Boxoffice Magazine's Scores
- Movies
For 984 reviews, this publication has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.5 points lower than other critics.
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 389 out of 984
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Mixed: 512 out of 984
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Negative: 83 out of 984
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Mark Keizer 80
It's a stirring mix of sports and human drama that exudes an almost earthy sense of genuineness.- Posted Feb 7, 2012
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Critic Score 80
An impressively dark and well-crafted crime tale about, of all things, cattle farming and "the hormone mafia underworld."- Posted Feb 14, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
This is purely warm, wonderful, wise and hilarious family entertainment that is fantastic movie fun for everyone.- Posted Mar 1, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
A smart, winning and comic, if at times bittersweet, treat.- Posted Mar 7, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Although Westfeldt's sharp screenplay is mostly talk, it's very good talk.- Posted Mar 7, 2012
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Critic Score 80
An orgiastic barrage of violence, The Raid: Redemption is, at least in its finest moments, one of the most breathless, blistering action movies in recent memory.- Posted Mar 27, 2012
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Critic Score 80
A gripping new documentary that's essential viewing for anybody who believes that the impact of global warming is tomorrow's problem.- Posted Apr 3, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
The kids, especially Néron and Nélisse are irresistible and supporting players are well-cast. Human dramas like Monsieur Lazhar are a rare breed these days and this exceptional example is one to be cherished.- Posted Apr 11, 2012
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Critic Score 80
With bubbles of nascent arousal frothing at the film's feminine surface, Moth Diaries' commercial potential is likely to hinge on whether or not audiences can stand to be confronted with the confusion they felt as adolescents.- Posted Apr 15, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Kids should especially like this magnificent and heartwarming look at the life of young Oscar.- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
The Pirates! Band of Misfits is one of the funniest animated films in years, or to put it in terms you scallywags can understand: it's a treasure trove of laughs.- Posted Apr 27, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
It's a great time at the movies and a wickedly clever cinematic treat.- Posted May 8, 2012
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Critic Score 80
A superb vehicle for Sacha Baron Cohen's over-the-top socio-political outrageousness.- Posted May 11, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
The director of quirky fare with a rabid cult-like following has made a charming, magical and really funny new work about two unique young kids discovering love over one unforgettable summer, and it's the director's most accessible movie yet.- Posted May 16, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Europe's Most Wanted is so full of laughs and great characters, it's easily the best in the series. Like "Toy Story 3," the Madagascar gang just gets better with time, and this new adventure is funny, exciting and heartwarming.- Posted May 23, 2012
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Critic Score 80
By way of remarkable sleight-of-hand, Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike both is and is not the freewheeling, fun-loving, male stripper extravaganza its trailers peddle.- Posted Jun 25, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 80
Meet the new face of superheroes: Marc Webb's totally teenage and totally fun take on the Spider-Man franchise.- Posted Jun 27, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Savages is one of Stone's best movies with a ménage et trois love story giving some human dimension to its three young leads.- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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Ray Greene 80
Red Hook Summer begins as a gentle character comedy and then erupts into a sudden reversal that is possibly the most powerful and disturbing sequence Lee has ever created. It's a film that makes you laugh, weep, rage and gasp, and, love it or hate it, you will definitely talk about it afterward.- Posted Jul 20, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
This smart and sophisticated romp takes surprising directions as it examines the creative process of writing, the delicate balance of relationships, and the mysteries of men and women.- Posted Jul 25, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 80
Journalist and director Allison Klayman doesn't mask her awe of the man, who comes off as a cross between a wise Buddha-figure and Santa Claus - he's made for history, and he's making it.- Posted Jul 28, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Deftly veering from comedy to drama, director David Frankel (who also guided Streep to one of her 17 Oscar nominations in "The Devil Wears Prada") never loses sight of the humanity and universality of the situation.- Posted Aug 6, 2012
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Critic Score 80
Think of it as someone making a peanut butter and chocolate swirl of Mad magazine and The New Yorker - two unique tastes making one great treat.- Posted Aug 7, 2012
