genuine human emotion."
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