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Step Up 3
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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I think it actually honors the art form of dance, but not in a solemn, highbrow way.
Posted Aug 10, 2010
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Middle Men
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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I never got the feeling Gallo and company figured out how to compress and focus their stories.
Posted Aug 10, 2010
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Lebanon
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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Posted Aug 10, 2010
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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It's just a cheap thriller.
Posted Aug 10, 2010
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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Worthless.
Posted Aug 10, 2010
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The Extra Man
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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I liked it enough to say rent it.
Posted Aug 02, 2010
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The Extra Man
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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I felt the whole movie was kind of mannered and labored.
Posted Aug 02, 2010
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Get Low
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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It's a pleasure to see what kind of career Bill Murray craving out for himself with this sort of this choice.
Posted Jul 26, 2010
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Life During Wartime
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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I can't stand the moral universe that we're dealing with here.
Posted Jul 26, 2010
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Ramona and Beezus
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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It's something that you would not be unhappy seeing on television, [but] there's nothing that calls it for you to go see it on the big-screen.
Posted Jul 26, 2010
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Winnebago Man
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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I know this film sort of deals on a fine line of humiliation and admiration, but I thought it pulled it off.
Posted Jul 12, 2010
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Winnebago Man
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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I think this is a disingenuous and shallow movie about a fairly interesting guy.
Posted Jul 12, 2010
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Predators
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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Antal is a good enough action director that some of the combat is pretty exciting.
Posted Jul 12, 2010
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Predators
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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At the midpoint... it got more and more confined, claustrophobic and flatter.
Posted Jul 12, 2010
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Dogtooth
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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You cannot recommend it lightly because it's disturbing, but it's good.
Posted Jul 12, 2010
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The Kids Are All Right
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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Whatever the facts of your own family life, you're likely to see some of it reflected in this wonderful movie, which you should see as soon as you can.
Posted Jul 06, 2010
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The Kids Are All Right
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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No film has left me with a fuller sense of satisfaction this year so far.
Posted Jul 06, 2010
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Love Ranch
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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It starts flat and gets so tired.
Posted Jul 06, 2010
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Grown Ups
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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Lazy is the word.
Posted Jul 06, 2010
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I Am Love
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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You have an actress that plays just every moment for keeps without milking it.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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I Am Love
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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Luca Guadagnino did just a wonderful job of conveying this woman's emotional gathering storm.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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Wild Grass
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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I found its high comedy very potent.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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Wild Grass
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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Too oblique, too arch.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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South of the Border
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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I think it's a galling.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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South of the Border
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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Too much of the movie is about Stone's fawning regard for these powerful men. He's an annoying presence, both on screen and in voiceover, who nearly sabotages his own movie.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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Restrepo
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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It's the best thing I've seen in a long time.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
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Metropolis
(1927)
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Michael Phillips
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This movie is certifiably nuts and naive in many ways, but it is so exciting.
Posted Jun 21, 2010
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Breathless
(1959)
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Michael Phillips
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Breathless feels like it was [made] tomorrow.
Posted Jun 21, 2010
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Breathless
(1959)
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A.O. Scott
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It's like a bullet from the future of movies.
Posted Jun 21, 2010
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Cyrus
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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I think all these performances are struggling to fill in the margins here.
Posted Jun 21, 2010
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Cyrus
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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This one's a disappointment, though, even with a valiant A-list cast.
Posted Jun 21, 2010
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Winter's Bone
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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This lead performance [from Jennifer Lawrence] is excellent.
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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The Karate Kid
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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It's not as good as the 1984 version. I say that not just out of nostalgia, but because I think that that was a more satisfying drama.
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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Killers
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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This should be and could be a really fun and entertaining, silly movie and it isn't.
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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You really do get the sense that she is tuning out the camera half the time and you're getting honest glimpses of everything.
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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The portrait that emerges is of a woman who is vain, anxious, profane, reckless, honest and frequently brilliant.
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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The A-Team
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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I was not charmed by it.
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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Ondine
(2009)
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Michael Phillips
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It sort of falls flat.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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Ondine
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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There are some interesting secondary characters, but you didn't get I thought a full enough sense of this world and it's dramatic stakes.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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Marmaduke
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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I had a Scooby-Doo nightmare flashback.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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Marmaduke
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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This movie is one big dog.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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Holy Rollers
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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I think [Eisenberg is] a much more astute and detailed actor then some people give him credit for.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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Holy Rollers
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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Eisenberg showed this character's dilemma in, I thought, a really smart way.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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Splice
(2009)
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A.O. Scott
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[It's] witty, aware of its own craziness, and disarmingly insightful about the psychology of its characters.
Posted Jun 07, 2010
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The Special Relationship
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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Very astute.
Posted Jun 01, 2010
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The Special Relationship
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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It's smart and believable and very well-acted.
Posted Jun 01, 2010
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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This is a movie that knows exactly how dumb it is.
Posted Jun 01, 2010
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MacGruber
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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Some of these two minute sketches look a little thin at 87 to 92 minutes.
Posted Jun 01, 2010
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Shrek Forever After
(2010)
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Michael Phillips
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This one had the same paucity in wit and script issues as the whole Shrek series.
Posted Jun 01, 2010
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Shrek Forever After
(2010)
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A.O. Scott
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[It] kind of engaged me a little bit.
Posted Jun 01, 2010
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