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Furthermore, even with that comparably truncated length, the film wastes valuable first-act screentime with business that arguably should have been dealt with in the last picture.
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II Scott Mendelson 2011
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While it is not an action film, there are moments of genuine excitement, including a first-act battle scene that, while gratuitous it seems to exist only to have trailer-friendly imagery, is a solid example of low-budget action filmmaking.
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Black Death Scott Mendelson 2011
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The set pieces are both engaging and funny (a first-act boat chase) and inventive and suspenseful (a fight set on a giant rotating solar-paneled roof).
Scott Mendelson: Artistic Comeback? From Where? Matthew McConaughey's Best Films, Post-Stardom Scott Mendelson 2011
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And before that, there was the first-act closer from Gypsy where Ethel Merman's Rose, a fire alarm on legs, fixes her daughter with a look that could halt an oncoming train and launches into "everything's coming up roses".
Finishing the Hat: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim – review David Benedict 2010
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While it is not an action film, there are moments of genuine excitement, including a first-act battle scene that, while gratuitous it seems to exist only to have trailer-friendly imagery, is a solid example of low-budget action filmmaking.
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Black Death Scott Mendelson 2011
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No, it's not whether there's some medication I can take to help me remain cognizant during my first-act slump.
Suiting Up for the Met Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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The set pieces are both engaging and funny (a first-act boat chase) and inventive and suspenseful (a fight set on a giant rotating solar-paneled roof).
Scott Mendelson: Artistic Comeback? From Where? Matthew McConaughey's Best Films, Post-Stardom Scott Mendelson 2011
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The set pieces are both engaging and funny (a first-act boat chase) and inventive and suspenseful (a fight set on a giant rotating solar-paneled roof).
Scott Mendelson: Artistic Comeback? From Where? Matthew McConaughey's Best Films, Post-Stardom Scott Mendelson 2011
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And, in the first-act climax, waitresses rise and fall behind the circus-like kitchen as if they were trapeze artists.
Theatre review: The Kitchen at Oliver, London | Michael Billington 2011
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The same goes for appealingly zaftig Ellisha Marie Thomas, who in the first-act "Circle of Life" finale led the entire ensemble with enough heart and soul to the fuel a small country.
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