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0 uneasy mishmash of styles and genres . |
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1 this film 's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation . |
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2 by the end of no such thing the audience , like beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster . |
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3 director rob marshall went out gunning to make a great one . |
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4 lathan and diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new . |
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5 a well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship . |
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6 none of this violates the letter of behan 's book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor . |
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7 although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious . |
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8 it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another . |
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9 this is junk food cinema at its greasiest . |
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10 it 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views . |
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11 it helps that lil bow wow ... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . |
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12 watching the film is like reading a times portrait of grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it . |
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13 moore 's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995 's safe . |
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14 reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich . |
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15 now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism . |
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16 a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance . |
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17 a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution . |
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18 waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality . |
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19 it 's just incredibly dull . |
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20 some , like ballistic , arrive stillborn ... looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future . |
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21 a feel-good picture in the best sense of the term . |
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22 mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupidity as a substitute for humor . |
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23 good movie . |
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24 with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry . |
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25 starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end . |
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26 the best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations . |
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27 while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat 's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun . |
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28 this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border . |
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29 here 's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you . |
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30 most new movies have a bright sheen . |
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31 so few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler . |
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32 nothing more than a mediocre trifle . |
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33 a model of what films like this should be like . |
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34 gangs of new york is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up . |
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35 doug liman , the director of bourne , directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses damon 's ability to be focused and sincere . |
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36 another big , dumb action movie in the vein of xxx , the transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black bmw through . |
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37 it becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . |
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38 falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that are n't funny . |
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39 verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action , tedium for thrills . |
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40 it is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . |
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41 a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . |
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42 as a belated nod to some neglected all-stars , standing in the shadows of motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining . |
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43 sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . |
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44 no number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story . |
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45 not too far below the gloss you can still feel director denis villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters . |
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46 for benigni it was n't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . |
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47 how did it ever get made ? |
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48 it would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00 . |
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49 the furious coherence that ( deniro ) brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing . |
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50 barely goes beyond comic book status . |
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51 elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per christian ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . |
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52 for all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale . |
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53 watching trouble every day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms . |
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54 a clever blend of fact and fiction . |
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55 it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning . |
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56 could the country bears really be as bad as its trailers ? |
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57 there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering . |
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58 not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well . |
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59 and if the hours wins ` best picture ' i just might . |
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60 it is so refreshing to see robin williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years . |
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61 i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood . |
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62 with danilo donati 's witty designs and dante spinotti 's luscious cinematography , this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role . |
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63 thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout . |
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64 tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable . |
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65 jacquot 's tosca is a treat . |
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66 interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals ` red dragon ' right from under their noses . |
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67 the film 's center will not hold . |
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68 aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness . |
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69 unlike his directorial efforts , la femme nikita and the professional , the transporter lacks besson 's perspective as a storyteller . |
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70 ` abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ... you should definitely let dante 's gloomy words be your guide . |
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71 a very witty take on change , risk and romance , and the film uses humor to make its points about acceptance and growth . |
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72 hu and liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love . |
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73 ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier . |
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74 a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin 's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . |
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75 do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ? |
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76 instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy . |
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77 once again , director jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action/effects on the spectacular scale . |
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78 flotsam in the sea of moviemaking , not big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising . |
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79 thoughtful , provocative and entertaining . |
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80 it 's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script . |
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81 an absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true . |
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82 u.s. audiences may find ( attal and gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typically concocts . |
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83 everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeing . |
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84 but if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here . |
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85 biggie and tupac is so single-mindedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame . |
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86 ... the last time i saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches was during my sats . |
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87 will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings . |
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88 characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better . |
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89 i 'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '70s . |
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90 gloriously goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff . |
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91 an inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of vietnamese refugees living in u.s. relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 . |
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92 big fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities . |
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93 the movie is full of fine performances , led by josef bierbichler as brecht and monica bleibtreu as helene weigel , his wife . |
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94 barney has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful . |
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95 a frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women . |
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96 the comic performances are all spot on , especially lee ross 's turn as ken . |
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97 the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . |
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98 accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue is n't smart , then you need to use more poetic license . |
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99 it 's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold . |
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100 the thrill is ( long ) gone . |
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101 uncertain in tone ... a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things . |
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102 a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . |
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103 there 's a vastness implied in metropolis that is just breathtaking . |
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104 a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience . |
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105 the story ... is moldy and obvious . |
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106 it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash |
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107 for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . |
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108 george , hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please . |
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109 what was subtle and mystifying in the novella is now broad and farcical . |
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110 it 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish . |
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111 woo 's fights have a distinct flair . |
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112 he has not learned that storytelling is what the movies are about . |
