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"[ROLE MODELS] amuses throughout. That's in large part due to the stars, whose roles very much play to their familiar comic strengths..."Variety 3 stars out of 4 -- "Misfits and misanthropes are the heroes of ROLE MODELS, a surprisingly clever comedy....It is consistently funny, largely because of the sharp dialogue..."USA Today "ROLE MODELS wouldn't be anything without Mintz-Plasse....[His] camera presence is at once unfailingly modest and distinctive."Los Angeles Times "ROLE MODELS is the kind of movie you don't see every day, a comedy that is funny....There are nicely drawn supporting characters..."Chicago Sun-Times "The fun of ROLE MODELS is that it's a high-concept movie executed with speed and finesse and the kind of brusquely tossed-off scene banter that can get you laughing before you know what hit you." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's killer funny. Cheers to Paul Rudd...who takes just the right wry comic tone as Danny....Ripe, rowdy fun."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "The cast is good enough to make it all seem like snarky improv, especially Paul Rudd....ROLE MODELS is positively grinchy -- and all the funnier for it."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t transcends its high concept through strong performances, filthy-smart patter, a winning affection for all its core characters and ability to hit its emotional targets without descending into slush."Empire "[I]t's a self-improvement comedy that hits every beat on time....Rudd and Scott hail from different universes of movie comedy, but manage together here just fine..."Hollywood Reporter19.11121
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"[ROLE MODELS] amuses throughout. That's in large part due to the stars, whose roles very much play to their familiar comic strengths..."Variety 3 stars out of 4 -- "Misfits and misanthropes are the heroes of ROLE MODELS, a surprisingly clever comedy....It is consistently funny, largely because of the sharp dialogue..."USA Today "ROLE MODELS wouldn't be anything without Mintz-Plasse....[His] camera presence is at once unfailingly modest and distinctive."Los Angeles Times "ROLE MODELS is the kind of movie you don't see every day, a comedy that is funny....There are nicely drawn supporting characters..."Chicago Sun-Times "The fun of ROLE MODELS is that it's a high-concept movie executed with speed and finesse and the kind of brusquely tossed-off scene banter that can get you laughing before you know what hit you." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's killer funny. Cheers to Paul Rudd...who takes just the right wry comic tone as Danny....Ripe, rowdy fun."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "The cast is good enough to make it all seem like snarky improv, especially Paul Rudd....ROLE MODELS is positively grinchy -- and all the funnier for it."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t transcends its high concept through strong performances, filthy-smart patter, a winning affection for all its core characters and ability to hit its emotional targets without descending into slush."Empire "[I]t's a self-improvement comedy that hits every beat on time....Rudd and Scott hail from different universes of movie comedy, but manage together here just fine..."Hollywood Reporter19.11121
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Entertainment Weekly (p.116) - "[T]he GLEE guys give a surprisingly tender reading of 'What It Feels Like for a Girl.'" -- Grade: A0.2496696
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3 stars out of 4 -- "Wreck-It Ralph, who seems not a million miles separate from Shrek, makes a lovable guide through this arcade universe."Chicago Sun-Times "[With] inventive candy-colored fun and wicked humor....The dazzling, 3-D animated tale is set in the world of video arcades..."USA Today "The movie's subversive sensibility and old-school/new-school feel are a total kick."Los Angeles Times "It's a lovely pretext for dazzling visuals..."Wall Street Journal "[A] 93-minute blast of color, noise, ingenuity and fun."New York Times 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Disney Animation has once again made magic from childhood obsessions, this time with a group of video arcade characters..."Box Office "Its a wildly exciting ride, the fastest-moving, most enthusiastically kinetic kids action film since THE INCREDIBLES." -- Grade: AA.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "Moore brings a video junkie's passion to the movie game, and it's hilariously infectious."Rolling Stone "With a mix of retro eye-candy for grown-ups and a thrilling, approachable storyline for the tykes, the film casts a wide and beguiling net."Hollywood Reporter0.1872522
