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B |
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(2006) |
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"Would be significantly more wearisome...were it not for Linklater's ability to tap into his source material's atmosphere of unsettling paranoia."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Its dramatic thinness doesn't dilute its simultaneously ridiculous and terrifying portrait of federal prosecution run amok."
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Slant Magazine |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Abduction pushes its poignant buttons while casting Megumi's kidnapping as a heinous crime, yet to its credit, it consistently does so with a deftly understated, devastating touch."
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Slant Magazine |
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(2001) |
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Click here to see the review!
[dvd review] |
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DVD Angle |
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C |
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(1997) |
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"Dunderheaded fantasy about noble thieves and corrupt commander-in-chiefs."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It takes approximately 15 seconds for Accepted to begin showcasing Mac products, a somewhat foregone conclusion given star Justin Long's stint as the face of Apple computers' recent ad campaign."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Beleaguered by a general dearth of energy."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Go-to screenwriter for the Dogma 95 collective, Danish writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen hits a decidedly sour note with Adam's Apples."
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Slant Magazine |
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(2009) |
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"If Egoyan's elliptical narrative flirts with pretentiousness, the director nonetheless encases his action in an affecting mood of regret and longing."
[movie review] |
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The Screengrab |
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"Content to occupy that middle ground where insights are authentic but far from revelatory and comedy is more amiable than riotous."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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D |
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(2002) |
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"A dreadfully unfunny hybrid of recycled science fiction and Eddie Murphy mugging."
[movie review] |
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Matinee Magazine |
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.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Sharkboy offers up a piece of sage advice when he remarks, "You snooze, you win.""
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Slant Magazine |
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1/4 |
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(2005) |
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"An estrogen-energized companion piece to Michael Bay's The Island."
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"After Innocence doesn't inspire much confidence in the American legal system."
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Bleak, minimalist science fiction reminiscent of Chris Marker via Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker."
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Slant Magazine |
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(2002) |
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""After the Life...is the most tolerable of The Trilogy’s entries.""
[movie review] |
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Nitrate Online |
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(2004) |
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"Behind the curve."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"Once made ... Afterschool proceeds to regurgitate its thesis with all the grace of a lumberjack leveling a redwood."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"In Charles S. Dutton's Against the Ropes, corny clichés and metaphors square off in a 12-round battle of linguistic idiocy."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"Fitfully engaging but narratively messy."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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4/4 |
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(1973) |
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"A saga of adventurers driven headlong into annihilation by their own hubris and desire for immortality."
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Slant Magazine |
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B+ |
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(1994) |
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"A damning portrait of cold-hearted greed."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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(1997) |
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Click here to see the review!
[dvd review] |
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DVD Angle |
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.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A breathtakingly bad Altman rip-off that seems like a wholly unintentional parody of multi-narrative films."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A sentimental attempt to piggyback on the continued popularity of Spellbound."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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B+ |
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(1988) |
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"A furious spectacle of lush colors and dynamic movement."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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(2004) |
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"Laborious mush."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Jude Law turns on the caddish charm in Alfie, but there’s little swing to this toothless update of the minor late-60s film."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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B+ |
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(1988) |
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"Svankmajer's surrealist adaptation is a welcome antidote to the cute and cuddly Disneyfication of Carroll's iconic tale."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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(2009) |
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"Merely coasts along limply, lacking ribald tongue-in-cheek humor as well as the unironic self-seriousness that epitomized its spiritual predecessors."
[movie review] |
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The Screengrab |
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C |
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(2004) |
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"Unsurprisingly mediocre."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem is literally shrouded in darkness, and the only explicable reason for this pitch-black visual schema is that the filmmakers understood it was better if no one could see the **** they were shooting."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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0/0 |
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(2009) |
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"The only laughs elicited by All About Steve are those of incredulity."
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Like far too many modern horror films, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane flaunts its knowledge of classic genre fundamentals but fails to do anything very clever or surprising with them."
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Slant Magazine |
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B- |
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(1949) |
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"While [Crawford's] full-bodied performance still holds up nearly six decades later, the rest of Robert Rossen's Best Picture winner has lost a good deal of its fierce luster."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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4/5 |
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(2003) |
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"A timeless portrait of two individuals' awkward, euphoric first encounter with love."
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Saying Uwe Boll’s Alone in the Dark is better than his 2003 American debut House of the Dead is akin to praising syphilis for not being HIV."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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D+ |
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(2004) |
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"Inane, inorganic and predictable from the start."
[movie review] |
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Lessons of Darkness |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Pot may impair your decision-making, but only speed will drive a man to drop trou and crap on another's living room floor."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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(2002) |
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""Slightly less insufferable than the series’ first film.""
[movie review] |
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Nitrate Online |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Amelia attempts the yeoman's task of recounting a tale about which it has virtually nothing to say."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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(2008) |
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"For every unsubtle moment ... there are two or three that forcefully resound."
[movie review] |
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Cinematical |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Reflects the way in which reality TV manufactures fraudulent "truth," and how such phony legitimacy can be both misleading and still seductive and gripping."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Not only is American Gangster dumb as a rock, but it's also far too convinced of its import to be any fun."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Full of grating hysterics and solemn symbolism."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A routine nonfiction trip back in time but a fiercely rough-around-the-edges one."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"An American Haunting takes the spurious "based on real events" claim to new extremes"
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"An act of unabashed postmodern self-commentary employed to deliberately blur the distinction between the authentic Harvey Pekar and actor Paul Giamatti’s faithful recreation."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"There’s plenty of penis-related disasters going on in director Jesse Dylan’s ode to friendship, fidelity and clandestine fellatio."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(1964) |
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"Though a bit overstuffed with long-winded speeches, Chayefsky's scabrously funny script brims with snappy, crackling dialogue."
[movie review] |
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Slant Magazine |
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