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Critic Score 80
It's Cronenberg's most willfully weird movie since "Spider," and it should prove a tough sell despite Pattinson's ample star power.- Posted Aug 15, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 80
This over-the-top sequel caters to the lowest common denominator in the best possible way, and it's so fully committed to brainless bombast that it muscles audiences to applaud by sheer force of will.- Posted Aug 15, 2012
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Critic Score 80
A darker and more ambitious meditation on impermanence, Samsara relies on blunt force and unforgettable imagery, overcoming the hazy logic of Fricke's editing to earn your awe.- Posted Aug 21, 2012
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Critic Score 80
Filled to the brim with top-shelf performances from an impressive cast, and with enough well-executed (and often shocking) violence to keep moviegoers of all stripes wide awake, Lawless is a minor classic in the making.- Posted Aug 28, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is a sweet surprise, a funny, touching terrific and quite wonderful movie that gets it all right about the joys and heartbreaks of growing up circa 1991.- Posted Sep 15, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Easily one of the year's best films and one of the best ever in the well-worn cop genre.- Posted Sep 15, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
Clint Eastwood and a superb cast hit it out of the park in Trouble With The Curve, a great entertainment filled with heart, humor, family drama and fantastic acting.- Posted Sep 17, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 80
There's more to it than a black-and-white political conclusion, and the laundry list of California documentary heroes in the credits suggests this film is humanist before it's agenda driven.- Posted Sep 24, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 80
Arnold's newest testament to passion and squalor strikes a tone somewhere between Cary Fukinaga's emo "Jane Eyre" and Sophia Coppola's revisionist-hip "Marie Antoinette."- Posted Sep 29, 2012
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Ray Greene 80
The emotional journey is articulated with so much nuance, and such a vigorous belief in human possibility, that everything The Surrogate touches becomes its own, and is made new.- Posted Oct 13, 2012
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Pete Hammond 80
This is not really a biopic of the great President as the title might indicate, but rather a fascinating, savvy look at the inner-workings of the political process and how things in the White House get - or don't get - done.- Posted Nov 4, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 80
Every frame of silent, lip-biting, pent-up tension in the series has been holding its breath for this -- a 600-minute soap opera suddenly exploding into a Grindhouse slasher.- Posted Nov 13, 2012
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- Posted Nov 18, 2012
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Critic Score 80
One of the best kid's films of the year, full of delight and action and charm and comedy.- Posted Nov 20, 2012
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Critic Score 80
Audiences smart and tough enough to seek the film out will have their own reward.- Posted Dec 26, 2012
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Sara Schieron 70
Shutter Island is a bear hug to cinema while it’s also an occasionally tart valentine to genre. -
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Pete Hammond 70
The Book of Eli takes the violent, gritty feel of a spaghetti western, marries it with elements of "The Road," places it in the future and gives it a spiritual twist. -
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Pete Hammond 70
Like "The Blind Side," this is an inspiring and compelling true story. Harrison Ford is at the top of his game in this remarkable film. -
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Ray Greene 70
If it is possible to watch this work as a movie rather than using it as a referendum on its maker’s guilt or innocence, the audience that craves mature, sophisticated and grown-up entertainment will find much to admire here. -
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Pam Grady 70
The film can be dry and a little repetitive. For all of that, it still manages to generate a surprising measure of suspense and it produces outrage in abundance. -
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Tim Cogshell 70
While it is captivating stylistically, and the primer on the China/Taiwan relationship is great fodder for political geeks, even in its deepest moments of intrigue and pathos this is a cable TV movie at best. -
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Ed Schied 70
The unexpected directions in their family dynamics and unflinching scenes of the volatile Marc keep Prodigal Sons absorbing. -
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Sara Schieron 70
Severe Clear provides a view of the early days of the war and reminds you of all the promotion and idealism that conflict came with. -
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Ray Greene 70
It’s a marvelous document of a still vital musician whose unbending indifference to pop fashion has proven him more creatively durable than any other figure from the golden ’60s moment that gave birth to his career. -
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Barbara Goslawski 70
