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87%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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"The final frontier? Forget it. This soulless sequel to a reboot is only too happy to go where every generic sci-fi blockbuster has gone before, and not so boldly either."
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Peter Suderman
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50%
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
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"While the director hasn't made a great movie out of the great book, he's certainly made the best filmed version to date."
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Adam Mazmanian
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"The collaboration between Mr. Black and Mr. Downey, whose ad-libbed asides pepper the movie, makes for the funniest Iron Man movie yet."
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Peter Suderman
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55%
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Oblivion (2013)
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"It's only when the movie returns to Mr. Cruise that it works."
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Peter Suderman
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
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"An 8-year-old could imagine a story better than this. Many did."
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Peter Suderman
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37%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
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"At its silliest, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone manages to be funny and even inventive."
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Adam Mazmanian
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Peacock (2010)
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"While the film can't measure up to its psychologically bent scenario, it's still an intriguing choice at the local DVD store or on-demand service."
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Christian Toto
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53%
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Green Zone (2010)
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"Fake WMD and super-shaky cam: It's The Paul Greengrass Experience."
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Sonny Bunch
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71%
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The Crazies (2010)
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"As far as utterly pointless, unnecessary retreads go, The Crazies isn't all that bad."
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Sonny Bunch
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83%
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The Ghost Writer (2010)
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"If The Ghost Writer has a fatal flaw, it resides not with the cast but with the truly hideous ending. ... It's laugh-out-loud, groan-worthy bad."
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Sonny Bunch
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68%
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Shutter Island (2010)
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"Even lesser Scorsese is better than 85% of what you'll find at the multiplex on any given weekend. Still, it's hard not to be disappointed that such promise went unfulfilled."
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Sonny Bunch
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35%
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The Wolfman (2010)
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"The Wolfman more closely resembles a slasher flick with an A-list cast than the Universal horror cycle that it derives from."
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Sonny Bunch
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49%
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
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"Not without bright moments ... but the story is centered around a trio of young actors who simply aren't operating at the same skill level as their older costars."
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Sonny Bunch
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37%
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From Paris with Love (2010)
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"Unfortunately, From Paris with Love is unable to keep up the pace of Morel's previous Gallic adventures."
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Sonny Bunch
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74%
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Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum (District 13: Ultimatum) (2009)
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"The film doesn't drag, exactly - it's hard for a 90 minute film that focuses on a trio of extended martial arts setpieces to ever truly bog down - but it does lose momentum occasionally."
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Sonny Bunch
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20%
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Legion (2010)
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"Legion is USDA Prime Fail."
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Sonny Bunch
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18%
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The Tooth Fairy (2010)
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"You can see all the gags coming a mile away. You could probably write half of the movie now, at your computer, waiting for your lunch hour to roll around."
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Sonny Bunch
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27%
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Extraordinary Measures (2010)
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"Shouldn't this be playing Sunday night at 8 p.m. on CBS 9 instead of five times a day at the cineplex?"
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Sonny Bunch
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48%
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The Book of Eli (2010)
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"think of this as The Road if re-imagined by the Wachowski Brothers. The landscape is all grays and browns, punctuated only by the occasional flash of a muzzle."
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Sonny Bunch
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67%
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Daybreakers (2010)
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"The action sequences are well-executed ... and the concept is just interesting enough to carry the flimsy plot through its 98 minute running time."
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Sonny Bunch
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64%
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
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"Mr. Gilliam hasn't made a masterpiece here, but it's a fascinating tale with luscious visuals"
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Sonny Bunch
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66%
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Youth in Revolt (2010)
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"More of the same from Cera, and not terribly funny to boot."
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Sonny Bunch
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12%
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Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
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"Did You Hear About the Morgans? is about as stereotypical as a stereotypical romantic comedy can get"
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Sonny Bunch
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83%
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Avatar (2009)
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"It's impossible to fully consider James Cameron's long-in-the-making eco-opus Avatar without examining the film's technological wonders and storytelling blunders separately."
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Sonny Bunch
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85%
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Me and Orson Welles (2009)
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"Not quite a coming-of-age movie and not quite an examination of the early work of Orson Welles, it's an odd melange of the two that never quite comes together in a satisfying way."
