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46%
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Step Up 3-D (2010)
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"I think it actually honors the art form of dance, but not in a solemn, highbrow way."
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A.O. Scott
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40%
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Middle Men (2010)
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"I never got the feeling Gallo and company figured out how to compress and focus their stories."
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Michael Phillips
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90%
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Lebanon (Levanon) (2010)
|
"Very strong, one of the best I have seen this year."
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Michael Phillips
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82%
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010)
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"It's just a cheap thriller."
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Michael Phillips
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82%
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010)
|
"Worthless."
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A.O. Scott
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43%
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The Extra Man (2010)
|
"I liked it enough to say rent it."
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Michael Phillips
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43%
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The Extra Man (2010)
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"I felt the whole movie was kind of mannered and labored."
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A.O. Scott
|
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84%
|
Get Low (2010)
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"It's a pleasure to see what kind of career Bill Murray craving out for himself with this sort of this choice."
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Michael Phillips
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69%
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Life During Wartime (2010)
|
"I can't stand the moral universe that we're dealing with here."
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Michael Phillips
|
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70%
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Ramona and Beezus (2010)
|
"It's something that you would not be unhappy seeing on television, [but] there's nothing that calls it for you to go see it on the big-screen."
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A.O. Scott
|
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90%
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Winnebago Man (2010)
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"I know this film sort of deals on a fine line of humiliation and admiration, but I thought it pulled it off."
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Michael Phillips
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90%
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Winnebago Man (2010)
|
"I think this is a disingenuous and shallow movie about a fairly interesting guy."
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A.O. Scott
|
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64%
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Predators (2010)
|
"Antal is a good enough action director that some of the combat is pretty exciting."
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A.O. Scott
|
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64%
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Predators (2010)
|
"At the midpoint... it got more and more confined, claustrophobic and flatter."
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Michael Phillips
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92%
|
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2010)
|
"You cannot recommend it lightly because it's disturbing, but it's good."
|
Michael Phillips
|
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93%
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
|
"Whatever the facts of your own family life, you're likely to see some of it reflected in this wonderful movie, which you should see as soon as you can."
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A.O. Scott
|
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93%
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
|
"No film has left me with a fuller sense of satisfaction this year so far."
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Michael Phillips
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12%
|
Love Ranch (2010)
|
"It starts flat and gets so tired."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
10%
|
Grown Ups (2010)
|
"Lazy is the word."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
80%
|
I Am Love (2010)
|
"You have an actress that plays just every moment for keeps without milking it."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
80%
|
I Am Love (2010)
|
"Luca Guadagnino did just a wonderful job of conveying this woman's emotional gathering storm."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
66%
|
Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) (2010)
|
"I found its high comedy very potent."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
66%
|
Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) (2010)
|
"Too oblique, too arch."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
50%
|
South of the Border (2010)
|
"I think it's a galling."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
50%
|
South of the Border (2010)
|
"Too much of the movie is about Stone's fawning regard for these powerful men. He's an annoying presence, both on screen and in voiceover, who nearly sabotages his own movie."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
96%
|
Restrepo (2010)
|
"It's the best thing I've seen in a long time."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
99%
|
Metropolis (1927)
|
"This movie is certifiably nuts and naive in many ways, but it is so exciting."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
96%
|
Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether) (1961)
|
"Breathless feels like it was [made] tomorrow."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
96%
|
Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether) (1961)
|
"It's like a bullet from the future of movies."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
80%
|
Cyrus (2010)
|
"I think all these performances are struggling to fill in the margins here."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
80%
|
Cyrus (2010)
|
"This one's a disappointment, though, even with a valiant A-list cast."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010)
|
"This lead performance [from Jennifer Lawrence] is excellent. "
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
66%
|
The Karate Kid (2010)
|
"It's not as good as the 1984 version. I say that not just out of nostalgia, but because I think that that was a more satisfying drama."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
11%
|
Killers (2010)
|
"This should be and could be a really fun and entertaining, silly movie and it isn't."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
91%
|
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010)
|
"You really do get the sense that she is tuning out the camera half the time and you're getting honest glimpses of everything."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
91%
|
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010)
|
"The portrait that emerges is of a woman who is vain, anxious, profane, reckless, honest and frequently brilliant."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
53%
|
Agora (2010)
|
"I wish the movie kind of caught fire for me."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
47%
|
The A-Team (2010)
|
"I was not charmed by it."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
70%
|
Ondine (2010)
|
"It sort of falls flat."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
70%
|
Ondine (2010)
|
"There are some interesting secondary characters, but you didn't get I thought a full enough sense of this world and it's dramatic stakes."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
9%
|
Marmaduke (2010)
|
"I had a Scooby-Doo nightmare flashback."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
9%
|
Marmaduke (2010)
|
"This movie is one big dog."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
51%
|
Holy Rollers (2010)
|
"I think [Eisenberg is] a much more astute and detailed actor then some people give him credit for."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
51%
|
Holy Rollers (2010)
|
"Eisenberg showed this character's dilemma in, I thought, a really smart way."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
74%
|
Splice (2010)
|
"[It's] witty, aware of its own craziness, and disarmingly insightful about the psychology of its characters."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
86%
|
The Special Relationship (2010)
|
"Very astute."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
86%
|
The Special Relationship (2010)
|
"It's smart and believable and very well-acted."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
35%
|
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
|
"This is a movie that knows exactly how dumb it is."
|
A.O. Scott
|
|
47%
|
MacGruber (2010)
|
"Some of these two minute sketches look a little thin at 87 to 92 minutes."
|
Michael Phillips
|
|
57%
|
Shrek Forever After (2010)
|
"This one had the same paucity in wit and script issues as the whole Shrek series."
|
Michael Phillips
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