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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"...a synthetic, spineless suspense piece that cobbles together all the familiar ingredients of sensationalistic cynicism on the gaudy backs of a sneering DeNiro and edgy Pacino"
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The Coens' brand of irreverent chuckles propels Burn After Reading as a stylistic and sassy sideshow for unredeemable rogues on the road to surrealistic scrutiny."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The Pang Brothers' remake yearns to be sensationalistic and probing but falls short in its request for a slight redemptive actioner that sizzles with moral conflict and confusion."
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1/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Pointlessly rancid and redundant...Hopefully, Disaster Movie will indeed vanish as quickly as a three-second burp at a chili-eating contest."
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"...breezy and banal...hops nowhere particularly interesting. Overall, there's nothing whimsical, fuzzy or provocative about this chosen Bunny."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Thunder is ambitiously blunt and blasphemous in its bombastic barbs of treasured absurdity...[a] calculated comedy drenched in volumes of manufactured viciousness and succulent screwball vibrancy."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The special effects feel rather synthetic for a big-time summer blockbuster. When the smoke finally clears Hancock emerges as just another routine riff on the superhero genre"
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Triumphant and teary-eyed, WALL-E withstands its mellifluous moments with a welcomed surge of honesty, impishness and introspection...smart, heart-warming and savvy in its observational radar."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Unconventionally quirky in its unassuming blue-collar bluntness, Expired is comically horrifying in its examination of lonely people living on the fringe of professional obscurity and personalized disarray."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Enriching, methodical and visually arresting, Radio Cape Cod is an unconventional narrative in that it correlates its amorous themes with the nuances of nature and scientific curiosities."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Rozema delivers an elegantly spry children's tale about nostalgic hardship and growing pains in the overly sentimental but uniquely inspiring Kit Kittredge."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"...an economically poignant melodrama about a young Muslim girl's fragile mindset and the journey that leads to her self-discovery...relentlessly affecting in mind and consciousness."
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1/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The Love Guru is creatively awful. The feeling you derive from this dud is comparable to swallowing a bottle of bulky Viagra pills while nursing an inflamed strep throat."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Carell's wacky presence uplifts the modern-day gizmo-crazed Smart to a passable parade of pure inspired silliness that pays adequate homage to the iconic TV series."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Willingly raucous and revved up for your escapist consideration do welcome this plump yet profoundly prancing panda into your thrill-seeking heart."
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TheWorldJournal.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Director Duggan serves up a scattershot satire that is about as funny as a Palestinian landmine at an Israeli kiddie birthday party. Broad, offensive and thinly veiled..."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It's too bad that the false sense of high heel empowerment never registers as soundly as our resident money-styling maidens look to achieve in this beleaguered City."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Explosive and visually arresting in its colorful swagger...a reactive and revolving roller-coaster ride of demolishing proportions."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Outlandishly spry and equipped with Ford's deadpan spunk. The formula is daringly familiar because Spielberg's action-packed narrative hasn't missed a step."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Travel is an ambitious, involving and extensive travelogue that challenges the imagination. [A] feasible fable that allows one to remain contemplative and connected"
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"...absorbing, mysterious, lyrical and distinctively titillating...a moody masterpiece that is thrillingly alarming...[a] tale of wandering hedonism and anguish"
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Resourcefully intriguing, sentimental and cunningly relevant, Road to Victory juggles its revolving subject matters with effortless candor and consideration."
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4/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Utterly engrossing and captivating in its inquisitive scope. Provocative and polarizing, Taxi invites us to eavesdrop on a movement of mistrust and mischievous mayhem"
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Pared-down with flat-footed characterizations, tacked on scenic shots of worldly venues and a choppy script that isn't disciplined enough to tap into our escapist imaginations, Jumper is a toothless travelogue that treks up the wrong charted route."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The cornea-deprived caper The Eye definitely sports a blurry vision in the meager horror B-movie sweepstakes...never sees clearly in its search for doomsday enlightenment."