Writer/director Tim Blake Nelson manages a finely tuned balance that is rare in cinema. Moving from the far reaches of comedy to the nether regions of drama, he never skips a beat or sets the pitch too high. -
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Wade Major 70
Though less splashy than "Red Cliff," or for that matter "Hero," or even "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," the picture nonetheless embraces a classic melodramatic approach to an otherwise familiar Ching Dynasty tale, delivering one of the most bracing Asian period films in many years. -
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Wade Major 70
A powerful and provocative look at the seismology of the Iranian social order and the connective tissue that sustains Iranian women in particular. -
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Pete Hammond 70
Performances are generally first-rate with Hopkins exhibiting an ease and laid-back approach that serves Adam perfectly. -
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Pete Hammond 70
Fans of the first will not be bored. This Iron Man may not be the Godfather II of comic book movie sequels critics hope for but it is a complete blast anyway. -
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John P. McCarthy 70
Listen closely, however, and amidst the zingers and world-weary chatter, Chekhov's generous humanism comes through loud and clear. -
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Pete Hammond 70
Mixing old-fashioned content and state of the art effects, this Jerry Bruckheimer production trades ‘pirates' for ‘princes' to revive the swashbuckling, sword fighting spirit of the sort Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn specialized. -
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Pete Hammond 70
A fascinating, strangely funny and remarkable film about events so incredible you'll likely have a hard time believing what you see onscreen. -
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Pete Hammond 70
This revved-up movie version offers a perfect mix of non-stop thrills and clever dialogue, mixed with an engagingly light touch. Nobody is taking anything too seriously here, and that's the fun of it. -
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Pete Hammond 70
Stylish, globe hopping, action-packed comedy that starts at full blast and never lets up. -
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John P. McCarthy 70
An entomologist's delight, Jessica Oreck's movie about Japan's insect mania is worth watching even if you're repulsed by creepy-crawlers. -
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John P. McCarthy 70
The Father of My Children is a protean charmer just like Grégoire Canvel, the title character modeled on the late Humbert Balsan. -
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Mark Keizer 70
In his densely constructed and pretty damn brilliant film The Juche Idea, Finn takes aim at North Korean president Kim Jong-il's theories on cinema and how its ultimate purpose is to advance political ideology and party loyalty. -
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
While it isn't the only adaptation to give flesh (or ink) to Cleary's indomitable misfit, it's the most accessible retelling to date. -
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Amy Nicholson 70
Eclipse has its cheesecake and eats it, too. -
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Pam Grady 70
Predators is sometimes silly and hardly original, but it delivers the thrills. -
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Ray Greene 70
Using clips from home movies, newsreels and public access TV, Davis does a heroic job of bringing the edgy and diffuse mixed-media New York art scene of the '80s back to life. -
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John P. McCarthy 70
Tirador ’s frenetic style and locale will remind many viewers of Fernando Meirelles’ much-admired City of God. -
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Wade Major 70
Fans of "Train of Life" will undoubtedly embrace the picture's similarly ragtag collection of clever, lovable misfits. -
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Pam Grady 70
The most compelling thing about it is what it captures: a snapshot of America's ongoing and endless cultural war at a moment when things begin to shift. -
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Amy Nicholson 70
An odd little film that aims only to please itself. -
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Mark Keizer 70
Just when we thought there were no new twists to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto comes this documentary: focused, sorrowful and revelatory. -
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Pam Grady 70
This comic fantasy will delight kids and parents alike. -
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John P. McCarthy 70
How often can you see Cheech Marin nailed to a cross or Lindsay Lohan in a threesome with Trejo and the actress playing her mother? -
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Pete Hammond 70
Bottom line: It's a good one, fresh, funny and vintage Woody. -
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Amy Nicholson 70
The best parts of Sparling's script play like an absurdist snuff film. -
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Amy Nicholson 70
Like Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There"-which never once came out and said the name "Bob Dylan"-Nowhere Boy bites its tongue and refuses to say "The Beatles." -
