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77%
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Melancholia (2011)
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"I found the film magnificent."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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75%
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
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"Steven Spielberg's faithful adaptation of the Herge comic books about Tintin, the journalist and boy detective, is the best example yet of the motion capture process."
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David Stratton
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81%
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The Skin I Live In (2011)
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"Even a second level Almodovar is better than most other people. "
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David Stratton
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81%
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The Skin I Live In (2011)
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"It's not one of Almodovar's more emotionally involving films, it's actually quite chillingly cold but Antonio Banderas is just fabulous as the Frankenstein character and Elena Anaya is exquisite as his creation. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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52%
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The Iron Lady (2012)
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"It's a fascinating film. I just really wanted more than the stuff I already knew."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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52%
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The Iron Lady (2012)
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"Meryl Streep gives a quite astonishing impersonation of Margaret Thatcher in this even-handed biopic about Britain's longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century."
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David Stratton
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76%
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012)
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"This is a stunning film; it's not an easy one, it's confronting and tragic, but it grips you and won't let you go from the quite bizarre opening scene."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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74%
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Burning Man (2012)
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"It packs such an emotional wallop this film."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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74%
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Burning Man (2012)
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"A film that will shock you with its honesty and its bravery. I can't wait to see it again."
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David Stratton
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75%
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The Tall Man ()
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"It tells these complex series of events and the ramifications that follow it -- the inquest, the trials and so forth -- with such clarity that you really get totally involved in this very tragic story."
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David Stratton
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75%
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The Tall Man ()
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"Tony Krawitz is a fine filmmaker and he has dealt with this tragic story with skill, delicacy and artistry. It's an important story, an important book, an important film."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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99%
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This Is Not a Film (2012)
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"A simple, sad, refreshing and intrinsically beautiful film."
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David Stratton
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76%
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The Debt (2011)
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"The moral dilemmas posed by events in the past impacting on the present are dealt with rather superficially, but THE DEBT is really solid entertainment."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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95%
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Moneyball (2011)
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"Of course it's a story of the little guys taking on the giants but it's so much more. Even if you don't like sports movies you'd be hard pressed not to enjoy this one."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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100%
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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard ()
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"I did find this really fascinating and rather sad too. "
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David Stratton
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100%
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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard ()
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"For anyone interested in Rowland's career and life, or in the music scene of those times, this is absolutely a must-see film."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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99%
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Bill Cunningham New York (2011)
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"It is both insightful and strangely moving."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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68%
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Our Idiot Brother (2011)
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"What I liked about the film is that there is a very good cast. I think all the women in the film are terrific actors."
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David Stratton
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68%
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Our Idiot Brother (2011)
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"Charming and at times very funny."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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47%
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Anonymous (2011)
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"I felt absolutely drawn along in this film. I had a really boisterous, Elizabethan good time."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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47%
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Anonymous (2011)
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"The film presents an interesting argument, but didn't entirely convince me."
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David Stratton
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93%
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
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"The most acceptable Woody Allen film in a long time."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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93%
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
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"This combination of whimsy and romance is, for me, much more successful than Allen's previous European city film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
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David Stratton
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85%
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Contagion (2011)
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"It's terrific. I was really impressed with this film and I think it's one of the best things he's done actually. "
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David Stratton
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85%
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Contagion (2011)
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"This almost documentary-like film is dramatic without being melodramatic. I was impressed with the almost existential approach of Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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93%
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Take Shelter (2011)
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"It explores something deep in us which is our anxiety in the world today from so many different angles and I think it's a very unsettling film for that reason."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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26%
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The Cup (2012)
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"There's a lot of interesting stuff here but in the end it's a bit disappointing."
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David Stratton
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36%
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The Thing (2011)
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"There was not very much subtlety at all. I thought those fine Scandinavian actors looked distinctly uncomfortable and it wasn't because of the Thing."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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26%
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The Cup (2012)
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"The problem is that everyone is so nice. It's as if the film has to pussyfoot around not to offend any of the people depicted in the film because they are mostly still alive, so the tension is really all internal, "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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93%
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Take Shelter (2011)
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"It's compelling in many ways, but ultimately not 100% satisfying."
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David Stratton
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23%
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What's Your Number? (2011)
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"There is something really attractive about Anna Faris as Ally, she has that mesmerizing mobile mouth that distracts but her presence is actually totally winning. She's a klutz but a loveable one."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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36%
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The Thing (2011)
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"Van Heijningen does a pretty good job with the tried and true material, building up the suspense and claustrophobia very effectively and managing a couple of genuinely startling shock moments. But the last third of the film is a bit of a letdown."
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David Stratton
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58%
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Red State (2011)
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"It's a really strange film, terribly violent on one level and on another filled with lengthy, long-winded philosophical discourses and blind alleys"
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David Stratton
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60%
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Real Steel (2011)
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"This script must have been written by a computer or by a robot. It is really embarrassing, the number of clichés in this film."
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David Stratton
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71%
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Footloose (2011)
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"This is a squeaky clean teen movie, really. I was amazed at how people don't know how to direct dance these days."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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81%
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Higher Ground (2011)
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"All the performances are totally believable, no-one is satirised, the true faith of the believers is seen in a way as enviable. "
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Margaret Pomeranz
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70%
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The Hunter (2012)
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"The real star of this quietly gripping film is Tasmania itself, an extraordinary wilderness landscape gloriously photographed for the wide screen by Robert Humphreys."
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David Stratton
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71%
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Footloose (2011)
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"The young cast are engaging, especially Miles Teller in the role originally played by Christopher Penn."
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David Stratton
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60%
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Real Steel (2011)
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"Think Rocky, think Karate Kid. No, there's not much new with Real Steel but I still had fun."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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98%
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Project Nim (2011)
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"Funny at times, but also deeply sad, it's a truly fascinating and well made documentary."
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David Stratton
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78%
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
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"It's several cuts above the average romantic comedy that we've been getting lately and I've been sort of railing against those, because they're not romantic and they're not funny but this is both romantic and funny."
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David Stratton
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78%
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
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"The timing of the comedy is great, it's a smart and talented effort that only falters slightly at the end."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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27%
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2013)
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"There's hardly any love affair left really because the CGI has taken over with a vengeance. I got a bit bored by this, because it's just special effects, just CGI all the way through and the story is just shunted aside."
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David Stratton
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27%
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2013)
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"The director has pulled out all stops to impress, perhaps a bit too excessively, so that the fragile emotions of this love affair are undermined."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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73%
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The Whistleblower (2011)
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"Instead of capitalising on a really fine performance from Rachel Weisz in the leading role, Kondracki makes a real mess of it."
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David Stratton
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38%
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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
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"It struck me with this take on the hapless hero that Johnny English is perhaps taking himself more seriously this time around. There are occasional laughs but the wild silliness is missing."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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38%
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Monte Carlo (2011)
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"Performances are generally twee, there's not a believable moment in the film -- it's like we're watching children dress up in adult clothes, and that's pretty much how they act."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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96%
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011)
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"Herzog has used the 3D process with tremendous creativity to make this very beautiful film."
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David Stratton
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91%
|
Tabloid (2011)
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"A lot of fun; Morris himself is clearly unconvinced about Joyce -- and no wonder -- but she's a funny woman and hers is a ripping yarn if ever there was one."
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David Stratton
|
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87%
|
Submarine (2011)
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"It just hits an eccentric, wry gorgeous note."
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Margaret Pomeranz
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87%
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