3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]his is a very well-made film indeed. There's more than meets the eye."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The players, who seem to be mostly improvising, are uniformly charming....Micahel Cera in particular cements his status as a contemporary Canadian Jimmy Stewart..."Box Office "PAPER HEART manages to work the meta mostly magically thanks to the sensibility brought by Yi, whose stand-up persona blends a childlike naviet with an almost perpetual state of shy embarrassment."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "PAPER HEART is refreshingly, almost defiantly inventive. A big part of its charm is the bespectacled and slightly addled Yi."USA Today "This diverting riff is as much a spoof of film-school self-seriousness as it is a sincere art project, enhanced by Yi's great, homemade puppets." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Enjoying this wondrous wisp of a something is easy....Charlyne Yi is an enchantress."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] playful quasi-documentary....Yi is a unique tour guide..."Total Film22.46741
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]his is a very well-made film indeed. There's more than meets the eye."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The players, who seem to be mostly improvising, are uniformly charming....Micahel Cera in particular cements his status as a contemporary Canadian Jimmy Stewart..."Box Office "PAPER HEART manages to work the meta mostly magically thanks to the sensibility brought by Yi, whose stand-up persona blends a childlike naviet with an almost perpetual state of shy embarrassment."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "PAPER HEART is refreshingly, almost defiantly inventive. A big part of its charm is the bespectacled and slightly addled Yi."USA Today "This diverting riff is as much a spoof of film-school self-seriousness as it is a sincere art project, enhanced by Yi's great, homemade puppets." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Enjoying this wondrous wisp of a something is easy....Charlyne Yi is an enchantress."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] playful quasi-documentary....Yi is a unique tour guide..."Total Film22.46741
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"A big win for everyone involved, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED is especially exciting for fans of Aubrey Plaza, who proves she's good for more than snarky scene-stealing and can actually carry a film."Hollywood Reporter "The best thing in the film is Aubrey Plaza's goldfish-eyed cynicism as Darius....It is also very sweetly told." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It's a more ambitious and touching movie than seems possible....SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED not only has dialogue that's about something, but characters who have some depth and dimension."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Anchored by superb performances and deft writing, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED casts an enchanting spell from its opening scene."USA Today "Screenwriter Derek Connolly wrote therole of Darius Britt inSAFETY NOT GUARANTEED with Plaza in mind, and she provides a sardonic solidity to a story of sometimes scattershot whimsicality."Movieline22.46741
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"A big win for everyone involved, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED is especially exciting for fans of Aubrey Plaza, who proves she's good for more than snarky scene-stealing and can actually carry a film."Hollywood Reporter "The best thing in the film is Aubrey Plaza's goldfish-eyed cynicism as Darius....It is also very sweetly told." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It's a more ambitious and touching movie than seems possible....SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED not only has dialogue that's about something, but characters who have some depth and dimension."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Anchored by superb performances and deft writing, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED casts an enchanting spell from its opening scene."USA Today "Screenwriter Derek Connolly wrote therole of Darius Britt inSAFETY NOT GUARANTEED with Plaza in mind, and she provides a sardonic solidity to a story of sometimes scattershot whimsicality."Movieline22.46741
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"A big win for everyone involved, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED is especially exciting for fans of Aubrey Plaza, who proves she's good for more than snarky scene-stealing and can actually carry a film."Hollywood Reporter "The best thing in the film is Aubrey Plaza's goldfish-eyed cynicism as Darius....It is also very sweetly told." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It's a more ambitious and touching movie than seems possible....SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED not only has dialogue that's about something, but characters who have some depth and dimension."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Anchored by superb performances and deft writing, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED casts an enchanting spell from its opening scene."USA Today "Screenwriter Derek Connolly wrote therole of Darius Britt inSAFETY NOT GUARANTEED with Plaza in mind, and she provides a sardonic solidity to a story of sometimes scattershot whimsicality."Movieline22.46741
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"Both of the actors, like their characters, seem to be enjoying themselves with a graceful sense of self-irony that inoculates them against narcissism."Wall Street Journal "The pleasures of NO STRINGS ATTACHED are to be found in the brisk, easy humor of some of Ms. Meriwether's dialogue and in the talented people scattered around Ms. Portman and Mr. Kutcher..."New York Times "There are humorous moments....There's chemistry between leads Natalie Portman, who plays Emma, a driven medical student, and Ashton Kutcher as Adam..."USA Today "Jake Johnson and Ludacris provide amusing support as Kutcher's crew, and Kline livens up his every scene..."A.V. Club "[N]early all the performers here -- not just the movie's two stars, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, but an array of likable and extremely well-cast second bananas -- seem to be having a good time, and their easy-going geniality keeps the movie putting along..."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film's real ace is Portman, who flexes superior comic timing while striking up a surprisingly heated chemistry with [Kutcher]..."Total Film "Portman and Kutcher are a decent match, and amusing support comes from Kevin Kline..."Sight and Sound0.3058081
