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92%
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Incendies (2011)
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"Incendies is a devastating mystery thriller from Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve that grabs you hard and won't let go."
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Peter Travers
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73%
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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
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"Spurlock says he's not selling out, he's buying in. I'm buying into Spurlock. As ever, he makes you laugh till it hurts."
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Peter Travers
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61%
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Water for Elephants (2011)
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"Even nonreaders of the book can figure out what happens next. It's all in the telling. Sara Gruen provided grit and pungent detail. The movie settles for gloss. "
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Peter Travers
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11%
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
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"Ayn Rand's monumental 1,168-page, 1957 novel gets the low-budget, no-talent treatment and sits there flapping on screen like a bludgeoned seal. "
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Peter Travers
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55%
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The Conspirator (2011)
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"As the film's director, Robert Redford eases with hypnotic skill into this tale of justice in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination."
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Peter Travers
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58%
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Scream 4 (2011)
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"Between a diabolically funny start and a surprise climax, Scream 4 offers nothing more than a series of gory deaths that grow tiresome with repetition. "
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Peter Travers
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86%
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Meek's Cutoff (2011)
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"Kelly Reichardt has crafted a haunted dream of a movie to get lost in."
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Peter Travers
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71%
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Hanna (2011)
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"Hanna is a fairy tale of lightning speed, gritty action and shocking gravity, all driven by the electronic beat of a hypnotic score by the Chemical Brothers. "
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Peter Travers
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26%
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Your Highness (2011)
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"The comic mojo of Danny McBride can be a thing of fucked-up beauty. So I was stoked that McBride signed on as star and co-writer of Your Highness. But the air goes out of that balloon pretty damn quick."
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Peter Travers
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26%
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Arthur (2011)
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"The limp-d--- remake of 1981's Arthur - starring Russell Brand in the happy-drunk role indelibly created by Dudley Moore - sounds promising, but it ends in disaster. "
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Peter Travers
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66%
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Insidious (2011)
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"Here's a better-than-average spook house movie, mostly because Insidious decides it can haunt an audience without spraying it with blood."
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Peter Travers
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77%
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In A Better World (2011)
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"Despite detours into sentiment and preaching, In a Better World is an emotional powerhouse. "
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Peter Travers
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91%
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Source Code (2011)
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"Think of Groundhog Day morphing from comedy to thriller and you'll get an idea of the mischief afoot in Source Code."
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Peter Travers
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50%
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Mildred Pierce (2012)
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"What can you say about an HBO miniseries adapted from a 1941 novel that follows the rise and fall of an independent woman during the Great Depression? Let's try "perfection," which is what director Todd Haynes achieves in his loyal, lyrical adaptation."
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Peter Travers
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44%
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White Irish Drinkers (2011)
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"Writer-director John Gray digs into his own background to create the ardent and atmospheric White Irish Drinkers. The close, cramped intimacy of this film is so real it stings."
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Peter Travers
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23%
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Sucker Punch (2011)
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"Looks aren't everything. Case in point: Sucker Punch, a dazzling visual design that goes tone-deaf every time it opens its dumb mouth or makes claims to profundity."
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Peter Travers
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83%
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
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"This is rock-solid entertainment. McConaughey, a cunning mesmerizer in the courtroom, steers this Lincoln into what could be a hell-raising franchise."
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Peter Travers
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70%
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Limitless (2011)
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"Limitless hits you like an adrenaline rush that will have you saying, "I'll have what he's having.""
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Peter Travers
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72%
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Paul (2011)
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"'Paul' is more a bagful of giggles. Rogen is a nonstop hoot, but it's the byplay between Frost and Pegg that roots the laughs in characters we care about. "
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Peter Travers
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74%
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Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1996)
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Peter Travers
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94%
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Win Win (2011)
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"This movie wins you over, head and heart, without cheating. It's just about perfect."
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Peter Travers
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84%
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Jane Eyre (2011)
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"Cary Joji Fukunaga has reanimated a classic for a new generation, letting 'Jane Eyre' resonate with terror and tenderness."
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Peter Travers
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11%
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Red Riding Hood (2011)
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"Seeing the plot of 'Twilight' get stuffed into Little Red's riding hood is a painful business. But look for a fat box office. "
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Peter Travers
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29%
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Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
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"'Take Me Home Tonight' has just enough heart and retro party spirit to hold the line before familiarity breeds contempt."
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Peter Travers
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73%
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The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
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"'The Adjustment Bureau' misses by a mile. Despite heroic efforts by Damon and the lovely Blunt to build a plausible love story, the movie dissolves into silliness. "
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Peter Travers
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88%
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Rango (2011)
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"Say what you will about 'Rango,' the computer-animated Western riding hard on Johnny Depp doing the voice of a lizard - just don't call it business as usual. "
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Peter Travers
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90%
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011)
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"Takes a sweet, long time to work its magic on you."
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Peter Travers
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45%
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Drive Angry (2011)
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"Being stoned or otherwise buzzed might help."
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Peter Travers
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34%
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Hall Pass (2011)
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"Everything feels forced. Nothing kills laughter faster than trying too hard."
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Peter Travers
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56%
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Unknown (2011)
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"Ignore the pileup of implausibilities and 'Unknown' becomes a diabolically entertaining con game. "
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Peter Travers
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85%
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Cedar Rapids (2011)
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"Cedar Rapids is both hilarious and heartfelt. It's also powered by a dream cast, led by the outstanding Ed Helms."
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Peter Travers
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19%
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Just Go with It (2011)
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"Don't even think of going with it. It's the perfect Valentine's date night movie, but only with someone you hate."
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Peter Travers
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64%
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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
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"Never Say Never is a 3D concert film to delight the shy 13-year-old with braces that lives in all of us, but after a while the movie starts to feel like lethal injection by bubblegum."
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Peter Travers
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71%
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Naked Lunch (1991)
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Peter Travers
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30%
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Sanctum (2011)
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"Sometimes the sets look like, well, Styrofoam. So do the actors."
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Peter Travers
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4%
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The Roommate (2011)
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"The Roommate - the umpteenth uncredited remake of 1992's Single White Female - sucks bad, real bad."
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Peter Travers
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46%
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Everybody's Fine (2009)
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Peter Travers
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21%
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Gulliver's Travels (2010)
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"[A] dumb excuse for a movie."
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Peter Travers
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44%
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Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
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Peter Travers
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81%
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Broken Embraces (2009)
|
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Peter Travers
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70%
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Last Chance Harvey (2009)
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Peter Travers
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33%
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
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Peter Travers
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18%
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
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Peter Travers
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83%
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Casino Jack And The United States Of Money (2010)
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Peter Travers
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58%
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Taken (2009)
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"It's fun for about 15 minutes seeing Neeson do James Bond as Daddy Dangerous. But the surprise wears off quickly."
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Peter Travers
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93%
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Another Year (2010)
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"Mike Leigh's films are one of a kind."
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Peter Travers
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21%
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
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Peter Travers
|
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67%
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Away We Go (2009)
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Peter Travers
|
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71%
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Tetro (2009)
|
|
Peter Travers
|
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91%
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
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"Precious is an emotional powerhouse, a triumph of bruising humor and bracing hope that deserves its place among the year's best films."
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Peter Travers
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76%
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