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A
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98%
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Up (2009) |
"
By now, with the movie becoming one of the company's greatest successes, many of us are familiar with the story, and how it continues Pixar's incredible streak of great movie experiences."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 21, 2009
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A
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Gilda Live () |
"
To have another ninety minutes of Lisa Loopner and Emily Litella, with Judy Miller and Roseanne Roseannadanna and Candy Slice is a joy."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 21, 2009
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A+
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80%
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It Might Get Loud (2009) |
"
I apologize this is more a mash note than critical analysis."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 14, 2009
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A
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94%
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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) |
"
If the thought of a new Brian Trenchard-Smith movie is more exhilarating than a new Bryan Singer movie... then Mark Hartley's "Not Quite Hollywood" is the film for you."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 30, 2009
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A
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97%
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The Hurt Locker (2009) |
"
Bigelow has successfully built a vision of war rarely seen on screen, a visceral nearly first person perspective of war where the rush of combat is a welcomed relief."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 25, 2009
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A+
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67%
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Away We Go (2009) |
"
For my money, the new dramatic comedy "Away We Go" is the first serious contender for Best Picture of the Year consideration."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted May 28, 2009
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A+
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73%
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) |
"
The best movie of 2008 makes an early claim for the best DVD of 2009."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted May 6, 2009
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A
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Official Rejection (2009) |
"
Can a little documentary about the less popular film festivals find a patron to give it the chance to find an audience?"
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 30, 2009
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A
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94%
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
"
Some people might fault "Slumdog" because they perceive it as a fluff piece full of the kind of schmaltz unbecoming to modern cinemagoers."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 12, 2008
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A
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100%
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Man on Wire (2008) |
"
Sits alongside "The Thin Blue Line" and "Hoop Dreams" as a non-fictional narrative which changes the rules of its genre."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 25, 2008
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A
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006) |
"
Probably the closest any of us who admired the man from afar will ever get to the confines of Woody Creek and the maddening genius who ruled over it."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 2, 2008
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A+
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90%
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Zodiac (2007) |
"
Watching the movie on a widescreen HDTV monitor in HD-DVD is an ocular orgy."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 9, 2008
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A
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86%
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) |
"
If there were a cinematic version of a harmonic convergence, it would look something like "Sweeney Todd.""
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 21, 2007
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A+
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60%
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Look (2007) |
"
Once or twice a year, if we are lucky, a movie comes out of seemingly nowhere and grabs ahold of us, with thoughts and ideas that stick in our heads long after the credits have rolled out and the lights in the auditorium has illuminated again."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 10, 2007
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A
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43%
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What We Do Is Secret (2007) |
"
Hits quick, hits hard and never lets go."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 17, 2007
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A
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60%
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300 (2007) |
"
The film is little more than a colorfully stylish, throwaway epic, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with something that simply aims to be populist entertainment."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 10, 2007
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A+
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96%
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
"
Re-imagining "The Nightmare Before Christmas" as a three dimensional film has taken Henry Selick's modern masterwork and turned it into a timeless classic."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 20, 2006
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A
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73%
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Idiocracy (2006) |
"
The theatrical release of Mike Judge's new comedy Idiocracy is one of the most egregious travesties of modern cinema."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 4, 2006
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A
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81%
|
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"
With APHC, quite possibly the iconoclastic filmmaker's final work, Altman becomes reflective, melancholy and, most surprising of all, sentimental."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 9, 2006
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A+
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97%
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Alien (1979) |
"
A wondrous reminder of how imagination can triumph over budget."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 1, 2006
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A
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95%
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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) |
"
Arguably the best movie about movies ever made."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 26, 2006
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A
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76%
|
Transamerica (2006) |
"
The strongest American debut since Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 2, 2005
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A
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83%
|
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) |
"
The best director for Shane Black's unique style of writing just might be Shane Black."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 20, 2005
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A+
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93%
|
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) |
"
The most engaging, gripping and compelling movie of the year"
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 7, 2005
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A+
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82%
|
Serenity (2005) |
"
Can proudly be placed alongside "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Blade Runner" as one of the best science-fiction movies of modern cinema."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 29, 2005
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5/5
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96%
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Diner (1982) |
"
Even with all its accolades, it's still an underappreciated gem"
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 13, 2005
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A+
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88%
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Broken Flowers (2005) |
"
Can there be such a thing as too much a good thing?"
