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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 11 Apr 2012

Resembles a movie less than it suggests an evening of determined, incoherent channel-hopping - with the help of a remote control that's apparently…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 11 Apr 2012

It's as if the TV character Dawson directed Heathers, or another one, Parker Lewis, remade Scream. Who'd have guessed that would be a can't-lose idea…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 11 Apr 2012

Detention has a frenetic visual style that's fun and appealing in a lot of ways, but there are way too many elements fighting for attention…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 11 Apr 2012

Desperately strives for the smarts and fun that The Cabin in the Woods achieves through good ideas, not relentless attitude…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for AV Club (2,778) on 11 Apr 2012

Detention is ballsy, audacious, and uncompromising, but the overall effect of Kahn's Hellzapoppin-meets-Twitter aesthetic is exhausting rather…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Apr 2012

From the auteur of Torque (2004) comes this instant headache: a panicky snark-schlock horror-comedy that reduces everything to a hyperactive…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 Apr 2012

It's one of the most obnoxious movies ever made…

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By Justine Elias (28) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Apr 2012

High school students (the jocks, the brains, the princesses, the criminals, the basket cases), long the favored prey of serial killers, somehow…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 03 Apr 2012

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 19 Mar 2011

Moves at an absurd pace and dares anyone above 25 to keep up, yet the stream of genre-hopping jokes and sight gags makes the movie an entertaining…

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