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3/4 |
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"A relentless and painful reminder of concentration camp terrors and famine relief operations."
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'3/4' |
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(2005) |
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"Dense and well-crafted."
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3/4 |
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(1997) |
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'3.5/4' |
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(2005) |
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"A precocious documentary that speaks the universal language of rhythm and soul."
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'2.5/4' |
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(2005) |
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"The cuddly factor ultimately wears thin..."
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Swingers fans beware."
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3/4 |
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(1998) |
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The film’s strength lies not in the harrowing crimes of its namesakes, but in the feisty spirit of the maltreated girls whose determination to escape their Dickensian nightmare transcends all."
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10/10 |
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(1999) |
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"A stunning achievement."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Lightweight montages and fairy-tale platitudes fit the narrative like a glass slipper."
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Shame on you, Frank Darabont, for taking up my precious holiday time with glycerin tears and blue-screen sunsets."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Campy theatrics and Busby Berkeley choreography set on a ridiculously breathtaking island paradise -- what's not to love?"
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Clunky pacing, poorly lit action sequences and bad scripting do nothing to impress."
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3/4 |
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(1998) |
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4/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Outrageously entertaining and perfectly profound."
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"When it’s good, it’s very good, keeping its twists close to the vest and unfolding its mysteries in marvelous movie time."
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4/4 |
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(1999) |
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"...busy nothings add up to motion picture somethings in one of the year's most charming films."
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'4/4' |
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(2005) |
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"An enthralling documentary of uncompromising charm and splendor."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Noah Baumbach knows his way around an honest exploration of family and friendship and Margot serves to reinforce the point."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Director Ira Sachs plays it wistful not wayward, sticking to essential melodrama and tidy infidelities while dropping narrative cherry bombs for calculated effect."
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2/4 |
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(1996) |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"John Cusack is the only bright spot in an otherwise sentimentally sloppy drama that telegraphs its plot points with a blinding laser beam."
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3.5/4 |
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(1996) |
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"An epic spectacle born of a bygone era that reeks of unruly exuberance."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A refreshingly tetchy indie wrapped in mainstream clothing."
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Relies heavily on its Rat-Pack-ish ambience and retro style to propel its disjointed storyline steadily forward."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(1996) |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Be prepared for sensory overload when you enter the world of eccentric auteurs Andy and Larry Wachowski."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Only hardcore fans will delight at the surface slick to which the brothers Wachowski have succumbed to conclude their philosophical opus."
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Engagingly prepossessing but slightly rough around the edges."
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(2005) |
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"Establishes a fragile tension that’s both disquieting and hopeful but its poetic nature is abstract in the extreme."
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite: friends will be friends through thick and thin."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"For the culturally uninitiated (us), it's a judgmental struggle regarding this Brazilian Lolita and her unorthodox cabaret."
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3.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The poignant story represents its players’ vulnerabilities with swift and clean lines."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A cerebrally frothy charmer."
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Despite his mainstream-heavy sensibility Marshall has crafted a textured film companion to Arthur Golden's stunning masterwork."
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'3/4' |
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(2005) |
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"Heavily nuanced and weighty with tension."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"The mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things: unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs."
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Aufmuth.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Its captivating conundrum is as subtle as a jackhammer."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(1999) |
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4/4 |
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(2004) |
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"One of the most intriguing films of the year."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A resonant throwback with deep roots to the political thrillers of the 1970s; slick, smart and saturated in dramatic paranoia."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(1996) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A labyrinth of corruption and buzz words that resonate with anxiety and afford some narrative confusion."
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Christopher Guest's newest mockumentary is on the subtler side, maintaining a delightfully dry wit and well-balance restraint."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A slice of history well worth revisiting."
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