"[I]t's a deft Stephen King freak-out....What happens to Cusack is a roller coaster of a head trip..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "[A] faithful and creepy adaptation....Cusack's performance slowly reveals a man trying to exorcise his own demons by debunking others."USA Today "Directed by Mikael Hafstrom with old-fashioned restraint and a stylish use of close-ups..."New York Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "A terrific performance from John Cusack as a cynic on a paranormal mission nudges this towards the higher end of King adaps."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "Cusack, a master of understatement, plays it cool and quiet, so when he does freak out, it's all the more powerful."Empire64.27337
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"[I]t's a deft Stephen King freak-out....What happens to Cusack is a roller coaster of a head trip..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "[A] faithful and creepy adaptation....Cusack's performance slowly reveals a man trying to exorcise his own demons by debunking others."USA Today "Directed by Mikael Hafstrom with old-fashioned restraint and a stylish use of close-ups..."New York Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "A terrific performance from John Cusack as a cynic on a paranormal mission nudges this towards the higher end of King adaps."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "Cusack, a master of understatement, plays it cool and quiet, so when he does freak out, it's all the more powerful."Empire64.27337
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"[A] well-made Swedish film....The movie is as blunt as its title." New York Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "An unsettling Swedish drama that follows the brutal clash between school politics and primitive instincts."Ultimate DVD64.27337
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t is atmospheric, its cinematography is eerie and evocative, and the actors enrich it..."Chicago Sun-Times "[D]irector Hafstrom and cinematographer Ben Davis lend the locations an handsome burnished look....The supporting cast is unusually strong..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "Colin O'Donoghue makes for a solid lead....And Hopkins has been handed a part that lets him chow down with usual aplomb..."Empire 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]voking a foreboding world of glowering skies, freaky visions and chilling flashbacks..."Total Film0.7948501
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t is atmospheric, its cinematography is eerie and evocative, and the actors enrich it..."Chicago Sun-Times "[D]irector Hafstrom and cinematographer Ben Davis lend the locations an handsome burnished look....The supporting cast is unusually strong..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "Colin O'Donoghue makes for a solid lead....And Hopkins has been handed a part that lets him chow down with usual aplomb..."Empire 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]voking a foreboding world of glowering skies, freaky visions and chilling flashbacks..."Total Film0.6623751
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t is atmospheric, its cinematography is eerie and evocative, and the actors enrich it..."Chicago Sun-Times "[D]irector Hafstrom and cinematographer Ben Davis lend the locations an handsome burnished look....The supporting cast is unusually strong..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "Colin O'Donoghue makes for a solid lead....And Hopkins has been handed a part that lets him chow down with usual aplomb..."Empire 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]voking a foreboding world of glowering skies, freaky visions and chilling flashbacks..."Total Film0.6623751
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"...Reese Witherspoon impresses with Hayley Mills-ish spunk....The dune-dotted scenery delights..." USA Today "...Crisply animated....Plenty of sweeping visuals....Extremely clever moments..." Variety10.45927
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"...Remarkable and beautiful....[The film] astonishes by capturing reality with a fidelity and intimacy that prompt old-fashioned wonder at how the feat was accomplished..." New York Times10.45927
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The production values boast a shiny, Spielbergian authenticity..."Total Film10.45927
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The production values boast a shiny, Spielbergian authenticity..."Total Film10.45927
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"...Exciting....The digital effects are definitely some of the best of their kind..."Sight and Sound "...The suspense rises along with the water..."Premiere10.45927
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4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n artistically mature work with pitch perfect performances....This heartbreaking family saga demonstrates Bier's talent for mixing political themes and personal dramas into rich and substantial storytelling rare in movies."Box Office "Bier displays an intuitive grasp of where the strongest dramatic moments are in a given situation and a fearlessness about putting them on-screen."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "IN A BETTER WORLD is an emotional powerhouse....It's a big subject, fraught with traps, but Bier means to shake you and does."Rolling Stone "[A] fine example of Susanne Bier's talent for weaving together accessible domestic melodrama and issues of ethical awareness of the world beyond our doorstep." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier's IN A BETTER WORLD raises a number of intriguing questions about the true meaning of masculinity....It's a tight piece of craftsmanship."Movieline6.781776
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4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n artistically mature work with pitch perfect performances....This heartbreaking family saga demonstrates Bier's talent for mixing political themes and personal dramas into rich and substantial storytelling rare in movies."Box Office "Bier displays an intuitive grasp of where the strongest dramatic moments are in a given situation and a fearlessness about putting them on-screen."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "IN A BETTER WORLD is an emotional powerhouse....It's a big subject, fraught with traps, but Bier means to shake you and does."Rolling Stone "[A] fine example of Susanne Bier's talent for weaving together accessible domestic melodrama and issues of ethical awareness of the world beyond our doorstep." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier's IN A BETTER WORLD raises a number of intriguing questions about the true meaning of masculinity....It's a tight piece of craftsmanship."Movieline 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] accomplished performances...Nielsen proving particularly effective as the youth whose grief manifests in chilling outbursts of anger."Total Film6.781776
