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(1968) |
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"Doesn't just depict a quantum leap forward in human consciousness — it practically requires such a leap, on an individual scale, from the viewer."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"If 2012 is an apotheosis of all disaster movies, that means it's also an apotheosis of all disaster-movie clichés."
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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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(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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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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B- |
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(2000) |
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"A watchable action vehicle with some thoughtful futuristic touches and an attempt to grapple with larger issues."
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B- |
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(1963) |
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"Fellini's flights into the surreal are his self-examination and confession. Alas, unlike Bergman, his confession is without moral rigor; he wants to be indulged, not absolved."
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C |
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(2009) |
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"Acker does himself no favors with rote anti-dogmatism and vapid characterizations. Despite that, though, his little creations remain oddly compelling."
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"What makes this world so compelling is that Spielberg shows us, as few others could have, how ordinary people like ourselves feel living in it."
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(2002) |
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"'It's narcissistic -- solipsistic… pathetic.' It's very important that Charlie say this, just as Woody Allen must constantly condemn himself in his movies, on the theory that whatever you do on purpose, or at least knowingly, is art."
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A+ |
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(1938) |
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"The archetypal Hollywood swashbuckler… everything big-screen derring-do should be: rousing, lighthearted, witty, romantic, colorful, moralistic, and richly satisfying… [Flynn is] the quintessential Robin Hood, jaunty, dashing, and fearless."
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"Welcome to our second annual Spring Frankie Muniz Morally Problematic Spy Kids Rip-Off Movie, featuring hilarious hijinks offending each year against a different one of the Ten Commandments."
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D |
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(2004) |
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"When the high point of your movie involves a Queen Elizabeth lookalike getting down to a Euro-pop version of Edwin Starr's 'War,' something has gone disastrously wrong."
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D+ |
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(2003) |
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"Another misfire from the once-reliable Reiner, Alex and Emma is occasionally amusing but never makes you care."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A fine tribute to an American pioneer, but I feel sure that Earhart's story merits, and would reward, a more searching and thoughtful exploration."
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"Charms with its breezy, stylized storytelling [and] the wide eyes and breathless expression of Audrey Tautou… liabilities include a slightly dragged-out resolution and a rather amoral view of sexuality."
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"The pursuit of happiness. That’s what Schwartzberg has captured… a visually stunning celebration of the diversity of our aspirations."
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(1999) |
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"There is beauty to which this movie is stone cold blind: beauty it tramples on as ignorantly as Buddy Kane or Col. Fitts."
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B+ |
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(1951) |
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"Unlike the magical Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly's An American in Paris doesn't transcend the musical form; but it's still one of the great exemplars of the genre."
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B+ |
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(1997) |
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"As with Schindler’s List, Spielberg allows his subjects to be remote and somewhat unknowable human beings, creating an air of documentary-like authenticity."
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(1969) |
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"The notion of art as a 'religious experience' is sometimes bandied about too freely. Tarkovsky is one of a handful of filmmakers for whom this ideal was no cheap metaphor."
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(2009) |
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"Langdon may wind up saving the Church, but does Angels & Demons offer any hint of a church worth saving? If not, why should we care?"
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(1938) |
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"Rocky Sullivan is riveting. His movements are quick and vital, his speech like machine-gun fire, his demeanor sharp and confident. He is all attitude and style."
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(2001) |
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"There was one thing about The Animal that did surprise me: the extent to which it systematically rips off Wolf."
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B+ |
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"Notwithstanding the excessive cuteness of the anthropomorphizing title… an entertaining, original documentary about life in the harsh conditions of southwest Africa's Namib Desert… makes fine family viewing."
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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."
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(1995) |
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"In an age when we rely on computerized directions and GPS devices to drive to the next town, it seems an almost mythic scenario."
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(1997) |
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"Disturbing but thought-provoking depiction of genuine faith coexisting with sin and carnality… like the troubling fiction of Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Flannery O'Connor, a vindication of belief without being a vindication of every believer."
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(1992) |
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"Free of the sentiment and stereotyping of the Hollywood version… not to mention its softening and homogenization of the story’s spirituality for mainstream audiences."
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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."
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(1998) |
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"Yes, in this film the honors-science students are obliged to sit back and watch as the shop class saves the world."
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C |
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(2004) |
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"Hackneyed is one thing; embarrassing is another… but if you're enough of a fan to see it for the action and only for the action, it's worth your while.
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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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(1991) |
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"No matter how many ocean documentaries you’ve seen, Besson’s film will show you things you’ve never seen before — and things well worth seeing again."
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D+ |
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(2001) |
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"Feels like an uninspired rehash of Rider Haggard, Jules Verne, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and a dozen "Star Trek" episodes."
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(1966) |
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"Bresson’s most poetic, haunting, personal work."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Much like Scorsese's Gangs of New York, it's a film that has been long labored over, and the artist's love of the material is clear, but the inspiration has been lost along the way."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"You can almost feel Scorsese exorcising the specter of Gangs of New York in the first act."
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(1937) |
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"One should be rooting for Cary Grant to get the girl, which means he ought to deserve her — and if that's more or less the case here, well, it's only because the girl turns out to be no great shakes either."
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A+ |
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(1995) |
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"Unlike subsequent talking-animal pictures, Babe is a movie in which the human leads matter as much as the animals, or more so."
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(1998) |
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"Would anyone go for a sequel to The Wizard of Oz that catapulted Dorothy and Toto into the world of Once Were Warriors or Escape From New York?"
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(1987) |
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"A quiet celebration of the divine grace that meets us at every turn, and even redeems our ways not taken, our sacrifices and losses."
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(2002) |
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"Fitfully funny but never exciting or engaging, modestly entertaining but excessively dimwitted, and finally just too darn long… in a word, relentlessly average."
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(1989) |
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"The story is a mess… Scenes and lines of dialogue make no sense… Keaton makes hardly any impression in the role, in or out of the mask."
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(2005) |
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"It's tempting to call Batman Begins the Citizen Kane of super-hero movies; at any rate, it's the closest thing so far."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"Has visual style to burn, but its politically correct tale of rapacious invaders and noble natives is less interesting than the world in which the story is set."
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(2000) |
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"No, it doesn’t rise to the appalling heights of awfulness of such legendary mega-bombs as Ishtar or Burn Hollywood Burn. It hasn’t the wit."
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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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A- |
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(2001) |
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"A Beautiful Mind is not about ideas per se, but about the experience of living in a world defined by ideas."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Quite a bit better than the dog-movie cliches the trailer suggests… Like Miss Franny's semi-magical candies, it is both sweet and sad, a blend that does the heart good."
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