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3.5/5 |
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"With its wonderful post-Katrina NOLA setting and the standard stunt spectacle as only Harlin can deliver, 12 Rounds is actually quite good. It's no masterpiece, but then again, few post-millennial adrenaline rushes have been."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Efron, whose biggest onscreen drawback is his ever-changing '60s mod hairdo, owns almost every moment, milking the minimal laughs available while playing up the material's maudlin strengths."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Step right up and prepare to be mesmerized, bowled over, and generally blown away by Roland Emmerich's 2012, a movie that is guaranteed to be the last word on impending cinematic Armageddon for the foreseeable future."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"While perhaps a tad too quirky for its own good, this is still one of the best, most insightful romantic comedies in a very long time."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"9 is the kind of movie that breaks your heart. It shows so much promise, but then wastes it on the same old fuddy duddy future shock storyline."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"an early 2009 favorite."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This surreal creation is built around one of the most maddening and borderline unbearable characters ever conceived."
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"so absurd and convoluted that even JFK's legacy can't subdue its preposterousness"
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Angels and Demons is talky. Talky, Talky, Talky, Talky. You'd swear it was an entire pack of PhDs' dissertations spread out over two plus hours of endless yakking"
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Absolutely stunning in its visual flourishes, horrifying in its aggressive violence, and knowing in its psycho-sexual philosophical bent, Von Trier's Antichrist is simply astonishing."
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Director Sacha Gervasi has created one of the great masterpieces of the music business, a seminal statement of pipe dreams and true possibilities..."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"fails to satisfy on any emotional or intellectual level."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"For all its jokey upscale jive, the occasional smug self-satisfaction Burt and Verona use to calm their frazzling nerves, Away We Go provides the kind of closure that elevates our ongoing worries."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"As it stands, Battle for Terra is a cinematic seesaw - up one moment, dragged down by derivative facets the next."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"...this outrageous example of Joe Bob Briggs' patented "three Bs - breasts, blood, and beasts" is so insane, so silicon injected and silly that it's almost impossible to take seriously."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Even if it weren't true, The Blind Side would be a special film."
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"If you're naïve, in high school, or a dedicated follower of scatology, you'll think this is genius. Anyone with world experience, however, will feel left out of the loop."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Because it's so wildly entertaining, because Moore is basically a clever carnival barker at heart...Capitalism: A Love Story becomes a fabulous financial freak show"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Clever, charming, and slightly superficial, Cheri is the kind of pert period piece that gets by on a great deal of creative goodwill."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"feels like something that should have been a whole lot better"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"one of the best non-Pixar animated titles ever."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Confessions of a Shopaholic eventually steals your heart, though you feel incredibly guilty for buying into the pap"
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"In a genre packed with derivative visuals and too hip for homeroom pop culture jibes, Coraline is a welcome return to pure animation splendor."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"While Billingsley acquits himself well in the directing department, it's the script that finally sinks (this film)."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"if you're 14 to 18, hopped up on hormones, fresh off your daily dose of Ritalin, and ready to have your short attention span verbally and visually assaulted, you'll be in for a toxic trip."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"a very funny, very entertaining film. Is it perfect? No way. Does it live up to the reputation of classic comedy spoofs like Airplane! and The Naked Gun? Well... yes."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Told in three completely different acts and styles, Dead Snow is like a primer of how the last 30 years of Hollywood horror has redefined the international scary movie landscape."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"all science and little sentiment"
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"By avoiding the typical end of the world apocalypse that most alien invasion movies mandate...District 9 becomes that most elusive of science fiction films - a serious and thoughtful dissertation on who we really are."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"it is nice to have Sam Raimi back doing what he does best -- scaring the bejesus out of people."
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"just another dull teen action film"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Extract is an excellent example of what the Coen Brothers do effortlessly - minus the movie history homages and sublime stylizations. It's a microcosm comedy, small things blown up into universal truths."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Fast & Furious could be called Grand Theft Autopilot. Lin knows that his demographic doesn't care about truth. They want to see stuff smash up - and in as outlandish and outrageous a way possible."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The only thing you'll be 'fighting' is your lagging attention span."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Percentage-wise, it's about 75% blood and 25% boring exposition and lax characterization"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"a smart-ass slap in the face"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"While the original Friday the 13th was goofy fun, it was certainly no classic. This remake is."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Not classic, but a highly inventive and entertaining look at the fears and tears of a clown"
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"just tries too hard, and it shows"
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"They're not heroes, or zeroes. Instead, these G.I.s are just so-so."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"While it's a decent and sometimes effective thriller, the guys have done better -- a lot better"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The Garden moves beyond the feel good facet of any apparent ending to show how stark, stupid reality can rip said victory away. It won't make sense - none of these 'us vs. them' situations ever do - but it does create compelling cinema."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"When it sticks to the interpersonal stuff, the emotional links between old lovers, close brothers, and the family that supports both, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is quite tolerable."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Like a puzzle formed out of the fragments of one woman's complicated existence, The Girlfriend Experience is a tone poem that takes its time seducing you."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Tinsel Town can indeed be blamed for making such 'made' man movies compelling. Director Matteo Garrone shows us how truly disturbing and unrelenting such a story can be."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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" Good Hair...uncovers a multibillion dollar industry relying on misinformation, misrepresentation, and misguided personal opinions about fashion to maintain its beauty salon stronghold."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"either a work of jaw-dropping, unhinged genius, or the most moronic horror film since Ernest Scared Stupid"
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"easily one of the funniest films of the year."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"...Hannah Montana: The Movie, its light and empty, cotton candy made out of sugar substitute, not the real sweet deal."
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