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3 stars out of 4 -- "Wreck-It Ralph, who seems not a million miles separate from Shrek, makes a lovable guide through this arcade universe."Chicago Sun-Times "[With] inventive candy-colored fun and wicked humor....The dazzling, 3-D animated tale is set in the world of video arcades..."USA Today "The movie's subversive sensibility and old-school/new-school feel are a total kick."Los Angeles Times "It's a lovely pretext for dazzling visuals..."Wall Street Journal "[A] 93-minute blast of color, noise, ingenuity and fun."New York Times 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Disney Animation has once again made magic from childhood obsessions, this time with a group of video arcade characters..."Box Office "Its a wildly exciting ride, the fastest-moving, most enthusiastically kinetic kids action film since THE INCREDIBLES." -- Grade: AA.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "Moore brings a video junkie's passion to the movie game, and it's hilariously infectious."Rolling Stone "With a mix of retro eye-candy for grown-ups and a thrilling, approachable storyline for the tykes, the film casts a wide and beguiling net."Hollywood Reporter0.1872522
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"[C]hockfull of the low-key charm, smart performances and understated humor that characterize Guest's work....His regular cast of actors and a few new ones...bring their best to the table."Box Office "Truly, the level of tender, ruthless, inspired, lethally accurate study that has gone into the follicular expression of each and every character in Christopher Guest's latest hilarious cultural corrective is something inspiring to behold." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Catherine O'Hara is comic perfection....O'Hara deserves Oscar consideration in her funniest, fiercest role."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] fills it to the brim with a rib-bothering assemblage of asides, observations, in-jokes...plus some of the funniest fashion and personal-grooming errors you'll see this year."Total Film "[I]t's a droll dissection of Oscarmania....Catherine O'Hara and Harry Shearer are both riotous and touching..."Movieline's Hollywood Life 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The filmmakers] dispatch their slow-moving target with graceful ruthlessness....[With] the sureness of touch that comes of knowing, even quite liking, the subject of one's scorn."Uncut "With its patient, watchful camerawork and unhurried pace, the film has a discreet, low-key elegance that makes a refreshing change from the loud, fast-tempo demands of most other Hollywood comedies."Sight and Sound0.1560435
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"...Alive with hallucinatory imagery and perverse wit, SWEETIE signals the arrival of a major directing talent..."Rolling Stone "...A spectacular feature-film debut....[SWEETIE is] a movie quite unlike any other you're likely to see until the next Campion comes along..."New York Times Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1990"New York Times "...A discomfiting cinematic universe somewhere between David Lynch and TV's SISTERS....Impressive..."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "Campion creates a nuanced and emotionally profound work."Premiere23.08115
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"...Alive with hallucinatory imagery and perverse wit, SWEETIE signals the arrival of a major directing talent..." Rolling Stone "...A spectacular feature-film debut....[SWEETIE is] a movie quite unlike any other you're likely to see until the next Campion comes along..." New York Times Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1990"New York Times "...A discomfiting cinematic universe somewhere between David Lynch and TV's SISTERS....Impressive..." Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "Campion creates a nuanced and emotionally profound work."Premiere23.08115
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"Lamar Trotti's sharp dialogue artfully sets up Henry Fonda, in a hallmark performance, as an unconventional hero."USA Today7.445238
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"[T]he results, pretensions of the time aside, are saucy, outrageous and so self-knowing that it seems due for a camp rediscovery."Sight and Sound6.540473
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"[T]hough the film's structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but. It is infused with an expansive, almost giddy sense of possibility, and it communicates a pure, unaffected delight in open spaces, fresh air and bright sunshine."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he film is a haunting and moving experience, highlighted by evocative original music by Eddie Vedder."USA Today "[W]ritten and directed with magnificent precision and imaginative grace....It's an intensely physical movie..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Penn, in tandem with the superb cinematographer Eric Gautier, captures the majesty and terror of the wilderness in ways that makes you catch your breath."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n eco-road movie that refreshes and invigorates. Exquisitely shot, robustly acted and deeply felt, it's a potent ode to wanderlust and human pluck."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Penn has evidently soaked up his Terrence Malick. But with its thoughtful pace and loose structure, his depiction of the McCandless odyssey also recalls Lynch's THE STRAIGHT STORY."Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "As the wide-eyed hero, Hirsch is excellent....This is Penn's big auteur statement on our times....It has more soul in its sprawl than any other film this year."Uncut "With its swooping hunger for landscape and new experience, it plunges headlong into the giddy, passionate convictions of its hero..."Sight and Sound Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2007" -- "This is personal filmmaking at its soaring best. Penn honors his subject and the courage it takes to push boundaries."Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "Director and book adapter Sean Penn has the greatest eye for composition of any successful actor turned film-maker since Clint Eastwood..."Ultimate DVD0.1214943
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"[T]hough the film's structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but. It is infused with an expansive, almost giddy sense of possibility, and it communicates a pure, unaffected delight in open spaces, fresh air and bright sunshine."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he film is a haunting and moving experience, highlighted by evocative original music by Eddie Vedder."USA Today "[W]ritten and directed with magnificent precision and imaginative grace....It's an intensely physical movie..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Penn, in tandem with the superb cinematographer Eric Gautier, captures the majesty and terror of the wilderness in ways that makes you catch your breath."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "Penn has evidently soaked up his Terrence Malick. But with its thoughtful pace and loose structure, his depiction of the McCandless odyssey also recalls Lynch's THE STRAIGHT STORY."Empire Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2007" -- "This is personal filmmaking at its soaring best. Penn honors his subject and the courage it takes to push boundaries."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n eco-road movie that refreshes and invigorates. Exquisitely shot, robustly acted and deeply felt, it's a potent ode to wanderlust and human pluck."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "As the wide-eyed hero, Hirsch is excellent....This is Penn's big auteur statement on our times....It has more soul in its sprawl than any other film this year."Uncut "With its swooping hunger for landscape and new experience, it plunges headlong into the giddy, passionate convictions of its hero..."Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "Director and book adapter Sean Penn has the greatest eye for composition of any successful actor turned film-maker since Clint Eastwood..."Ultimate DVD "Sean Penn's fascinating screen version of the Jon Krakauer book of the same name....[Stewart] gives an agreeably vital performance that could still be predictive of things to come in her career."Wall Street Journal0.1214943
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"[T]hough the film's structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but. It is infused with an expansive, almost giddy sense of possibility, and it communicates a pure, unaffected delight in open spaces, fresh air and bright sunshine."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he film is a haunting and moving experience, highlighted by evocative original music by Eddie Vedder."USA Today "[W]ritten and directed with magnificent precision and imaginative grace....It's an intensely physical movie..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Penn, in tandem with the superb cinematographer Eric Gautier, captures the majesty and terror of the wilderness in ways that makes you catch your breath."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "Penn has evidently soaked up his Terrence Malick. But with its thoughtful pace and loose structure, his depiction of the McCandless odyssey also recalls Lynch's THE STRAIGHT STORY."Empire Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2007" -- "This is personal filmmaking at its soaring best. Penn honors his subject and the courage it takes to push boundaries."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n eco-road movie that refreshes and invigorates. Exquisitely shot, robustly acted and deeply felt, it's a potent ode to wanderlust and human pluck."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "As the wide-eyed hero, Hirsch is excellent....This is Penn's big auteur statement on our times....It has more soul in its sprawl than any other film this year."Uncut "With its swooping hunger for landscape and new experience, it plunges headlong into the giddy, passionate convictions of its hero..."Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "Director and book adapter Sean Penn has the greatest eye for composition of any successful actor turned film-maker since Clint Eastwood..."Ultimate DVD "Sean Penn's fascinating screen version of the Jon Krakauer book of the same name....[Stewart] gives an agreeably vital performance that could still be predictive of things to come in her career."Wall Street Journal0.1214943
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