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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Frontloaded, [but] boasts a great look, abundant humor, and Robert Downey Jr. making the case for middle-aged, flawed superheroes."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"I think that's the greatest thing about these Harold & Kumar movies. They make stereotyping look ridiculous."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"[Chan and Li] punch, kick, jump, and fall all over in an extended sequence that never feels too long."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Its almost desperate earnestness actually turns out to be its greatest appeal -- August Rush does believe in fairy tales, it does it does it does!"
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Bland, watered-down Seinfeld-ian humor for kids, amusing at best, grating at worst."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"I like seeing directors try to branch out, but Chow's attempt just doesn't feel particularly well thought-out."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"[Jones] makes the father's pride, determination, stubbornness, patriotism, and love extremely, utterly believable, sympathetic, and involving."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The urgency of the [first-person] perspective plus the general sense of hopelessness for humanity add up to a sense of despair."
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Maybe the goal of Jumper involved making you dislike its protagonist ... If so, then congratulations would be in order."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"As a product of our globally-aware disaster-ridden times, Cloverfield touches upon interesting themes ... But it doesn't do much more than just glaze over [them]."
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Despite good energy and a source with ample potential, the film is held back by trite ideas."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The movie employs all of the hallmarks that has made the show such a cult favorite. Amidst this, the movie retains its keenness of observation and sense of the profound."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Better than the debuts of most actors-turned-directors in that it contains vision and perspective as opposed to concentrating mostly on performances"
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Burtynsky's awe-inspiring work ultimately speaks for itself."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Its academic approach, which allows its characters to be themselves and their relationships to crinkle and fold within each other to no obvious end, shows both strength and vulnerability."
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10/10 |
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(2007) |
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"No lesson needs to be learned here, but observations can and should be noted because we're so rarely fed such coldly realistic characters."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A predictable but sturdy genre offering."
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10/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A focused tone [puts] you right into the head of its storyteller, where everything about the art augments the initmacy of the teller's thoughts and emotions."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"It's as if Stephen Sondheim's musical was meant to be a Tim Burton movie all along."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Sounds like a spy movie but it's handled as a comedy, and while the whole thing is droll (there's more than a few funny exchanges in the film), it also feels weightless."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"At very best, someone will recognize the good work here by the star of the show, John C. Reilly... What's taking so long? Give the man an award already!"
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Little seems to be designed to make a lasting impression, though the movie may achieve its modest goal of providing mild fun."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Challenges one to keep up, but its destination is disappointingly simplistic. Just the same, I look back on the film with a wry smile."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Provides a well-produced, if not necessarily fresh, version of the apocalyptic scenario, with the most haunting visuals being that of empty New York."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Disney's idea is to postmodernize their own princess franchises, and instead of going after them with snark, the references are giddy and gleeful (and quite numerous)."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Some of the stories and images here are simply, shakingly unforgettable ... The punch it delivers to the gut of viewers indicates the documentary makes the kind of impact it was seeking."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Atonement's main strength is its flow, and its cinematic techniques are able to both bolster the flow and occasionally distract from it."
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"So much of the movie is just explanatory and expository dialogues and monologues. New characters, new concepts = more explanations. And lots of backstories."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Juno turns out to be about hope and understanding. Everyone's heart is in the right place here, and maybe that's why the movie wins out."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Diving Bell, though uncompromising in its own way, comes across as aggressively watchable."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Draws its strength mainly from the complex, familiar character of the sister, as written (and directed) by Tamara Jenkins and played expertly by Linney."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Its almost-bedtime-story delivery heightens its design as a parable about finding focus and clarity after enduring much chaos and wading through the mud."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Dahan's film is less an ode or a valentine, more of a spectacle of pity, mainly worth watching for Cotillard."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"For anyone who's wondering why we're still stuck in Iraq, give this quick 100-minuter a whirl and get filled in."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"I love the idea of this concept as well as the way Haynes carried it out ... I'm Not There always has something to look at, to grasp at, and to think about."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Baumbach has a few particular gifts, including the ability to recognize, re-create, and make realistic -- without necessarily belittling -- the kind of human monsters we all recognize."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Why take the time to draw or render characters if you're just going to try to make them look real? ... Yet, despite my broken-record misgivings, I confess to enjoying Beowulf."
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3/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Kelly seemed to have a lot on his mind when he assembled this movie, and it looks as if he put it together thinking it would be his last."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A breezy and passably entertaining major Indian musical, the first to be released by a major Hollywood studio."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"It's a localized scenario, but what the movie skillfully does is increase its philosophical scale ever so slowly."
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Only one step away from Redford turning towards the camera, pointing his finger, and asking, 'what will you do?'"
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4/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This sequel is out, overall succumbing to the weaknesses of the first movie, which, once again, relegates it to sitting at the kids' table at the gathering of comic book movies."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A well-controlled buildup of expectations, suspense, and character contrast."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Its spirit is one of pure entertainment, and its commentary on old grindhouse movies is lovingly satirical."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Sure we've seen this sort of thing before. But every time we see it, we're entertained."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The skill of the movie comes in using its structure to peel away the outer layers of these people and to slowly reveal the depths of their psychological damage."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Pulpy, almost James Bond-like in its mix of spy thrills, action, sex, intrigue, and bold characters."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is a really wrenching film, and all the better for it."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Does its job, keeping the action involving, but in an increasing pool of U.S.-policy-and-the-Middle-East movies, it also feels like one of the crowd."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Reasonably entertaining show of flourishes, colors, strong emotions, some intrigue, and heightened moments of drama ... around a weak center."
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