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Review of Obvious Child (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 02 Jun 2014

Despite its attention-grabbing logline and gleeful embrace of raunchy, frequently scatological humor, Obvious Child is at heart a well-realized,…

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Review of Neighbors (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 05 May 2014

While it’s occasionally distasteful, it’s an engaging hangout film from beginning to end, thanks to its game performances and smart direction…

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Review of Bears (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 16 Apr 2014

True to its Disney lineage, Bears is a theme-park version of reality, but one built on sincere understanding of and affection for the natural…

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Review of Divergent (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 20 Mar 2014

At 140 minutes, Divergent is too bloated to be consistently exciting, but it’s relatively agile between its many exposition-dumps, at times…

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Review of Need for Speed (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 14 Mar 2014

Need For Speed modifies its outlaw antihero with all sorts of unnecessary pain and backstory, and the film is slow to leave the starting gate…

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Review of Winter's Tale (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 20 Feb 2014

It’s a greeting card of film, full of platitudes and pleasant imagery, and destined to be thrown in a drawer and forgotten in short order…

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Review of That Awkward Moment (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 30 Jan 2014

First-time writer-director Tom Gormican fills his script with jabs at romantic convention, but his story doesn’t attempt to subvert those…

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Review of Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 10 Dec 2013

Those willing or prone to buy into the idea of “Disney Magic” are likely to choke up at least once or twice over the course of Saving Mr…

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Review of Delivery Man (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 21 Nov 2013

Delivery Man has sentiment and affability embedded in its DNA, but Scott and Vaughn don’t do enough to nurture the film to its full potential…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 19 Nov 2013

It’s not just bigger, it’s better, and it bodes well for the future of the series, if not necessarily of its unlucky protagonist…

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Review of About Time (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 29 Oct 2013

That messy sprawl makes for a messy film full of highs and lows, triumphs and regrets…

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Review of A.C.O.D. (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 01 Oct 2013

It’s neither consistently funny nor poignant enough to make the most of its impressive cast, all of whom are capable of delivering better…

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Review of Don Jon (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 25 Sep 2013

Don Jon is a continuously entertaining and fitfully provocative first-time effort from the longtime actor…

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Review of Mademoiselle C (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 09 Sep 2013

More of a fawning love letter than a nuanced profile of a woman who surely must be more fascinating than she comes off here…

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Review of One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 28 Aug 2013

Even with all the SFX overlays, it’s questionable whether any of this is entertaining enough to sustain even a svelte 92-minute runtime,…

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Review of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 20 Aug 2013

There’s a germ of something interesting and different within the film’s narrative tangle, but it’s unfortunately been subsumed by Hollywood’s…

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Review of We're the Millers (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 05 Aug 2013

While the setups are often laughably forced—two words: “weed baby”—the script navigates its way out of them relatively gracefully,…

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Review of Turbo (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 15 Jul 2013

There’s nothing remotely revolutionary about Turbo’s underdog-sports narrative, but that’s okay—it’s one of the sturdiest plots in…

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Review of Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 09 Jul 2013

The Kevin Hart brand is clearly doing well, but Let Me Explain doesn’t seem interested in providing anything more than a surface-level presentation…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Mar 2013

While Eclipse’s action highs are higher, its expositional lows are lower, particularly during the numerous scenes featuring Lautner…

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