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Pete Hammond 70
The script, from first time screenwriters Ian Deitchman and Kristin Rusk Robinson, takes a predictable premise and gives it surprising depth. -
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John P. McCarthy 70
Although its claims about Hildegard's modernity and relevancy should be taken with a grain of salt, one readily imagines Vision attracting a cross-section of the curious, not limited to feminist cinephiles and true believers.- Posted Oct 26, 2010
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Critic Score 70
Wiseman's approach will surprise none of his veteran viewers: no voiceover, no real narrative, just a pure evocation of a place that acts both as a specific site and a microcosm of a larger sphere.- Posted Oct 27, 2010
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Ray Greene 70
Bhutto's story is an epic one, and Hernandez and O'Hara prove up to the task.- Posted Dec 6, 2010
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Amy Nicholson 70
In its small moments, say when Walhberg sighs that his robe misspells "Micky," The Fighter feels clued-in to the very small, very tough world of a man trying to make his way out of his block-and after getting to know his family, you want to help him pack his bags.- Posted Dec 6, 2010
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
This oddball tale of life on a snowy mountainside is consistently upbeat and surprising, with action intensity that stays sturdily at "Goonies" level.- Posted Dec 7, 2010
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
A clearly personal effort, Somewhere demonstrates Coppola's featherweight touch with big subjects like identity and human connection.- Posted Dec 11, 2010
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
Equally nostalgic and fresh-faced, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is a bohemian musical that owes as much to Cassavetes "Shadows" as it does the French musicals of the '30s.- Posted Dec 12, 2010
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Pete Hammond 70
Unbeatable entertainment if you want to climb on board for the ride.- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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Richard Mowe 70
Wacky and good-humored, Go Go has a seductive visual appeal that Ferrara exploits to the fullest.- Posted Jan 4, 2011
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Amy Nicholson 70
Country Strong is a charmer that makes you forgive all of its false notes simply because the talent plays them with conviction.- Posted Jan 4, 2011
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Sara Schieron 70
Evokes a New York sentimentalist tradition that mixes the edge of golden era Cassavettes with the nostalgia of Woody Allen-all of which owes eternal debt to the western European New Waves and Bergman.- Posted Jan 18, 2011
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Wade Major 70
A superbly well-crafted film, faithful to its cultural and cinematic heritage, and easily one of the most enjoyable entertainments of a still nascent 2011 post-holiday season.- Posted Jan 22, 2011
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Critic Score 70
The film reaches way beyond the usual activist crowd by making itself as formally compelling as it is tightly argued.- Posted Feb 1, 2011
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Amy Nicholson 70
There's plenty of atmosphere and awe, even if it's in the service of a story that starts rote and finds its sea legs only when half the divers have sunk their bones to Davy Jones.- Posted Feb 2, 2011
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
Katz, however, is great with gentle moments (his most dear and haunting is the final scene), and he handles the balance of mystery and family drama quite adeptly.- Posted Feb 4, 2011
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
Lovers of Hate would be a family tragedy if the immature antics of the three characters didn't send you ping-ponging from sympathetic chuckles to guffaws of disgust.- Posted Feb 9, 2011
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Amy Nicholson 70
Jones delivers her line readings so robotically that even her truths sound like lies. She's got the look of a Hitchcock blonde, and the movements of a deer in the headlights. Even her kisses look fake.- Posted Feb 16, 2011
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Pam Grady 70
With the stranger in a strange land motif, the movie plays a little bit like the 2007 Israeli dramedy "The Band's Visit" and Liev Shreiber's "Everything Is Illuminated" rolled into one.- Posted Mar 5, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
The perfect family film in every way, moms, dads, kids and even those Martians are gonna love this funny, warm and wonderful tale.- Posted Mar 10, 2011
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John P. McCarthy 70
Cary Joji Fukunaga's romantic thriller Jane Eyre is to 19th-century literature what "Black Swan" is to ballet: a thoroughly cinematic, occasionally exhilarating reimagining of a repertoire standard.- Posted Mar 10, 2011
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Ed Schied 70
This impressive documentary on rarely seen art will have strong appeal for art aficionados.- Posted Mar 14, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
A Hitchcockian thriller with a bit of "Unstoppable" and a little "Unknown," Source Code is a pulse-pounding flick.- Posted Mar 14, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