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113 if you liked the 1982 film then , you 'll still like it now . |
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114 despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy . |
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115 the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing . |
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116 there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory . |
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117 this is n't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it 's the cliffsnotes with pages missing . |
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118 `` an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . '' |
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119 an epic of grandeur and scale that 's been decades gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of hollywood . |
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120 there 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that 's what makes it irresistible . |
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121 it virtually defines a comedy that 's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while . |
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122 although very much like the first movie based on j.k. rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude . |
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123 theology aside , why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story ? |
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124 a savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in america 's culture of fear . |
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125 benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it 's dong jie 's face you remember at the end . |
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126 elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them . |
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127 much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie . |
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128 plays as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights . |
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129 a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . |
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130 ... mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return . |
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131 strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery . |
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132 on the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but it has a lot in common with piesiewicz 's and kieslowski 's earlier work , films like the double life of veronique . |
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133 the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing . |
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134 flounders due to the general sense that no two people working on the production had exactly the same thing in mind . |
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135 you could nap for an hour and not miss a thing . |
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136 worth the effort to watch . |
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137 one of the best of the year . |
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138 i loved it ! |
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139 occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional almodóvar style . |
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140 an intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you 're getting its metaphysical point . |
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141 an amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail . |
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142 however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier disney efforts . |
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143 often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed . |
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144 witty , touching and well paced . |
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145 men in black ii has sequel-itis something fierce . |
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146 sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . |
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147 it settles for being merely grim . |
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148 good for a few unintentional laughs , `` extreme ops '' was obviously made for the `` xxx '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction . |
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149 places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . |
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150 a mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser . |
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151 at first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin . |
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152 as an actor , the rock is aptly named . |
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153 plays less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial . |
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154 with its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , the ring makes its stupidity more than obvious . |
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155 this insightful , oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes , gives peace yet another chance . |
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156 all but the most persnickety preteens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure . |
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157 i admired this work a lot . |
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158 this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned . |
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159 ( a ) rare , beautiful film . |
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160 the pianist is a fine valedictory work for polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain . |
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161 if you 're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then mostly martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite . |
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162 the screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . |
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163 not even the hanson brothers can save it |
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164 then lower them a bit more . |
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165 the truth is that the truth about charlie gets increasingly tiresome . |
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166 there are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust . |
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167 a deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish . |
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168 an elegant , exquisitely modulated psychological thriller . |
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169 brilliant ! ' |
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170 working from elliott 's memoir , rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades . |
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171 a picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion . |
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172 if you think that jennifer lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan . |
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173 has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags . |
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174 apallingly absurd ... the chemistry or lack thereof between newton and wahlberg could turn an imax theater into a 9 '' black and white portable tv . |
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175 maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul `` full frontal '' seems , well , contrived . |
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176 a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives . |
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177 it does n't help that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel . |
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178 this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends . |
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179 it 's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous full frontal . |
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180 merchant effectively translates naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen . |
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181 the angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging . |
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182 it 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . |
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183 ... a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of legally blonde and drop dead gorgeous , starring piper perabo in what could be her breakthrough role . |
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184 made by jackasses for jackasses . |
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185 emerges as something rare , an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one . |
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186 a recent favorite at sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of def leppard 's pyromania . |
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187 an involving true story of a chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution -- acted mostly by the actual people involved . |
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188 the movie bounces all over the map . |
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189 it has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion . |
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190 watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . |
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191 apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . |
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192 only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee 's jim brown : all american at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents . |
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193 do n't let your festive spirit go this far . |
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194 if melville is creatively a great whale , this film is canned tuna . |
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195 the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . |
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196 occasionally melodramatic , it 's also extremely effective . |
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197 director kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . |
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198 when it 's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . |
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199 ... ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie . |
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200 the problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . |
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201 new best friend should n't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video . |
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202 even the unwatchable soapdish is more original . |
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203 an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences . |
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204 smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . |
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205 the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . |
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206 a historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail . |
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207 a resonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution . |
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208 ( sen 's ) soap opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions . |
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209 ( director ) byler may yet have a great movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one . |
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210 the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . |
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211 a highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . . |
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212 well worth the time . |
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213 overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek 's novel by some way . |
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214 ( davis ) has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race . |
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215 the movie is one of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon . |
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216 hayek is stunning as frida and ... a star-making project . |
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217 a painfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots . |
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218 everything that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan 's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and true . |
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219 when the first few villians are introduced as `` spider '' and `` snake '' you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak . |
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220 not every animated film from disney will become a classic , but forgive me if i 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '' . |
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221 while this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . |
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222 a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time . |
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223 john leguizamo may be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie . |
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224 like mike does n't win any points for originality . |