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Sonny Bunch
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35%
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The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
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"Although it's a little slow at the outset and occasionally a trifle predictable, The Slammin' Salmon is still a rollickin' time at the theater."
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Sonny Bunch
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76%
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Invictus (2009)
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"Invictus isn't a bad movie, but it's not nearly the rousing success it could have been."
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Sonny Bunch
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62%
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Brothers (2009)
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"In its attempt to examine the war on terror through the lens of family struggles, Brothers occasionally works. Ultimately, however, it fails in two respects."
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Sonny Bunch
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91%
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Up in the Air (2009)
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"Mr. Clooney is perfect in the role of Ryan: aloof without seeming uncaring, roguish without being threatening, lost but with a veneer of control."
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Sonny Bunch
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5%
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Old Dogs (2009)
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"Incredibly dull and generic."
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Sonny Bunch
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93%
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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"The texture of the puppets and the imperfect nature of the medium give it a real-life heft that computer-generated technological marvels simply can't match."
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Sonny Bunch
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22%
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Planet 51 (2009)
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"Children won't understand the '50s-based humor or the references to the creature features that dominated the era, while adults will muster little more than the occasional chuckle"
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Sonny Bunch
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27%
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
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"There's little in the way of forward momentum until the final 30 minutes; stretching out this picture to longer than two hours was indefensible."
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Sonny Bunch
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66%
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The Blind Side (2009)
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"A feel-good sports drama about the intersection of race and athletics, with solid if unremarkable performances that strains just a little too hard for social relevance"
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Sonny Bunch
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91%
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
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"Harrowing and sometimes hard to watch, Precious is a tale of unrelenting misery that suggests just enough of a silver lining to keep audiences from spiraling into total depression."
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Sonny Bunch
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90%
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The Messenger (2009)
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"The Messenger is a successful examination of the harsh realities of war that too often are put in the back of people's minds."
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Sonny Bunch
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39%
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2012 (2009)
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"160 minutes of this nonsense is at least 90 minutes of back story too many."
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Sonny Bunch
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52%
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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
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"The Men Who Stare at Goats meanders aimlessly without ever reaching a satisfying conclusion."
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Sonny Bunch
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19%
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Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
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"It feels almost mean-spirited to laugh at Benjamin's travails. He has done nothing to provoke them and seems incapable of fending for himself."
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Sonny Bunch
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54%
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Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)
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"Robert Zemeckis seeks to answer the one question still remaining about the Dickens classic: What would the story look like if it were cast with figures from Madame Tussauds?"
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Sonny Bunch
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79%
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The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
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"This is a movie that does little more than preach to the converted. It's mildly amusing at times, but ultimately pointless."
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Sonny Bunch
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49%
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Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (2009)
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"Summit Entertainment has tried just a little too hard to broaden the appeal of its new computer-animated feature Astro Boy."
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Sonny Bunch
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38%
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
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"Considering it's little more than a melange of Twilight, Harry Potter and Goosebumps, Cirque is far, far more entertaining a movie than it has any right to be."
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Sonny Bunch
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48%
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Antichrist (2009)
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"Antichrist feels less like an art house film than a parody of one."
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Sonny Bunch
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25%
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
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"Not so much a whodunit as a howdhedoit that will frustrate any intelligent viewer"
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Sonny Bunch
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11%
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Couples Retreat (2009)
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"It's hard to imagine that the thoroughly mediocre and paint-by-numbers romantic comedy "Couples Retreat" was written by the same guy who brought the world Swingers 15 years ago."
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Sonny Bunch
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89%
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A Serious Man (2009)
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"It's a movie that rewards repeat viewings: Go in with an open mind the first time and a more focused mind the second and reap the rewards."
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Sonny Bunch
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92%
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The Way We Get By (2009)
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"Both a moving testament to the elderly folks who meet the troops and an interesting look at the troops themselves."
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Sonny Bunch
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83%
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Paranormal Activity (2009)
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"This is a terrifying picture, one that capitalizes on the unseen horrors that litter our nightmares once the lights go out."
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Sonny Bunch
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75%
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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"Capitalism's aim is too scattershot. It's old hat for Moore to argue only one side of the story, but this is the first time he has so blatantly failed to focus on the issue at hand"
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Sonny Bunch
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73%
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