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B- |
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(2004) |
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"While Mario Van Peebles' gauzy adoration for his father causes BAADASSSSS! to be less defined than it should be, the obvious affection makes the uneven film heartfelt."
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Mixed Reviews |
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A |
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(2004) |
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"Even when he's paying homage to other great filmmakers, it still remains an indisputably Almodovar experience."
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Mixed Reviews |
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A |
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(2001) |
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"Desire, violence, revenge, and obsession play out against a map of sex and love."
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Mixed Reviews |
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A |
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(2003) |
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"One feels awestruck by Arcand's accomplishment: starkly aware of life's beauty, its fragility, and the undeniable truth that friends, lovers, and family are what makes us who we are."
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Mixed Reviews |
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C- |
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(2005) |
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"It argues, ironically, that pretty people should only end up with pretty people, and the best we can do is hope that the temp with bad hair will find us equally nerd-hot."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"A complex, finely woven tale of nontraditional family. Such enjoyments are far too rare."
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Mixed Reviews |
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A |
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(2000) |
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"Un cri de coeur...Julian Schnabel's latest work can only be described as one of those soul-stirring cries."
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Mixed Reviews |
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"Before Sunset has an immediacy that makes other movies feel comatose."
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Mixed Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"The real kudos should go to screenwriter Kelly Masterson, who provocatively mixed a crime drama premise into a film exploring the legacy of damage family members impose upon one another."
[movie review] |
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Modern Fabulousity |
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C |
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(2004) |
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"If A Room with a View looked inside the repressed passions of its characters, Being Julia seems content to just put a frame around them and call it a day."
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Mixed Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"A vain attempt not only to restore Darin's place in history, but to improve upon it... Colick's underdeveloped screenplay has trouble placing Darin's life onto a heroic scale."
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Mixed Reviews |
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C |
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(2003) |
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"The whimsy feels so forced, so labored, so (dare I say it) dull...Big Fish ends up being a film about magic that holds little magic of its own."
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Mixed Reviews |
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A |
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(2001) |
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"Dramatically taught, crisply shot and vibrantly visualized, this film deserves a place in the war film pantheon."
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Mixed Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2004) |
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"Zatoichi finds a legacy diminished by his new, updated masters.
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[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B- |
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(2000) |
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"The New York Stock Exchange gets a healthy dose of Gen-X amorality, but in the end, the more things change, the more things stay the same."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Posh, stylish, and with very little going on in its head, Bon Voyage is neither as dizzying nor as entertaining as it could be."
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Mixed Reviews |
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"Subtitled "a comedy about defying fate," Bored in Brno really should have spent more time trying to defy conventionality.
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[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"Aspires to be both a whammo action blockbuster and an intelligent think piece...a delicate balance for any film to pull off."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"A buffed-up, kick-a** version of our modern collective consciousness."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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A+ |
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(2002) |
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"The film's strength isn't in its details, but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself, with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest, media-soaked fears."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Brocka leaps into the small circle of leading queer filmmakers of our time, sculpting an unpredictable romance that is complex, sophisticated and thoughtful."
[movie review] |
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Modern Fabulousity |
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10/10 |
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(1999) |
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"Hilary Swank is the find of the year!"
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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7/10 |
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(1999) |
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"Breakfast of Champions is a feast for the imagination, not the screen."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Effortlessly nailing coquettish mannerisms and employing a hilarious come-hither vocal quality, Murphy is magnetizing, fascinating, and eminently likeable."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"It's got moments, it's got performances to recommend, but they still haven't figured out how to create the magic of Bollywood in a form for the US market."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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A |
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(1999) |
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"A scalding-hot reminder of Scorsese's talent, and his adoration of Manhattan's otherworldly cosmicity."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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A+ |
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(2005) |
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"The Marlboro Man has reawakened as an archetype fully realized, brimming with ambivalence and complexity."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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A+ |
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(2004) |
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"May just be the most sophisticated and compelling movie about the lives of black gay men ever made."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Bombastic, whimsical, and delicious, The Brothers Grimm is really a comic ghost story wrapped in the postmodern folds of Shakespeare In Love."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Won't leave you disappointed, but it may leave you hungry for something more substantial."
[movie review] |
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Mixed Reviews |
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