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225 some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast . |
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226 one of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating . |
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227 fuller would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn . |
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228 it 's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds . |
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229 an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient |
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230 it 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny , and it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed . |
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231 in a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the discovery channel . |
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232 its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ? |
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233 their film falters , however , in its adherence to the disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that i 'd hoped the movie would avoid . |
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234 an awkward and indigestible movie . |
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235 friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it 's called where 's chris tucker when you need him ? |
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236 another rent installment for the ian fleming estate . |
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237 i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent , and that 's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing . |
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238 afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men is finally just one long drag . |
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239 who knows what exactly godard is on about in this film , but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you . |
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240 herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews might have changed 20th-century history is undermined by ahola 's inadequate performance . |
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241 the story and characters are nowhere near gripping enough . |
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242 ( a ) superbly controlled , passionate adaptation of graham greene 's 1955 novel . |
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243 though the violence is far less sadistic than usual , the film is typical miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes . |
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244 its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time . |
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245 like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangled up in the twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten . |
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246 a bravura exercise in emptiness . |
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247 has a plot full of twists upon knots ... and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill . |
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248 too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining . |
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249 a marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . |
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250 how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ? |
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251 a baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie ( woody allen ) has made in the last twenty years . |
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252 hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette 's dialogue . |
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253 the cartoon that is n't really good enough to be on afternoon tv is now a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters . |
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254 a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of hogan 's heroes star bob crane . |
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255 you 've seen them a million times . |
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256 the best you can say about it is it 's so uninspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now . |
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257 arguably the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie . |
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258 offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented . |
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259 one minute , you think you 're watching a serious actioner ; the next , it 's as though clips from the pink panther strikes again and/or sailor moon have been spliced in . |
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260 scene-by-scene , things happen , but you 'd be hard-pressed to say what or why . |
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261 a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable . |
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262 an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent . |
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263 if you pitch your expectations at an all time low , you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce . |
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264 will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them . |
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265 the film starts out as competent but unremarkable ... and gradually grows into something of considerable power . |
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266 it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun . |
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267 something the true film buff will enjoy . |
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268 without resorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the best same-sex romance i have seen . |
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269 the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big ... and the setting remains indistinct . |
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270 this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself . |
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271 a teasing drama whose relentless good-deed/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation . |
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272 the movie exists for its soccer action and its fine acting . |
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273 tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy . |
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274 a bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror . |
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275 nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition . |
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276 if you 're looking for comedy to be served up , better look elsewhere . |
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277 after that , it just gets stupid and maudlin . |
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278 the humor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny . |
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279 engagingly captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship . |
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280 sam jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune . |
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281 the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin . |
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282 the charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin . |
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283 it feels like a community theater production of a great broadway play : even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original . |
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284 a tough go , but leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu . |
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285 an irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale . |
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286 frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films i 've ever seen . |
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287 the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design . |
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288 provide ( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue . |
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289 smith 's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes . |
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290 a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers . |
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291 a refreshing korean film about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters . |
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292 now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie . |
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293 celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat . |
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294 ... the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity . |
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295 it 's solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be . |
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296 enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment . |
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297 between bedroom scenes , viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap . |
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298 genuinely touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love . |
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299 a lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love . |
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300 ( two ) fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now . |
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301 a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl 's life . |
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302 reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it 's still pretty tasty . |
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303 provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of todd solondz . |
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304 dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm . |
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305 the movie 's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries . |
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306 a predictable and stereotypical little b-movie . |
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307 it 's astonishing . |
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308 this is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak . |
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309 claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications . |
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310 myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . |
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311 if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else . |
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312 enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd . |
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313 i cry for i spy -- or i would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-tv spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind . |
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314 a mostly tired retread of several other mob tales . |
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315 but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . |
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316 the stunning , dreamlike visuals will impress even those viewers who have little patience for euro-film pretension . |
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317 a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . |
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318 a film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world . |
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319 i do n't have an i am sam clue . |
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320 the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film . |
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321 the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes . |
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322 suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal . |
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323 the film is really not so much bad as bland . |
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324 cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . |
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325 noyce 's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective . |
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326 i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it 'll be on video by then . |
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327 merely as a technical , logistical feat , russian ark marks a cinematic milestone . |
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328 more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling . |
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329 a real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . |
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330 painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances . |
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331 the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them . |
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332 `` men in black ii , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . |
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333 any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainment . |
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334 let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : stay home . |
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335 the long-range appeal of `` minority report '' should transcend any awards it bags . |
