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'Married Life' is Familiar but Rewardingnew
The pleasures of the film Married Life could be compared to the midpoint of a happy marriage; while some films elicit the ecstatic rush one might feel with a new lover, Ira Sachs' sleek, smart tale comforts us with its familiarity, routine and trust.
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
'Meet the Browns' is a Woeful Setbacknew
Tyler Perry's primitive film style is no less arrogant than Michael Mann's slickness, but the addition of earnestness and gospel-gangster homilies makes the lack of technique especially offensive. The appalling thing about Meet the Browns is that Perry writes and directs as if his audience had never seen a movie.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Meet the Browns, Tyler Perry
'Stop-Loss' Is Merely a Respectable Effortnew
Stop-Loss judges its Texas veterans in terms taken from Vietnam-era dissent. The director doesn't exactly rise to the occasion for national unity, but at least her final image of Brandon/Phillippe doesn't sink into fashionable cynicism.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Stop-Loss' Is Frustrating Failurenew
Stop-Loss relies on stereotypes and cartoonish oversimplification to critique the US military. It's a frustrating failure, both ideologically and creatively.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Run Fatboy Run' Should be Betternew
Everyone who's seen Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, or Spaced knows that Simon Pegg is hilarious. It is scientific fact. So -- scientifically speaking -- it follows that Pegg is hilarious in Run Fatboy Run, even though the movie pretty much defines mediocrity.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
03-27-2008 |
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Tags: David Schwimmer, Run Fat Boy Run
'Moon' Made of Cheesenew
Immigration-themed weeper is deported from greatness.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
03-27-2008 |
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'21' is Not 'True' to Its Sourcenew
Luketic's film is ultimately like Vegas itself: lots of flash, but no soul.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 21, Robert Luketic
Bully Bombnew
Owen Wilson's cliched dopey-deadbeat routine ruins Drillbit Taylor.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Drillbit Taylor, Steven Brill
Abstinence-Only Educationnew
This witty, well-made indie film stars a vagina with retractable shark teeth inside.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth
Asses and Diamondsnew
Supporting actors steal the show in both the frantic comedy Run Fatboy Run and the sour heist pic Flawless.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-27-2008 |
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'Run Fat Boy Run': Marathon Mannew
With first-time feature director David Schwimmer shooting a screenplay originally credited solely to Stella's Michael Ian Black, the film gambles on alienating Simon Pegg fans, painting by every rom-com number save for doggie reaction shots.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Schwimmer, Run Fat Boy Run
'Flawless' and '21': Cash Coursesnew
The get-rich-quick schemes in two new films don't have much of a payoff.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2008 |
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'21' Just Isn't in the Cardsnew
This movie has some flashy shots at the tables, but the plot holes are big enough to drive a stretch-limo through.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-26-2008 |
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Tags: 21, Robert Luketic
Soldier Boys Don't Crynew
Taxi to the Dark Side and Stop-Loss try to understand our troops -- the tortured and the torturers.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-26-2008 |
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What Does 'Look' Show?new
There are many salient points and lasting fears under the conceit of a movie told entirely from the perspective of spy-cams, but Rifkin's film doesn't rise above its gimmick.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rifkin, Look
