Critics Consensus: Taken Is A Near Miss

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This week at the movies, we've got a kidnapping plot (Taken, starring Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen); haunted teens (The Uninvited, starring Emily Browning and Elizabeth Banks); and cold comfort (New in Town, starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr.). What do the critics have to say?

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Topics: critics consensus elizabeth banks emily browning famke janssen harry connick jr. liam neeson new in town renee zellweger taken the uninvited

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