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Full of humor, charming characters, and some interesting life lessons, but quite a lot of it is about death and what happens after.

Grisham-like courtroom melodrama layered with even more familial melodrama is utterly standard in the end, despite the strong male leads.

Rather than cautioning about aspiring to god-like omniscience, Lucy appears to long for that outcome. But this is secondary to the fun.

The directors dedicated so much energy to making it surreal and quirky that they forgot who, namely the younger set, will be watching.

Could more accurately be referred to as "The Letdown," and a big one at that. Only manages a small burst of energy before fizzling out.

Awkward and misguided prior to an insulting final revelation. Even if all the pieces had come together, it'd still be a downbeat story.

The stuff of compelling post-movie banter; more than just a capable cautionary tale. But at times every part of me recoiled in disgust.

Yes, Neeson is officially stuck in a rut. Now his "special set of skills" action persona is lost in a film that's forgettable and drab.

Rather than follow a predictable trajectory of rebellion during the dawn of rock, it takes a refreshing track of spiritual exploration.

Rather than a timely, relevant story, this poorer Left Behind plays like a throwback to the 70s, when disaster movies were all the rage.

A magnificent experiment that succeeds in a fashion so spectacular that not even the most dazzling CGI-driven popcorn movie can match it.

Not your typical birth-to-grave biography. It's a little spastic and occasionally confusing but certainly keeps the intensity set high.

The timing couldn’t be worse for a thriller full of violence against women. But it probably wouldn't have made much difference anyway.

Feels like the studio dusted off an old script, hired an Oscar-winning team for illusion of merit, then re-branded an old TV property.

Both a frightening reminder and a story of hope about the thousands who are forced into the commercial sex trade each year in the U.S.