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"I have to give Emmerich credit for creating a film that's been funnier than '27 Dresses' or 'Over Her Dead Body.'"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"'17 Again' demonstrates that Effron has rightfully earned some of the rampant adulation that has come his way."
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4/10 |
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(2003) |
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"It makes you wonder if this trip was really necessary."
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's pointless to fault '2012' for being silly or perpetuating scientific and historic baloney. Instead, the new movie's unforgivable transgression is that it fails to make any of the apocalyptic destruction fun."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, who adapted the far superior 'The Devil Wears Prada' for the screen, has penned a tale of love that makes a viewer long for eternal solitude."
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"'300' would have been a truly Olympian feat if it had characters that were as finely wrought as the images."
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"The mature gross out comedy."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"There's also a weird sense of laziness with 50 First Dates that impedes a lot of the humor and much of the heart."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This broken affair is more entertaining than most successful ones."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Because '9' runs only 79 minutes, Acker almost gets by on the intricate and distinctive visuals."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"In the end, 'Abandon' winds up like a fitfully coherent term paper written by a brilliant student who had imbibed a few too many study aids."
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The Kansas City Star |
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"The "American Pie" duo deserves credit for making a convincingly British comedy that is also charmingly universal."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"British actor Hugh Dancy manages an astonishing feat by making viewers empathize with a character that has trouble feeling empathy."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"There are still puke jokes in 'Adventureland' as there were in 'Superbad,' but it's nice to see that Mottola can help viewers get in touch with another body function, the beat of a heart."
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"You don’t need the 3D glasses to see the flaws."
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"That's when most of us sleep."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"If you like boxing or know a little something about the sport, prepare to have your intelligence insulted."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"This juvenile take on the James Bond films feels more like a heavily watered-down vodka martini than a genuine offering for kids."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The activity sheets they handed out at the screening I attended were more fun than the movie."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"If there was ever a film that begged not to be remade, the 1966 black comedy Alfie is screaming to be left alone in a loud Cockney accent."
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"There is a contagious visual energy that runs throughout Amandla! that fits the music and the themes beautifully."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"'Amelia' plays less like a movie and more like a timeline."
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3.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Jeunet's optical sleights of hand would be hollow if he also didn't create dozens of vivid and frequently lovable characters."
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Lawrence Journal-World |
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"It makes a viewer feel like an investor in one of the banks Jesse James hit.
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Lawrence Journal-World |
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Screenwriter Adam Herz works with bodily discharges and fetishes the way a jazz musician handles melodies and instruments."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"By focusing a little more on people than she does on ideology, director Gardos ends up with a patriotism that seems more honest and compelling.
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Demonstrates the same disregard for good taste as its predecessors had."
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3.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"In a single film, director Alejandro González Iñárritu balances stories and moods as diverse as canine breeds."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Scherfig and Hornby have a winningly droll sense of humor, but the main reason to see An Education is because they treat viewers as if they were as intelligent as Jenny."
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4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Nothing in Anchorman will be mistaken for the work of Preston Sturges, but the occasional chuckle and even a loud guffaw is unavoidable."
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"When it's all over, "Angel Eyes" feels like an exhausting flirtation instead of a full-out seduction."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Bell's charm and finesse with a right hook help elevate Angel of Death from being a mundane straight-to-DVD offering."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"It's easy to think of Ron Howard's new effort Angels & Demons as more of an apology than a movie."
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2/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Unless a movie set in Hollywood is as good as "Sunset Boulevard" or "The Player," it's hard not to wish the filmmakers had chosen a more imaginative locale."
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1/5 |
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(2005) |
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"The movie never passes up an opportunity to insult viewers of all ages."
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Zygoff and Clowes do get the most out of their first-rate cast and prove that hollow laughs are far superior to no laughs at all."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Somewhere in the back of Mike Myers' mind there's probably a hope that Austin Powers lacks the resilience of James Bond."
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The Kansas City Star |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"'Away We Go' is still funny and occasionally touching, but it might have been even more entertaining if Mendes and the screenwriters hadn't tried to so hard to make us laugh."
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The shaky camerawork gets old quickly. So does the fan who filmed himself urinating."
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The Kansas City Star |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's not surprising the film was Germany's 2008 submission for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The laughs die down as bullets rip through people's necks."
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The Kansas City Star |
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Thornton’s virtuoso performance is the only reason to plunk down hard earned bucks for this surprisingly lifeless remake of 'The Bad News Bears.'"
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Sibling writer-directors Jay and Mark Duplass have figured out how to use their meager resources to intriguing effect. After watching "Baghead," I'm not sure if I've seen a horror film or a comedy, and I'm sure that's what the Duplass brothers intended."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Thanks to a sloppy, anemic script and indifferent direction, 'Balls of Fury' lacks the stones to be genuinely entertaining."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Co-writer-director Todd Graff doesn't look at teens or their issues in a condescending light."
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"With 'Barnyard,' the androgynous udders, as annoying as they can be, are about the only original thing to be found in the whole movie."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Director Jonathan Parker gets points simply for trying to tackle the writings of Herman Melville."
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The Kansas City Star |
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1/5 |
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(2006) |
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" To get to those shots of Stone's chest and thighs, however, the audience has to wait through a two-hour story that's so tedious that the audience may walk out before Stone eventually liberates herself from her clothing."
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1/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Legions of science-fiction fans will feel compelled to approach the ticket booth and scream for a refund."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a little odd that making a film for children has almost made Adam Sandler grow up."
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