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B |
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(2005) |
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"Chéreau's period chamber drama is engrossing throughout and an interesting accompaniment to his modern day Intimacy."
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2003) |
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"There is no mystery -- everyone seems to pretty much know what happened to Galindez, yet they keep trying to find out."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"...The Rock's charm and romantic interest Roselyn Sanchez's mischievous warmth make The Game Plan an easy sit."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"expertly evokes these kids' world, where a cell phone is an all important possession, hip hop slang the language of the day and their couplings the main topic of conversation."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"Bill the Butcher is one of the most indelible characters in screen history and Day-Lewis can make one laugh out loud in admiration"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2003) |
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"Proyas...has made a film that resembles "Trainspotting" if it were sweet instead of edgy. Unfortunately, his third feature seems more like a first effort"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Braff shows a keen visual sense and scores directing scenes both comedic and touchingly human"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"screenwriters Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow strain milking laughs from pop cultural references and the repetitive observations of [cartoonist] Davis himself"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D- |
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(2009) |
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"The script is condescending to its characters to the point that poor Jennifer Coolidge should file abuse charges."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"One might think that another zombie movie from writer/director George A. Romero would be superfluous, a rehash of the many he has made since 1968's seminal Night of the Living Dead, but one would be wrong."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"...zombies are now the new bottom of the class system, subject to indignities which enrage their leader, Big Daddy (Eugene Clark, a Black man, taking Romero full circle..."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(1996) |
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"Get on the Bus may well be the best film Spike Lee's made since Do the Right Thing."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"...an awkward amalgamation of well played characters working with wildly uneven material that references newer films like "Point Break" and "Entrapment" as much as the original series."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"...a pre-worn romantic comedy formula enlivened by some spirited performances."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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""Ghost World's" ectoplasmic protagonists are haunting, but it's ethereal conclusions leave us
wanting."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"This flashy looking documentary scored by Haitian singer Wyclef Jean is such a frightening inside look at a poverty stricken society ruled by violence that it is a marvel that it got made."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"It's mostly just there and is unevenly paced, but has a few moments."
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Reeling Reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Like getting a Crackerjacks prize in a Tiffany box."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"recalls "The Compleat Beatles" in its ability to show a band's evolution artistically and historically"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"The film intrigues throughout, although suffers from an opaque performance from Sagnier and a capper of such literal symbolism it blunts what came before it."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"an unexpected surprise, a teen sex comedy that turns out to have heart and smarts"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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(1999) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"Webber perfectly captures the life of an elusive artist trapped in the politics of a household run by three generations of women"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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9/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Gradually ... Kusama's screenplay and newcomer Rodriguez' performance win you over before you realize it because they're just so real."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"It is an interesting observation on all kinds of hustling in a climate of financial freefall but fails to connect on any emotional level...more enjoyable to contemplate afterwards"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"While Keating's motives may have the public interest at heart, his methods undercut his message."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"What [Temple] does...is immerse his audience in the spirit of the festival with ingenious editing that shows the Glastonbury Festival as nothing short of a geographically bound society that just happens to exist for a few days a year."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"A funny sequence gets as
many interpretations of the law that governs the gleaning around oyster
beds as people providing them."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"the fact that this one's a little muddled, a little messy, often works in its favor."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"...a low key charmer which hews closely to classic comedy situations while attempting to change a national zeitgeist.
"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"...as if we haven't seen every twist and turn in "Goal!" a hundred times before in other movies, Goal! itself is pleased to repeat things two or three times for our benefit."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"A slicker, more upbeat, celebrity driven telling of the same story presented in 2004's Lost Boys of Sudan."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2003) |
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"While Stephen Lang
("Gettysburg" as Major General George E. Pickett) gives a fine central
performance as General Stonewall Jackson, this edition is poorly directed,
stodgily photographed, unevenly acted and undeserving of its three and
a half hour ru"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(1954) |
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"On its fiftieth anniversary, Rialto Pictures rereleases the original, uncut Japanese version of "Gojira" and film geeks everywhere should rejoice."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"This lusty, modern adaptation by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala gives the art house
crowd a period soap opera"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"It has enough strong elements to make it endure as a family classic and leave us wanting more."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"Cinematographer Ken Byrne, shooting in DVCAM, achieves some stunning, watery imagery using natural light"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...while [the] experience may often seem like viewing a crowd from a moving merry-go-round, one cannot help but be left with a sense of overwhelming hopelessness."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Affleck's stepped up to Eastwood and Scorcese, his Gone Baby Gone completing a trilogy of sorts begun with Mystic and continued with The Departed. It's as Boston as baked beans."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"a sweet tale of the love of a son for his mother set against a uniquely nostalgic backdrop"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"Arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...a surprisingly in-depth documentary in which a niche subject - black women's hair - turns out to touch upon all type of societal issues from self-esteem and ideals of beauty to economics to sexual intimacy."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Strathairn is just perfect, giving a contained performance that fairly vibrates with his need to elucidate politics for the American people."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"DeNiro's direction is masterful here - he uses "The Godfather" as his structural and thematic template yet tonally his film is as cool as its predecessor is hot."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"...offers the stunning scenery of the Amalfi coast and the thoroughly entertaining, completely endearing performance of Tom Wilkinson.."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"...Ramin Bahrani proves he is a filmmaker of grace...it is astonishing to realize just how fully we can know another person's essence with very little hard data to go on."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2009) |
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"Despite a few chuckles, this loud, obvious and raunchy comedy suffers from a worse fate than its cheesiness - it's utterly forgettable."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"...often almost as much fun as the Jim Killeens of the world appear to be having making it."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"obviously choreographed by a director of great skill, yet the sheer number of the players allow few to really register in a mystery which offers few surprises"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Not since Stir of Echoes has a vengeful ghost been quite so creepy."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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