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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Noyce utilizes simple, stylish camerawork and spare dialogue to delivery pregnantly poignant anguish."
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4/4 |
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(2008) |
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"As a recovering addict on the verge of imploding Hathaway is the stuff that Oscar dreams of."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"I don’t cotton to having syrupy melodrama shoved down my throat, nor do I like it tied up in a stagy and innocuous package."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Tender, funny, and ripe with feeling."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Sydney Pollack directs with a risk-free style that's borderline dull."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(1996) |
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Maybe it’s the hype but I’m not feeling the love."
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Devos and Cassel give arresting performances as perpetual outsiders who absorb themselves in the ultimate struggle for power and position."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Packaged with a smart script, palpable tension and enough ambiguity to keep you guessing."
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"PC stability notwithstanding, the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat, fairy-tale conclusion."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The grizzled veteran and gullible trainee routine has been done before, and done better."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"I can think of no earthly reason to remake an excellent example of film noir other than the calculating ka-ching of box office dollars."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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'3/4' |
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(2005) |
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"Establishes a mood and manages to keep it edgy and claustrophobic throughout."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Its pace is altogether too measured, but ultimately pays off in broad Hitchcockian strokes"
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Brian De Palma has achieved a fresh level of perspective; the psychological wounds of war as seen through the eyes of the damaged and eternally damned."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Matthew McConaughey tries, and fails, to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The unlikely alliance at the center of it all is dark, edgy and saturated with history and sentiment."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Gabriele Muccino cunningly plays his characters as a unit and as individuals, allowing for a continual series of dramatic vignettes."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Will someone please make me a great football movie?"
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The soul of Larson's then-timely passion play is intact; bring on the Sing-A-Long version."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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10/10 |
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(2000) |
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"A one of a kind, must-see, moviegoing experience."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A semi-absorbing but ultimately tiresome waiting game."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The dialogue is kept spare, and the visual images let loose to flow with their own comely sentiment"
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(1995) |
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"Robert Downey, Jr. can do no wrong by me, and his expressiveness and irreverence are what make this film work. Seen through his eyes, the changing currents of the times are navigable only with large doses of dark humor and compassion."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A tired re-tread of Disney's well-crafted 1953 cartoon version of "Peter Pan"."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The build-up gains slow momentum but once it finds its rhythm Rev Road is positively devastating"
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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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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Shaded intimacy and old-fashioned wisdom suffers from a ponderous pace and hackneyed undertone."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A cautionary tale of heartwarming, and irritating, proportions."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"El Dorado is not striking or groundbreaking, but it's accomplished enough."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"No sophomore slump for director Sam Mendes, who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(1995) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Futuristic cityscapes animated to cutting-edge perfection and a narrative paced like a well-oiled machine."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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'2/4' |
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(2005) |
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" I dislike the tyrannical tirades and profanity-laced psychology Paul Green uses to inspire his prodigal talent."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A predictable but engaging romp through the planet of crotch-tight leather pants, big hair, and roadie bus orgies."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Could have been a feint but instead it's a contender."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Campbell Scott's amusing and contemptuous performance is the stuff of awards."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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1/4 |
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(1999) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"High drama, Disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Damon proves once again that he's not just a face, and he does wonders with his inner and outer conflicts. Norton is wickedly sleazy as a barely-in-control low life who will undoubtedly end up back in the slammer."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"This is quirky theater infused with comic highlights, and an unfortunate number of lowlights."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Never loses touch with its whipsmart core of integrity and humor."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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1/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip, young adult entertainment."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"An easy comedy that will please some audiences but disappoint those who seek the cinematic road less traveled."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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10/10 |
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(1999) |
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"Sheer, demented entertainment."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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