Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Rating Title | Year Quote Author
88%

La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris (2009)

72%

Fracture (2007)

50%

Some Girls (Sisters) (1988)

"There are some sweet moments and several very funny scenes, mostly of the door-slamming, mistaken identity variety."

Chris Hicks

48%

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)

"It's an ending to a four-book and five-movie series that will keep those who have read the books on their toes but still satisfy as one of the more action-packed and exciting of the Twilight movies."

Christine Rappleye

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Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1993)

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Robotto kânibaru (Robot Carnival) ()

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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)

"My Girlfriend's Boyfriend features a charmingly devised script with characters the viewer can grow to love."

Margaret Anderson

55%

Mao's Last Dancer (2010)

"Mao's Last Dancer is an epic tale of love and betrayal, triumph and heartbreak, that captures the real-life drama and emotion of one man's search for freedom. Well, it almost is."

Chris Robinson

81%

Cairo Time (2010)

"The at-times slow and indulgent pacing of Cairo Time will frustrate a few viewers, even if the Egyptian landmarks and scenery is stunning."

Jeff Vice

52%

Going the Distance (2010)

"In the end, the movie feels confused, conflicted and muddled. It winds up pleasing almost no one."

Jeff Vice

96%

Restrepo (2010)

"To say that the experience is powerful is putting it mildly."

Jeff Vice

73%

Piranha 3-D (2010)

"Its only saving grace, if the film can really be said to have one, is that the filmmakers were fully aware that they weren't making anything that could be taken seriously."

Jeff Vice

66%

The American (2010)

"The beautiful Italian scenery is almost worth the price of admission by itself."

Jeff Vice

73%

The Last Exorcism (2010)

"An ill-considered, laughably dumb coda sequence only compounds Exorcism's numerous problems."

Jeff Vice

71%

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)

"[It] may not be thrilling, riveting viewing for some, but for animation fans, and for aficionados of Disney, the movie is must-see."

Jeff Vice

84%

Get Low (2010)

"The story is as much a mystery as it is a drama. And there's quite a bit of low-key humor, mostly provided by Duvall and Murray, who's a hoot."

Jeff Vice

59%

Centurion (2010)

"It's certainly not art, and it is not for the squeamish, but at least it does what it sets out to do."

Jeff Vice

28%

Takers (2010)

"Takers is a pretty fitting name for a movie that swipes its only good moves from earlier, better heist thrillers and other classic films."

Jeff Vice

4%

Happily N'ever After (2006)

66%

Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) (2010)

"Wild Grass is nearly the same movie as Amelie, only minus the charm and the appeal."

Jeff Vice

69%

Life During Wartime (2010)

"This follow-up is not nearly as shocking and provocative as the earlier film. And it's not nearly as effective."

Jeff Vice

75%

Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)

"It's a not-completely unwelcome and not-completely terrible sequel, one that actually betters its predecessor."

Jeff Vice

51%

The Switch (2010)

"Bateman is good at playing this sort of man-child. Aniston is on cruise control, though she's not awful."

Jeff Vice

41%

The Expendables (2010)

"You certainly can't say this over-the-top thriller skimps on action. The final third or so is wall-to-wall brawling, shootings and explosions."

Jeff Vice

51%

Holy Rollers (2010)

"It feels more like a character novelty than anything else, and this potentially unique material is not really explored to its fullest."

Jeff Vice

37%

Eat Pray Love (2010)

"Most of its supposed observations sound more like touchy-feely mumbo-jumbo than honest, useful information and advice."

Jeff Vice

81%

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

"Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is perhaps the closest any filmmaker has come yet to translating comic book material directly to the movie screen."

Jeff Vice

46%

Step Up 3-D (2010)

"Using 3-D to tell this trite story is, as they say, like putting lipstick on a pig."

Jeff Vice

52%

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2010)

"The film quickly turns into a dull slog."

Jeff Vice

78%

The Other Guys (2010)

"[The] matching-up of Ferrell and Wahlberg is inspired."

Jeff Vice

81%

Countdown to Zero (2010)

"If even a quarter of this seemingly unbelievable material can be trusted, that makes this one of the scariest movies seen this year."

Jeff Vice

14%

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

"Acompletely unnecessary, nearly laughless sequel to the surprising 2001 hit, which stretched the one-joke, talking-animals concept as far as it could."

Jeff Vice

54%

The Killer Inside Me (2010)

"One of the most repellent and reprehensible movies in recent memory."

Jeff Vice

69%

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) (2010)

"This follow-up feels story and character thin, and it has a curiously exploitative feel to it."

Jeff Vice

28%

Charlie St. Cloud (2010)

"It's a ludicrous blend of melodrama and supernatural elements, and the results suggest what might happen if sappy author Nicholas Sparks and twisty filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan ever joined forces."

Jeff Vice

38%

The City of Your Final Destination (2010)

"This adaptation of the Peter Cameron novel is pretty dull, and the whole thing is so lacking in energy that it becomes a chore to watch."

Jeff Vice

92%

9500 Liberty (2010)

"The movie allows all sides in the issues debated to state their cases, using their own words. If anyone is seen in a negative light, it's only because their words and actions condemn them."

Jeff Vice

93%

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

"The characters in the film feel real, even a bit lived-in, and it's because of the efforts of the cast; particularly those veteran actors who play the adults."

Jeff Vice

70%

Ramona and Beezus (2010)

"Here's a summer movie release that's not filled with big explosions or action sequences, and one of the few films aimed at kids that isn't animated or in 3-D."

Jeff Vice

6%

Standing Ovation (2010)

"It's an amateurish, poorly assembled and incompetently performed collection of musical comedy cliches."

Jeff Vice

86%

Inception (2010)

"It's the kind of thing that only comes along once every few decades."

Jeff Vice

80%

Cyrus (2010)

"Co-screenwriters/director Jay and Mark Duplass are smart enough to balance the darkly comic elements with equally effective dramatic moments."

Jeff Vice

73%

Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010)

"As with all of Jeunet's films, this one is filled with delightful comic touches."

Jeff Vice

41%

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

"When judged on its own merits, this action-fantasy is actually one of the more fun movies to come along this summer. It has a good combination of thrills and laughs."

Jeff Vice

70%

Ondine (2010)

"Ondine works OK when it's trying to be a romantic fantasy. Screenwriter/director Neil Jordan can't leave well enough alone, though. His fable suddenly turns dark and nasty in the final third, when it becomes a thriller."

Jeff Vice

94%

Winter's Bone (2010)

"The darkness that surrounds Winter's Bone almost overwhelms the entire movie. Fortunately, the thriller ends on a somewhat optimistic, even positive note."

Jeff Vice

64%

Predators (2010)

"This story has been done to death, but the twists screenwriters Michael Fitch and Alex Litvak came up with are really inane. One of them is completely predictable, when you think about the casting."

Jeff Vice

81%

Despicable Me (2010)

"There are some genuine laughs here, even if much of the material is predictable and a little unoriginal."

Jeff Vice

12%

Jonah Hex (2010)

"Jonah Hex misfires. Repeatedly."

Jeff Vice

80%

I Am Love (2010)

"It's yet another variation on the "loveless middle-aged woman finds happiness in the arms of a younger man," a trope of melodrama and television soap operas."

Jeff Vice

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