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48%
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Bottle Shock (2008)
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"Unfortunately, Miller can't decide whether he's doing a relationship movie or one about the intrigue of world-class winemaking. Mingling the two left me with a somewhat sour aftertaste."
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Rick Warner
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61%
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
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"A popcorn movie that delivers precisely what it promises. The dialogue is tepid and the outcome is preordained, but it moves at the brisk pace of a carnival ride, leaving you breathless and ready for another spin."
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Mike Pearson
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50%
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Sex and the City (2008)
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"If Sex and the City is a hit, it will be partly because it's an enjoyable and somewhat true depiction of female friendship. But grown women will also go to see it because, finally, someone made a movie for them."
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Lisa Bornstein
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21%
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Semi-Pro (2008)
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"A film with funny moments but just as many wasted opportunities."
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Michael Mehle
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40%
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The Bucket List (2007)
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"Acting's good, but Bucket is half-empty."
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86%
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
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"The film benefits from Burton's consistency of vision. Swooping camera work and a sense of really discomfiting fantasy do the groundwork. When characters break into song, it fits in the world Burton has built."
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Lisa Bornstein
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59%
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
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"Jackson's performance helps Resurrecting the Champ make its weight, if only by a couple of pounds."
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Robert Denerstein
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57%
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Transformers (2007)
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"Transformers is the comic-book movie on steroids, a fusion of sound and fury and sci-fi plotting that leaves plenty of room for a franchise."
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Mike Pearson
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44%
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)
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"Unconscionably long at 2 hours and 48 minutes, saddled with a plot that badly needed streamlining and running a bit low on humor, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End may not sink, but it certainly sometimes founders."
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Robert Denerstein
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61%
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Bug (2006)
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"By the end, the actors look as if they've been beaten to a near pulp, and the audience may share some of that feeling."
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Robert Denerstein
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98%
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Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Esma's Secret - Grbavica) (2007)
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"Grbavica increases in power as it progresses. It's a movie about the ways in which people yearn for healing and about the many obstacles that work to prevent it."
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Robert Denerstein
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45%
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Fay Grim (2007)
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"In the end Fay Grim probably shares one unfortunate quality with the Hollywood movies so reviled in IndieWorld: It may be an unnecessary sequel."
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Robert Denerstein
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40%
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Shrek the Third (2007)
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"An amusing -- if not consistently brilliant -- edition of a series that has yet to show signs that it needs to call it quits."
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Robert Denerstein
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94%
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Away from Her (2007)
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"Away From Her deals with a subject that easily could have turned maudlin. But the performances in Away From Her are pitch-perfect throughout, and Polley never begs for an emotional response she doesn't try to earn."
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Robert Denerstein
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89%
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Waitress (2007)
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"Look, Waitress is no groundbreaker, and it's not likely to change anyone's life. But it provides a showcase for Russell, who knows how to make the most of it."
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Robert Denerstein
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71%
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28 Weeks Later... (2007)
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"An hour and a half of high-voltage bombardment, 28 Weeks Later doesn't really match the novelty of its predecessor."
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Robert Denerstein
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19%
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The Ex (2007)
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"Blink and you might miss Mia Farrow, who turns up as Peet's slightly addled mother. She probably should have stayed home."
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Robert Denerstein
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87%
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Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding) (2006)
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"Bier's not timid about tossing any number of volatile ingredients into an already-simmering pot."
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Robert Denerstein
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70%
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The Valet (La Doublure) (2007)
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"Think mediocrity, so much so that if you took away the French subtitles and had the characters speaking English, you'd have an American comedy most critics would shrug off as derivative and a trifle empty."
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Robert Denerstein
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29%
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Lucky You (2007)
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"We get lots of high-stakes poker and too much pulseless drama in Lucky You, the latest movie to wander through the casinos of Las Vegas."
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Robert Denerstein
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63%
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
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"If there's a moral to be gleaned from Spider-Man 3 -- aside from the fact that heavily promoted franchise movies tend to rake in megabucks -- it's this: Movies don't necessarily need to hit grand slams to score."
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Robert Denerstein
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88%
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)
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"[Loach] has made an often handsome, always sobering movie that does what the best movies do: leave us a whole lot less sure about what we ought to think."
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Robert Denerstein
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70%
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Year of the Dog (2007)
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"Year of the Dog has a sweetly off-kilter quality about it, and it also lays claim to an additional virtue: It probably won't remind you of every other dog movie you've ever seen."
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Robert Denerstein
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70%
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Diggers (2007)
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"Clam diggers don't venture into the deepest waters, and neither, for the most part, does the movie. [It] serves up any number of slight moves, the kind associated with films that keep their gazes narrow and content themselves with small revelations."
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Robert Denerstein
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76%
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Black Book (Zwartboek) (2007)
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"It's as interesting as anything Verhoeven's attempted in some time."
