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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"This is a kids movie through and through, for better or worse. One thing's for sure: Chim-Chim rocks!"
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Sharp satire, d--- and fart jokes... and Neil Patrick Harris!"
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Jason Segel lets it all hang out, and we love him for it!"
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0.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"There's honestly not a single laugh in the film, unless the mere mention or sight of shit, piss and puke is hilarious to you."
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4/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Close in spirit to George Washington and All the Real Girls, with quirky characters, a bittersweet tone and an effortless sense of time and place."
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Haneke not only manipulates the audience, he goes as far as to openly mock it!"
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"MelGibsonly violent, with a higher bodycount than the other three flicks - put together!"
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0.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A major piece of crap. It shamelessly steals from J.R.R. Tolkien/Peter Jackson, but with none of the intelligence, heart and artistry."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"[Blood] has repeatedly been compared to such American cinema classics as Giant, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Citizen Kane. That may sound like an oversell but believe me, it is that good and then some."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Zemeckis, you magnificent bastard! This is one of the best times I've ever had at the movies."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If you're not looking for a "Fargo"-level masterpiece but just for a badass modern Western, it delivers plenty on that level."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Superfly vs. Serpico!"
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Wes Anderson's best film so far."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"I've rarely seen a filmmaker, in current Hollywood at least, expose his sexual and sadistic kinks on screen with such shameless glee."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Cronenberg's Christmas flick is intensely thought-provoking and affecting."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Not only riffing on John Woo's Hong Kong flicks but cranking up the action until it becomes quite literally a madcap cartoon."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"I don't think I've ever identified this much with a high school movie."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It lacks the relative freshness of the first installment, but it's noticeably better than the second one."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Matt Damon gets his Bourne on again in this relentlessly smart and thrilling action masterpiece."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Mostly flat, flat, flat, but Amanda Bynes is Amanda fine!"
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Goes from 2001-style contemplative science-fiction to more action-driven sci-fi as perfected by James Cameron to, for better or worse, horror."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Ridiculously awesome (or awesomely ridiculous?) sequences of mass destruction, lost in a lot of uneven dramatic or comedic material."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Bring. Back. McTiernan."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Maybe I'm nuts, but beyond the mediocrity on display, I started to see the seeds of what could have been a masterpiece..."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Not a bad way to spend a summer afternoon at the old picture show, even though it's eminently forgettable."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Judd Apatow is making comedies but also wants to tell relationship stories and get more serious at times, for better or worse."
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57/100 |
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(2007) |
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"You gotta give it to Lars, clever bastard, he makes it almost impossible to hold his perceived failings against him!"
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If you're able to ignore all the lameness around it, some of this is actually enjoyable in a so-wrong-it's-right, Showgirls-style way."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Sure, it's a bit overstuffed and definitely over the top, but damn it if I didn't love every moment of it."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Not quite a Big Slick, but a pleasant, witty enough little flick with an engaging protagonist."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It'll make you cry a lot, for sure, but with much beauty and brightness through the sadness."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The action scenes do a better job than the exposition when it comes to turning us off of violence as entertainment, just by being so lousy."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Wright and Pegg know the genre and its codes too well to only be derisive of it. They're having fun with it, sure, but they're never mocking it."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Heroic Fantasy of the first order, from filmmakers who obviously studied the paintings of Frank Frazetta and the writings of Robert E. Howard."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It's too bad that Planet Terror isn't as great as Death Proof but hey, we're getting two flicks for the price of one, so we can't complain too much, right?"
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Exquisitely crafted, with 3 or 4 kick-ass set pieces and remarkable casting, but rather bloated at 158 minutes and ultimately somewhat hollow."
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Thoroughly entertaining and visually arresting."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If blues is an exorcism (as Muddy Waters once said), Black Snake Moan is pretty much The Exorcist."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If you're expecting no more than B-movie fun, it does deliver on that level. It's often hilarious, and generally intentionally, too!"
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Chris Cooper is amazing as always: amusingly grumpy, increasingly creepy and, ultimately, oddly affecting."
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"When Eddie (hopefully) wins an Oscar anyway for his Dreamgirls turn later this month, he should take the opportunity to publicly apologize for this."
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0.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Innocuous, self-centered and disconnected from any parcel of meaningful human experience."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Why pretend that This Is Important, that all the lingering shots of Meagan Good's butt, macho bull**** and endless step lines Mean Something?"
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A visually arresting odd-couple comedy that reveals itself to be, quite literally, It's a Wonderful Life with a bimbo!"
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Its often purely visual action storytelling has got a relentless drive that is indeed undeniable."
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Here's a movie that's truly firing on all cylinders and never faltering."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A return to the basics of the original, more character study than action movie."
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"There's a constant sense of urgency and uncertainty, as anything seemingly can and will happen to the characters."
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It would be at home on the same marquee as Gremlins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure."
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