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"Both of the actors, like their characters, seem to be enjoying themselves with a graceful sense of self-irony that inoculates them against narcissism."Wall Street Journal "The pleasures of NO STRINGS ATTACHED are to be found in the brisk, easy humor of some of Ms. Meriwether's dialogue and in the talented people scattered around Ms. Portman and Mr. Kutcher..."New York Times "There are humorous moments....There's chemistry between leads Natalie Portman, who plays Emma, a driven medical student, and Ashton Kutcher as Adam..."USA Today "Jake Johnson and Ludacris provide amusing support as Kutcher's crew, and Kline livens up his every scene..."A.V. Club "[N]early all the performers here -- not just the movie's two stars, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, but an array of likable and extremely well-cast second bananas -- seem to be having a good time, and their easy-going geniality keeps the movie putting along..."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film's real ace is Portman, who flexes superior comic timing while striking up a surprisingly heated chemistry with [Kutcher]..."Total Film "Portman and Kutcher are a decent match, and amusing support comes from Kevin Kline..."Sight and Sound0.3058081
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"Both of the actors, like their characters, seem to be enjoying themselves with a graceful sense of self-irony that inoculates them against narcissism."Wall Street Journal "The pleasures of NO STRINGS ATTACHED are to be found in the brisk, easy humor of some of Ms. Meriwether's dialogue and in the talented people scattered around Ms. Portman and Mr. Kutcher..."New York Times "There are humorous moments....There's chemistry between leads Natalie Portman, who plays Emma, a driven medical student, and Ashton Kutcher as Adam..."USA Today "Jake Johnson and Ludacris provide amusing support as Kutcher's crew, and Kline livens up his every scene..."A.V. Club "[N]early all the performers here -- not just the movie's two stars, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, but an array of likable and extremely well-cast second bananas -- seem to be having a good time, and their easy-going geniality keeps the movie putting along..."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film's real ace is Portman, who flexes superior comic timing while striking up a surprisingly heated chemistry with [Kutcher]..."Total Film "Portman and Kutcher are a decent match, and amusing support comes from Kevin Kline..."Sight and Sound0.3058081
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"Both of the actors, like their characters, seem to be enjoying themselves with a graceful sense of self-irony that inoculates them against narcissism."Wall Street Journal "The pleasures of NO STRINGS ATTACHED are to be found in the brisk, easy humor of some of Ms. Meriwether's dialogue and in the talented people scattered around Ms. Portman and Mr. Kutcher..."New York Times "There are humorous moments....There's chemistry between leads Natalie Portman, who plays Emma, a driven medical student, and Ashton Kutcher as Adam..."USA Today "Jake Johnson and Ludacris provide amusing support as Kutcher's crew, and Kline livens up his every scene..."A.V. Club "[N]early all the performers here -- not just the movie's two stars, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, but an array of likable and extremely well-cast second bananas -- seem to be having a good time, and their easy-going geniality keeps the movie putting along..."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film's real ace is Portman, who flexes superior comic timing while striking up a surprisingly heated chemistry with [Kutcher]..."Total Film "Portman and Kutcher are a decent match, and amusing support comes from Kevin Kline..."Sight and Sound0.3058081
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"Craig Johnson's tender indie comedy, TRUE ADOLESCENTS, examines the interim passage of male lives when time is nervously frittered away and the future looms through the mist like a giant scary question mark."New York Times0.3059452
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"This is a likable and pleasant film, based on a book by the Rev. T.D. Jakes....NOT EASILY BROKEN is well-acted and involving..."USA Today "[H]eartfelt and strongly delivered by a committed cast headlined by Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson....It is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "The drama is balanced out with well performed bits of comedy that lend a sweetness to the trouble of the film's central relationship and a weight to the more dramatic moments."Box Office "Laughter through tears is director Bill Duke's M.O., and he hits the bull's-eye of that modest target." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "NOT EASILY BROKEN exerts an unmistakable appeal, thanks to an absorbing story and fine performances from Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson."Washington Post "[The film] has the saving grace of a lively sense of humor that certainly helps the spiritual medicine go down....Hollywood Reporter0.2257945
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"This is a likable and pleasant film, based on a book by the Rev. T.D. Jakes....NOT EASILY BROKEN is well-acted and involving..."USA Today "[H]eartfelt and strongly delivered by a committed cast headlined by Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson....It is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "The drama is balanced out with well performed bits of comedy that lend a sweetness to the trouble of the film's central relationship and a weight to the more dramatic moments."Box Office "Laughter through tears is director Bill Duke's M.O., and he hits the bull's-eye of that modest target." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "NOT EASILY BROKEN exerts an unmistakable appeal, thanks to an absorbing story and fine performances from Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson."Washington Post "[The film] has the saving grace of a lively sense of humor that certainly helps the spiritual medicine go down....Hollywood Reporter0.2257945
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"...Rogers' impromptu jailhouse tap routine is among screendom's most privileged throwaway bits..." USA Today0.1403714
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CMJ (12/21/98, pp.26-27) - "...rock 'n' roll fans who have yet to unearth the joys of American folk music may begin to see the light..."Dirty Linen (4-5/99, p.75) - "...some great, hard-to-find country blues and old-timey classics....this set brings together some wonderful performances that explore the pre-war blues and 'hillbilly' ethos of bad men, bad living and all the bad things that'll drag a good man down."0.1002653
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Vibe (3/02, p.176) - 4 discs out of 5 - "...Brilliantly sums up the state of the art via 30 of last year's cream tracks....worth a listen..."0.08021222
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3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The filmmaker] captures the rocker in his element during a summer 2008 tour..."Rolling Stone15.97425
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