Fun for every member of the family, despite marketing that suggests it may be intended for only the youngest of the bunch.- Posted Mar 30, 2011
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John P. McCarthy 70
It's easy to get depressed by much of the behavior depicted in Phillip the Fossil, yet the talents behind the picture are a cause for optimism. The last thing they appear to be is hypocritical.- Posted Apr 16, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
This handsome period piece should develop a strong afterlife on DVD and in schools.- Posted Apr 16, 2011
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Critic Score 70
If you're a fan of upper-crust New England intellectuals or one of them yourself, Ceremony is probably your perfect movie.- Posted Apr 16, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
Directors Keith Scholey (who also wrote the narration) and Alastair Fothergill spent nearly three years capturing this remarkable footage, and have edited it judiciously with an eye to entertainment.- Posted Apr 19, 2011
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
David Lowery's St. Nick provides plenty to marvel at.- Posted Apr 25, 2011
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John P. McCarthy 70
With his (Herzog) idiosyncratic blend of serendipity, bluntness and mischievous irony, he's able to get at deep questions like no other documentarian.- Posted Apr 25, 2011
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Critic Score 70
What the film does well, however, is grasp the tone and rhythm of the original comic books.- Posted May 26, 2011
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Ray Greene 70
An auspicious, controlled and altogether droll debut film that resembles Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" without being derived from it.- Posted May 29, 2011
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Critic Score 70
Abolishing obvious innuendo and employing a deft handling of script and character, the film has all the fixings to play like a sleeper in arthouses.- Posted Jun 3, 2011
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Critic Score 70
The film has a narrative grip and pitiless portrait of idealism run amok that's hard to resist.- Posted Jun 6, 2011
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Ray Greene 70
Trachinger clearly has the wit and the talent to do thought-provoking and challenging work. All she needs is a producer with similar aspirations, and she'll be well on her way toward fully achieving the promise on display here.- Posted Jun 7, 2011
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John P. McCarthy 70
The equally simple and profound take-away from One Lucky Elephant is that the best thing we can do is let Flora be Flora.- Posted Jun 11, 2011
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Ray Greene 70
What makes this movie truly special is that the source of Buck's uncanny gift is actually an acute childhood sorrow.- Posted Jun 12, 2011
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Ray Greene 70
Whether Rossi's cautious optimism about the future of a legendary but troubled journalistic institution is justifiable is a story yet to be written, but Page One assures us that if the paper goes down, it will go down swinging.- Posted Jun 15, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
A refreshing, hilarious and heartwarming movie for everyone.- Posted Jun 16, 2011
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Mark Keizer 70
More than just a jocular account of a musical comedy revue, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop is a snapshot of a unique man's psyche at a very peculiar moment.- Posted Jun 19, 2011
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Pam Grady 70
A lawman seeking redemption can't seem to escape sin in Ed Gass-Donnelly's haunting, rural drama.- Posted Jun 28, 2011
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Ed Schied 70
As uninhibited as its heroine, this film is full of clever surprises.- Posted Jun 29, 2011
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Richard Mowe 70
A tough psychological drama, it may stretch some audience sensibilities.- Posted Jun 29, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
This charmer about late middle-aged renaissance is pertinent for these times and a perfect summer comedy for grown-ups looking to escape robots and superheroes.- Posted Jun 29, 2011
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Ed Schied 70
Shooting in Calais give Welcome a realistic atmosphere with vivid details.- Posted Jul 1, 2011
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Wade Major 70
Casting is almost uniformly first rate with Cox, Purefoy and the always brilliant Giamatti providing noteworthy standouts.- Posted Jul 5, 2011
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Pam Grady 70
It is a dark drama to be sure and it does carry with it a whiff of disease-of-the-week melodrama, yet there is also transcendence in the tale; as bleak as the film is, it is not without hope.- Posted Jul 16, 2011
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Ray Greene 70
July has mounted a surrealist fable about the delicate balance between relationships and the inner monologue inside each lover, with its incessant demands and individual needs. Unevenness is an aesthetic here - not so much a flaw as a conscious choice.- Posted Jul 24, 2011
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Critic Score 70
Compared to this summer's grab bag of superheros vying for a franchise, the apes rise (pardon the pun) to the challenge of making us care.- Posted Aug 4, 2011
