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Alice in Wonderland  | 
Action/Adventure  Rated: PG
"Did no one bother to mention to Burton that Lewis Carroll's 1865 story was not a Lord of the Rings primer but, in fact, a comedy?"
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An Education
Drama  Rated: PG-13
"An unusually nuanced and mature depiction of one of those hoary movie fantasies: the older man who gets the much, much younger woman."
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Shutter Island
Thriller  Rated: R
"...begins as a fun and crazily creepy popcorn thriller, but the movie eventually turns into something far more disturbing."
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The Wolfman
Horror  Rated: R
"I never would have guessed that I would say this, but The Wolfman could have benefited from less Del Toro and more CGI."
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A Serious Man
Drama  Rated: R
"Joel and Ethan Coen have never been known for their cheeriness, yet the bleakness of A Serious Man still comes as a shock."
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The Blind Side
Drama  Rated: PG-13
"The fact that The Blind Side is a terrible movie must be approached gingerly..."
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Dear John
Drama  Rated: PG-13
"...features tweens in grownups’ clothing."
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Crazy Heart
Drama  Rated: R
"Jeff Bridges gives a stumbling, puking, unglamorous performance in Crazy Heart...in hopes of making it to Hollywood's glammest night."
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The Lovely Bones
Drama  Rated: PG-13
"...a murder drama made from cotton candy."
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Top Ten Films of 2009
Drama  Rated: NR
Max and friends ruled the movie year. Read on to find out who else made the list.
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Sherlock Holmes
Action/Adventure  Rated: PG-13
"...didn’t entirely click for me, yet there is something to be said for the fact that I’m not dreading the inevitable sequel."
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Avatar
Action/Adventure  Rated: PG-13
"A tiny detail among the bonanza of visual wonders in Avatar convinced me the movie had achieved not only technical mastery, but something more..."
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Nine
Musical  Rated: PG-13
"...like a big-time variety show, with Daniel Day-Lewis as the oddly selected host."
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The Princess and the Frog
Family  Rated: G
"...means to tap into nostalgia for the studio’s traditionally animated musicals of the 1990s, but it may have picked the wrong year to do so."
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Family  Rated: PG
"...a triumph on two fronts: an animation masterpiece from one of America’s finest filmmakers."
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