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4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Troell continues to immerse viewers in the daily lives of his characters by filling his films with vibrant reconstructions of the changing times.....Troell has made an engrossing exploration of what he describes as creativity in service of survival."Box Office "[T]his movie unspools at a leisurely, episodic pace, dwelling on the details of domestic life with a care that is both naturalistic and nostalgic."New York Times "This exquisite film by the Swedish master Jan Troell is about seeing clearly, and fearlessly. It's also about subdued passion, the birth of an artist and a woman's struggle to live her own life."Wall Street Journal "EVERLASTING MOMENTS is a rich, intensely human story that deals with the mysteries of creativity and love and the pain and joy of relationships."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Rarely is there a film that evokes our sympathy more deeply than EVERLASTING MOMENTS. It is a great story of love and hope, told tenderly and without any great striving for effect."Chicago Sun-Times "For the first time, the lo-fi purity of Swanberg's style is a conduit to something that transcends youth....An exploration of how the spaces between people can separate them or join them, often at the same moment." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "[An] epic family melodrama set in early-20th-century Sweden. Based on a true story, the movie centers on a Finnish-born wife and mother whose serendipitous possession of a camera leads to her own quest for personal autonomy."Washington Post 4 stars out of 5 -- "[D]irector Jan Troell brings to it a gentle warmth that keeps it absorbing."Total Film Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "Troell captures flickering emotions about love and loss, feminine responsibilities and feminist awakening..."Entertainment Weekly5.939816
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4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Troell continues to immerse viewers in the daily lives of his characters by filling his films with vibrant reconstructions of the changing times.....Troell has made an engrossing exploration of what he describes as creativity in service of survival."Box Office "[T]his movie unspools at a leisurely, episodic pace, dwelling on the details of domestic life with a care that is both naturalistic and nostalgic."New York Times "This exquisite film by the Swedish master Jan Troell is about seeing clearly, and fearlessly. It's also about subdued passion, the birth of an artist and a woman's struggle to live her own life."Wall Street Journal "EVERLASTING MOMENTS is a rich, intensely human story that deals with the mysteries of creativity and love and the pain and joy of relationships."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Rarely is there a film that evokes our sympathy more deeply than EVERLASTING MOMENTS. It is a great story of love and hope, told tenderly and without any great striving for effect."Chicago Sun-Times "For the first time, the lo-fi purity of Swanberg's style is a conduit to something that transcends youth....An exploration of how the spaces between people can separate them or join them, often at the same moment." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "[An] epic family melodrama set in early-20th-century Sweden. Based on a true story, the movie centers on a Finnish-born wife and mother whose serendipitous possession of a camera leads to her own quest for personal autonomy."Washington Post 4 stars out of 5 -- "[D]irector Jan Troell brings to it a gentle warmth that keeps it absorbing."Total Film Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "Troell captures flickering emotions about love and loss, feminine responsibilities and feminist awakening..."Entertainment Weekly5.939816
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Dirty Linen (p.40) - "Marshall's mandolin and Anger's violin join with Olov Johansson's nyckleharpa, Mikael Marin's five-string violino grande, and Roger TAllroth's 12-string guitars, and the result is a genre-blending celebration that obscures geographic borders."0.1800274
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"[T]his action/art-house hybrid miraculously manages to be faithful to Larsson's novel without seeming slavish." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "Noomi Rapace transforms 23-year-old, tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander into a far more complex, formidable character than Larsson's elfin fantasy figure."Empire0.1043001
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"[T]his action/art-house hybrid miraculously manages to be faithful to Larsson's novel without seeming slavish." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "Noomi Rapace transforms 23-year-old, tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander into a far more complex, formidable character than Larsson's elfin fantasy figure."Empire0.1043001
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"[T]his action/art-house hybrid miraculously manages to be faithful to Larsson's novel without seeming slavish." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "Noomi Rapace transforms 23-year-old, tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander into a far more complex, formidable character than Larsson's elfin fantasy figure."Empire0.1043001
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"[T]his action/art-house hybrid miraculously manages to be faithful to Larsson's novel without seeming slavish." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "Noomi Rapace transforms 23-year-old, tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander into a far more complex, formidable character than Larsson's elfin fantasy figure."Empire0.1043001
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"[T]his action/art-house hybrid miraculously manages to be faithful to Larsson's novel without seeming slavish." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "Noomi Rapace transforms 23-year-old, tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander into a far more complex, formidable character than Larsson's elfin fantasy figure."Empire0.1043001
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3 stars out of 4 -- "Relentless suspense allows THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE to hold you in a viselike grip. But it's the performances of Nyqvist and especially Rapace that keep you coming back for more."Rolling Stone "[V]iolent, sordid pulp stewed in an atmosphere of Swedish austerity....This one doesn't just play with thriller conventions -- it puts them to work." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[It's] an advantage that the actors are not conventional star types....The film is filled with strong supporting roles."Chicago Sun-Times "[T]he franchise's secret weapon is back with brilliant young Swedish actress Noomi Rapace again channeling the alienated, unwilling to be broken tough chick that Larsson envisioned and Rapace imbues with such eerie authenticity."Los Angeles Times "[Rapace] continues to redefine our notions of a contemporary heroine....She's a movie star unlike any other."Wall Street Journal0.07375128
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3 stars out of 4 -- "Relentless suspense allows THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE to hold you in a viselike grip. But it's the performances of Nyqvist and especially Rapace that keep you coming back for more."Rolling Stone "[V]iolent, sordid pulp stewed in an atmosphere of Swedish austerity....This one doesn't just play with thriller conventions -- it puts them to work." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[It's] an advantage that the actors are not conventional star types....The film is filled with strong supporting roles."Chicago Sun-Times "[T]he franchise's secret weapon is back with brilliant young Swedish actress Noomi Rapace again channeling the alienated, unwilling to be broken tough chick that Larsson envisioned and Rapace imbues with such eerie authenticity."Los Angeles Times "[Rapace] continues to redefine our notions of a contemporary heroine....She's a movie star unlike any other."Wall Street Journal0.07375128
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