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1.5/4 |
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"What should be a wondrous excursion into Shyamalan's version of a modern fairy tale is undermined by the writer/director's bitter tone."
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3.5/4 |
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"Demands we throw out our preconceived notions and face the issue without walls to protect us."
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2.5/4 |
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"The first movie was so bad it was almost good; this one is almost good."
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2.5/4 |
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"This could have been one of those rare so-bad-it’s-good movies, but the experience of watching it falls short of that mark."
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3.5/4 |
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"Erupting with compassion and humanity."
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3.5/4 |
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"Serves as an intense drama, an intelligent thriller, and an intriguing character study wrapped into a solidly constructed package."
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3/4 |
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"A fun confection of science-fiction and Eastern religious concepts wrapped into a children's film that could just as easily pass as a stoner movie."
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2/4 |
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"A frustrating example of an intriguing premise and skillful execution gone formula."
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2/4 |
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"I would probably intensely dislike The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen if not for the fact that I'm so greatly amused by it."
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3/4 |
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"You have to appreciate a movie whose title essentially sums up the whole thing."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The first film grew on you; this one pushes you away."
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Manages to evoke the down-to-earth surrealism of the story's world, but it ultimately suffers too much at the hands of a bungled misinterpretation of its central villain."
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"With Letters from Iwo Jima, Eastwood has made one of the select genuine, anti-war films."
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Too dependent on Williams to fill in the humorless gaps here, and the humor itself just isn't funny in the first place."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Might have worked better as an amusing diversion, but Anderson is clearly trying for more. He's tried too hard."
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A blatant tearjerker with the kind of shady characterization and plot development that give the genre a bad reputation."
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1/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The type of preaching the choir would walk out on."
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1/4 |
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"Contains the humor, characterization, poignancy, and intelligence of a bad sitcom."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A solid and entertaining introduction to characters who need much more freedom to really let themselves shine."
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"An openly and specifically political, intelligent and refined call against apathy."
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3/4 |
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"What the film lacks in originality, it makes up for with a boisterous, oddball energy and a genuine, heartfelt sense of its characters."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The satire becomes unfocused without a driving force behind it, and the adventure is the stuff of which so many movies have touched upon before."
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4/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A film of incredible vision and surprising emotional involvement--a rich tapestry of old-fashioned storytelling and modern-day technical marvels. An instant classic."
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4/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Brings one word repeatedly to mind: overwhelming"
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4/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A monumental technical achievement."
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The power of Lost in Translation is in the way it sneaks up on you."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Curtis repeats and reiterates these themes to the point that it's just as redundant as saying that someone repeats and reiterates in the same statement."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Comes so close to defying formula and expectations only to conform to them."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A refreshing reminder that not every movie about women must be a hollow, empty, self-indulgent 'chick flick.'"
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Too much about obstacles, not enough about people, and has one scene too many featuring hired goons. To clarify, one scene with hired goons is one too many in something like this."
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A meditative, melancholy account of wartime espionage."
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