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Tim Burton's Alice sacrifices the book's minimal narrative coherence -- and much of its heart -- but it's an undeniable visual treat. |
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Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass return to the propulsive action and visceral editing of the Bourne films -- but a cliched script and stock characters keep those methods from being as effective this time around. |
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She’s Out of My League has moments of humor and insight, but it’s bogged down by excessive vulgarity and cartoonishness. |
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Its leads are likeable, but Remember Me suffers from an overly maudlin script and a borderline offensive final twist. |
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It may not rank with Scorsese's best work, but Shutter Island's gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained. |
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Our Family Wedding is a mirthless, contrived affair that does little with its promising premise and talented cast. |
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It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking. |
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It's appropriately gritty, and soaked in the kind of palpable tension Antoine Fuqua delivers so well, but Brooklyn's Finest suffers from the comparisons its cliched script provokes. |
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Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing. |
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Tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent, The Crazies is the rare horror remake that works. |
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