Neil Burger

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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 cl...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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 d...

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  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...

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  The Illusionist

  Neil Burger

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  When stacked up besides the vastly superior other magic movie of last fall, The Prestige, Neil Burger’s The Illusionist emerges as a ploddi...

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  The Illusionist

  Neil Burger

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Playing a master of slight of hand, disappearances and other tricks of the 19th century illusionist’s trade, Edward Norton manages to distr...