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—
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52%
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The Devil's Double (2011) |
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Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 28, 2011
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|
1.5/5
|
68%
|
Rubber (2011) |
"
A ludicrous joyride for about 10 minutes before quickly becoming a road to nowhere."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
4/5
|
92%
|
Circo (2011) |
"
Ironic images of mugging clowns and caged animals carry dramatic heft as we uncover the strife that blankets the troupe and the familial restraints that shackle its young performers."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
Meek's Cutoff (2011) |
"
Reichardt has a great gift for crafting meditative aeries filled with disarming emotional power, and she harnesses that to weave a potent parable about solemnity, solitude and survival."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
71%
|
Rio (2011) |
"
Just like a pretty pet bird: perky and chirpy, before swiftly fading into the background."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
70%
|
African Cats (2011) |
"
With vistas this majestic, and camerawork this stunning, African Cats comes out roaring."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
72%
|
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) |
"
The biggest product Spurlock ends up hawking is Morgan Spurlock: a crafty documentarian who, by selling out, ironically buys himself more cred."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
3.5/5
|
96%
|
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) |
"
In true Herzogian fashion, the quirky filmmaker has painted his own distinctive creature: a documentary art film."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
95%
|
13 Assassins (2011) |
"
Miike devotes the film's final 40 minutes to all manner of slice/dice/stab/jab melees that soon border on ridiculous parody and undermine the impact."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
15%
|
Something Borrowed (2011) |
"
A sugary, fluffy meringue of a movie that's digestible in two bites, with a delicious-looking cast to make you forget there's not much to bite into."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
54%
|
Hesher (2011) |
"
It's like a Gregg Araki-circa-1995 movie, hijacked by Sofia Coppola in full-on fractured-family mode: sorta violent, but not quite right; sorta tender, but slightly off."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
58%
|
Yves Saint Laurent - L'amour fou (2011) |
"
More of a somber requiem than a celebratory tribute, owing mainly to languid pacing and spartan visuals that feel sharply incongruous with the dynamic vigor of the designer's clothing."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
4/5
|
75%
|
Everything Must Go (2011) |
"
Ferrell has an empathic dramatic presence that belies a whole other side as an actor. "
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
3/5
|
93%
|
Midnight in Paris (2011) |
"
Contains enough verbal and visual whimsy to provide a welcome glimmer of the Allen of Yore."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
It's caught up in preciously self-aware tics meant to read as glibly endearing, but which instead turn into smug tirades that quickly become white noise."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
4.5/5
|
84%
|
Beginners (2011) |
"
A stirring, finely tuned ode to family, fulfillment and new beginnings."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
4/5
|
89%
|
The Trip (2011) |
"
A wickedly satisfying, irreverent laugh-in stuffed with improv, snappy repartee and some of the most hilarious impersonations this side of SNL."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
17%
|
The Art of Getting By (2011) |
"
Sweet, well-meaning and blandly unremarkable paean to high-school hipsterdom that's as disposable as last year's textbooks."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011) |
"
This is Disneyland for media junkies, offering a rarefied entrée into the Times' hallowed halls and allowing for fascinating if calculated glimpses into top-level meetings."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
A Better Life (2011) |
"
Resonates with strong emotional conviction, and brings tremendous truth to a seemingly simple story that masks a heartfelt core."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Monte Carlo (2011) |
"
The froth is there, but it arrives more like a smartly portioned serving of Diet Coke rather than a bloated root beer float that threatens to whip you into a synthetic sugar high."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
35%
|
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) |
"
The most visually dazzling installment yet is an exhilarating, exhausting ride."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
91%
|
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) |
"
Beats sketches an honest, empathic portrait that shines with clear reverence for the group's achievements, and the personal struggles they've never managed to overcome."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
20%
|
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (2011) |
"
Wang needlessly pads the movie with heart-tugging gimmicks and canned melodrama that undercut its raw impact."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
64%
|
Another Earth (2011) |
"
The execution doesn't live up to the ambition. Get past the sci-fi novelty and it's yet another morose indie where characters wallow in and play up their own moroseness."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