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 4, 2005
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A
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85%
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De Battre mon Coeur s'est Arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) (2005) |
"
Affirms the best cinema has to offer: exciting acting, beautiful music and cinematography, great writing and a lack of condescending to the audience"
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 3, 2005
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A
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91%
|
A League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2005) |
"
I know what you're thinking... a documentary about bowling? To which I answer: Hell yeah, and a darn good one, too!"
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FilmJerk.com
Posted May 26, 2005
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A+
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87%
|
Save The Green Planet (2004) |
"
A frighteningly funny and maniacally messed-up trip through one man's psychotic fantasy."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 19, 2005
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A
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77%
|
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) |
"
A triumph that deserves to be seen."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
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A
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72%
|
Mondovino (2005) |
"
The brilliance of this film [is] that it can inspire with its message regardless of how you feel about its topic."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 22, 2005
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A+
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59%
|
Steamboy (2005) |
"
An exhilarating action film, a stunning and singular work from one of the best animation directors in the world."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 17, 2005
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A+
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95%
|
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005) |
"
More captivating and enchanting than most of the rubbish being passed off as "entertainment" in multiplexes today."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 9, 2005
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A
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93%
|
Travellers & Magicians (2005) |
"
An enchanted journey well worth taking."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 2, 2005
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A+
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91%
|
Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
"
The crowning achievement in an incredible career of a true American icon."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 13, 2004
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A+
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53%
|
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) |
"
Not a perfect movie, but... it is my #1 film of the year."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 8, 2004
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A+
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83%
|
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"
A powerful work which embraces the joys of life and the neverending spirit of imagination, equally heartwarming and heartbreaking, often at the same time."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 10, 2004
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A
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85%
|
The Yes Men (2004) |
"
Gives hope to those who believe one or two people can affect change in the world, and is one of the most enjoyable and satisfying works of non-fictional cinema this year."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 24, 2004
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A
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95%
|
Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs) (2002) |
"
Ranks at the top of the list of the best action dramas to emerge from Hong Kong since the glory days of John Woo."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 23, 2004
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A
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48%
|
Silver City (2004) |
"
Sayles at the top of his game, utilizing the same multi-story, multi-culture template which made "Lone Star" so captivating."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 17, 2004
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A+
|
62%
|
Incident at Loch Ness (2004) |
"
Possibly the bravest, most daring and original cinematic experience of the year."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 16, 2004
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A+
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95%
|
Hero (2004) |
"
One of the most beautiful works of cinema to be presented in American theatres in this lifetime... It is a perfect film."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 22, 2004
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A
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95%
|
End of the Century - The Story of the Ramones (2004) |
"
One of those rare films that, despite having a near two hour running time and being very complete in its focus, one still wishes was much longer."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 19, 2004
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|
A+
|
86%
|
Collateral (2004) |
"
Michael Mann is to cinema today what Miles Davis was to music forty years ago: a consummate artist pushing both himself and his chosen art form to new levels"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 4, 2004
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|
A+
|
83%
|
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"
Not just a scathing indictment against the President... but a deeply patriotic movie which reminds us of the principal tenets which makes a true democracy so great."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 21, 2004
|
|
A+
|
91%
|
Baadasssss! (2003) |
"
Compelling storytelling from the opening frame to the final credits, led by a cigar-chomping iconoclast doing it by any means necessary."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 31, 2004
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|
A
|
64%
|
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) |
"
Eleven slices of comedy heaven."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 14, 2004
|
|
A+
|
93%
|
Super Size Me (2004) |
"
More than just a cautionary tale or insane sociology experiment. It's a real look at one of the most pressing issues in our times."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 5, 2004
|
|
A
|
90%
|
Good Bye, Lenin (2004) |
"
An enjoyable time at the movies, and a film that deserves the support of astute film audiences who are not bothered by reading subtitles at the movies."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 26, 2004
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