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B+ |
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(1989) |
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"The portrait of Bernadette’s unassuming heroic sanctity and occasional tart rejoinders remains moving and worthwhile."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(1928) |
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"In this film Joan again stands accused, and her long silences and simple answers continue to frustrate and confound."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(2004) |
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"A preeminently important cinematic expression of faith — probably one of the most important religious films of all time."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B- |
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(2000) |
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"Its convictions may be half-baked, but it has the courage of them."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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D+ |
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(2001) |
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"A historical cartoon, a bit of fluff that neither much knows nor cares about the context of the events of December 7, 1941."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(1978) |
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"The spirit of medieval drama lives in Rohmer's utterly unique, flagrantly theatrical adaptation… will enchant medieval enthusiasts and bewilder others."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(1999) |
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"It may seem heresy to baby boomers with fond memories of Mary Martin… but this beautifully produced A&E restaging… eclipses the [Martin version] in almost every way."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(1953) |
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"While it's neither the best retelling of Barrie's nursery tale or nor the best Disney cartoon of the era, it is, fortunately, a decent enough example of both."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"As much a commentary on Peter Pan as an adaptation… an interesting if flawed tribute to all that is 'gay and innocent and heartless' in Barrie's enduring story."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(1924) |
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"One of the best silent films for the whole family, this magical production of Peter Pan is true to both letter and spirit of Barrie's nursery tale."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(1940) |
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"Its witty dialogue, romantic complications, and class-skewering satire are hallmarks of screwball comedy, but… it's a more mature and humanistic social satire, a comedy of manners skewering every kind of snobbery."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Generally holds together at least while you're watching it, and has a level of moral interest not common in movies of this sort."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(2002) |
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"Not a celebration of the human spirit, neither demonizing the Germans nor lionizing the Jews, resisting both deceptive moral uplift and despairing moral nihilism, The Pianist is a work of exquisite restraint."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(1959) |
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"Bresson examines actions but offers little attention to motives, an approach that here seems to suggest that Michel's choices may be a mystery even to himself."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"The moment I realized the movie was working for me was when I realized that I was rooting for it to work, just as I was rooting for young April… a feel-good parable about taking steps in the right direction."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Pooh finally returns to his roots… a heartwarmingly gentle tribute to Milne that's appropriate for even the youngest viewers."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(1940) |
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"In spirit a classical European fairy tale, full of wonder and terror … a pinnacle of artistic achievement that, after Bambi, classic Disney would never even try to match again."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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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."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"Takes the slapstick swashbuckling to a completely new level, evoking the ingenuity of a Buster Keaton or Jackie Chan set piece, crossed with the Rube Goldberg logic of a Chuck Jones cartoon."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"The most remarkable thing about Pirates of the Caribbean is neither Johnny Depp's mesmerizing performance, nor ILM's literally eye-popping skeletal ghost-ship crew, but the sheer fact that the movie works at all."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(1984) |
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"Field succeeds in making Edna both fragile and tough-minded, defiant not by character or disposition but by sheer effort of will."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(2001) |
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"If only Burton cared as much about having real characters as he did about having real actors."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(1968) |
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"Basically a feature-length 'Twilight Zone' episode, with all that that implies for good and ill… flawed but worthwhile."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(1931) |
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"Early Capra screwball comedy… appealing to Depression audiences both as escapist entertainment and as satire of the idle rich and celebration of the hardworking poor."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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F |
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(1998) |
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"For a movie that makes such a big deal about color, Pleasantville is awfully black and white."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Sticks together disparate bits and pieces of fairy tale, mythopoeia, sci-fi and family film with the artless simplicity of a child mashing up Tinkertoys, Playdoh and Daddy's cuff links into a single sculpture."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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The Decent Films Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Tightly plotted and thematically well-crafted."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Breathes new life into characters and conversations never before quite wholly free from the printed page."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(1998) |
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"A genuinely great work of art that is also an inspiring and theologically significant narrative."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(1987) |
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"One of those rare satiric gems, like The Court Jester and Galaxy Quest, that doesn't just send up a genre, but honors it at the same time."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C+ |
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(2001) |
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"Those in the market for what it has to offer will find it pleasantly agreeable, and those who aren’t won’t be in the theater in the first place."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"[Offers] an almost subversively idealistic subtext to a now-familiar ritual exposé of the American dream."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"With its well-staged stickups and shootouts … it seems to be all surface — a glossy updating of 1930s Hollywood gangster melodrama without any substantial commentary or insight."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"If you see one Adam Sandler movie in your life, Punch-Drunk Love would be the one to see. Which is not to say the movie is without problems or off-putting elements, or even that I'm entirely sure what it's about."
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