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336 ... perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world . |
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337 workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies . |
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338 there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year . |
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339 does n't amount to much of anything . |
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340 while the isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic , its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at . |
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341 an instant candidate for worst movie of the year . |
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342 so what is the point ? |
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343 longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days . |
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344 the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll . |
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345 it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershop just does n't make the cut . |
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346 yeah , these flicks are just that damn good . |
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347 but what spectacular sizzle it is ! |
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348 an enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable italian comedy big deal on madonna street . |
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349 ritchie 's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact amber is such a joke . |
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350 earns its laughs from stock redneck ` types ' and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing . |
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351 if myers decides to make another austin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil . |
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352 it takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding . |
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353 a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it . |
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354 a sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears . |
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355 kinnear gives a tremendous performance . |
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356 if you love motown music , you 'll love this documentary . |
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357 as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance . |
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358 the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi . |
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359 has the feel of an unedited personal journal . |
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360 the voices are fine as well . |
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361 this is carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach . |
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362 has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly inhabited a character ? |
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363 what you get with empire is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead . |
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364 greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill |
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365 but as a movie , it 's a humorless , disjointed mess . |
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366 there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit . |
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367 usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it . |
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368 if you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun , wasabi is a good place to start . |
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369 philip k. dick must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach . |
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370 demands too much of most viewers . |
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371 a benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion . |
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372 showtime is closer to slowtime . |
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373 a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind . |
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374 a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk 'n' slash . |
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375 any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . |
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376 at times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it 's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do . |
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377 ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive . |
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378 preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure . |
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379 the inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth . |
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380 i just did n't care as much for the story . |
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381 it 's an awfully derivative story . |
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382 the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc. . |
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383 4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink - it 's the ultimate redneck road-trip . |
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384 nervy and sensitive , it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood . |
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385 the low-budget full frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother . |
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386 novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach . |
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387 chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror . |
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388 those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know . |
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389 it 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yet you ca n't bring yourself to dislike it . |
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390 whether you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you 'll still feel something . |
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391 but he somehow pulls it off . |
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392 an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams . |
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393 the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to resist . |
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394 ... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i 've seen in quite a long time . |
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395 too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , david arquette . |
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396 all that ( powerpuff girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it 's spread too thin . |
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397 culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character . |
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398 sunshine state lacks the kind of dynamic that limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece . |
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399 a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . |
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400 it 's hard not to be seduced by ( witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max . |
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401 nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations ... |
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402 the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes . |
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403 an engaging overview of johnson 's eccentric career . |
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404 will only satisfy those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly . |
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405 on the right track to something that 's creepy and effective ... it 's just going to take more than a man in a bullwinkle costume to get there . |
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406 a richly imagined and admirably mature work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind . |
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407 the smartest bonehead comedy of the summer . |
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408 the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover . |
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409 writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability . |
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410 matthew mcconaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy . |
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411 borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . |
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412 if this is the danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps . |
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413 a taut , intelligent psychological drama . |
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414 godawful boring slug of a movie . |
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415 mckay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness |
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416 digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . |
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417 grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte . |
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418 the level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter . |
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419 thoughtful , even stinging at times , and lots of fun . |
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420 alas , it 's neither . |
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421 this is n't a narrative film -- i do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about september 11th , though i 'm sure some will try -- but it 's as close as anyone has dared to come . |
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422 greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders . |
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423 the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion . |
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424 disturbingly superficial in its approach to the material . |
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425 we miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride . |
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426 a refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary american film . |
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427 george clooney proves he 's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he 's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind . |
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428 solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts . |
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429 do n't plan on the perfect ending , but sweet home alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life . |
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430 with generic sets and b-grade special effects , jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as tv 's defunct cleopatra 2525 . |
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431 i enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme . |
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432 somewhere short of tremors on the modern b-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes . |
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433 undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters . |
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434 though the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare . |
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435 pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick . |
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436 so clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart . |
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437 like a south-of-the-border melrose place . |
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438 what could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama . |
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439 oedekerk wrote patch adams , for which he should not be forgiven . |
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440 after making several adaptations of other writers ' work , armenian-canadian director atom egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject . |
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441 it is intensely personal and yet -- unlike quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times . |
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442 a pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place . |
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443 this is how you use special effects . |
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444 tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure . |
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445 to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist . |
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446 you would be better off investing in the worthy emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production . |
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447 but even a hero can stumble sometimes . |
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448 writer-director burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear . |
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449 makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness . |
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450 nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern france in his documentary to be and to have , easily one of the best films of the year . |
