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C+ |
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(2006) |
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" The movie manages to float...on the capable shoulders of the dementedly talented Black and a well chosen supporting cast.
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Simply put, "The Namesake" is one of the best films about family, heritage and identity to hit the big screen in ages."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"With the exception of Laura Linney's perceptive portrayal of Mrs. X...everything about this film falls flat beginning with Johansson's lead performance."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"...a very adult revel in all things childish and a comical expression of dramatic themes. While not quite a classic, it is nonetheless a magically constructed children's film.
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"This goofy American original works largely due to the determined weirdness of star Jon Heder"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Support is top notch across the board, with John Ortiz ("Ali") most notable as Octavio Ruiz, a pantless crack addict who set his girlfriend's hair on fire for giving him the clap who then goes on to profess his love for her"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2003) |
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"A final big 'twist,' which should be no surprise..., sets everything to right again, a case of French marital therapy by way of the Red Shoe Diaries.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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F |
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(2003) |
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"I'll give ten bucks to the first gypsy willing to curse anyone
even suggesting a sequel."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"...dumb popcorn fun that dishes out more of the same for those too overwhelmed by the holiday to seek more challenging fare."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"There's a poignancy hearing Young's refrain, 'and I'm gettin' old,' almost a quarter of a century later and a bit of awe that the voice sounds so much the same."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"Acting, particularly by Tambor, almost makes "Never Again" worthwhile, but [writer/director] Schaeffer should follow his titular advice"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"This erotically charged melodrama about two vastly different Korean experiences in New York City and the Caucasian woman straddling both is beautifully directed by Gina Kim who balances emotional subtleties and highly charged scenarios without ever losing"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"...sweetened by the 'let's put on a show!' quality of the filmmaking. Theater lovers, in particular, should get a kick out of this slight but likable effort."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D |
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(2002) |
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"plays like a series of unrelated scenes that were thrown into a blender with a broken puree button"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Malick has reimagined the popular American legend as an epic love story set across oceans and civilizations, a clash of nature versus industry in three parts.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"..worth the effort for the four pieces called out - Nair's is deep and playful at the same time, Attal's very well written and acted. Hughes' is perhaps the best example of the theme...while Akin's is the most visually inventive and mysterious"
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"...can't be totally written off because Cage is actually good in this role and he and Jessica Biel have the type of chemistry that make the romance worth rooting for."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2002) |
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"a fun entertainment stuffed with small dazzlers"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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""Nick and Nora" should prove a breakout for both lead Dennings and Ari Graynor who bears the load of the film's physical and gross out comedy as Nora's thoroughly drunk yet endearing best friend Caroline"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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""Nico and Dani" is refreshing after the lowbrow sniggering found in
American teen sex comedies."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"After taking way too long to spark its many subplots, "Nicotina" smolders into an addictive romp that is at turns lightweight and grisly"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"...most notable for the inventive new touches added which prove amusing diversions to the dull central throughline...It's kind of like the movie equivalent of a toddler's busy box."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"...a grungy, flashy looking film that should please genre fans, but on the whole it's all rather predictable. The truest test - whether it inspires a desire for its sequels - only attains a half-hearted passing grade.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(1993) |
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"This is an amazing looking film."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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D+ |
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(2008) |
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"...a goopy, disjointed weepie elevated ever so slightly by the reteaming of "Unfaithful" costars Gere and Lane."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"...an amalgamation of "Romancing the Stone" (writer leaves safe life to experience adventure), "Cloak & Dagger" (same actor portrays father and literary hero) and "Home Alone" (kid fends off adult home invaders)."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"like a concept album, where even the order of play affects the emotional outcome"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who's seen George Roy Hill's 1973 film, "The Sting.""
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"...an elegy for an American way of life that may make liberals side with the old El Paso Sheriff who bemoans today's youth with their drugs and green hair. It's a Texan lament not heard since The Last Picture Show."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2007) |
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"This is the Iraq War documentary that covers all bases...Just listen to the silence of those who refuted Fahrenheit 911."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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""No Man's Land" makes it's message go down with a laugh before it sucker punches you."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"The Christ allegory doesn't work because there is no foundation for it"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2008) |
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"...the whole thing plays like a film student's exercise, the audience a rat being led through a maze for a dry food pellet."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2005) |
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"...profoundly moving and bittersweet"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"...a hip rendition of a familiar tale made unfamiliar by its exotic location and it's genuinely surprise ending. Writer/director Kári is one to watch.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"...one of the most compelling acts most people have never heard of"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"...it is another Eddie altogether, Eddie Griffin, that gives the film its few laughs."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"makes a convincing case for sexual harassment laws and the power of a united front, but its structure front-loads the evidence in flashforwards, weakening its climax"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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""Northfork" benefits from reflection, but there is no denying its flaws. The Polish brothers clearly have a vision, but it is rarified and they only succeed in conveying part of it"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2004) |
|
"who knew the skinhead of The Believer would have such romantic chemistry with the lead Mean Girl?"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"I'd rather watching "Nothing Like the Holidays" every holiday season than ever watch "Four Christmases" again."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"As presented by the filmmakers, Wallace was a jumble of contradictions which they do nothing to explain."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"Cho, who's first concert film was more like a group therapy session than comedy, lightens up considerably for her second"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"stuffed full of ideas, artfully crafted and thoroughly engrossing"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Mañas has created such vivid political theater within his film, those unfamiliar with the Spanish art movement may believe they're learning about an actual group."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2001) |
|
"a hopelessly over-plotted tale where the players are jerked around by the
whims of story line rather than character development"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Adapting Stefanie Zweig's novel for the screen, director Caroline Link looks at the struggles of a German family working through social and cultural clashes much like the last film which earned her an Oscar nomination, albeit on a more epic and exotic lev"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"...it's as if debuting screenwriter Fernley Phillips was too lazy to even rip off second rate King."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"With its glaring plot holes, over-reliance on coincidence and unexplained central conceit, it is hard to fathom why this project drew the likes of Jim Carry and Virginia Madsen."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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9/10 |
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(2000) |
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"The compassion and humor in the script makes it one of the year's best."
[movie review] |
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