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(2007) |
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"Dunne weighs down a light social satire with a ponderous anthropological analogy."
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B |
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(2006) |
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"Besson's script may be formulaic crap, but he obviously still has an eye for fresh action talent, and an instinct for how to show it off."
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B |
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(2006) |
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"Holofcener has a gift for wonderfully oblivious and in-denial characters, and the subtly ridiculous situations that such characters get themselves into."
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D |
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(2006) |
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"The most self-important, heavy-handed film since...well, since DOGVILLE."
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"Recreating the unusual spirit of the photos is what the film does best..."
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D- |
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(2006) |
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"A thin slice of a not-very-interesting nothing... The book they said was unfilmable turns out to be a film that is unwatchable."
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"The sort of film that's obviously deeply meaningful to the filmmaker, but he fails to make it particularly meaningful to you."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"delivers the action movie goods [thanks to] adroit pacing...[and] a cast of extremely capable actors."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Jack's realizations, particularly vis-ŕ-vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"An introspective film, but not, thankfully, an inert film.
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Meirelles isn't interested in either character or suspense. He's interested in political issues and the scenery."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"a gritty story about a reporter who gets carried away by his ego while he believes he is pursuing the greater good"
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B |
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(2005) |
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"In the genre of low-budget hillbilly slasher movies, it's a masterpiece."
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A |
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(2005) |
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"You feel privy to mysterious secrets and a monumental unraveling... It's impossible to look away."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"While the material wears thin, every minute of this film is a tour-de-force performance."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Strathairn is riveting."
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"Herzog comes across as the worst kind of cinematic jackass—the filmmaker who doesn't trust his own work to speak for itself."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Worthwhile for the three leads (Kudrow, Gyllenhaal, and Coogan) and for Roos's unique perspectives as a storyteller, close captioned for cognitively impaired."
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"While Glen Close dominates the screen with effortless assurance, Elizabeth Banks lacks personality and would probably dissipate in a strong ocean breeze."
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D |
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(2005) |
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"Martel is determined to make an impressionistic film out of miniscule moments, fragmented sounds, and fleeting images—so miniscule, fragmented, and fleeting they never cohere."
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C- |
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(2005) |
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"Memo to John Cusack: There's a thin line between humorous unflappability in the face of strange events, and sleepwalking.
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"An initially hilarious mockumentary whose sense of humor goes deaf as it wears on.
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"The [crap] may be out of control, but director Matthew Vaughn is firmly in it."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"insubstantial, but fun"
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Thank goodness Allen has left New York and left himself out of the script."
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"Just because the film starts taking itself seriously doesn't mean you have to."
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Nine Lives does contains a few tedious acting-school-exercise moments. Yet the accumulated power of the vignettes packs a wallop."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Who needs a budget when you can do what Tony Jaa can do?"
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"a dark teen comedy that tries way too hard to be a dark teen comedy"
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"CliffsNotes version"
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"A decent film that...remains married to its words and bound to its limited sets."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley)."
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C |
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(2005) |
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"Director Don Argott works with muddy, low-quality digital video, not compellingly edited, and doesn't dig as deep as he should."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Morgan Freeman can always peer into people's souls without needing to ask too many questions."
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D+ |
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(2005) |
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"A film for those people who think My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the greatest comedy of the past ten years"
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"The *ahem* engines take far to long to rev up."
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"Around the Bend has outstanding acting and a short running time, and still the story runs thin."
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"Few things are as exciting as watching a great actor successfully turn off the star wattage and don the skin of an utterly weak, insignificant person."
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A |
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(2004) |
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"THE AVIATOR is almost impossibly fertile and rich, but always Scorsese marshals his resources to get inside Hughes' head."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Almodóvar films don't unfold so much as they unpeel."
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C |
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(2004) |
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"The film winds up being more a celebration of Spacey than Darin."
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C |
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(2004) |
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"Instead of laughing with Bridget, The Edge of Reason laughs at her."
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D+ |
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(2004) |
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"An unfocused film that fails, at least for this uninitiated viewer, to open a door into any kind of reality, ordinary or otherwise."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"The story is gripping and the stakes are high... until the ridiculous coincidence.
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"Bridges, a consistently under-appreciated actor, does arguably the best work of his career..."
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A+ |
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(2004) |
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"Kaufman's previous screenplays have always been intellectually rigorous, but you wouldn't necessary say they have a lot of passion. This one is different."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Face is a film of considerable charm and warmth, even if the material sometimes feels well worn."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Finding Neverland flirts with complexity but never goes all the way."
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D+ |
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(2004) |
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"It's not that cloning is bad; it's that cloning done by bad people is bad."
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