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'The Upside' Is a Mess of Carpe Diem Clichés Directed by Neil Burger Published Jan 10, 2019

The Upside is based on a true story. That's ironic, since it doesn't resemble real life so much as a cobbled together mess of carpe diem cli...
Divergent Neil Burger Published Mar 21, 2014

The appeal of the coming-of-age narrative seems obvious: young people see themselves in them because said narratives are usually populated w...
Limitless Neil Burger Published Jul 25, 2011

The DVD rental everybody has been waiting months for is finally here and Neil Burger's supposedly "smart thriller," Limitless, proves that t...
Limitless Neil Burger Published Mar 18, 2011

There is a pervasive, implicit flaw plaguing Limitless, from inception to execution to its bitter end, making the already far-fetched and de...
The Lucky Ones Neil Burger Published Sep 25, 2008

Utterly riddled with the form of contrivances that one can only hope were intended to subvert expectations rather than cater to them the l...
The Illusionist Neil Burger Published Feb 16, 2007

When stacked up besides the vastly superior other magic movie of last fall, The Prestige, Neil Burgers The Illusionist emerges as a ploddin...
The Illusionist Neil Burger Published Sep 01, 2006

Playing a master of slight of hand, disappearances and other tricks of the 19th century illusionists trade, Edward Norton manages to distra...