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89%
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Shrek 2 (2004)
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"Its cleverness and its good heart enable it to overcome a slow start, which is how all good fairy tales end."
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Kenneth Turan
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93%
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
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Diane Vadino
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70%
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Dogville (2003)
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Manohla Dargis
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89%
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Kitchen Stories (2004)
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"Slight and understated, Kitchen Stories still manages to surprise with how much heart it musters in its wry, witty story."
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Marshall Fine
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13%
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Welcome To Mooseport (2004)
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"This toothless political comedy fumbles its various opportunities to deflate the pomposity of politicians."
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Marshall Fine
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68%
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Barbershop 2 - Back in Business (2004)
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"Low-key to the point of being listless."
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Marshall Fine
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80%
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Miracle (2004)
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"On the simplest level, it's a true underdog story, told in an exciting way when it counts the most."
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Marshall Fine
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60%
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The Dreamers (2004)
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"Bertolucci undercuts the smarmy quality of most coming-of-age films of this sort but giving weight to the sexuality, and by tying it in with the politics of that period."
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Marshall Fine
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33%
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The Butterfly Effect (2004)
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"As energetic and juicy as some of this film is, it's also built on a shaky foundation of implausibilities."
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Marshall Fine
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93%
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Touching the Void (2004)
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"You'll think twice about climbing a ladder, let alone a mountain, after seeing Touching the Void."
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Marshall Fine
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52%
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Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004)
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"Basic, sweet and, most important, funny."
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Marshall Fine
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23%
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Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
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Jack Garner
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70%
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The Company (2003)
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"The Company isn't a movie about dance; it's a film about dancers as artists, martyrs and human beings. Altman's affection for them couldn't be more contagious."
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Marshall Fine
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77%
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Peter Pan (2003)
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"Director P.J. Hogan can't quite get the tone right here -- and when he misses, he injects adult elements that may have parents squirming."
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Marshall Fine
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94%
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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
|
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Ben Nuckols
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27%
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Paycheck (2003)
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"The strength of Paycheck is its story which, despite being infused with the trappings of a Hollywood action film, still hangs together."
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Marshall Fine
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71%
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Cold Mountain (2003)
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"Envelops you in another time, pulling you into a story of two people who, having barely connected before being separated, cling to that connection to survive until they can meet again."
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Marshall Fine
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72%
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Elephant (2003)
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"The actors give the viewer the sense of being dropped into the middle of a typical suburban high school -- until the shooting starts."
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Marshall Fine
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14%
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Beyond Borders (2003)
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"The idea of people from the West, previously indifferent, who immerse themselves in sickness and war in an effort to make a difference has been explored less melodramatically in an ongoing story arc on TV's E.R."
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Marshall Fine
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39%
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The Singing Detective (2003)
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"Though it doesn't work completely, it still has more creative energy than any half-dozen Hollywood blockbusters you can think of from the past summer."
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Marshall Fine
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34%
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In the Cut (2003)
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"It's glum, muddy and muddled, a gory murder-mystery told bloodlessly, as in without any juice to the storytelling."
|
Marshall Fine
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14%
|
Pokémon 4Ever (2002)
|
|
Forrest Hartman
|
|
72%
|
Runaway Jury (2003)
|
"Like most of Grisham's stories, the set-up is better than the wrap-up, but this is a cast that knows how to satisfy, even when the material doesn't."
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Marshall Fine
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37%
|
Sylvia (2003)
|
"While the movie may inspire some viewers to read (or reread) her work, it may lead others to wonder whether to stay for the whole movie, given that the characters aren't particularly likable or interesting and the ending is already known."
|
Marshall Fine
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|
84%
|
Pieces of April (2003)
|
"Smart, witty and touching in its examination of the way family ties can get stretched to their limits without severing the connection that makes people a family."
|
Marshall Fine
|
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54%
|
Veronica Guerin (2003)
|
"A drama with energy and tension that never flag."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
66%
|
Out of Time (2003)
|
"An enjoyable ride."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
95%
|
The Station Agent (2003)
|
"The Station Agent takes a simple theme -- loneliness and the inability or unwillingness to connect -- and makes it both funnier and more touching than you could imagine."
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Marshall Fine
|
|
92%
|
School of Rock (2003)
|
"Director Rick Linklater gets all the jokes and keeps the film from ever getting cute or maudlin, despite the presence of children as a linchpin of the plot."
|
Marshall Fine
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|
61%
|
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
|
"Under the Tuscan Sun seems to be coasting on its pretty pictures of flower-drenched Italian landscapes."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
71%
|
The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle) (2003)
|
"It's hardly original but The Rundown still manages to be great fun."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
69%
|
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
|
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
82%
|
Matchstick Men (2003)
|
"As one would expect from Ridley Scott, Matchstick Men is a visually innovative exercise."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
95%
|
Lost In Translation (2003)
|
"Coppola, who wrote and directed, creates the perfect languorous mood to match these characters' emotional limbo."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
63%
|
Cabin Fever (2002)
|
"This one has 'cult film' written all over it."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
29%
|
Party Monster (2003)
|
"Culkin does a deadly impression of Alig."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
73%
|
Taking Sides (2003)
|
"It's hard to know exactly what we're supposed to think about Taking Sides -- well, no, actually, the movie tells you exactly what to think. But the message it sends is unintentionally mixed."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
90%
|
The Magdalene Sisters (2003)
|
"It's tough material, presented honestly without sensationalism by a cast of young actors who give searing performances."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
85%
|
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
|
"The Secret Lives of Dentists has emotional intelligence and a refreshingly caustic wit."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
7%
|
Gigli (2003)
|
"Martin Brest has never made a movie that couldn't have been improved by removing 15 or 20 minutes and his new film, Gigli, is no exception."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
55%
|
American Wedding (2003)
|
|
Roger Moore
|
|
77%
|
Seabiscuit (2003)
|
"A satisfyingly old-fashioned film."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
33%
|
Johnny English (2003)
|
"The laughs come grudgingly and infrequently in Johnny English."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
23%
|
Bad Boys II (2003)
|
"Bad Boys II stakes out new territory on the frontier of cinematic excess."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
86%
|
Wattstax (2000)
|
"Pure old school."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
11%
|
Alex & Emma (2003)
|
"Like a comedy tortilla: flat and flavorless."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
62%
|
Hulk (2003)
|
"It's an offbeat action movie that's more interested in touching the heart than stimulating the adrenal gland."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
43%
|
Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle (2003)
|
"Mindless action mixed with soft-core titillation, geared to the short attention span."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
30%
|
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
|
"A pile of action-movie clichés."
|
Marshall Fine
|
|
10%
|
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
|
"Levy's scenes aren't nearly numerous enough to rescue a lame comedy."
|
Marshall Fine
|
87%
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