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Robert Denerstein
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97%
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Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection (2007)
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"Purposefully uneventful and made in a minor key, Killer of Sheep moved me to tears. Contemporary audiences may not recognize it as a great movie. There's not an ounce of slick in it; it's neither manipulative nor hurried."
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Robert Denerstein
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72%
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Fracture (2007)
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"Fracture is aptly named. It's one of those movies in which cracks appear the minute you begin to look too closely."
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Robert Denerstein
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43%
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In the Land of Women (2007)
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"Kasdan, who also wrote the screenplay, allows a fairly large variety of problems to accrue."
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Robert Denerstein
|
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91%
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
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"Rarely have we seen a British comedy in which the protagonists are armed to the teeth with both wit and automatic weapons."
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Robert Denerstein
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11%
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Pathfinder (2007)
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"Blood flows freely here, but the movie never creates a keen sense of involvement or mystery. Even a major cliffhanging (literally) set piece winds up blurred by the addition of a blinding snowstorm."
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Robert Denerstein
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11%
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Perfect Stranger (2007)
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"Perfect Stranger soon begins to look like another setback for Berry."
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Robert Denerstein
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68%
|
Disturbia (2007)
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"Reasonably smart and sometimes funny -- right up until the end, when it sells out its intelligence in favor of a standard-issue dose of overwrought violence."
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Robert Denerstein
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83%
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Grindhouse (2007)
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"At three hours, the movie can become a bit of an ordeal. I'd say pack a lunch, but if Rodriguez and Tarantino have done their job right, you'll be too grossed out to eat it."
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Robert Denerstein
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74%
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Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre) (Orchestra Seats) (2006)
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"It's one of those 'what's-not-to-like' movies, a fantasy about life and Paris that passes painlessly, a trifle elevated by its Parisian settings and our desire to lose ourselves in them."
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Robert Denerstein
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69%
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Blades of Glory (2007)
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"Blades of Glory doesn't pack quite the wallop of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, but it offers enough rewards to keep Ferrell fans happy."
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Robert Denerstein
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66%
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Meet the Robinsons (2007)
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"It probably won't leave you feeling cheated, but its futuristic bric-a-brac and brainy young hero may not make your spirits soar, either."
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Robert Denerstein
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87%
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The Lookout (2007)
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"Scott's script feels as economical and focused as an entry in Chris' diary, and it provides the framework for a thriller that, for the most part, has been hard-boiled to near perfection."
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Robert Denerstein
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82%
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Days of Glory (Indigenes) (2007)
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"A shattering tale of bravery and unrewarded loyalty."
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Robert Denerstein
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50%
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Color Me Kubrick (2007)
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"Colour Me Kubrick earns a place on the shelf where all the oddballs reside, defying us to come up with reasons to justify their idiosyncratic existences -- and perhaps not caring whether we do."
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Robert Denerstein
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45%
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Pride (2007)
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"This kind of story always manages to generate a bit of juice, and both Howard and Bernie Mac do their best to add character to the proceedings."
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Robert Denerstein
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48%
|
Shooter (2007)
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"Shooter winds up being the movie that would have left us scratching our heads about Wahlberg's choices had he actually won the best supporting actor award for his terrific work in The Departed."
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Robert Denerstein
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64%
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Reign Over Me (2007)
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"The movie often feels as if it's drifting, yet it has a sad, lingering presence."
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Robert Denerstein
|
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85%
|
Hurricane on the Bayou (2006)
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"Despite its split personality, Hurricane offers more good than bad, including a lively soundtrack featuring Benoit, the Neville Brothers and Fats Domino."
|
Erika Gonzalez
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89%
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Starter for 10 (2006)
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"A modest, almost negligible British comedy."
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Robert Denerstein
|
|
86%
|
The Namesake (2006)
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"The Namesake ambitiously reveals the gains and perils of assimilation, and it heightens awareness about how difficult it can be to strike the right balance between family demands and personal development."
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Robert Denerstein
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19%
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I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
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"The off-color humor and R-rated language seems an attempt to reach out to his fan base, but in all, this attempt at "realistic" comedy never seems funny or emotionally insightful enough to matter."
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Robert Denerstein
|
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8%
|
Premonition (2007)
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"She's confused. We're confused. So is the movie."
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Robert Denerstein
|
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66%
|
Miss Potter (2007)
|
"One of those films that commits few egregious errors, but scales few real heights. There is nothing either terribly wrong or keenly right about it. It's tidy, I suppose."
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Robert Denerstein
|
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85%
|
Old Joy (2006)
|
"You may find yourself asking whether anything's going to happen. But for those who can tolerate a slow-brewing movie, [director] Reichardt's work provides sufficient rewards."
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Robert Denerstein
|
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96%
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Mafioso (1964)
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"I will say this: If you love mob movies, Mafioso is a must."
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Robert Denerstein
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