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"Alternately clumsy and clever, it’s nonetheless the new order of Shakespeare."
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"The premise alone is worth the price of admission and the first hour is some of 2008's most intriguing cinema."
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"Satisfying dramedy with an artery blocked heart."
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"Sally Hawkins' enchanting performance is yet another example that Leigh's trademark technique is working."
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"Curiously sticky with the residue of lurid exploitation."
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(1997) |
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(1998) |
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(1997) |
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"A watered-down, CG-saturated nod to moviemaking convention."
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"Alfonso Cuarón has fashioned J.K. Rowling’s imaginative text into a visually and emotionally satisfying stunner."
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""Harry Potter" stands on its own as an accomplished cinematic achievement."
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"A study in shades of gray, offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers..."
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"Silly scripting and relentlessly conventional structure don’t hurt a bit."
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(2009) |
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"Tangles its large cast of characters and storylines into virtual knots."
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" An historical romance cum love triangle that can’t see the forest for the trees."
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"Director Laurent Cantet dabbles in the waters of change with great subtlety."
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"In the battle of style versus substance, it's style by a head."
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(1995) |
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(2001) |
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"A bit of Zeus' myth, a tad of Freud, everything but the kitchen sink."
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"A smart day-in-the-life-of charmer."
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(2001) |
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"Great verbiage aside, the red herrings and manipulations boil down to too much of a good thing."
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(1998) |
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"An excess of tired elements lend the narrative the trite sensation of an ABC After-School Special."
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"Nothing kills my Viggo jones like a bad western set in the Arabian Desert."
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(2005) |
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"De Niro is slumming and he knows it."
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(1999) |
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(1998) |
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(1998) |
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(2001) |
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(2005) |
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"Touches on dusky psychological nerves while maintaining an uncharacteristically easy accessibility."
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(2005) |
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"Smith charms his way through piled-on platitudes and social faux-pas’ with his groove intact."
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"Can’t a couple of hunky guys pull off the buddy dynamic with the sheer force of their masculine star power? Surprisingly, the chemistry between Ford and Hartnett is flatlined – not a spark in sight."
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(2006) |
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"Transcends its clumsy title and proves itself a respectable period piece."
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(2003) |
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"A foundation of acute yearning underscores a studied pathos."
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(1999) |
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"Narrative wobbles a tremulous line between heartfelt and glib, keeping just within the confines of realistic emotion and credulity."
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"An irksome, postmodernist hodgepodge."
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(1998) |
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(1998) |
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"A lovely piece of filmmaking."
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(2007) |
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"A colorful dissection of the fiendish creature genre that touches on a number of contemporary themes."
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(2007) |
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"The humor is dry and the satire raw."
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(2005) |
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"A mawkish coming-of-age tale that relies on melodramatic theatrics."
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(2000) |
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(1998) |
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(2003) |
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"The plot pulls off a few unexpectedly dramatic kinks, adding unforeseen edge and a welcome surprise factor to the sentimental proceedings."
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(2003) |
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"A tasty romantic comedy, featuring the battle of the sexes in its most fanciful light."
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