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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

All three of the leads do excellent work, but Anne Dorval is especially stunning…

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Review of Fury (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

The narcissism is evident in every gesture he makes, in every line he delivers…

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Review of The Kind Words (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Above all, The Kind Words explores the fragility of familial identity and relationships, but does little beyond showing that such fragility exists…

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Review of The Water Diviner (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

There are some good scenes in Crowe's directorial debut, but it mostly feels like a fumbled opportunity to make a much more significant film…

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Review of Danny Collins (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Danny Collins is a perfect example of a whole that is less than the sum of its parts, some of which are quite good in themselves…

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Review of Dark Places (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

All this leaves us with Charlize Theron, an unquestionably talented actress who has somehow failed to find her rightful place…

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Review of Boychoir (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Their professionalism is palpable, and the young cast, led by Garrett Wareing as Stet, does a good job…

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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

All three of the leads do excellent work, but Anne Dorval is especially stunning…

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Review of Selma (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Selma is not just a chronicle of historical developments; it aims to do more than just involve us in King's fight and move us as it unfolds…

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Review of Entourage (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Ellin's movie never once treats Vince as any kind of artist; he's always only a pawn on the Hollywood chessboard…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

While interesting as yet another Hollywood biblical/historical epic, it is disappointing, even meager, in  every other way…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

With apologies to all the historians out there, I have to say that given how much I enjoyed The Imitation Game, I don't really care how factually…

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Review of Sicario (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Denis Villeneuve's  film is a gripping, smart action thriller that reflects  the moral ambiguity of the American war on drugs and  features…

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Review of Trainwreck (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Judd Apatow's film exposes the boundaries of the romantic comedy genre, and the roles  of men and women within it, in a way that challenges…

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Review of Ted 2 (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

The chutzpah that made Ted a successful and amusing parody of American culture is missing from the sequel…

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Review of Next to Her (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Every scene is good, its careful design enhancing the movie's portrayal of a human reality and eliciting the right response from the audience…

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Review of Amy (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Kapadia is smart and decent enough not to try and contain Winehouse's biography within the cliché of self-destructive impulses, especially…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Because of the way Eastwood crafts his hero and because of that hero's place in the overall work, the result, while nationalistic, does not…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Just listing all of these materials already suggests the complex experience that Birdman offers; Inarritu takes them and makes a movie that…

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Review of Ricki and the Flash (2015)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

It does possess the typical  energy of a Demme film, but everything connecting the  musical numbers is forced and  superficial…

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