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46%
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
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"[Alice Englert] really is a terrific new star presence."
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David Stratton
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46%
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
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"It's the pleasing nature of the two young central characters that gives the film its heart and its ballast."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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93%
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Amour (2012)
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"This is a profound look at love about a couple who have lived with each other for so many years, know each other so well and this terrible thing that is facing them and there's a serenity there which makes it even more moving, I think."
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David Stratton
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93%
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Amour (2012)
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"It's Haneke's searing honesty and lack of sentimentality, and his talent as a writer-filmmaker that lifts this film to the heights of achievement. I know that the storyline may sound gloomy, the film is not. It is beyond wonderful."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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64%
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Anna Karenina (2012)
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"Joe Wright uses the theatre and has the actors taking part in a stage production which then moves out into the real world. I think that's done beautifully."
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David Stratton
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64%
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Anna Karenina (2012)
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"Well, Joe Wright has done it. His ANNA KARENINA is a triumph. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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70%
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Liberal Arts (2012)
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"he characters are interesting and, again, I really felt for the guy's dilemma whether to start a relationship with this much, much younger girl or not. "
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David Stratton
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70%
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Liberal Arts (2012)
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"Josh Radnor is an actor who's not content to be just that. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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74%
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Rise of the Guardians (2012)
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"This lovely fantasy has been brought to beautiful 3D life by Peter Ramsey, the visual effects are really something. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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51%
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Trouble with the Curve (2012)
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"I was a bit underwhelmed by this, I must say."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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51%
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Trouble with the Curve (2012)
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"Well, I have got nothing against a bit of ludditeism. You know I'm a big fan of Clint Eastwood. "
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David Stratton
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49%
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The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
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"It's so over the top that I just thought it was a hoot. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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49%
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The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
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"Thank goodness for Russell Crowe who gives a sardonic, who-gives-a-damn performance as one of the good guys."
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David Stratton
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70%
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
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"It's an example of a clever actress taking control of her career."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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70%
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
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"Most romantic comedies begin with meeting cute and, by the end, after some ups and downs, wedding bells are probably in the offing. CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER rings the changes."
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David Stratton
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85%
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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"I think for a first film this guy who wrote the book and has adapted it for the screen has done a terrific job and I really found these characters sympathetic."
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David Stratton
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85%
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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"Something's missing in this film. It just feels constructed and flat. And I found the casting uninspired as well."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"Fabulous entertainment."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"Breathes fresh life into the genre."
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David Stratton
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64%
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2 Days in New York (2012)
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"I started out thinking this is really forced and then I thought it was really self consciously cute and then I thought it was really unfunny and then I got to the point of hating it and then I wanted her to die."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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64%
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2 Days in New York (2012)
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"This is a catastrophically unfunny sequel in which the possibilities for a French-American culture clash are quickly doomed by the cruelly unfunny dialogue and some very bad performances."
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David Stratton
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89%
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The Angels' Share (2013)
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"I loved this. I walked out of this film just really filled with delight. Ken Loach is such a socially conscious filmmaker."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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89%
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The Angels' Share (2013)
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" The film has a rough and ready look, but the charm of its battler characters shines through and there's plenty to relish here, even though the plot gets more and more improbable the further it proceeds."
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David Stratton
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67%
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Dead Europe ()
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"The powerful scenes are wonderful, I think. There's some tremendous scenes."
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David Stratton
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67%
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Dead Europe ()
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"I was confronted, fascinated, and ultimately only slightly frustrated."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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86%
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Robot & Frank (2012)
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"I thought he was a grumpy old man and I found the film actually quite unpleasant, that resorts to sentimentality in such a cheap way at the end."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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86%
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Robot & Frank (2012)
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"There are also some surprising plot developments that eventually turn the comedy into quite a touching human story. ROBOT & FRANK is a modest but genuinely appealing film."
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David Stratton
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68%
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God Bless America (2012)
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"If you can take that premise, I think you'll go along with the film and it's really, in its very weird way, quite funny."
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David Stratton
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68%
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God Bless America (2012)
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"It's not that you don't sympathise with the characters' sentiments it is, though, that you can't actually go along with their agenda."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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85%
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The Master (2012)
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" It is an extraordinary film."
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David Stratton
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85%
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The Master (2012)
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"More than impressive, it's disturbing, I felt quite shattered coming out of the screening whether because of the sheer artistry on display or whether because of the themes explored, I couldn't say."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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83%
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
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"I think McDonagh is really cleaver. I mean he's taking on Hollywood and the screenplay; the conceit of writing a screenplay within a screenplay. He's having digs at the violence in films while indulging in the violence in films."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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83%
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
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"The film as a whole is fiercely funny; there are twists galore with some wonderful performances, especially from Rockwell and Walken whose scene-stealing skills are front and centre in this non-PC but thoroughly entertaining romp."
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David Stratton
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94%
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The Sessions (2012)
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"I just found that it was a tremendously compassionate film and you think it's not something I would rush out to see but, in fact, it's such a lovely, nourishing experience, this film."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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94%
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The Sessions (2012)
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"Importantly, the film doesn't take itself too seriously, and there's a pleasantly off-beat sense of humour behind the agony and the ecstasy of this beautiful movie."
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David Stratton
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60%
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Last Dance ()
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"I was moved by it, and I think Julia and Firass are fabulous in it. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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60%
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Last Dance ()
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"I didn't believe one word of this terribly well-intentioned plea for understanding between Jews and Palestinians, a construct that quickly collapses under the weight of its own earnestness."
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David Stratton
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71%
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Hail ()
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"It is a tough film and I don't mind tough films but there's a relentlessness about this journey, which I found myself reacting against."
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David Stratton
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71%
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Hail ()
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"Perhaps not a film for the faint-hearted, it is nevertheless an important entry into the Australian film landscape."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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87%
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Frankenweenie (2012)
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"I loved this. It is so beautiful and there's almost an innocence to it that Burton achieves. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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87%
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Frankenweenie (2012)
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"It was wise to make the film in black and white, and 3D adds to the charm of this sweetly retro experience. Sparky is hereby added to my list of the cinema's most endearing woofers."
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David Stratton
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75%
|
The Intouchables (2012)
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"I think a lot of people are going to enjoy it but I think it also tries too hard to please that audience and it just shrieks, aiming at that middle bar. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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75%
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The Intouchables (2012)
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"The problem is that if, while you're having a good time with these characters, you start to think about the wider implications of the film, you might find yourself somewhat less enthralled."
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David Stratton
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96%
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Argo (2012)
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"It's exciting, it's funny, it's suspenseful. The ending is nail-biting."
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David Stratton
|
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96%
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Argo (2012)
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"This is a classy heist movie with a bizarre set-up; it's entertaining as well as thrilling."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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43%
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To Rome with Love (2012)
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"He can't get away with what he got away with 50 years ago and that's the thing. His timing is off. He's not funny. He used to be achingly funny and beautiful."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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43%
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To Rome with Love (2012)
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"It's not a bad film, but TO ROME WITH LOVE is very minor Woody Allen."
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David Stratton
|
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91%
|
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
|
"It is a strange and strangely appealing journey that this film takes."
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David Stratton
|
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91%
|
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
|
"This is one of those films where the filmmaker takes you on an audacious journey and makes you believe every moment of it. A nice debut from Trevorrow and Connolly."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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51%
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Savages (2012)
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"I think it's really interesting that Oliver Stone has gone back to this visceral, mischievous, hard-hitting filmmaking."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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