52%
|
The Devil's Double (2011) |
"
Cooper is revelatory in his twin performances, sounding off peals of rage, nuance and charisma barely hinted at in his previous roles."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
23%
|
The Smurfs (2011) |
"
Size isn't the only thing that comes up short in this bland, uninspired redo that's short on laughs and long on outsize kiddie-movie clichés more pandering than entertaining. "
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
Weisz's steadfast conviction saves the film from going completely overboard."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
25%
|
The Change-Up (2011) |
"
Bateman and Reynolds are a riot, relentlessly piling on the laughs as they alternate between buttoned-up tool and louche douchebag with zippy ease."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
92%
|
Senna (2011) |
"
As both quiet tribute and verite entertainment, Senna makes for a worthy pit stop."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
36%
|
One Day (2011) |
"
Hathaway and Sturgess inconceivably cancel out each others' magnetism in unconvincing scenes of love and longing that feel more tacked-on than lived-in."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
Higher Ground (2011) |
"
Farmiga fashions a brazenly confident directorial debut that reveals a mature and seasoned touch."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
67%
|
Love Crime (2011) |
"
It disintegrates into a trashy mess of conflicting tones and silly setups that quickly sink its stock value."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Warrior (2011) |
"
The actors wind up their dramatic punches, even if the movie itself doesn't quite know how to set up the fighting ring."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) |
"
Like a messy post-toddler kitchen floor covered in spilled pancake syrup, Does It is drenched in a sticky-sweet residue that trips up the very deep and real dilemmas that the story seeks to spotlight."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
42%
|
Straw Dogs (2011) |
"
In Lurie's crafty hands, Straw Dogs becomes subtly shaded, steering clear of black-or-white judgments that indict big-city tastes or condescend to conservative small-town values."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
Weekend (2011) |
"
Cullen and New have an easy, sparkling chemistry that imbues depth and truthfulness to an otherwise standard conceit and allows them to transcend the material's worn-down devices. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
29%
|
Machine Gun Preacher (2011) |
"
Bringing [Childers'] story to the screen provokes uncomfortable feelings, especially with rat-a-tat scenes of violence piling on the Rambo-isms to turn him into a quasi-action hero. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
24%
|
What's Your Number? (2011) |
"
When it comes to numbers, this is the movie's mathematical formula: 20 hookups multiplied by a hoary script equals countless loathsome scenes that even Faris can't save. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
33%
|
Texas Killing Fields (2011) |
"
Novice director Ami Canaan Mann dutifully sticks to the serial-killer guidebook like a student too studious to draw outside the lines."
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Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
78%
|
Melancholia (2011) |
"
Like its firebrand director, Melancholia is all pomp and operatics, but it's ultimately a hollow, indulgent exercise in wringing perceived meaning and substance out of its wild end-of-the-world premise. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
68%
|
Our Idiot Brother (2011) |
"
Rudd brings color and dimension to a borderline-simpleton schlub who could have easily become a one-note cliché."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 3, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
20%
|
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (2011) |
"
Wang ... needlessly pads the movie with heart-tugging gimmicks and canned melodrama that undercuts its raw impact."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 15, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) |
"
This warrior's still in fighting form."
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 25, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
77%
|
When We Leave (2011) |
"
The movie stays aloft because of Kekilli, an affecting actress whose emotional fluidity makes Umay's plight very palpable."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Mar 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
46%
|
Monogamy (2011) |
"
Monogamy is best appreciated as an exercise in mood and intrigue -- an obsessive trip through fringe perversity where the journey makes up for its ultimate destination."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Mar 16, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Cedar Rapids (2011) |
"
A bit of a slow burn, languidly gathering steam before firing up the lunacy. Once it does, though, it hits a good stride."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Feb 10, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
86%
|
Orgasm, Inc. (2011) |
"
Veers toward cutesy-corny graphics and oh-so-tired visual metaphors."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Feb 10, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
39%
|
The Eagle (2011) |
"
It's a Channing Tatum movie. Asking for anything more than gruff posturing is like asking Sylvester Stallone to pull a Brando."
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Metromix.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
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