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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...starts to feel like a one trick pony."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Zac Efron is a good looking kid who exudes a sweetness and a talent for comic timing. This film rests squarely on his shoulders and he proves capable of carrying it."
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"Cliched, bombastic, coincidental, corny and technologically implausible, "2012" is so silly it might be entertaining if it didn't go on so long."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...about the bonds that keep us tied to people, places and things...Denis has a mesmerizing directorial style"
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...ends on a meets cutesy note, but what comes before is a giddily original take on the sentiment that 'love is blind.'"
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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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Reeling Reviews |
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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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Reeling Reviews |
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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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(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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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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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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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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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"...a well acted piece and a scary indictment of the American penal system."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"...a well acted piece and a scary indictment of the American penal system."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"This is the type of film that used to marketed by the early Weinstein Miramax, a crowd pleaser whose foreign origin and assured direction make it seem like art for the masses."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2009) |
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"Relative newcomer Carey Mulligan makes a huge splash in the title role with a complex performance that balances a sophistication beyond her years (and her upbringing) with the vulnerability of youth."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"The craft on display here is stunning...and the actors are up to the von Trier's challenges, but...It's a cerebral piece of horror, one that keeps you at arm's length."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Featuring a revelatory performance from Rudolph as the centered earth mother who nonetheless worries she and Burt have become losers, "Away We Go" illustrates parenthood in every color of the spectrum."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...cowriter/producer Bernd Eichinger, who gave such depth to a much shorter historical period in "Downfall," here eventually loses his audience by refusing to streamline his cast and focus on a few significant events. It's a 10 part miniseries stuffed in"
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The film is both a police thriller and a drug addled fantasy with an iguana for a guide and Cage plays it like Hunter S. Thompson with a badge."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"The film is amusing, the musical numbers inventive, but it is also self-indulgent and full of inside jokes. One wishes that Le Besco had aimed for some real truths along with sending up the cliches."
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...a wonderful environmental fable tricked out as a 3-D computer animated science fiction actioner."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"A change of scenery to Austin, TX, shows a distinct lack of mumble...These characters may still be a bit unsure of themselves, but...have become a whole lot more articulate and sexually confident."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...reminiscent of Abdel Kechiche's "L'esquive" ("Games of Love and Chance"), yet while that film felt modern, urban and gritty, this one is more steeped in urban moodiness and doomed romance..."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...an American independent that let us experience a different kind of minority lifestyle."
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C |
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(2009) |
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"...had its heart in the right place, but in order to have a shred of believability, it needed more grit. The Tuohys are cardboard saints with a big bank account and Oher is their big lump of clay."
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D |
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(2009) |
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"...only Hudson has been stumping the talk shows on this one. Hathaway appears to be hiding in her closet until it blows over and everyone gets back to remembering her previous film."
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"With "Bright Star," writer/director Jane Campion has made a film that is like a flip, 'civilized,' version of "The Piano's" exotic wilderness."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Nicolas Winding Refn ("The Pusher" trilogy) takes an experimental approach to the biopic, letting his subject guide the way through his life so far as if it were a piece of performance art."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Borat got some pretty uncomfortable and surprising behavior from people. Brüno shoots fish in a barrel."
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A |
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(2009) |
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"This trenchant piece of work might sound on the surface like watching a CNN broadcast in a movie theater, but Østergaard has formed his film like a political thriller...astonishing and moving."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...unlike the manipulation of facts and imagery used to make his cases in "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," here a more restrained Moore comes across as more fair and even handed than he has in years"
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"...Ferrara has left a testament to a beloved place whose spirit has been corrupted by commerce."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...keeps one at arm's length, the subject handled with a light touch that keeps the emotions it should evoke at bay."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Part homage to "Tokyo Story" and a more emotionally engaging reflection on impermanence than "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Cherry Blossoms" is a film of strong sentiment that doesn't succumb to sentimentality."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Terrific use of 3D, beautiful size perspective, a stunning rendering of the ocean and witty character design make it an eyeful, while the script delights with puns, sight gags and pop culture nudge-winks."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...a biopic that is two thirds soap opera and one third character study...Fontaine does little to root Chanel's future career in her past."
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C |
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(2009) |
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"...plays like "The Golden Compass" without the depth crossed with "Being John Malkovich" with far less wit."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"The time for "Sex and the City" style extravagance has passed and "Confessions" looks like last season's shopworn goods. Fisher and Dancy cannot quite overcome a sloppy script and make the markdown look like a bargain."
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"...may be set in Bora-Bora, but it's about as much fun as a lock down with an obsessive religious cult."
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"A baby jumps in the forefront of the slaughter and one can only imagine its horrified panic - this is a dolphin holocaust and it makes one's blood boil at man's capacity for cruelty."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...a better balance of the human element against that of politics and courtrooms would have given the film a stronger emotional hook."
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"...one of the best sports films ever made, despite the paucity of play on the actual field. Many think Sheen has been unfairly overlooked by the Academy for past performances, but his Brian Clough is a career best."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"The film would have benefited immensely had it anchored its high concept to history a bit more strongly."
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"...the senior supporting players in the film are affecting and the film's underlying sentiment is honorable, but lead actor Masahiro Motoki shamefacedly mugs through this cloying and cliched film which director Takita lets drag on interminably."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...we never experience that moment when Scrooge's heart melts. He seems already changed the moment Marley leaves him."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...a sci-fi parable about bigotry and corporate greed that, backed by Jackson's special effects house WETA, brings a whole new world to the Science Fiction genre."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"...Raimi returns to his roots with a vengeance, giving his gypsy curse/exorcism horror the kind of over-the-top, almost operatic feel that hasn't graced genre screens in decades."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...one of the first truly adult romantic comedies to come down the pike in quite some time. "Duplicity" has been heaped with praise, which may raise expectations unfairly, though."
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