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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Todd Haynes' masterful portrait of Bob Dylan scrutinizes the musician-poet-actor-artist-husband-father-outlaw and leaves him at once as mysterious as ever and yet somehow knowable."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Enchanted bubbles over with good cheer, due in large part to Adams for the wide-eyed optimism and innocence she brings to her irony-free performance."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"Broken into storybook-like chapters...the film implies that it possesses literary roots; however, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium comes across as a quickie knockoff attempting to capitalize on a more popular title's success."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"As good as the action scenes are, the humanity in [Will] Smith's performance is most responsible for I Am Legend's success."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"As a showcase for Washington and Crowe, American Gangster does not disappoint."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Lars and the Real Girl could have felt overly precious, like a cheap stunt or joke, but the emotional depth and warmth make this quirky regional character study anything but plastic."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Damaged individuals healing one another is a serviceable idea for a film, but Things We Lost in the Fire is missing an essential component: plausibility."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"This well-meaning talkathon about the war on terror, contemporary politics, journalistic integrity, and civic engagement has enlightenment more than entertainment as its goal."
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D |
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(2007) |
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"It's just the same old same old repackaged as the new worst offender."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Ocean's Thirteen shows that summer movies and their attendant presumption of needing to turn one's brain off can still be executed with style and wit."
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F |
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(2007) |
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"If junior high school boys wrote a cheesecake syndicated TV show and spun it off into a movie, the result would be DOA: Dead or Alive."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Making the team and playing in the big game grab the headlines, but the repaired relationship at the heart of Gracie shows that there are bigger prizes than kicking a ball around a field."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"With equal measures of raunch and sentimentality, Knocked Up explores the minefield of imminent parenthood for two people who don't know each other very well."
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Bug straddles the lines of genre seediness and high art pretension, but it's not enough of a cheap thrill or mindbender to succeed at either."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Where the character cannot maintain well-adjusted behavior over sociopathic indulgences, the film fails to strike a balance between the serious and outlandish."
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"After the Wedding's anguished portrait of family, charity, and mortality peels back layers in the characters that defy their easy categorization."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"A tense and terrifying trip through urban chaos, 28 Weeks Later is Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's respectable follow-up to Danny's Boyle's original."
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D- |
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(2007) |
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"The subject matter in Georgia Rule--sexual abuse and alcoholism, for starters--lends itself to drama, but Garry Marshall's tone deaf direction and Mark Andrus' sloppy script play it as comedy."
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C |
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(2007) |
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"With undue emphasis placed on the cards instead of the characters, Lucky You is holding a losing hand by the time it reaches the river."
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D- |
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(2007) |
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"Kickin' It Old Skool equates making incalculable 80s pop culture references with joke telling."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"Next plays like the most boring episode ever of 24, with a little extrasensory flavor tossed in for good measure."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"This very funny film should get audiences strumming along on their own air guitars and flashing devil horns in support of these masters of mock rock."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"From the nifty Saul Bass-inspired opening credits until the end, Vacancy is persistent in streamlining its thriller tropes."
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Writer-director Jon Kasdan's attempt at character-based dramedy manages some good scenes, but as a whole In the Land of Women feels incomplete and inauthentic."
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A |
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(2007) |
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"Blessed with an airtight script, a sterling cast of comedic actors, and a director in peak form, Hot Fuzz is an arresting farce sure to keep audiences locked up with laughter."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"Canines hear sounds inaudible to human ears. Maybe the same is true of the humor in Year of the Dog."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"...as satisfying as a weeks-long case being dismissed on a technicality. It makes all that time feel like a monumental waste."
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"With the burden of inevitable comparisons to Hitchcock's masterpiece upon it, Disturbia carves out its own modest spot as a decent thriller until caving in to the demand for a big finish."
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D |
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(2007) |
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"Perfect Stranger is a perfectly mediocre thriller until the spectacularly stupid ending arrives."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"In terms of the five stages of grief, Jimmy spends most of the film in denial and anger--understandably so--but it grinds First Snow into dramatic inertia."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"TMNT amounts to no more than an extended episode of a television cartoon, but this new adventure gets in enough laughs and action to make it worth fans coming out with their shells on to see it."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Like a southern fried X-Files, The Reaping explores peculiar incidents with a mix of belief and skepticism, at least for a time, but it loses its potency as paranormal answers become verified."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"The mantra in Meet the Robinsons is 'keep moving forward', but it's in going back to traditional narrative and filmmaking values that helps set this animated romp apart from many of its contemporaries."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Blades of Glory has the sport's absurd elements down cold and skates by on Ferrell's comic bluster. Even the French judge would agree."
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"No one will mistake Ice Cube's comic timing for Cary Grant's, but this remake of the 1948 RKO comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a moderately amusing family film, if not a terribly inspired one."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Told with compassion and delicacy, The Namesake provides a stirring view of cultural assimilation and personal discovery."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"The Last Mimzy's flight of fantasy sputters as the story's potential fails to reach any magical points."
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D- |
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(2007) |
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"Decked out in its fondness for old Hollywood films and American songbook standards, Gray Matters borrows the wallpaper from a Nancy Meyers movie to decorate its empty room."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Pride rises with its feel-good message, soul classics of the 70s on the soundtrack, and Bernie Mac's comic relief. The film isn't a champion, but it makes you feel like one."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Although muddled and inconsistent, especially toward the end, Reign Over Me succeeds with its portrayal of friendship in hard times."
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Premonition's way of dressing its marital crisis material in Twilight Zone garb grabs attention but looks flimsy upon further inspection."
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"As a Cold War thriller, The Lives of Others is gripping stuff replete with the nuts and bolts of all-encompassing surveillance."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"The story is built beam by beam, but Fincher tweaks the final design of what we expect in the architecture of a serial killer movie."
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"The actors possess enough charisma and good spirit to charm even if there's the sneaking suspicion that their skills are in service of something mediocre."
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A |
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(2007) |
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"Like a catchy pop song you can't stop humming, the sublime romantic melody of Music and Lyrics puts a smile on your face and love in your heart."
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C |
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(2007) |
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"While it's admirable that Bridge to Terabithia isn't sugar-coated, more often than not it plays as miserabilism for kids."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"With The Astronaut Farmer writer-director Michael Polish and his co-writer brother Mark continue a foray into American mythmaking that began with Northfork."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"Reno 911!: Miami is too safe and unremarkable to be a crime against comedy a la Norbit, but anyone in search of a laugh feels robbed all the same."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Carrey has difficulty playing inner torment without making it look funny, an issue magnified by...director Joel Schumacher's concessions to utilizing the actor's skills to get laughs."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"Ghost Rider is a comic fan's celluloid nightmare. Jokey to a fault and weighty as newsprint, it lives down to the negative attributes attached to the comic book film tag."
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