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Pam Grady 70
This is Rudd's movie and he once more displays an unerring eye for comedy. He comes at it from an actor's perspective rather than a comedian's and it shows as his character as hilarious as he is credible.- Posted Aug 15, 2011
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Ed Schied 70
Writer/director René Féret tells the absorbing and ultimately tragic story of this gifted young woman now forgotten by history.- Posted Aug 15, 2011
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Critic Score 70
A CG-steeped period-piece fantasy that weds whodunit drama and punch-and-kick mayhem.- Posted Aug 29, 2011
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Critic Score 70
The title's no joke: the film presents Ceausescu as he presented himself to the world and wanted to be remembered.- Posted Sep 6, 2011
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
As divisive as his documentary "Kurt and Courtney," this made-for-British-TV doc by Nick Broomfield begins with the promise of neutrality - but it's a promise the film can't keep.- Posted Sep 25, 2011
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Pam Grady 70
Shannon makes the man's dilemma plain and moving, and that gives Take Shelter a resonance that last long after the final fade out.- Posted Sep 26, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
Although the marketing looks like "Transformers 4," Real Steel is the real deal, a Rocky with robots that ought to have audiences standing up and cheering.- Posted Oct 4, 2011
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Pete Hammond 70
The Big Year turns out to be one of the smartest and funniest films this year.- Posted Oct 19, 2011
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Critic Score 70
The more traditional haunted house feel and fresh focus should please diehards and pull in new fans.- Posted Oct 19, 2011
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
OKA!, like the mysterious horn the characters hunt, is a real find.- Posted Oct 21, 2011
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Critic Score 70
The Rum Diary is so visually enchanting that many viewers may be too lost in a haze of charm to care that the film never develops Thompson's then-nascent wisdom any further than the young writer did in the novel itself.- Posted Oct 27, 2011
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Critic Score 70
Cody's snappy, spot-on writing and Reitman's clear-eyed direction should suit audiences looking for a black-as-night dramedy with bite.- Posted Nov 22, 2011
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
The messy uplift audiences can expect from this butterfly awakening they'll get in spades.- Posted Dec 10, 2011
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Critic Score 70
Streamlined, beautifully shot and casually thrilling, Haywire's superior action fun should hopefully draw audiences eager for R-rated, no-frills fare.- Posted Jan 14, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
It's full of really subtle dichotomies and internal conflicts, but what makes Julius' story seem authentic is how totally incongruous it feels.- Posted Feb 1, 2012
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Wade Major 70
It's a mood piece more than a conventional documentary and it should do comfortably above average business on the theatrical documentary circuit, particularly given its location on the list of Oscar nominated documentaries.- Posted Feb 1, 2012
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Pete Hammond 70
Norton's tale of an undetected community of tiny people is perfectly suited for a cartoon and this beautifully rendered, almost old-fashioned version is a gem.- Posted Feb 16, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
A family drama that looks for answers in coincidence (is it really ever coincidence?), this endearing and breezy comic fable watches Jeff's coming of age and promises nothing after his moment of truth.- Posted Mar 9, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 70
Is the result - a slapstick, bizarro melodrama where Ferrell plays the Mexican born and bred scion of a wealthy farmer - meant more for Spanish speakers or stoned and giggly Americans? It's a tough call.- Posted Mar 16, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
It's a mixed blessing to see these dramas play out in Norwegian, surrounded by what we tend to imagine are more liberal perspectives on sex.- Posted Apr 3, 2012
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Pete Hammond 70
The result is the best slice of Pie yet: a savvy sequel that's flat-out hilarious raunchy fun.- Posted Apr 4, 2012
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Critic Score 70
A winning cast and solid writing from screenwriters Keith Merryman and David A. Newman (Friends With Benefits) should appeal to men and women alike.- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
You'll laugh and be offended, but if you watch it and don't want to be part of the solution, you'll know which side of the line you're on. Activism takes some unique forms.- Posted May 12, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
What it provides (instead of the thematically clever dialogue of typically subtle French comedy) is biting wit, poignancy and, forsaking some structural nuisances, the summer's best bromance.- Posted Jun 4, 2012
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Pete Hammond 70
