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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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(2005) |
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"The mature gross out comedy."
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(2009) |
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"This broken affair is more entertaining than most successful ones."
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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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"British actor Hugh Dancy manages an astonishing feat by making viewers empathize with a character that has trouble feeling empathy."
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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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(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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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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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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(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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(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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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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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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(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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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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(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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(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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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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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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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Schnabel can take on an apparently spent genre like the biopic and produce a pair of films that ooze vitality as they give their subjects a much needed celebration."
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(2007) |
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"Somehow, Lumet and his expert cast are able to make his shady characters compelling even though these folks might pause for only a passing thought before stabbing each other in the back, literally."
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"When writer/director Billy Wilder died last year at 95, he left behind a series of films that demolished sexual taboos, satirized Cold War tensions and entertained a mass audience even though he had something to say. Not bad for a fellow working in a thir"
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"'Bolt' is consistently entertaining because its characters are so endearing."
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(2003) |
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"It's easy to view Dietrich Bonhoeffer as both a hero and a martyr, and Martin Doblmeier's new documentary does nothing to dispel that image. Thankfully, the director examines his subject in a thorough and clear-headed manner that's worthy of the subject."
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5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"With its frequently astute social observations, "Borat" effortlessly uses bad taste for a good cause."
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Director Paul Greengrass actually has a better sense of pacing than his predecessor, Doug Liman."
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(2008) |
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"The new British film 'Boy A' poses a question that is easy to ask but nearly impossible to answer: Can we ever really escape from our own misdeeds?"
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Hicks' rambling pacing and Cubitt's routine approach to the story prevent 'The Boys Are Back' from reaching its potential."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"For the most part, novice feature director Sharon Maguire manages to recapture the outrageous situations and the attitudes in the book."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"With 'Bright Star,' New Zealand's Jane Campion ('The Piano') has managed to write and direct an engrossing film about a man whose achievements can only be found on the page and in the heart."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Unlike the con artists the movie depicts, 'The Brothers Bloom' rewards rather than exploits viewers by defying their expectations."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"But by pointing out how low some people will sink to hit the heights of fame, Baron Cohen can raise as many valid discussions as he can squirms."
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8/10 |
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(1999) |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Calendar Girls benefits immeasurably from a talented, agreeable cast who manage to elicit far more chuckles than the thin setup would seemingly allow."
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3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Calle 54 is an engaging sampler of Latin jazz and its permutations."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It might seem like a fantasy for the baker interviewed in the film to be making $60,000 a year and benefits, but Moore proves the idea is less fictitious than the ones that sank Lehman Brothers."
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"John Sayles might be examining quirks in legal and political systems, but he's still capable of making seemingly arcane subject matter engrossing and occasionally moving."
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"'Casino Royale' finally restores 007 to his Cold War prowess."
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"'Catch a Fire' is proof that revenge may be a dish that's best not served at all."
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(2001) |
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""Cats & Dogs" is reasonably entertaining kids' fare, but it might have been even more worthwhile if it had a little more human heart and reason behind it."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"'Changeling' feels like a letdown despite several powerful moments because the adaptation could have used a little retooling before the cameras rolled."
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4/5 |
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"The first two acts are the prescription for what's wrong in the third."
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(2007) |
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"Imagine getting a fascinating, if unsettling history lesson while watching a Judd Apatow comedy like 'Knocked Up,' and that's how 'Charlie Wilson's War' unfolds."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Guevara is too fascinating an individual to be confined to a story that can fit on a bumper sticker."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Thanks to a radiant performance from Michelle Pfeiffer, 'Chéri' occasionally overcomes a storyline that never quite develops momentum."
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"When Mel Gibson passes on to that big screen in the sky, don't be surprised if he's best remembered for playing a flirtatious rooster."
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