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Review of Gloria (2014)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Jan 2014

Gloria is a starting-over story that never quite picks up a head of steam…

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Review of Visitors (2013)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Jan 2014

I’ve never been able to figure out if Reggio is an artist or a con artist. Perhaps, in some ways, he’s both…

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Review of Secretariat (2010)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 Jan 2014

Disney studios, director Randall Wallace, and his screenwriter Mike Rich, obviously targeting a faith-based audience à la The Blind Side,…

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Review of 25th Hour (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Jan 2014

The movie is flawed by implausible psychology and moments of weak acting. But it's more than redeemed by Lee's passionate ideas about America today…

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Review of Cecil B. Demented (2000)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Jan 2014

The comedy is frantic and tasteless in the usual Waters mode, but it takes telling potshots at the Hollywood establishment, which isn't nearly…

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Review of Like Father, Like Son (2013)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 17 Jan 2014

Despite the film’s emphasis on Ryota’s transformation, the most piercing moment for me came in the scene in which his wife anguishes over…

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Review of Shallow Hal (2001)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Jan 2014

Most of the time we see her through Hal's idealizing eyes, though -- no surprise, since Hollywood won't let glittery stars like Paltrow play…

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Review of Rain Man (1988)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Jan 2014

Only after the Hollywood hypnotism wears off is it apparent that Rain Man, fundamentally an artsy sentimentalization of The Odd Couple, is…

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Review of Paris Je T'aime (2006)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Jan 2014

The best episodes have the emotional resonance of full-length features, and yet I didn't want them to be a moment longer than they are…

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Review of The Past (2013)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Jan 2014

The emotional stakes are large-scale, and Farhadi honors them by delving into their intricacies…

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Review of Lone Survivor (2013)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Jan 2014

Not much depth or political examination here. The film works best as a survivalist’s manual…

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Review of The Invisible Woman (2013)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Jan 2014

The Invisible Woman at its best does justice to the complicatedness of its characters – just as Dickens did as a writer…

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Review of The Last Emperor (1987)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Jan 2014

The story is colorful and sometimes unpredictable, so it's rarely boring. But it's rarely much deeper than the emperor's favorite rice bowl…

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Review of Forrest Gump (1994)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Jan 2014

The movie supports its optimistic agenda by evading or overlooking many hard realities of the historical period it supposedly wants to explore…

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Review of The English Patient (1996)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Jan 2014

The film doesn't gather the emotional momentum that would make it compelling as well as impressive…

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Review of Cool World (1992)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Jan 2014

Blending animation and live action, this ferocious fantasy is hopelessly vulgar in ways never dreamed of by Who Framed Roger Rabbit…

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Review of Heartbreaker (2010)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 31 Dec 2013

Cary Grant, to take the premier example, was a great screwball comic who was, at the same time, intensely romantic…

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Review of Lady in the Water (2006)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 29 Dec 2013

I suspect audiences will see Shyamalan's portentous doodle for what it is - the height of arrogance and a bad night out at the movies…

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Review of Strangers with Candy (2006)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Dec 2013

This camp farce has its moments of high hilarity, and Sedaris is a spark plug, but it's wildly uneven…

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Review of A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Dec 2013

The tale is simply told but stunningly photographed and superbly acted in the best tradition of modern Iranian cinema…

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