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B |
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(2006) |
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"The atmosphere of schizophrenia, paranoia and disconnection from reality is the most faithful screen adaptation of Dick's sensibility to date."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1929) |
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"An Indian cast, a German director, and a mix of European and Indian financing came together to create this delicious 1929 silent romantic adventure..."
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"... a painful and poignant film at once empathetic and critical, more soberly unnerving than exciting, but never less than compelling."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Hans Petter Moland avoids the usual movie cliches of addiction and abuse in his fierce, discomforting portraits..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Stuart Townsend does an impressive balancing act in "About Adam," a sly romantic comedy set in Dublin that makes a case for the virtue of infidelity. Sort of."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"Amiably banal and instantly forgettable, it gets a barely passing grade largely for just showing up."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1951) |
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"Billy Wilder is the American cinema's most famous cynic, but nothing in his career is as scathing as his indictment of the American media circus..."
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MSN.com |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"I can't think of another film in which the embarrassment over a freak bowel movement impedes the course of love and commitment."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"Director Paul Schrader is too removed from the powerful emotions roiling through the film, but it may be the only way to handle the horrors he's forced to confront."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"The innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Jensen doesn't pretend it's cute and/or harmless -- there's a fascinating ambiguity to the happy fantasy laid over the misery and failure."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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(2009) |
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"Greg Mottola's semi-autobiographical coming of age comedy is as smart and perceptive as they come."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"It's less outrageously funny than Superbad but more savvy."
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Seanax.com |
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(1988) |
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"The celebration of storytelling and the magic of fantasy is not really a kids film... but the whimsical treat does capture the spirit of innocent wonder, even with the nightmare ripples."
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"There is such a joy of play in the film that it's easy to overlook the overdone performances and the lazy script shortcuts."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2000) |
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"It’s a modest film but rich with observation and unspoken regret, and the texture of their performances bring it to life."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1997) |
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"Schrader has made his reputation revealing the scarred psyches of American men.... In "Affliction" he creates his most poignant and powerful work."
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Seattle Weekly |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"... a rousing celebration of a genuine people's hero and a timely reminder that a free press is the greatest weapon in the arsenal of democracy and freedom."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"... the debut feature from French director Audrey Estrougo has echoes of Abdellatif Kechiche's L'Esquive... but has its own sensibility and its own vivid surprises."
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GreenCine |
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(1980) |
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"Is it the best comedy ever made? I don't know, but it surely is the funniest.I stand by that. And don't call me Shirley."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"... a celebratory drama engineered to leave you choked up and cheering."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"It's not much of a plot and TV veteran director Geoffrey Sax struggles with the big-screen demands of action scenes."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(1990) |
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"... creaks somewhat under his pretentions, but his questions and ruminations are honest and his playful direction gushes with a love of film and filmmaking."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A |
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(1978) |
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"Chahine's reach exceeds his grasp, but it hardly seems a fault in the bright, bustling mural of a film."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A |
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(2002) |
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"Claude Miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(1998) |
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"(Andre) Techine seems oddly disengaged from the drama... and the film ends abruptly, unexpectedly, on a pleasing but dramatically underwhelming note."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"... captures the pain and desperation of adolescent powerlessness and humiliation with powerful intimacy..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"There's not much to All About Steve but it's a part Bullock does well: the tomboy, the goofball, the cute but weird ugly duckling..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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D |
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(2002) |
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"Afraid to pitch into farce, yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics, All the Queen's Men is finally just one long drag."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2005) |
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"[Director Christoffer] Boe offers us a vision of love as a beautiful thing that leaves destruction and pain in its wake."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"... so familiar you may have moments of deja vu."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"For all of the credibility of the performances (or at least the teens), it all feels like recycled social commentary."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"It's an enjoyable and frequently hilarious lampoon of easy targets, but a stinging satire would be so much more satisfying."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1992) |
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"[Tony] Scott's epic treatment is well crafted but lacks the drama of the modern crime classics his film evokes."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"American Pie 2 is hardly sophisticated, but it's as inspired as teen sex comedies get."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C+ |
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(2001) |
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"Gardos has poured her soul into the film but her story is undercut by a dramatic clumsiness."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"In the world of comic-book movies, American Splendor is the real deal, the warts-and-all adventures of the most unlikely hero on the comic stands."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"The portraits of these kids often feel honest, sometimes intrusive, and occasionally they come off a little camera-conscious, which may simply be the nature of the beast."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Often helplessly hilarious in its adolescent gross-out way, yet the cast periodically invests the film with sweetness."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"An invigorating film, without a doubt."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C |
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(2003) |
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"... simply abstract, substituting romantic gesture for romance and gluing scenes together with vague emotional logic and silky style."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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D |
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(2001) |
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"a leaden piece of touchy-feely melodrama about a pair of soul-scarred trauma survivors who fall in love and start tearing down the walls they've built around their hearts.
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[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"The sleek style and sassy attitude gets mired in a vague, soft-headed psychology of self-affirmation and daytime talk-show platitudes as the angel turns every encounter into a lesson in self-esteem and character building."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1964) |
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"It's overripe melodrama with an overtone of camp, a comically lush score, and plenty of heaving décolletage from (Michele) Mercier."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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(2009) |
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"... a safe little piece of conspiracy thriller hokum under a façade of church politics and Papal secrets."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"... a welcome return to celebrating the engaging, unexpected and creative examples of contemporary animated short filmmaking."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"The underdog story doesn't miss a cliche, even though it never figures out whether it's a boxing picture or a military drama."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"Though the film is overlong and overly familiar, Leigh and Cumming ultimately bring a sincere sensitivity and understanding to the material."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"It may be too intense at times for wee ones, but kids of 5 and up testing the limits of their independence in the big world should relate to Lucas, dig the crazy insect world and embrace the imagination behind the colorful adventure."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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4/10 |
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(2001) |
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"It's phony and forced, but mostly it's just silly."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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