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"With a dreadfully dull story and performances as petrified as 12,000-year-old wooden artifacts, 10,000 BC shambles along as if on a march to its own extinction."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Bridesmaid dresses are notorious for being unflattering, single occasion garments. Although formulaic, 27 Dresses wears well on its star."
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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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(2008) |
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"88 Minutes is the sort of overblown thriller in which every action, no matter how insignificant, is pregnant with portent, yet it's a film of nothing but red herrings."
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D |
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(2002) |
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"Attempts to reflect the times, loaded as it is with southern aphorisms and slang, but the results are forced and clunky."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"The juvenile inspiration gives the film its creative spark, making it the coolest home movie project imaginable for a father and son."
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"The dialogue mimics the terseness [of Elmore Leonard's work] without the snap or humor. Almost every word sounds recycled from another movie."
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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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"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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(2004) |
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"[Law's] timeless good looks and effortless charisma make him the kind of leading man that Hollywood would produce from genetic experiments if they could."
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(2005) |
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"Boll’s vague X-Files rip-off isn’t scary or exciting, but inadvertently he’s made a movie funnier than a lot of the purported comedies Hollywood cranks out."
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(2007) |
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"Alpha Dog's characters adopt poses that they've seen on television and in the movies, and the same goes for the young cast hamming it up as if they watched their Scarface DVDs too many times in preparation."
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4.5/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Adorable beyond belief, [Audrey Tatou] wins our hearts with a performance that could comfortably exist in silent cinema."
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D+ |
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(2006) |
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"There's the seed of a good satire in American Dreamz, but the film flops spectacularly due to a poorly written screenplay."
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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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(2005) |
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"The Animation Show serves as a corrective to the limited views of what animation is and provides an avenue for worthy short subjects to be seen on a wider scale."
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(2005) |
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"(The film's) noble intentions are unquestionable, but the scattershot reporting keeps it from amounting to little more than a string of too-similar witness testimonies."
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(2009) |
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"An affectionate portrait rather than a sad, derisive takedown, Anvil! The Story of Anvil finds inspiration in the passion and tenacity these aging metalheads display."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"Aquamarine is pleasant enough and perfect for its target demographic, but it's a run of the mill movie that wouldn't stand out among the various cable TV offerings for its audience."
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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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(2005) |
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"The Aristocrats is an unrepentantly filthy movie...and a very funny one."
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(2004) |
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"Oozes sentimentality for the plight of these mildly eccentric characters... The problem isn’t the film’s gooey center but the flavorless, formulaic substance surrounding it."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Rudely funny and gleefully violent, the film is a wound-up genre exercise that doesn’t dip even a toe into reality but is a good time if you can get past that."
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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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A |
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(2007) |
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"Atonement is an exquisitely crafted film bursting with the possibilities that cinema has to offer."
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A |
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(2004) |
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"This is a thrilling picture that merges [Scorsese's] gritty style and his adoration of old-fashioned Hollywood. The production design alone makes the film a must-see."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Although Bad News Bears is not a shot-for-shot remake of the original, it is strikingly similar to the point where its existence is hard to defend."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Executed with machine-like precision, The Bank Job is a ripping good caper with plenty of interesting twists."
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D+ |
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(2005) |
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"...attempts to look effortless in seeming hip, but the wink-wink, nudge-nudge jokes about sequels, Hollywood, and the music world come off as familiar and self-congratulatory."
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Some of the nonsense could be overlooked as part of rom com conventions, but Because I Said So's shrillness makes for an exhausting experience."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"The untidy answers and selfless actions in Because of Winn-Dixie stand out from the family films populated with bratty kids and clueless adults."
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C |
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(2004) |
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"While much of Being Julia's appeal stems from no one being as fabulous as [Julia] is, the lack of a worthy sparring partner diminishes the fun."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"The Benchwarmers is funnier than it probably had any right to be, but the tedious repetition of the tournament games strands the film on second rather than bringing it in to score."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"Big Momma's House 2 lacks comedic momentum to sustain the ridiculousness of Lawrence as Big Momma, but it's a welcome break from the star's tough cop act and his abominable family film turn in Rebound."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"It raises big, intriguing questions that rarely, if ever, come up in the hubbub about steroid use in professional athletics, particularly Major League Baseball."
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(2004) |
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"Birth channels the style and tone of [Buñuel classics] exceptionally well, but ultimately the dramatic resolution is unsatisfying."
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(2004) |
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"This visually flat, dramatically incoherent film puts a stake through the heart of the series."
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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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D- |
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(2007) |
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"Blood and Chocolate raises questions about the individual versus the group and tradition versus progress but...is more interested in flaunting the film's lame special effects than mining its thematic potential."
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(2006) |
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"While it includes excerpts of some RFK speeches, Bobby provides no insight into the man and his politics, choosing instead to flit among the insipid soap opera storylines."
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(2006) |
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"Borat is the rare comedy that operates without a safety net. Cohen and director Larry Charles' film provides constant laughter and surprises while daring the viewer to be rightfully offended."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Born Into Brothels simmers with righteous anger, but it never boils over."
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B |
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(2006) |
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"While consistently funny, The Break-Up deals in bitterness and revenge, sometimes in ways that cut closer to the bone than most fluffy romantic comedies."
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(2005) |
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"Breakfast on Pluto's novelistic feel can seem disjointed, but ultimately the structure frees the film to flit from one interesting encounter to another with a minimum of connecting material."
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(2006) |
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"Johnson's sources of inspiration for Brick put forth tough dicks and dames in a cold, uncaring universe. Glum teens are a clever and natural evolution for the genre."
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C |
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(2005) |
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"There’s much to like about Bride & Prejudice...but the end result looks and feels like a cut-rate version of the Bollywood and Hollywood sensibilities."
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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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"The Bridges at Toko-Ri effectively depicts the sacrifices and courage of those who went to war."
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(2004) |
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"An over the top, ham-fisted replay of the original."
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(2005) |
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"Told predominantly through handheld close-ups, Danish director Susanne Bier's intimate drama Brothers examines the cost of war on the domestic front."
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