REEL TIME: Meryl turns out a snorefest and Dolly gets upstaged

This week's new releases may include big-screen heavy-hitters like Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Mark Wahlberg, but you should be leery about letting the big-name hype draw you toward the ticket booth. Today, with the help of our critics, we're charting the six new releases from most- to least-worthy of your time and hard-earned dollar bills.

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REEL TIME: Meryl turns out a snorefest and Dolly gets upstaged

POSTED: Friday, January 13, 2012, 4:00 PM

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1. If you pick one film to see this weekend, City Paper critic Sam Adams would recommend Carnage, based on Yasmina Reza's play about four hot-headed parents who lose their shit when their respective children get into a tiff at school. Adams says legendary director Roman Polanski is "in expert form, infusing the material with impish glee and executing it with breathless velocity." He also praises the cast, which includes Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and John C. Reilly, for being "superbly on point, especially Foster, who does her best, most precise work in decades." You go, Jodie. Read the rest of his review here. (Ritz at the Bourse)

CITY PAPER REVIEWS OF OTHER FILMS PLAYING IN PHILLY THIS WEEK: A Dangerous Method, Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Descendants, The Devil Inside, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, My Week with Marilyn, New Year’s Eve, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, War Horse, We Bought a Zoo, Young Adult

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