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87%
|
Amreeka (2009) |
"
Most important, Mr. Dabis knows that home -- what a fraught place! -- is, in equal measures, where the hurt is and where the heart is."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 3, 2009
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|
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68%
|
My One and Only (2009) |
"
Despite some clichéd set-pieces, the unassuming My One and Only keeps its balance and momentum."
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Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
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|
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92%
|
Ponyo (2009) |
"
If the plot of Ponyo is small as a minnow, its themes -- the relationship between parent and child, between the young and the elderly, between friends, between man and nature -- are large and fully realized."
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Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 14, 2009
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|
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100%
|
Ballet Shoes (2008) |
"
[A] pleasant if uninspired adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's children's classic."
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Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 29, 2008
|
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96%
|
Trouble the Water (2008) |
"
Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal have fashioned a deeply moving story of resilience and redemption."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 29, 2008
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62%
|
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"
Not since Death of a Salesman has failure been quite so entertaining."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 22, 2008
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41%
|
The Rocker (2008) |
"
The Rocker has the requisite vomit, the view of some very unfortunate hind quarters and the suds. It's also got a vein of sweetness and charm."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
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83%
|
Tropic Thunder (2008) |
"
A gleeful, bumptious send-up of big-budget movies, big Hollywood egos."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
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82%
|
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"
A bittersweet meditation on art and passion and on love in its many guises."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
|
86%
|
Shine a Light (2008) |
"
Some may argue that Shine a Light could have used more such flavoring. Stones' fans won't be among them."
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Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
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|
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82%
|
Hors de Prix (Priceless) (2006) |
"
Tawdry? Not for a minute. Credit a subtle and souffle-light script."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
|
88%
|
Superbad (2007) |
"
What's most memorable, most striking about Superbad is the canny evocation of male friendship in all its richness and complexity."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
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76%
|
Stardust (2007) |
"
Immensely winning and visually arresting."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 9, 2007
|
|
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
Hurray for Homer. Long may he rave."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 26, 2007
|
|
|
91%
|
Hairspray (2007) |
"
The movie is a throwback to MGM musicals of the '50s. But it's a giddy, unselfconscious throwback. That in itself is refreshing."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
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57%
|
Transformers (2007) |
"
The welcome mat is out for Michael Bay's cheerfully dopey saga inspired by the popular shape-shifting toys from the '80s."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 5, 2007
|
|
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76%
|
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"
An affecting story of punishment and crime, of betrayal and redemption marred by preachiness and a treacly ending, Catch a Fire is notable for its refusal to see things in terms of black and white."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Oct 26, 2006
|
|
|
90%
|
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006) |
"
A sympathetic, engaging documentary."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Oct 26, 2006
|
|
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73%
|
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"
His is a deeply affecting account, admittedly a sometimes muddy one, of the band of brothers in THE iconic photograph of World War II."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Oct 19, 2006
|
|
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93%
|
Lassie (2006) |
"
There is an unabashed old-fashioned quality to the story-telling, not quaint, not fusty, but very much of another era -- and what a relief that is."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
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84%
|
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"
The ABC's of G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 are a knotty business, one that the Oscar-nominated Kirby tries valiantly and amusingly to untangle."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
|
71%
|
Invincible (2006) |
"
When it's good it's very good. When it's bad -- well, it's still pretty good."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 25, 2006
|
|
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63%
|
Extract (2009) |
"
Mr. Judge has done better, more pointed work before, notably in the cult-favorite workplace comedy Office Space."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
|
6%
|
All About Steve (2009) |
"
A head-banging excuse for a comedy."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
|
83%
|
The September Issue (2009) |
"
The September Issue is old news, all the more so given the recent recession-driven transformation of the magazine landscape."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 28, 2009
|
|
|
49%
|
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
Taking Woodstock is hardly a bad trip; just a very inconsequential one."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 28, 2009
|
|
|
7%
|
Post Grad (2009) |
"
Post Grad delivers a murky message about love, work, family and Eskimo Pies."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
58%
|
Art & Copy (2009) |
"
It all sounds rather grandiose, but it's hardly a surprising view from folks accustomed to thinking big."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
All the trademark Tarantino flourishes are here -- the joyous splaying of gore; the self-referential dialogue; the artful artificiality and the juxtaposition of humor and violence -- but they don't add up to much."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
There's a wonderfully sly, farcical verve to these early moments, but it dissipates when the script, with its strains of E.T. and The Fly, moves into high sci-fi gear."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
|
37%
|
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) |
"
The movie moves at such an agonizingly stately pace that by the end, side effects be damned, Henry's time-traveling gene starts to look mighty appealing."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
|
94%
|
In the Loop (2009) |
"
In the Loop is a confusingly plotted satire -- plan on being out of the loop -- that starts off at such a frantic pace and at so high a pitch that it really doesn't have anywhere to go."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
30%
|
The Answer Man (Arlen Faber) (2009) |
"
Its crackly sarcasm and smart talk turn out to be simply coating for a soft, icky, center."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
13%
|
The Ugly Truth (2009) |
"
The Ugly Truth wants to have it both ways, reveling in a misogyny it claims to deplore."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
62%
|
Traitor (2008) |
"
Promising premise devolves into a by-the-numbers espionage thriller."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 29, 2008
|
|
|
41%
|
The House Bunny (2008) |
"
House Bunny's Legally Blonde roots show."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
|
19%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
Visually busy and visually forgettable, with a less than engaging story line, and characters who look like anime figures and move like the denizens of Geppetto's workshop, Wars will appeal only to the most tolerant, galactically minded children."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
|
47%
|
My Blueberry Nights (2007) |
"
Alternately precious and vapid, the movie attempts to wrest metaphors from a jar of house keys, and eternal verities from pastry. Slice the pie how you will, it's still half-baked."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
|
25%
|
Sex and Death 101 (2007) |
"
Neither particularly dark nor even remotely funny."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
|
52%
|
Leatherheads (2008) |
"
There's a jaunty score by Randy Newman, and Clooney, as always, has charm to burn, but here, he's off his game."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
|
35%
|
21 (2008) |
"
A none-too-winning blend of the unsettling and the unsurprising."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
|
64%
|
Stop Loss (2008) |
"
Swamped by clichés, continuity problems, stock characters and very good intentions."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
|
41%
|
Dedication (2007) |
"
You can see where all this is going -- author meets illustrator, crazy person meets sane person, withholding person meets giving person -- but there isn't one interesting thing about the journey."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
|
33%
|
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"
A clever, satiric novel turned dull-witted movie."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
|
58%
|
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"
The movie itself -- which deals (not very interestingly) with the issue of journalistic integrity and (very predictably) with father-son relationships -- doesn't pack much of a wallop."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
|
20%
|
The Invasion (2007) |
"
Except for one terrifically adroit sequence in a subway, there is nothing understated about The Invasion."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
61%
|
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"
'Wrong' is the operative word with Death at a Funeral, which in the first very funny 30 minutes shows its hand and then, unfortunately, continues to wave that hand frantically for the next hour."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
57%
|
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"
Austen comes off here more as stenographer than writer."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 9, 2007
|
|
|
19%
|
Rush Hour 3 (2007) |
"
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker have been through a lot together... Are they tired? Perhaps not, but their antics and action sequences certainly are."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Aug 9, 2007
|
|
|
82%
|
Talk to Me (2007) |
"
Its dialogue, equal parts uptight honky and jumping jive seems, particularly in the early stretches, to have been generated by a computer."
—
Wall Street Journal
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
62%
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