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A
Working Man
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The whole
affair just looks cheap and, when it comes to the subject matter at its core,
feels cheaply exploitative.
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Death
of a Unicorn
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Death of a Unicorn is unsuccessful in its larger ambitions, which
turn out to be unnecessary once it decides to fully go with rampaging monsters on the loose.
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The
Penguin Lessons
|
It probably shouldn't work, but director Peter Cattaneo has
the good sense to put the story's difficult balance in the hands of star Steve Coogan.
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The
Friend
|
The dog looms larger than anything else
in this tale.
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The
Ballad of Wallis Island
|
Director James Griffiths' film is a lovely
little story about this trio of characters.
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Audrey's
Children
|
The mere act of telling this story is almost enough to see the movie as some
kind of worthwhile endeavor, but its storytelling efforts come up unfortunately
short.
|
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Thank
You Very Much
|
It reveals just enough about Kaufman to put
his comedic career into a personal context but not enough to ruin the inherent
mystery of the man.
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The
Life List
|
The shallow romance angle suffocates everything around it.
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Holy
Cow
|
The film
understands this character to his core, which is torn between the sudden
necessity for him to be an adult and his unpreparedness to actually be one.
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Grand
Tour
|
The movie's extended punch line
is obvious and becomes a bit repetitive.
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Julie
Keeps Quiet
|
Julie Keeps
Quiet is as subtly optimistic as it is insightful.
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Holland
|
Holland isn't much of a mystery, much of a thriller,
much of a small-town satire, or much of a character study.
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The
Woman in the Yard
|
The Woman in
the Yard plays so many games with what's real and what's
otherworldly/delusional that it's not grounded in anything apart from trying to
confound us.
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