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(2001) |
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"The timing doesn't make the film's timelessness any less acute or haunting."
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PopMatters |
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(2003) |
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"Fresh off his critically acclaimed performance in Catch Me If You Can, Oscar winner Christopher Walken is in a movie with a talking kangaroo."
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(1996) |
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"It's an unusual film, one that doesn't lay out every turn before you get there, and for the most part it doesn't simplify its characters or the questions they raise."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2001) |
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2000) |
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"The very real problems posed by interfaith relationships — the potential loss of traditions and collective memories, questions about what faith actually means — are turned into nervous jokes about gospel choirs, cell phones and karaoke machines."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"So-so comedy about over-the-top bar mitzvah."
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Common Sense Media |
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2/5 |
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(2005) |
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"This sometimes obnoxious comedy is no Elf."
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(2005) |
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"Ferrellman doesn't so much adjust to the adult world around him as he makes it bend to his stubborn, outrageous will."
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(2002) |
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(1995) |
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"Kids doesn't let itself or us off the hook; we're all responsible for what we see. And what we won't see."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2003) |
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"Ripping off and rearranging moves, ideas, and codes from seemingly countless sources, Kill Bill is a careful film that looks glib, a nuanced film that looks shallow."
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(2004) |
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"In her discernible contempt, Elle stands (and kicks, and punches, and shoots, and swordfights) in some opposition to Beatrix, whose ferocity is less mean than resolute."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Intense, upsetting look inside an assassin's mind."
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(2001) |
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Nitrate Online |
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(2006) |
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"While Elvis' briefly startled face isn't precisely legible, your reading is pretty much ordained."
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PopMatters |
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(2004) |
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"Tops among the numerous absurdities in King Arthur is Keira Knightley's appearance in what might best be described as elfin gear."
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Boisterous, spectacular remake of 1933 classic."
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(2005) |
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"Ann and Kong's romance drives the film. At once sensational and heartrending, it's an intimacy that can't last.
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(2007) |
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"When a gamer tears up over a loss or a records auditor declares the significance of his role in the process ("I see world records set in my room every day"), the film creates characters out of clips, asks viewers to participate in story arcs."
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1/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Coarse comedy about kidnapping and revenge."
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Common Sense Media |
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(2005) |
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"All these plots converge in a decidedly unfunny cacophony."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Intense, bloody look at Mid East violence."
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Common Sense Media |
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(2007) |
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"Everyone knows that assaults on cherished American symbols never end well for the assailants."
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PopMatters |
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(2001) |
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"Develops an uncommonly warm and compassionate tone."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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2/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Violent movie about the Crusades that isn't meant for kids."
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Common Sense Media |
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(2005) |
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(2006) |
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"It may be very Prince Charming, but it's a story that's definitively old.
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(2004) |
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"How strange this moment would seem to Kinsey, whose dedication to science - as a lifelong pursuit, and mode of feeling -- led him to reject so-called "moral" judgments."
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(1997) |
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2001) |
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"It's undeniably cool to see these displays, but it's also disheartening, because they come in the midst of such a shambles of a narrative."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(1996) |
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2002) |
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"Amiable and even adventurous."
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PopMatters |
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Kit Kittredge is, as her movie and doll-line assert, An American Girl, and so she'll need to face up to her national history, embrace her responsibility, and learn a useful life lesson to boot."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Best seller-based drama has harrowing moments."
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Common Sense Media |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Like the source novel, Marc Forster’s film is frequently contrived and melodramatic."
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PopMatters |
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(2001) |
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2007) |
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"The movie gets a lot of mileage from the boys' bonding over shared fears, frustrations, and yearnings."
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PopMatters |
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(1996) |
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(1997) |
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"The film works more like a large, expensive tone poem or sand painting (and there are several contemplative shots of sand paintings, created and destroyed here) than anything that might resemble a plot."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"This rowdy martial arts comedy is best for older teens and up."
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Common Sense Media |
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(2005) |
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"The first thing you see in this rock'em-sock'em kung fu picture is a butterfly."
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PopMatters |
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Big and bouncy, Kung Fu Panda is another powerhouse Family Entertainment that means to pummel its young viewers into adulation."
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