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TheWorldJournal.com |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins feels like a rudimentary retread of previously outrageous "black attack" farces... needlessly cluttered, unfocused and pointless..."
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World Voice News |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The "fool's gold" in this case is the money being thrown down by the clueless moviegoer to see this trivial travelogue...Gold has no distinctive shine to its glitter"
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Resourcefully intriguing, sentimental and cunningly relevant, Road to Victory juggles its revolving subject matters with effortless candor and consideration."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"[A] pointless payday for director Khourie's banal blank check comedy...a straining pseudo-hysterical heist flick that has all the giddy appeal of an empty bank draft."
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World Voice News |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Carney's Once is definitely not enough...thoroughly inspirational, lyrical, charming and cheeky...a winning spark that ignites the lovelorn imagination."
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TheWorldJournal.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Wagner's penetrating narrative is poetically stimulating in its smart approach to its dialogue-driven excellence and standout performances."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Synthetically dull, manipulative and emotionally clunky, Baumbach's mawkish melodrama is a pretentious and garrulous character study that sits idly in its moping gibberish."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"George sustains this lightweight soap opera with the predictable pap of a Lifetime channel movie...this particular Road is certainly under construction."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Hysterically potent, thought-provoking and deliciously nostalgic. Overall, the proposed chatter is warranted in the movingly impish Talk to Me."
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TheWorldJournal.com |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Despite Shelly's twist of disturbing fate, WAITRESS will be a memorialized nod of a little gem of a film that delivered a slice of pie to our hungry, entertaining expectations"
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Cunningly perceptive and hip in its irresistible skepticism about the comforts and uncertainties of love, Juno is enchantingly bright and breezy in its effecting resonance."
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World Voice News |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The anemically kooky coal-in-the-stocking comedy feebly employs the same tactics. The toothless slapstick Fred Claus is merely "ho ho ho" and a bottle of dumb!"
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Absorbingly touching and terrifying, A Mighty Heart is an intimate film but has the gutsy and reflective ingredients of sorrow, introspection and outrage."
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World Voice News |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Unfortunately for Martian Child this has more maple sap pouring out of it than a neglected Vermont tree looking for a good tapping."
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TheWorldJournal.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A spelling bee. A busy bee. A killer bee. But a Seinfeld bee? Sorry Jerry, your hapless honey-seeking hero doesn't create much of an animated buzz."
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World Voice News |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"American Gangster dares to look in the menacing mirror and reflect the scabrous priorities that define some handsomely yet disillusion others hauntingly."
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World Voice News |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Stultifying in its pseudo-sensationalistic schlock, this numbingly and nightmarish narrative has no legitimate creepy conviction beyond flexing its meaningless, morose muscles"
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World Voice News |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Heartwarming, quirky and quietly affecting...the overall package is peppered with an easy-going dosage of reflective schmaltz...warm, inviting and actively spirited..."
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World Voice News |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"...housing top-notch actors and their hefty paychecks but nothing else beyond the obviousness of the melodramatic malarkey it spouts with empty conviction."
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World Voice News |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"[A] tortured morality play that takes place on the salacious sidewalks where bluebloods and bombastic blue-collared souls equally pound the pavement in cynical unity."
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World Voice News |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Bleak, bombastic and belligerent, Slade's blood-busting bohemians will indeed take a caustic chunk out of your imaginative horrifying souls."
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World Voice News |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Surprisingly, this insightful tearjerker is padded with expressive layers well beyond the average made-for-television sentiments because of the penetrating performances."
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World Voice News |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Let's face it, folks...we need another repetitive spoof movie like a piglet needs dirty fingernails...never registers beyond aping its lazy connect-the-dots jocularity."
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World Voice News |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Inspirational but overly cliched with its pseudo-earnestness...In short, this heartland-based hokum about a high school baseball team is definitely corn off the cob."
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World Voice News |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Lyrical and reflective, Married is an entertaining inquiry into that everlasting hunt for elusive marital bliss and the empty-hearted casualties that are all too familiar with its unpredictability."
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