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7/10 |
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"Not completely satisfactory [but] feels like a step in the right direction ... it's more willing to explore the places its subject matter can naturally lead to."
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4/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Doesn't know when to step on the brakes before it turns itself in to a one-note shtick movie."
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7/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Its mode is that of 'a story that needs to be told,' lest we forget the marginalized lessons of history... worth seeing at least once."
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7/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Succeeds because of the earnestness with which it is being told."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Mostly successful [in creating fun], but along the way its strengths struggled mightily against its weaknesses."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A feat like the one Philippe Petit pulled off deserves to be documented."
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6/10 |
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(2001) |
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"A more outwardly dramatic offering than what we're used to seeing from the brothers, and, without the usual doses of droll comedy to keep the story moving, the weakness of a petering final act feels magnified."
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8/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Demme's version is assured and stylized; if anything, it also lends support to this American story's bid for timelessness."
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9/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Whether we like it or not, Von Trier's arguments have a universal social insight that would be detrimental to ignore. There's always value in seeing something from another's perspective."
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10/10 |
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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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8/10 |
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(2005) |
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"You'll learn, quite frankly, that penguins have a really tough life."
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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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8/10 |
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(2004) |
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"it never quite goes where you expect it to, yet you're glued to the events all the way."
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8/10 |
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(2006) |
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"A visually splendid cinematic poem, part speculation of Antoinette's mindset, part fantasy dress-up indulgence, and all expression of a kindred spirit shared by young women across the centuries."
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8/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Production is indeed excellent -- it gets that 'being there' feeling just right... but after that halfway point, the movie starts to feel as if it's going through the motions."
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9/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Its conceit that much of life is chalked up to luck is simple, almost throwaway, but it's illustrated here with a veteran's pace -- patient yet efficient."
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8/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Cage's performance earns nothing but applause from me."
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7/10 |
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(2003) |
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"A ping-pong battle between slowly-spoken philosophical mumbo-jumbo and some truly explosive action cinema."
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8/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Its attempt at bringing a discussion of free will to the masses is admirable, even if its effectiveness is hampered."
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5/10 |
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(2002) |
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"A subject like Hitler deserves stronger psychological exploration than such a fairy-tale-level story is able to handle."
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6/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Precious with a capital 'P.'"
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8/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Has the truth-exposing agenda of Election and almost as much bite."
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2/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Although there were a few climb-up-the-wall-moments, mostly there was this out-of-place high-jumping and lightweight bounding around."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Whatever the movie had to go through to become what it is now, it works."
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10/10 |
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(2001) |
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"The movie is a trip."
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4/10 |
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(2005) |
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"An Eastern movie made to resemble the most unchallenging Western ideal of what the East is."
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5/10 |
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(2002) |
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"I've heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one. I wonder why. They felt like the same movie to me."
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6/10 |
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(2002) |
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"For something as splendid-looking as this particular film, the viewer expects something special but instead gets [sci-fi] rehash."
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6/10 |
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(2001) |
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"The main problem with the movie has to do with several jolting moments of violence."
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5/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Has a lot to look at but little to actually watch. The plot is a standard 'cops go undercover to expose drug ring' story, and the characters have no personalities."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"[Gilroy] shows that it's interesting to see how much suspense can be generated when one decides to do the right thing, simply because the forces at large will do everything they can to prevent it."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"We aren't given a journey of character, no developmental turning points; we are simply given a portrait of strength."
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8/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Feels almost exactly like Best in Show. This is a good thing."
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9/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The time is right for Milk."
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7/10 |
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(2003) |
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"The movie's outer spectacle works better than its story."
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8/10 |
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(2004) |
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"[Has] a lot going for it: excellent performances, the director's unique touch, and yet another angle of commentary on America's institutionalization of violence."
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8/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Provides a good place to show the relationships among childhood, innocence, and a natural-born tendency towards kindness."
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10/10 |
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(2002) |
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"Packed to the gills with juicy movie ingredients."
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6/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Strangely disappointing because it only meets expectations, going faithfully by the sports-movie numbers."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The agenda is obvious, but the rage feels justified, and meanwhile Lee gives us a few virtuoso touches."
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"The innoncence and idealism inherent here is so apparent that it feels Scrooge-like to think any less of it for not daring to climb to higher cinematically artistic aspirations."
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6/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Characters go through what you expect them to. Stuff happens because it needs to. We get nice scenery. And, in the end, it all smells like a rubber stamp."
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"When Mission: Impossible III is succeeding on any level, I'd like to give credit to its director, J.J. Abrams."
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3/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Primed to be dark, twisted, and playful -- all exhibited traits of the works of the director, animator Henry Selick -- it is instead juvenile, amateurish, and sloppy."
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9/10 |
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(2002) |
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"Nair doesn't use [Monsoon Wedding] to lament the loss of culture. Instead, she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions."
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8/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Theron's performance is a success, but it has the unfortunate side effect of overshadowing the rest of the movie."
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Monster House doesn't give specifics about when it takes place, but I swear it must be the '80's."
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6/10 |
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(2001) |
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"How nice it must be to be Hank, the strong man, swooping in to be Leticia's knight-in-shining-armor. How convenient, also, that this woman happens to be as beautiful as Halle Berry."
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10/10 |
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(2001) |
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"A movie like Monsters, Inc. is a treasure."
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