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James Rocchi, MSN Movies

1. Bringing Up Bobby 2012 '"Bringing Up Bobby" is hardly an auspicious debut for Janssen as a director, but, at the same time, there's enough there to suggest that a next attempt would be worthy of investigation... full review
2. Butter 2012 Butter is laid on too thick, and in other places it's spread too thin, and it never quite develops a flavor of its own. full review
3. Girl In Progress 2012 ... when Girl in Progress works, it's a thoughtful trip -- no matter how broad some of its missteps are... full review
4. Goats 2012 ... a stubborn, mangy, tangled-haired mutt of a movie -- one that could have used a little more guidance and construction and a little less free-range 'quirkiness.' full review
5. Lay the Favorite 2012 Incoherent, loud and saddled with a lead character far less smart ... 'Lay the Favorite' simply lays down dead. full review
6. The Perfect Family 2012 Hardly perfect, but definitely trying to be good. full review
7. Bellflower 2011 It's warm and beautiful and terrible and scary, full of heart and blood and truly unique. full review
8. Buck 2011 ... a rare documentary as intellectually and philosophically rewarding as it is emotionally moving. full review
9. Dirty Girl 2011 Dirty Girl isn't nearly as messy or real or raw as it needs to be -- mostly it's just grubby with shopworn familiarity and glammed up with too many pop songs. full review
10. Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer 2011 ...a bombardment so brutal that it leaves you cowed and crumpled in the force of its full-frontal assault. full review
11. Knuckle 2011 Knuckle is a curiously riveting work. full review
12. Peep World 2011 ...the film's so flat and sour that when the whole cast are gathered together around a communal dinner table, all you want to do is escape the acid, claustrophobic rancor of its unpleasantness. full review
13. This Must Be The Place 2011 Sean Penn as an ex-rock-star Nazi hunter feels like a lot to swallow. It is. full review
14. Henry's Crime 2010 You wish anyone on either side of the camera had a cup of coffee and then the energy to throw out weak scenes and flawed motivations while picking up the pace. full review
15. The Switch 2010 Thanks to Bateman's truly winning performance as a bit of a loser, "The Switch" manages to earn our laughter and our respect in equal measure. full review
16. Vanishing On 7th Street 2010 A little more polish in the writing could have made it a must-see, but as it stands, it's a fairly solid B-movie matinee with a nicely calibrated mix of intellectual dread and visceral shock. full review
17. Waiting for Forever 2010 Waiting for Forever isn't just bad; it's fascinatingly bad. full review