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451 ecks this one off your must-see list . |
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452 very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan |
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453 lame , haphazard teen comedy . |
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454 full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience . |
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455 consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g |
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456 ms. fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating lolita turn . |
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457 egoyan 's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious . |
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458 in the process , they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in hong kong cinema . |
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459 de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork . |
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460 too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes . |
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461 director ferzan ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . |
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462 now , if it only had a brain . |
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463 i watched the brainless insanity of no such thing with mounting disbelief . |
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464 it 's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contenders should be measured . |
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465 the essential problem in orange county is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do . |
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466 some studio pizazz might have helped . |
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467 the film 's greatest asset is how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture . |
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468 opens as promising as any war/adventure film you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` glory : a soldier 's story . '' |
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469 the movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll . |
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470 on its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist byatt . |
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471 as conceived by mr. schaeffer , christopher and grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell . |
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472 wait for video -- and then do n't rent it . |
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473 but watching huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting . |
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474 never ( sinks ) into exploitation . |
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475 the streets , shot by cinematographer michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them . |
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476 a gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crème brûlée . |
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477 a startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society . |
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478 an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living . |
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479 a thoughtful look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 . |
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480 a real movie , about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know . |
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481 when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down easily . |
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482 the situations and jokes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels . |
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483 a harmless and mildly amusing family comedy . |
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484 fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots . |
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485 rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next . |
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486 no , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so children of the century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else . |
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487 if kaufman kept cameron diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest , he 'd have them mate . |
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488 ( fessenden ) is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills |
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489 dark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement . |
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490 lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . |
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491 a very funny movie . |
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492 suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . |
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493 a vivid cinematic portrait . |
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494 but it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds . |
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495 a provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love . |
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496 by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . |
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497 majidi 's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times . |
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498 this is the best american movie about troubled teens since 1998 's whatever . |
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499 if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ? |
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500 others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding . |
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501 the creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts ' haunting is routine . |
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502 first good , then bothersome . |
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503 fails to bring as much to the table . |
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504 without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . |
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505 a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff . |
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506 even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good . |
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507 a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python 's meaning of life . |
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508 bow 's best moments are when he 's getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores . |
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509 the enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized . |
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510 at nearly three hours , the whole of safe conduct is less than the sum of its parts . |
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511 just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat . |
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512 an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions . |
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513 without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . |
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514 like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it . |
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515 zhang yimou delivers warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones . |
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516 well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull . |
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517 for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride . |
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518 a classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done . |
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519 if this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) . |
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520 feels less like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers . |
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521 a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality . |
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522 no movement , no yuks , not much of anything . |
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523 most of the action setups are incoherent . |
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524 somehow we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become g.i. jane . |
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525 good ol' urban legend stuff . |
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526 the thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case . |
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527 an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction . |
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528 a great ending does n't make up for a weak movie , and crazy as hell does n't even have a great ending . |
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529 the episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . |
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530 a gimmick in search of a movie : how to get carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned . |
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531 i regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough . |
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532 so stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly . |
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533 at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . |
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534 intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed . |
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535 the film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm |
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536 this is what imax was made for : strap on a pair of 3-d goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space . |
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537 effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience . |
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538 these people would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance . |
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539 while mcfarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films ... it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story . |
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540 a candid and often fascinating documentary about a pentecostal church in dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services . |
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541 warmed-over tarantino by way of wannabe elmore leonard . |
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542 the film is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses . |
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543 the hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . |
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544 but that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients . |
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545 home alone goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do . |
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546 based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness . |
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547 automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf . |
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548 sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family . |
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549 the issue of faith is not explored very deeply |
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550 the sequel has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense . |
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551 lacks heart , depth and , most of all , purpose . |
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552 moot point . |
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553 the film makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the motown sound . |
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554 the film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience . |
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555 the passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air . |
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556 pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs . |
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557 if you liked such movies as notting hill , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones ' diary or high fidelity , then you wo n't want to miss about a boy . |
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558 even legends like alfred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles ... so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential . |
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559 it will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . |
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560 often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter 's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie . |
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561 even by dumb action-movie standards , ballistic : ecks vs. sever is a dumb action movie . |
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562 one hour photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions ; it 's just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight . |
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563 john mctiernan 's botched remake may be subtler than norman jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . |
