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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This is the sort of movie that sends me to the keyboard to topple negative expectations, praise the participants, and hopefully drive up their box office a little."
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Despite the huge farcical situations and comedy genius cast, Extract is not so much riproarious as thoughtful and true %u2013 not unlike Judge's animated series King of the Hill"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Even if the subject of the magazine doesn't interest you, the mechanics of making it happen will add much to the story of these two women for whom fashion is the world, not just a job."
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"High concept, interesting, and well-performed, but ironically soulless. I enjoyed the journey we went on with Paul, but it had some intangible thing lacking."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Puts the viscera in visceral but a thought-provoking exploration of our increasingly disconnected society in drag as mindless action."
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"97% mature, solid, suspenseful, respectful, artistic, violent, sophisticated, tremulous, funny, surprising"
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Paper Heart is a kooky, gentle movie that's all about love, and well worth a look with an open heart."
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Low key in its excellence by just being solid and real and well thought-out...substantial and revealing."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Merlin's pants, what a fine motion picture! Steve Kloves is back and it makes all the difference in the world. This was a fantastic adaptation of an excellent book, and well worth your time and money."
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"I found it difficult at times to remember that these men are actors. The tension is pulled to just the right tautness to be sustained over time without having to defuse it with a narrative break. And the acting is great."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"You would think that sexy 1930's gangsters using excessive force and chasing around in gorgeous cars would at least be enough to help me forget that I need to do some laundry, but you would be wrong."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The whole flavor of the movie seems to be trying to reproduce other small, earnest films, but I always got the feeling that it was an imitation flavoring. Wonderful cast."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"My only complaint about The Hangover is that so many excellent moments were ruined by the preview. The Hangover, particularly Ed Helms, is very funny. Don't bring a family member and don't try any of this at home."
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"In the moment, it all feels very dangerous and urgent and important, but in retrospect it seems almost silly. What is The Taking of Pelham 123 meant to be? Drama? Spoof? It succeeds and fails at both at the same time."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's basically non-violent, yet at moments I felt a deep %u2013 not horror, exactly, more like dismayed awe %u2013 at what we are discovering with Sam. My companions and I left the theatre feeling very satisfied, and I hope you will as well. Moon feels"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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" I really can't recommend it. Despite the fact that I support the idea of comedy horror, I do generally ask that it contain at the very least either comedy or horror."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Land of the Lost the movie is upbeat, pretty silly, but funny in enough portion to render it pleasant, with heavy reliance on the tongue-in-cheek art of understatement."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The Proposal feels both new and familiar. It's new, in that it doesn't obey a lot of rules of romantic comedies, while not breaking with tradition, and familiar in that it is reminiscent of some of the best romantic comedies without seeming too derivativ"
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The benefits of grounding comedy in reality are never-ending, and Yes Man takes advantage of most of them. Peyton Reed is officially one of my favorite comic directors."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Kym crashes through her family and the weekend, careening off real and imaginary obstacles with a fierce yet still sympathetic rancor. It's the home movie you hope never to see of your life, impeccably filled with color and on-set live music and life and"
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Cinerina |
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2.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Push is neither great nor terrible, it's got a labored climax, but it also has Dakota Fanning who really can make any part better just by being cast in it. Catch it on HBO with some popcorn if you like."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The title and premise alone sound like every stupid comedy you've avoided for decades. Something was different %u2013 something was done right. Three other friends shared my secret shame enjoying this amiable, broad %u2013 and subtle %u2013 romantic act"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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" What I say to people who ask me, "what did you think of it?" I just say I loved it."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's really a relationship comedy more than a romantic comedy, since a lot of the film is concerned with demonstrating when one should walk away, rather than when to lean in for the kiss and cleave."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"At times it was trying too hard to be WHIMSICAL %u2122 and missing the point that whimsy is best taken unselfconsciously. By all means see it if you can also endure the tedious splendor that is Nightmare Before Christmas. They are both stunning to look"
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I have no doubt that the novel makes this movie seem but a glissando of a complex series of emotional notes, but I can say that I was torn up every which way by the end of it."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"See it for Owen's trademarked thinking cap and glower, the Guggenheim, the score, and the smugness of knowing first-hand that banks are actually much, much stupider than any movie could ever predict. Check it out, it's a fun time."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Watchmen should not have been made into a movie, at least not this movie, but I do hope you fanboys enjoy your three-hour music video of your favorite graphic novel. I am so disappointed in this film for its own sake, never mind for the sake of the origi"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"So many things worked so well that you might not expect would %u2013 from the cheery fakery of an awkward high school reunion to the complexities of this line of work."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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" Some producers sat in a screening room and thought, "Wow, this is gonna be great!" I give the filmmakers kudos for fully committing to an ending that others might have tried to mitigate or avert. They also fully committed to the immensely stupid surprise"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's not really clear why this movie was necessary %u2013 it does not reinvent the 50's movie so much as do a highly faithful cover version of it. (Gus Van Sandy's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho is a similar pointless academic exercise.)"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's enjoyable, toothless, and a disposable smartypants hero movie. These are rare enough that they deserve attention."
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"tate of Play is a smoothly written, almost instantly forgettable procedural featuring people we have trouble caring about."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"I Love You, Man is a fun, charming comedy with the casual profanity of a bunch of dudes, but not a deep reliance on gross-out humor or sexcapades."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This movie wasn't firing on all cylinders despite some of them being great cylinders."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This movie was comfortably middle of the road. While Dreamworks has frankly annoyed me to the point of almost-boycott, they can't forever turn out such drivel, right? Monsters Vs Aliens is not poo at all, it's not bad. It's not going to set the world o"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Adventureland as a film never really takes off %u2013 some things are resolved, other things happen that make things change, but it always has this vague sense of only being exposition and pretty soon the movie will begin."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"17 Again manages to be very sweet and romantic for the most part, and despite the fetishizing of living in the past, it really more about being responsible for one's choices and grateful for what one has."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"I will not apologize for giving this movie a strong Matinee with Snacks rating. I came out of it all pumped and gleeful and satisfied, and if anyone wants much more than that from a Terminator movie, well, it also has some freaking great sequences and ef"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Smithsonian wants to be frothy, but it can't help having a little more heart and soul than you'd expect or even require. Give it a chance, it's a fun show."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"My six companions and I uniformly fell in love with this movie, and I can't wait to see it again, even at $15 for 3-D."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Jenkins, as always has a quiet, almost apologetic hesitation to his performance that serves him well as Walter....a very sweet and gentle film."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"He antagonized people, he galvanized people, and he mesmerized me even from beyond the grave thanks to Penn's and Van Sant's beautiful and inspiring work here."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Is the movie trying too hard? In moments of self-doubt, I wonder...I found the performances stellar and I was emotionally rocked and rolled; I ask for little more."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Writing this review gave me more appreciation for the film as a work than I had while I was watching it. Perhaps it was intended to be more like a lovely poem or a painting."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I would have found it easier to get emotionally invested in Le Coup (rather than abstractly awed) if I had a better sense of his coup de foudre."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Feels like they wanted to make 5 different holiday movies and couldn't decide which plot line was best, so they rolled them all together, glossing over everything."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"We left the theatre feeling that we had spent a satisfying evening at the movies, but in retrospect I wish the screenwriters had tweaked the story's sophistication as much as they did the technical effects."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I.O.U.S.A manages to keep this dense, dry information dynamic enough to be interesting and terrifying enough to be important."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Recreates the old pleasure of discovering an epic en masse...One moment in particular elicited a mass groan of ecstasy from our packed audience, which then elicited empathetic giggles from everyone."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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