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C- |
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(2009) |
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"Exactly what you'd expect from the combination of its release date, genre, and MPAA rating"
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Valkyrie's suspense isn't of the rousing, creep-to-the-edge-of-your-seat variety. The film is cold, metallic; the tension it creates is more akin to dread."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"There's a thoughtful story here struggling to bloom, and the movie stamps it down at every opportunity. Even Jim Carrey's classic manic energy, usually so welcome, is oppressive."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"The film doesn't shove its message down your throat, and its prestige pic status belies its subtle intelligence."
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"Streep and Hoffman are two of the most exciting actors we have, and their performances make Doubt an intense experience, almost akin to a thriller."
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C- |
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(2008) |
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"The nonsensical result of shoehorning the same damn message into every 'holiday' movie, year after year."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Weakest as a biopic, but the context is fascinating, and Gus Van Sant presents it with elegance and clarity."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"These aren't vampires. These are fairies."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Bernie Mac's death doesn't make Soul Men any better, but it may make it worth seeing."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Continues the trend of R-rated comedies mixing serious don't-bring-grandma vulgarity with totally unironic, all-stops-out sweetness and sentimentality."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"The last half hour contains scenes that are almost obscene in their earnestness."
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Film Blather |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"It's long and messy, covering all the bases and then some, but it's also fantastically entertaining. Its 140 minutes feel more like 90."
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Film Blather |
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(2009) |
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"A droll and witty delight."
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(2008) |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"A thoroughly clichéd virginity-deadline teen comedy with none of American Pie's trangsressiveness (it's hard, these days) and little of Superbad's intelligence."
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(2008) |
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"It's esoteric, and its audience is small, but if you're part of it, you know who you are."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Mostly, this is Hollywood excess the way I like to see it: skillfully done, and with a beating heart."
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(2008) |
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"What could have been a blindly reverent biopic, and/or a tediously respectable prestige picture, instead at least tries to deal with the issues it raises, and tries to do so with with some subtlety and grace."
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"Easily the smartest film to date about the post-9/11 'war on terror.'"
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"If we're going to have a comic recycle his schtick, there are few I'd prefer to Cera, whose hesitant, awkwardly verbal stock character is one of the most reliably funny tropes in mainstream comedy today."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Okay, look: everybody has got to stop crying."
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(2008) |
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"I wouldn't call The Duchess boring; it held my attention. But if you came upon it while channel-surfing, you probably wouldn't stop."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Some of the moving parts squeak, especially toward the end. But it's still largely a pleasure."
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(2008) |
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"A middling film, an overwrought and occasionally laughable corrupt cop drama that you've seen countless times."
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(2009) |
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"Though Me & Orson Welles is nice and smart and unobjectionable, it's the least exciting, least vibrant movie Linklater has ever made."
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(2009) |
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"Though Kim's western pastiche may be insubstantial, it's anything but a drag. It's masterfully directed, legitimately funny, and legitimately fun, thoroughly enjoyable even at an excessive 129 minutes."
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(2009) |
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"The Brothers Bloom doesn't live up to Johnson's debut, true, but few films could. This is hardly a sophomore slump. A movie this engaging, this rigorous, this alive is nothing to complain about."
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D |
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(2008) |
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"All posturing and artifice -- not cool or funny, though sometimes scary in its nihilism and flippancy."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Flash of Genius is a conventional crowdpleaser but not, I'm pleased to report, a shameless one."
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(2008) |
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"It never develops its clever ideas, it just repeats them until they're played out. By the end of the film there's nothing left."
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(2008) |
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"This is a mightily strange movie, at times very funny; I can certainly recommend it to those who are curious about it. Those who can't stand being around stoners may like it less."
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A |
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(2008) |
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"It's a movie about America, terrorism and the rule of law; about heroism and human nature. The dude in the bat suit is just window-dressing."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"I wanted to like the movie more; there's plenty here for a cinephile to dig. But ultimately it's underwhelming -- and, with the exception of a couple uncanny images, forgettable."
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D |
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(2008) |
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"Meant as a non-stop roller-coaster ride, it mistakes spectacle for energy, fancy effects for wonder, and a lazy meta-plot for a clever update of a classic."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Summer '08 has been full of decent, largely predictable rollercoaster rides, but here's one that's a little off-kilter, and kind of unique."
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"The fact that Wall-E's not merely adorable, but central to a serious, thoughtful, adult story is still another illustration of Pixar's downright heroic commitment to the craft."
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C- |
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(2008) |
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"The film has no discernible rhythm, little in the way of wit, and the plot plays like Myers considered it an unpleasant obligation."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Why create a universe this utterly gonzo if all you're going to do is repeat the same 'believe-in-yourself' and 'everyone-is-special' pablum kids have heard a million times?"
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Film Blather |
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D+ |
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(2008) |
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"No matter what you think about Zohan's humor or its politics, in no universe should it have been longer than 85 minutes. 112 is punishment."
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Film Blather |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"I guess I can be most useful to this weekend's potential drag-alongs: it's not excruciating. I was never more than mildly annoyed."
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Film Blather |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"A wise, engaging, and astoundingly comprehensive look at the steroid 'controversy.'"
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Deft, clever and fast-paced; it hits all the nostalgic touchstones and introduces memorable, worthwhile new players."
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Film Blather |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"A two-hour-and-fifteen-minute sugar rush of a film, dazzling and exciting, a little too frantic and a little too long."
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D |
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(2008) |
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" I am so tired of these miserable things that pass for romantic comedies these days, thoughtless assembly-line products that recycle the same components in ever-dumber packaging over and over again."
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F |
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(2008) |
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"It's offensive because it's so incredibly, almost supernaturally, stupid."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Every time the movie feels like it's about to cross over into the realm of the genuinely inspired, something or someone slams on the brakes."
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Film Blather |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Minkoff and Fusco blur the line between homage and laziness."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"A movie for those of us who have wanted to see Wong Kar Wai's talents applied to storytelling rather than abstraction."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"For something that was pitched as a screwball comedy, Leatherheads is kind of lumbering, unwieldy, and awkward."
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