Bad Grandpa actually attempts to outline some semblance of a narrative around its pranks. Plenty of things want to be funny, but Bad Grandpa bites off more than its dentures can chew this time around.
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Commanding the screen without his smile and very few words, Redford gives an acting clinic on screen presence in this exhilarating and striking survival drama. The 77-year-old Academy Award winner is the only character in the film and plays a nameless yachtsman at sea in the Indian Ocean. With no cuddly back story and only a single voiceover of a written letter, Redford is alone in this environment.
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12 Years a Slave, thanks to performances as dedicated as its storytelling mission, is, without a doubt, one of the finest films of 2013. It is an unforgettable movie experience.
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Enough Said is a smart and mature romantic comedy for the over-40 crowd that's a breath of fresh air when compared to younger and dumber entries in the genre. It packs a thoughtful punch of realism that elevates it from the calculated Hollywood whimsy we're use to seeing from the usual Nora Ephron or Nancy Meyers territory that serves this age range. Enough Said is a very nice date movie for a fall season and calendar year drastically under-serviced in that department.
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Technically sound in every way and employing today's quality of visual effects, Rush chisels its own place on that Mount Rushmore of racing films as an instant classic.
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With romance in its cross-hairs and obsession at its fingertips, the end result of Don Jon is a challenging and worthy playing field that addresses just how wide that gap is between romance and obsession.
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Thanks For Sharing goes to great lengths to highlight the varying degrees and effects of this disease and the clear need for solid support and rehabilitation, all while doing so in an entertaining manner. There are fair jokes to be made, but they are matched by ugly dark flaws of character that could happen to any one of us.
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A Single Shot attempts some key moments to further the suspense, but they are short and not all that captivating. More so, the movie takes far too many breaks for meandering character moments to spotlight the supporting players clicking with Rockwell.
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