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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"After making his feature debut with the rather inspiration-challenged big-screen Hitchhiker's Guide, director Garth Jennings wisely shifts to a more intimate and personal canvas."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Smart, sardonic and more than a little silly, Iron Man is a successful super-hero movie that never takes itself too seriously."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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(2008) |
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"Riddled with historical distortions, at least some of which seem agenda-driven, perhaps even more or less deliberate."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"One book can't contain Horton's dogged heroics!
His stoical pluck shows up all other stoics!
And it gets even better! I'm pleased to relate
That Horton's the very best Blue Sky to date."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"[Gondry] seems almost to relish his house-of-cards approach, so much so that the uncharmed critic might reasonably feel it a waste of breath to blow it down. I would agree."
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Christianity Today |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A gooey, insubstantial confection, often sweet, occasionally cloying, sometimes sticky- -- in many respects about on a par with the likes of Beauty Shop."
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Christianity Today |
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"Embodies the humanistic perspective… that simply to relate the story of a significant human event, to tell the truth without gloss or commentary, has value in itself."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"Neophytes may be left in the dust for lack of narrative connections and clarifications, while Pullman admirers of all stripes may feel short-changed on mood and atmosphere."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Bolstered by engaging performances and an appealing Latin milieu, Bella tells a simple, idealistic story with considerable style and charm."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Manages to be — yes — sweet and sincere without ever tipping over either into saccharine schmaltz on the one hand or grossout territory on the other."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Though not always faithful in small things, Things We Lost is faithful in much. The individual moments are sometimes off, but the large emotional resonances are right."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"Shamelessly rips off interpretive conceits and even specific dramatic beats from The Prince of Egypt."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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F |
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(2007) |
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"A lurid sort of Christopher Hitchens vision of history pervades Elizabeth: The Golden Age … How is it possible that this orgy of anti-Catholicism has been all but ignored by critics?"
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The Decent Films Guide |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Trade needed to be the United 93 of the human trafficking crisis. It's closer to being the World Trade Center."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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C |
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(1986) |
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"Plays like The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland crossed with a middling episode of "The Muppet Show" guest-starring David Bowie … suffers from a distinct lack of charm."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(1982) |
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"A distant, uninvolving experience … characters and emotions, even by the archetypal standards of high fantasy, never come to life, and the overarching mythology seems too self-consciously contrived."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(1957) |
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"Although not as nerve-wracking as High Noon, 3:10 to Yuma is even more claustrophobic… and the two-character drama is more intriguing than High Noon's protagonist standing alone."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Best name for a western of any film in history."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Every slimeball Erica encounters menaces her with remorseless, repulsive sadism—there's never anyone who just has a lewd comment, say… Everyone wants to bludgeon or shoot her, mutilate and molest her…"
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"Follows closely in the original's footsteps, except for all the business about honor, recovered self-worth and justice… There's no spiritual duel, no earned respect and debt of honor… just a broken man and a capricious one."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"The heavy-handed ideology and flawed narration don't commend Arctic Tale as a movie I would care to watch repeatedly, but I'm glad I saw it once, for the spectacular photography."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"A half-hour of brilliance, preceded by an hour of dreck… a roughly comparable dreck-to-brilliance ratio to the first two Rush Hour movies, I guess, and par for the course for Jackie's Hollywood films."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Bourne has gone the distance for three straight films… seals the achievement of a rare action franchise for thinking adults, combining gripping entertainment with an undercurrent of moral seriousness."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Boyle gives us sci-fi razzle-dazzle and some undeniably powerful images, but as effective as it is for an hour or so, Sunshine ultimately settles for puzzling more than mysterious."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"The level of magical eye candy is noticeably lower… [yet] no longer is Harry just The Boy Things Happen To, but The Boy Who Acts. It's a welcome step forward in a wunderkind boy of destiny on the road to true heroism."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Linguini gives the best physical "performance" from a CGI character to date, virtually (so to speak) rivaling the likes of Steve Martin in All of Me and Vincent D'Onofrio in Men in Black."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Wisely, Live Free doesn't try to replicate the paranoia or intimidation of the first film… This time, it's his unflappable calm that intimidates his brash young opponent, not the other way around."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"Offers an inoffensive message of conservationism and family togetherness, leavened by bestiary slapstick. Harmless, diverting, very mildly uplifting … [but] bland, generic and unchallenging."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(2006) |
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"Though thematically similar to Dead Man Walking, Longford grapples more directly and thoughtfully with religious themes, and doesn't glorify its eccentric, somewhat tragic protagonist."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"None of these allegedly "fantastic" heroes has any gravitas… Far from inspiring admiration, they don't rise even to the level of thinking, acting and relating like grown-ups."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"If Dead Man’s Chest was inspiration gone amok, At World’s End is more — much, much, much more — of the same, only without the inspiration."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Continues the deliberate bad taste that is the franchise’s hallmark, with the usual hit-and-miss results… What’s missing is the heart that leavened the first two films."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Stuffed to bursting — with action, plotlines, characters, humor, energy, moods, spectacle and certainly inspiration."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The film is generally engaging but feels elusively incomplete. One could say it is about the journey rather than the destination."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Is this the best they could do with a fiery, chopper-riding skeleton that punishes the wicked -- put him in chase scenes and have him duke it out with other supernatural beings? What a wasted opportunity."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Ella's so blindly devoted to the Prince, and so convinced that he's the one to save the day, that she seems just another swooning groupie rather than a worthy heroine."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"More than most films of its ilk, We Are Marshall rises above the clichés that define the genre, connecting sport to larger issues in an emotionally satisfying way."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Fair family entertainment… the basic appeal of White's story is sturdy enough to survive the filmmakers' more dubious choices."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"Gibson is still seeking life amid death, but the balance is off."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"Even at the height of Hollywood biblical epics, the real meaning of Christmas was essentially ignored. The Nativity Story goes a long way toward redressing this historic omission."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"If it isn't the brilliant film it could have been, Déjà Vu still contains enough flashes of that film to make it entertaining while you're watching it."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Entertaining while you're watching it… On reflection, though, it feels a bit like a shell game in which the conjuror himself has lost track of where the pea is supposed to be."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"Settles for a more modest level than Aardman's previous efforts. Strong on visual invention and wacky humor but light on story and characterization, it's about on the level of a Blue Sky feature, in particular recalling Robots."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C- |
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(1997) |
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"Perhaps the most melancholy thing about Titanic is its celebration of romantic ideals to the exclusion of such self-denying virtues as honor, duty, and heroism."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Old-fashioned, sweet, but ultimately disposable family fare with echoes of better films from Toy Story to The Iron Giant."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"Fitfully entertaining… To reach a broader audience, though, the filmmakers will have to scrap their playbook and learn a whole new set of rules."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"Tendentious voiceovers aside, Flags of Our Fathers remains a thoughtful exploration of the tensions and ironies of the cult of heroism."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The film's best effects are Norton's compellingly enigmatic performance and Giamatti's considerable sympathy and charm."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Tightly plotted and thematically well-crafted."
[movie review] |
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Christianity Today |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"Distinctly made-for-TV vibe [despite] visual spectacle and a distinguished supporting cast."
[movie review] |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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