Blending a perfect brew of classic '80s songs, big laughs and rockin' performances, director Adam Shankman manages to make this film adaptation of the hit Broadway jukebox musical a red hot summer blast for people who grew up with glam metal - or just can't escape it on the radio.- Posted Jun 13, 2012
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Critic Score 70
Too bad the film's obscure star will be a hard sell to non-music geeks or anyone born after 1965, because this film's a blast.- Posted Jun 13, 2012
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Ray Greene 70
The Invisible War is that rare, issues-driven documentary that is so powerful it's apt to change minds.- Posted Jun 15, 2012
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Pete Hammond 70
Reiner has crafted the perfect summer film in The Magic Of Belle Isle. No, not one with a lot of noise and battles and comic book heroes, but rather a wonderfully laid back family story set around a gorgeous lake, about the everyday problems of real people from 7 to 70.- Posted Jul 2, 2012
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Ray Greene 70
Greenfield's fly on the wall view of obscene wealth punctured like a toy balloon is as current as a blog or a headline.- Posted Jul 11, 2012
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Ray Greene 70
The audience for this movie will have to be an adventurous one, and even then a substantial portion will be outraged by what they see.- Posted Jul 13, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 70
A fine film in a strong summer, but it lacks the spark that made its immediate predecessor a masterpiece.- Posted Jul 16, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 70
Step Up Revolution has again found some of the most kinetic talents in the country.- Posted Jul 26, 2012
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Pete Hammond 70
Fox is smart to keep turning this stuff out before star Gordon grows too old for the role. He's terrific in a Leave it to Beaver way, perfectly capturing the angst of being in-betweener.- Posted Aug 3, 2012
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 70
The Master is big screen marvel intended for 70mm projection (a rare treat), with some beautiful imagery, but often inaudible dialogue. Phoenix's lived-in mumble comes off about as clear as Fenster from The Usual Suspects and Amy Adam's precise diction can't even save her harshest talking points.- Posted Sep 2, 2012
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Ray Greene 70
It seems odd to call a detailed portrait of toxic romance lovely, but Keep the Lights On truly is.- Posted Sep 4, 2012
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Mark Keizer 70
Alcoholic movie characters run the gamut from lovable millionaire (Arthur) to Skid Row bum (Henry Chinaski from Barfly) to all-out, suicidal depressive (Ben from Leaving Las Vegas). As written and performed, Winstead's Kate triangulates between all these approaches and finds a sincerity that plays to the intellect, not to the rafters.- Posted Oct 2, 2012
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Pete Hammond 70
With a razor-sharp script and Jennifer Garner winning laughs in a nice change-of-pace role, this cynically funny and pointedly pertinent not-so-subtle spin on the national battle between right and left wing politics scores lots of comic bullseyes.- Posted Oct 3, 2012
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Mark Keizer 70
Killing Them Softly tries hard - and succeeds - to be a film of the now with its political parallels right in front of us. Yet it's also an invisible companion to the dirty business at hand - and it is a business.- Posted Oct 24, 2012
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Critic Score 70
It's a real film, and a fun one, made with gonzo good humor and plenty of action from the opening brutal battle over which the sound of The Wu-Tang Clan's 1993 single "Shame on a N***a" roars.- Posted Nov 1, 2012
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Critic Score 70
Playing like a mash-up between "Enter the Void" and "The Raid," Day of Reckoning is an uncommonly assured slice of bargain bin cinema, as arresting to watch as it is impossible to comprehend.- Posted Nov 27, 2012
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Mark Keizer 70
For fans, this is exactly how the story of Jean Valjean's transformation from thief to saint should be delivered: smothered in bombast.- Posted Dec 6, 2012
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Steve Ramos 60
The Spierigs make exciting use of their clever vampire premise and the result is a potential horror/action franchise equal to "Underworld." -
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Barbara Goslawski 60
Bong's stylistic embellishment of the simple tale of a mother who will do anything to protect her son is breathtaking. -
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Pete Hammond 60
They’ve shed all of the Brit-centric political aspects and updated it to make a riveting, pulse-pounding suspense thriller that really does keep you on ‘edge.’ -
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Ray Greene 60
Benicio Del Toro looks even more like Lon Chaney Sr. than Chaney Jr. did, and he’s a far better actor than the previous Wolf Man. -
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Amy Nicholson 60
Payne's book is more epic and shameless than Gustin Nash's tidy adaptation. -
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Pete Hammond 60
Entertaining, full of laughs and, as far as chick flicks go, is a sweet, romantic trip worth taking for audiences so inclined. -
