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2.5/4 |
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"Has its occasional oddball charms, but it is also ultimately conventional ... and pandering to go along with them."
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3.5/4 |
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"A dark, creepy, sad tale of incorruptible innocence and ultimate sacrifice."
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4/4 |
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"Even if no one sees it, it is one of the year’s best films."
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3.5/4 |
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"Placing it in the wide perspective of many other thrillers, it most definitely stands out in the crowd."
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3.5/4 |
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"Undeniably scary."
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2.5/4 |
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"Fascinating but shaky experiment."
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1.5/4 |
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"A chaotic piece of storytelling, told with the dull flash of quick-cut editing, ugly cinematography, and clichés that apparently pre-date Columbus' journey to the New World."
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1/4 |
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"A mindless action movie passing as a serious war epic that is dragged out, unsure, and quite random."
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3/4 |
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"Twohy constantly dares us to guess, only to throw the scent elsewhere, get us accustomed to our new idea, and then throw it back right where it started."
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1/4 |
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"Tedious on just about every level."
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2/4 |
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"The movie version feels forced, even though it doesn't seem to know what it means."
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3/4 |
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"An experiment in tension that pays off admirably."
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3/4 |
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"What happened to the pianist and what he saw are clear, but who he is and what these experiences meant to him are absent."
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1.5/4 |
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"The closest the movie comes to a rebellious statement is in naming one of its British government officials "Twatt." Forgive me if I don't want to throw on the Who and start ranting against the Establishment after that bit of scathing criticism."
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2/4 |
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"Gone are the clever, innovative action sequences, and practically gone is the tongue-in-cheek handling of the material."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Surpasses its predecessor in making entertainment out of nonsense."
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Fun -- pure and simple."
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1.5/4 |
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"The movie has little ambition to the creation of its world and even less when it comes to the humor."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Neither superior nor inferior to the original, but it does serve as a nice companion piece."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Jack the character actor is back, and it’s been well worth the wait."
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4/4 |
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(2009) |
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"We are truly dealing with a master."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"There’s no denying the film’s intelligence and heady appeal."
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2/4 |
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"Ah, the problems of twenty-somethings in the Real(ly Fake) World."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Watching The Powerpuff Girls Movie, my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison: the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures."
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4/4 |
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"So honestly written, so vividly directed, and so brilliantly performed we are transported to a psychological nightmare of despair, insecurity, only the slightest glimmer of hope, and the smallest, most bittersweet rewards."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A messy movie but one that at least cares enough about its central character."
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Part homage to the art of performance, part admiration of science and technology, part unexpected turn to science fiction, and total mind-melting madness."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"I have seen Pride now too many times without actually seeing it."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A silly, silly movie that takes itself way too seriously."
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Slugs through its almost two hour running time."
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"It was strange enough to have such a crass comedy serve as the basis for the salvation of the Broadway musical, but it is even stranger to find myself saying that The Producers is one of the classiest movie musicals I've seen."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"I admire the film on many levels, particularly one: the performance of its leading man (of all people), Adam Sandler."
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