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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
44%

The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)

"A lot of it is tedious and directionless."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

50%

The Rum Diary (2011)

"This very funny, keenly observant movie meanders in the best way possible."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

73%

Like Crazy (2011)

"All that's left is this foolish idea that they're supposed to be together. It's like... they're crazy."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

47%

Anonymous (2011)

"This movie is lurid fun that is much smarter than it has any business being."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

84%

Puss in Boots (2011)

"Avoids all the worst tendencies of the later Shrek movies."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

38%

Johnny English Reborn (2011)

"It's really the directing in this film that really fouls it all up."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

24%

The Three Musketeers (2011)

"If you want over-the-top entertainment that doesn't respect the laws of physics, you can't do much better than this."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

33%

Texas Killing Fields (2011)

"A pretty routine police procedural with...a little bit of regional flavor."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

88%

Margin Call (2011)

"A film like this -- with a large cast and a big subject -- needs a clear, concise vision, a strong hand, and Margin Call just doesn't have it."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

84%

Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)

"It is four and a half hours long, but it's got enough plot for at least 30 movies."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

29%

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)

"It tries to be more disgusting, more outrageous than this idea of a 12-person human centipede. The result is, by design, absolutely no good."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

0%

Father of Invention (2011)

"Though it's got a few good ideas going for it, Father of Invention doesn't seem to know what kind of movie it wants to be."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

12%

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

"There's a germ of a light, goofy kids movie somewhere in here, but it's buried under a pile of clichés."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

66%

The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)

"They romanticize the whole idea of these women. I mean, they're all essentially interchangeable."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

71%

Footloose (2011)

"I'm sure there was some great choreography and some great dancing that went into this movie. You don't see any of it."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

72%

Carnage (2011)

"Great material, and it's got a really great sense of momentum."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

60%

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

"It feels like the fourth or fifth film in a tired franchise."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

60%

Real Steel (2011)

"Never in a million years did I think that I would enjoy a boxing robot movie from the director of Night at the Museum."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

98%

The Artist (2011)

"Dujardin's performance carries it forward like an adventure actor of the period."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

85%

The Ides of March (2011)

"It's clear the Ides of March is about the nuts and bolts of politics."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

80%

Shame (2011)

"So much of it is ambiguous and vague, it's almost as if McQueen didn't fully think it through."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

83%

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

"It's this bleak sensibility that makes it so effective as a thriller."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

90%

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

"A really cleverly made movie."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

93%

Take Shelter (2011)

"The role of Curtis in this film is a perfect fit for Shannon's intense and slightly unhinged screen persona."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

93%

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011)

"The entire last half hour is just incredibly disingenuous."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

86%

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

"I liked it a lot."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

89%

The Descendants (2011)

"Director Alexander Payne's best film."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

93%

50/50 (2011)

"This film is thin."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

93%

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)

"It has a few very good ideas, and then, the rest of it is totally lackluster."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

94%

Hugo (2011)

"The energy that's behind all of [Scorsese's] films is definitely present here."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

93%

Drive (2011)

"The real star of this film is the direction of cult Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, making his Hollywood debut."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

95%

Moneyball (2011)

"I enjoyed this film... with certain reservations."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

96%

The Muppets (2011)

"A good imitation of the Muppet style."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

78%

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

"I feel like it is trying to be too many things at once."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

79%

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

"A gorgeous-looking movie, especially in 3D."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

64%

Another Earth (2011)

"If you take away the sci-fi hook, the movie becomes a pretty standard indie drama... and not a very good one at that."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

23%

Lucky (2011)

"Has no sense of tone."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

32%

The Ward (2011)

"By no means a perfect film, but Carpenter has an unparalleled gift for constructing a sequence."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

96%

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)

"Lopsided and rushed."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

14%

Zookeeper (2011)

"Vaguely misogynistic, ugly-looking, and features product placement so brazen that it would make Michael Bay blush."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

98%

Project Nim (2011)

"Very strong and takes more than a few pages out of the Errol Morris playbook."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

70%

Horrible Bosses (2011)

"A mess."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

91%

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011)

"As an introduction to A Tribe Called Quest and a history of a very particular side of hip-hop, this is pretty hard to beat."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

44%

Bad Teacher (2011)

"Has every opportunity to turn mawkish but stays pitch black instead."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

86%

Terri (2011)

"A smart drama about a group of characters who want to believe that they're doing the right thing."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

36%

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

"Maybe the best-looking 3D movie I've seen this year."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

35%

Larry Crowne (2011)

"High camp."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

99%

Bill Cunningham New York (2011)

"A portrait of a happy man."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

79%

Road To Nowhere (2011)

"A pretty great movie."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

76%

Rejoice & Shout (2011)

"The performances unearthed by director Don McGlynn... are just so energetic and captivating."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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