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77/100 |
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(1945) |
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"Director Lewis, like his script, works to keep us unbalanced."
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62/100 |
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(1944) |
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"Decidedly more spooky than scary."
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58/100 |
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(2009) |
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"What stands out about the production above all else is the quality of the casting."
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50/100 |
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(2008) |
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"The Promotion does sacrifice some comedy in its attempt at depth."
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54/100 |
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(1949) |
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"Surely a film that shows both its age and its seams, Come to the Stable nonetheless remains a testament to old Hollywood's ability to sell anything it put its mind to."
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46/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Valentine is not attempting to appeal to highbrows, but its general lack of ambition in the face of both a potentially exciting new technology and a script that suggests a potential emphasis on characterization is rather dispiriting."
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50/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Anchored, and essentially redeemed, by a fearless performance from Melinda Page Hamilton."
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78/100 |
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(1928) |
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"Ernst Lubitsch's graceful silent comedy is both a class act and a still-relevant model for emulation."
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54/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Though it seems no more or less effective than what's come before when it comes to generating moments that make people jump in their theater seats, [it] becomes harder to take pleasure in due to its callousness."
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59/100 |
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(2009) |
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" Absolutely derivative, but nonetheless of interest."
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35/100 |
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(2009) |
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"[F]or all of its attempted transgressive wonderment and morbid curiosity, Coraline remains firmly grounded in convention."
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Blind Mountain, the second film from fledgling Chinese filmmaker Li Yang, demonstrates many of the same qualities that made his first, Blind Shaft, one of the most promising directorial debuts of recent years."
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57/100 |
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(2009) |
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"It’s undeniable that the specificity relayed in every moment of the depiction of Lorna’s humdrum existence trumps the vagueness that surrounds her spiritual awakening."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A demanding work of cinematic structuralism that eschews most of the conventions of both the war film and the biopic."
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53/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Kim is undoubtedly a skilled director, but she’s someone who seems more content to observe than state."
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68/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Scott Thomas is an ideal actress to play this character, with her coolness, her subsumed passion, her fierce intelligence, and her ever-present, self-effacing wit."
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82/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Even as Wendy’s desperate situation magnifies every triumph and setback, Williams remains a remarkably grounded presence. It is quite likely the year’s best screen acting."
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50/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Pitched between serious hard sci-fi and a mindless creature feature, it is mostly distinguished by its willingness to immerse its audience in its plot midstream."
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46/100 |
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(2007) |
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"To be sure, the student voters in Please Vote for Me are a capricious bunch. It's difficult to tell, though, where clever editing has been employed to create false drama."
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58/100 |
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(2009) |
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"It is accomplished, but overdetermined. Its dramatic force can’t its equal its visual impact, resulting in a clear indication of where Ceylan’s strengths as a director lie."
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63/100 |
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(2009) |
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"With this sudden shift in genre and ambition, Kurosawa ends up delivering his best film yet."
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42/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Religulous is no model for journalistic excellence, but it probably needn't be. It is more an opportunity for Maher to showcase his competent comic delivery than to win hearts and minds."
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42/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Too cute by half, filled with myriad forced moments of magic, O'Horten attempts to cast a nuanced spell, but ends up making rather little impression at all."
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57/100 |
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(2009) |
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"It’s undeniable that the specificity relayed in every moment of the depiction of Lorna’s humdrum existence trumps the vagueness that surrounds her spiritual awakening."
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39/100 |
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(2009) |
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"It fails to turn its assemblage of stock footage and sarcastic observation into the grand summation of a place and era it would love to be."
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52/100 |
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(2008) |
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"In the end, Hawkins' vivid characterization alone justifies Happy-Go-Lucky. The hamfistedness of the script sadly undermines what probably should have registered as a towering performance."
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65/100 |
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(2008) |
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"If Kaufman, like his protagonist, can't satisfactorily realize his masterpiece, it's not due to a lack of effort."
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60/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Elliott Lester's uncommonly assured debut feature, doesn't just shame most other teen dramas; it stands above most recent American independent films of any sort."
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36/100 |
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"Linha de Passe is a noble effort, sure to find favor with audiences predisposed to its message, but unenlightening for those who have seen such material handled with more skill."
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61/100 |
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(2008) |
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"What initially seems too blunt and too neatly constructed develops considerable texture as this particularly concise film unspools."
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43/100 |
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(2009) |
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"It fails to be the exploitation movie it desperately wants to be. Too much attention is paid to the tear-jerking elements, which never register because the plot is so sparse."
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41/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Somewhat singular because of its sheer force of will, but ultimately puzzling, Il Divo is hard to discredit entirely, because it so clearly operates on its own terms."
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33/100 |
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(1998) |
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"I want to believe this latest X-Files film was created for a reason other than financial reward, but I find it difficult to guess at what that reason might have been."
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53/100 |
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(2009) |
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"It announces Na Hong-jin as a filmmaker willing to go to places that even most so-called horror movies would shy away from."
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39/100 |
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(2008) |
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"It doesn't name its characters, hoping to make the story seem allegorical, or at least elemental, but the result is a movie that just makes itself hopelessly generic."
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51/100 |
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(2008) |
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"The sheer pervasiveness of corruption is eye-opening, and it justifies the narrative structure somewhat, but it seems a slight point to be making over the course of two and a half hours."
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74/100 |
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(2005) |
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"Carpenter, a true master of horror, renders this tale with far more atmosphere than other directors have managed during the course of the television series."
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76/100 |
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(2008) |
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"By frontloading the dramatic meat of the story, the film becomes less about shocking revelations or plot twists than the sometimes comic, sometimes serious dynamics of a family under extreme strain."
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85/100 |
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(2008) |
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"It is a supreme achievement in its genre. It doesn't transcend its comic book origins, but rather faithfully represents them, wholly unembarrassed to deliver its story on its own terms."
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54/100 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a strong testament to its crowd-pleasing nature that I'd begrudgingly recommend the movie in spite of its conceptual and ideological shortcomings."
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64/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Trapero eschews the predictable pleasures of the women-in-prison genre, always opting for introspection and diffusion over dramatic force."
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77/100 |
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(2008) |
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"It must be noted that the movie demands some degree of resolve from its audience, and it promises no simple resolutions in return. This will trouble some, yet one can't call its rigorously factual approach dishonest or cheaply manipulative."
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60/100 |
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(2008) |
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"It's the very vague nature of these pop songs that universalizes them and makes them worth celebrating in this fashion."
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69/100 |
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(1994) |
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"Viewing it on the big screen, with a blaring soundtrack, only amplifies the director's singular achievement."
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58/100 |
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(1944) |
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"A sharp departure into salacious territory for sugar-and-spice star Deanna Durbin"
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68/100 |
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(1963) |
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" Corman's widescreen framing, the blazing Technicolor photography, and the effectively maximized production values created a convincing, if twisted, world."
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77/100 |
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(2006) |
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"His elaborate sound design, skillfully deployed comic effects, and sophisticated visual minimalism suggest the work of a master of the form."
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27/100 |
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(2007) |
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"The whole experience of watching this is tense, dehumanizing, and fairly baffling."
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38/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Ultimately a feature-length tease, the movie remarkably insubstantial and uninvolving for something that tries so desperately to live in the moment."
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66/100 |
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(1969) |
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"Lindsay Anderson's boldly allegorical drama If... features a sly script that very slowly reveals just how strongly it is protesting against authority."
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