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"The newly enhanced effects cannot affect what’s most important to the film. Its heart is still there, completely intact, and that’s really all that matters."
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"A mediocre crime thriller -- nothing more, nothing less. That it's directed by David Cronenberg is disappointing."
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"I liked the movie, but I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further. I’m left slightly disappointed that it didn’t."
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"A sweet and sincere holiday tale about a perennial fish out of water."
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"More pageant drama than historical speculation."
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"Much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be."
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"None of this finds an emotional connection, and instead we watch it predictably unfold."
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"There are probably a few actresses who could play the role of an animated Disney princess come to life, but let's be thankful it's Amy Adams who is playing it."
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"Intelligently crafted and thrilling."
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"The mystery doesn’t revolve solely around guessing who the bad guy is -- there’s a historical and personal context to the whole thing -- and the thrills are more cerebral than visceral."
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"Contains a strong, effective performance from Jennifer Lopez... but Enough is too bogged down in ineptly crafted formula to work."
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"Without a connection to the central relationship, all of Kaufman's musings and Gondry's visual frills would be for naught, but... it all fits into place."
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"Loses its footing well before it gets all heavy- and under-handed. I think it's at the second poop joke. Maybe it's the third poop joke, but I guarantee it is well before the fifth and sixth poop jokes."
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"Far too simplified to be effective and far too manipulative to be affective."
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"It's quite an achievement to get such a group of esteemed actresses together for something of such little consequence."
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"The jokes lack punch lines or appropriate setup."
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"It's incredibly apropos that The Ex contains the line, 'I really only laugh when something funny happens.' Self-criticism at its finest, that is."
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