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Mark Keizer 60
To say the movie is understated is an understatement, yet it’s justified. -
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Pete Hammond 60
An entertaining fright movie that’s crazy fun and full of genuine scares. -
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Mark Keizer 60
With the nation’s unemployment rate hovering around 10% and home foreclosure numbers stubbornly high, Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s haunting documentary of multigenerational troubles is either a case of great timing or, possibly, the worst timing ever. -
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Sara Schieron 60
In short, if you like her, you’ll likely love her after the film, which I suspect is timed to usher in a return world tour. -
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Steve Ramos 60
Moving and more ambitious than a CW serial drama or the long-ago ABC After School Specials because its honesty outweighs its occasionally trite dialogue and sometimes false scenes. -
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John P. McCarthy 60
The romantic drama earns solid marks for atmosphere, moving shots of post-Katrina New Orleans and acting. -
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Pete Hammond 60
In a brief supporting role Meg Ryan is also fine along with Brian F. O’Byrne and Will Patton. Shannon Kane is memorable as the prostitute Gere hooks up with. -
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Pam Grady 60
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Pete Hammond 60
For those looking for the rare romantic youth drama without vampyric overtones or other gimmicks, Remember Me should satisfy and it works as a much-needed change of pace for the talented Pattinson who remains one of the most watchable of our young stars. -
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Pete Hammond 60
Gordon is bit too good looking to really be the Greg Heffley the books detail, but he's not obnoxious in the role and will appeal to the target 'tween set. -
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Tim Cogshell 60
A dark and brooding story that only gets more disturbing over the course its 152 minute runtime. -
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Richard Mowe 60
Although Ben Stiller’s brand of nervy comic ticks can prove irritating on occasions, here he is kept in check so that the humor and the pathos shine through. -
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Mark Keizer 60
At 74 tough and tragic minutes, though, Kimjongilia is not destined for monetary glory. The waiting arms of public television are the more likely destination. -
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Ray Greene 60
Far from a perfect movie, but there are moments when it comes about as close to catching the visceral kick of the pre-iPod rock experience as any film I've ever seen. -
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Steve Ramos 60
Forty-four years after his exciting debut feature "Fists in the Pocket," Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio continues his late-career renaissance with the passionate, beautifully crafted, period melodrama Vincere. -
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Pam Grady 60
Fails to completely satisfy, thanks to problems with the script that neither director nor stars can overcome. -
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Ed Schied 60
Dancing lacks probing interviews to highlight the tremendous cultural change, but Sy remains an engaging focus point and there are numerous performance sequences that ably demonstrate his growing accomplishments. -
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Wade Major 60
A charming oddity, a character-driven drama with just enough fringe genre elements to both enhance and distract, though ultimately hewing closer to the former to make the latter only a minor annoyance. -
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Sara Schieron 60
On one side Lbs. deals with a subject not often handled dramatically and this alone gives it an urgency and a credibility. -
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Pete Hammond 60
Full of high flying action, nifty monsters, valiant heroes, plotting villains and impressive CGI. -
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Pete Hammond 60
Yet another movie marketed with the line “From the author of The Notebook,” The Last Song is distinguished from other Nicholas Sparks adaptations because it’s the first screenplay the best-selling novelist has written himself. -
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The filmmakers do bang-up job expanding the frontline perspectives, aiming to subvert a ruling regime’s course and expose its cloudy human rights record. -
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Sara Schieron 60
The way the film handles relationships has a similarly light but lived in air to it as well. -
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Steve Ramos 60
Borte supports his jewel of a story idea with dead-on casting, stunning images and product placement that's intentionally heavy-handed. -
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Pete Hammond 60
The Losers not only looks like a low rent, buttoned-down version of The A-Team, but it also resembles a hybrid of other flicks like "Mission: Impossible" and "Inglourious Basterds." -
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John P. McCarthy 60
Best Worst Movie is a must-see for students of film criticism and the philosophy of art. -