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B |
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(2005) |
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"Jacquot has really excelled at recreating another era - the movie feels like a lost New Wave film just coming to light."
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"...it leaves us wishing Spielberg had applied more of
Kubrick's obsessive fine tuning."
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C- |
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(2002) |
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"One would think that the adapter of "Traffic" would know that swilling vodka shots...would be unlikely to produce a psychedelically 'connected' state"
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Grant is certainly amusing, but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length"
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B |
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(2008) |
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"As in "Tuvalu," Veit's style is reminiscent of both France's Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Delicattessen") with their whimsical machinery and surreal worlds and Canada's Guy Maddin's use of silent film standards..."
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(2007) |
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"Valeria Bruni Tedeschi does a terrific job with her portrayal of an actress who has trouble unraveling her life from her performance, but the setting she gives this gem doesn't show it off in its best light."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"Mayer and his lead, Hugh Dancy, do a fine job conveying where an 'Aspie' is coming from, but Mayer's direction of his actors is weak with several scenes notable for off timing, amateurishness or staginess."
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C |
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(2002) |
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"Adam Sandler's heart may be in the right place, but he needs to pull his head out of his butt"
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"[Adjani's] performance is both a retread of 1975's The Story of Adele H and of...Herzog's Nosferatu, debilitating handicaps thirty years later in this film.
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"...the epitome of an Atom Egoyan movie, with its themes of technological influences on human communication and finding the truth amidst family secrets."
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Eisenberg's a good young actor who can make intelligence and decency sexy..."
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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""The Adventures of
Felix" and its star have charm to spare."
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D- |
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(2005) |
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"Mind-numbingly boring and woodenly acted...The Rodriguezes are subjecting everyone to their own home movie"
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(2000) |
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C- |
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(2001) |
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"This ham-handed period piece could cast Oscar winner Hilary Swank back to the ranks she came from."
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Marking follows four contestants for the three months leading up to "Afghan Star's" finale and, while there are some amusing parallels to "American Idol," it is also clear Glambert would risk stoning had he been performing in Afghanistan."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"...the type of work that should inspire social reform"
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"It's an engrossing experience, although at least one story strand...doesn't pass muster when viewed a second time.
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"...star Mads Mikkelsen is becoming internationally known and while he delivers another fine performance here it is Rolf Lassgård who proves the revelation as the billionaire with a huge hidden agenda."
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C |
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(2003) |
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"Ryan, fitted out with...Brokovich-provocative wardrobe gives an interesting performance, but one that constantly demands analysis"
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B |
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(2003) |
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"[Broomfield's] least exploitative, most personal work to date"
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B |
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(2007) |
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"The documentary is very well paced, beginning with a montage of just what one would presume to be the typical air guitar of a drunken concert goer and progressing into a film chronicling something like showmanship."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"fine production values and an Oscar nomination
worthy performance from Billy Bob Thornton make The Alamo worthwhile"
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"After a shaky start, Wilson and Hudson manage to inject some charm into the proceedings, but "Alex & Emma" is a very slight affair"
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"Ironically, there is little in Oliver Stone's dream project that marks it as an Oliver Stone film"
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Mann's attempt to notate every historical event in a decade dense with them detracts from his biographical subject"
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Perhaps nothing is more lovingly recreated that the glorious technicolor of the time (the film was shot on Super 16), owing as much to production designer Ian D. Thomas's team as the technicians."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"It presents complex ideas simply with amazing visuals to wow those from eight to eighty."
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9/10 |
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(1999) |
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"A satisfying emotional journey."
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D+ |
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(2009) |
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"...features the singular most awful line of dialogue in a movie this year..."
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Leigh and his actors make the everyday a revelatory look at human behavior"
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"Sean Penn is expectedly dynamic...but even he cannot overcome a film that has him turn on a dime from duped small timer to Machiavellian manipulator."
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B- |
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(2003) |
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""All the Real Girls" gets the central relationship right, but surrounds it with vignettes that are meaningless, confusing or too damn quirky for their own good."
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9/10 |
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(2000) |
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"A well acted ensemble piece without a single lackluster note."
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"Deville's film is pleasant, its characters good company, but it does not sustain itself."
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"Stiller continues with his brand of physically clinched characters who always seem to have major bathroom mishaps"
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B |
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(2007) |
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"[Cassavetes] creates an astonishing amount of tension building towards his 'I-can't-believe-this-is-really-going-to-happen' climax."
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"Given the potential richness and entertainment value of the subject matter, Hirsch's documentary engages more with the honorable nature of its subject matter than its execution. Pacing, length and an unfocussed narrative thread eventually wear the viewer"
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B |
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(2002) |
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"...grounded in the terrific comedic performance of François Morel, who turns Alain's paranoias into an ever-escalating parade of misinterpreted missteps."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"[Screenwriter] Knight should be remembered at year's end for not only telling a compelling story, but for delightfully smart and witty dialogue that never feels unnatural in the actors' mouths."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"Hilary Swank certainly looks the part and...fits the period well, ...but although her Amelia talks about her love of flight, Nair fails to really make us feel it."
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"this technically wondrous and charming film is a delight"
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"Costa-Gavras returns to full potency with this masterful film, an examination of culpability as well as the biography of a little known figure whose story deserves to be told."
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C+ |
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(2001) |
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"...while they [Crystal & Tolan] sprinkle the script with several brilliant bits, their story
begins to deflate just when it should be reaching its comic climax."
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2009) |
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"Did Metcalf spend a weekend watching "Summer of '42" and "JFK" and decide they'd make a good mash-up?"
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"...plays like Serpico by way of Scarface if Tony Montana was an accountant."
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C+ |
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(2001) |
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"so atrociously ridiculous it's entertaining"
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C+ |
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(2001) |
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"..."An American Rhapsody" takes a bumpy road on its way home."
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"The real surprise of the film...is Hope Davis, who is utterly hilarious in her blank faced seriousness of purpose"
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Burstein's camera is right on Mitch's face when he presumably first notices Hannah playing with her band on the school's stage - happy accident? planted idea? editing with hindsight?"
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