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'The Kite Runner' Doesn't Flynew
Kites fly high over the San Francisco Bay and Kabul (okay, China), but not much else soars in Marc Forster's flaccid adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's vivid 2002 novel, which covers three decades of Afghanistan's misery under serial totalitarian rule.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-14-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
'The Kite Runner' Makes Aghanistan's Politics Provocativenew
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner gets the Marc Forster touch in its film adaptation.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Inner Voicesnew
Stranger than Fiction is a lightly sweetened romantic comedy with a philosophical itch to scratch.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
11-17-2006 |
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A Novel Approachnew
Predestination gets a sweet-natured meditation in Stranger Than Fiction.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-15-2006 |
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Or Consequencesnew
Will Ferrell tones down the gimmickry; too bad the movie can't follow his example.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
11-13-2006 |
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Deadpan Dead Mannew
The winning touches outnumber the missteps to make a story worth telling.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
11-10-2006 |
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Anchor Man?new
Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.
Seattle Weekly |
Jim Ridley |
11-09-2006 |
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Dumber Than Realitynew
Stranger Than Fiction is ultimately a B-minus movie that raises -- but only nominally explores -- potentially brain engaging themes like the nature of free will and the primacy of art as a creative force.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-08-2006 |
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Evocation of Madness
An immaculately art-directed plunge into bewilderment, Stay begins with a disorienting car crash that recalls the opening of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blue.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2005 |
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Life, Death, and Everything in Betweennew
With a script by David Benioff (25th Hour) and direction by Marc Forster of Monster's Ball fame, Stay is an ambitious experiment that never quite jells.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2005 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Should You Stay Or Should You Go Now?
Finding Neverland's director Marc Forster's slick execution of one of the dumbest ideas ever put to film.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-20-2005 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Head Casenew
Both patient and shrink could use some meds. So could the movie.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Thriller Genre Conventions Mar Film's Deeper Meaningnew
Stay suggests the director's desire to interweave the moral and psychological complexities of an art film with some of the flash of an old-fashioned bone-chiller.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-20-2005 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Indians, Fairies and Pirates in Victorian Londonnew
Johnny Depp delves into the mind of author J.M. Barrie in this adeptly realized celebration of the wonder of the imagination.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-09-2004 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Paradise Foundnew
Finding Neverland features near-perfect performances and writing.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-24-2004 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
