Peter Travers of " Rolling Stone " commented, " These three unimprovable actresses make " The Hours " a thing of beauty [ . . . ] Streep is a miracle worker, building a character in the space between words and worlds . " The film grossed US $ 108.8 million worldwide on a budget of US $ 25 million, the majority of which came from foreign markets.
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If anything, theater director Peter Mattei's dingy, mannered, visually ragged resetting of Max Ophuls'unimprovable 1950 beaut " La Ronde " ( based on an 1896 play by Arthur Schnitzler ) is about scenes of cap-A acting by a roundup of cap-I indie thespians, captured on brutally flat and blotchy cap-DV digital video . " Duane Byrge of " The Hollywood Reporter " wrote, " Despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life, the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine ."
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In 2008, " Empire " placed " The Simpsons " at the top of their list of " The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time ", and noted " King-Size Homer " as the show's best episode, calling it " An unimprovable mix of sharp dialogue, hilarious sight gags and heart . " Kimberly Potts of AOL Television named the episode the seventh best episode of the series, while Michael Moran of " The Times " ranked it as the tenth best . " King-Size Homer " appeared on " The Star-Ledger "'s list of the ten best episodes on " The Simpsons " that represent the comic and emotional scope of the show.