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564 if there 's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , i think it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately r-rated ) paid . |
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565 the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . |
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566 proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ... and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report . |
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567 a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled african-american 's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle . |
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568 the tug of war that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern china in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology . |
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569 a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience . |
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570 few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness . |
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571 this extremely unfunny film clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long . |
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572 you can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling . |
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573 theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . |
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574 if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it 's time to rethink independent films . |
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575 though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like mr. schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear . |
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576 like dickens with his passages , mcgrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel . |
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577 not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it 's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiability that allen personifies . |
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578 ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? ' |
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579 i weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about young women . |
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580 a soggy , shapeless mess ... just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie . |
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581 achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium . |
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582 there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances . |
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583 it 's difficult to say whether the tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing -- i 'm prepared to call it a draw . |
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584 an endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick . |
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585 a work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director eric byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy . |
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586 too loud , too long and too frantic by half , die another day suggests that the bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through . |
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587 this overproduced and generally disappointing effort is n't likely to rouse the rush hour crowd . |
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588 the film 's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard ... |
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589 a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history . |
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590 not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse , it 's almost funny . |
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591 this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . |
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592 oft-described as the antidote to american pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough |
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593 the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted . |
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594 winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults . |
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595 vile and tacky are the two best adjectives to describe ghost ship . |
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596 though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millennium . |
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597 a depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected '' have suspected all along : george w. bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide . |
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598 it is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of stewart and hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle . |
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599 a free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . |
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600 propelled not by characters but by caricatures . |
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601 never again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds . |
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602 a well acted and well intentioned snoozer . |
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603 goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast . |
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604 aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol 's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it . |
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605 eventually , it wins you over . |
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606 a boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . |
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607 ( t ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepford wives mentality does n't work in a modern context . |
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608 there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way . |
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609 bubba ho-tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by bruce campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it . |
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610 what 's most striking about this largely celebratory film ... is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an ikea world . |
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611 the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect . |
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612 but fans should have fun meeting a brand-new pokemon called celebi . |
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613 this is art paying homage to art . |
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614 a pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking . |
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615 like most bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . |
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616 god help the poor woman if attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse . |
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617 wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of hubert 's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn . |
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618 the film 's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen . |
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619 a loving little film of considerable appeal . |
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620 demme 's loose approach kills the suspense . |
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621 `` antwone fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by washington . |
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622 he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . |
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623 you 're better off staying home and watching the x-files . |
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624 with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast . |
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625 but this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film . |
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626 majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast . |
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627 stephen earnhart 's homespun documentary mule skinner blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens . |
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628 haneke challenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration . |
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629 an offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays . |
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630 the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset . |
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631 ( it 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of american chai , despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view . |
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632 once the audience figure out what 's being said , the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care . |
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633 watstein handily directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains off the hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer . |
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634 this is n't my favorite in the series , still i enjoyed it enough to recommend . |
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635 the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain ; it has a dull , costumey feel . |
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636 as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure . |
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637 has a shambling charm ... a cheerfully inconsequential diversion . |
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638 look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music . |
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639 ... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . ' |
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640 what will , most likely , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 . |
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641 this is one for the ages . |
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642 eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . |
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643 from spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat , vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of jean renoir . |
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644 the central story lacks punch . |
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645 ... fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense . |
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646 though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance . |
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647 why come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from shirley jackson , richard matheson ... and puke up something like rose red ? |
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648 parker holds true to wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness . |
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649 jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot . |
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650 flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern 's thick , working-class scottish accent . |
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651 the backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense . |
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652 invincible is a wonderful movie . |
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653 this pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend , but if saccharine earnestness were a crime , the film 's producers would be in the clink for life . |
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654 japan 's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date . |
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655 it is interesting and fun to see goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen . |
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656 finally , a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less . |
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657 a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags . |
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658 you 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus . |
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659 if it tried to do anything more , it would fail and perhaps explode , but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right . |
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660 a sad , superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life . |
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661 a shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly ... its hilarity is completely unintentional . |
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662 the makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . |
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663 for anyone who grew up on disney 's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victor fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor . |
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664 ` enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . |
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665 star wars is back in a major way . |
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666 bullock 's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film |
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667 it 's endearing to hear madame d. refer to her husband as ` jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . |
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668 though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work . |
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669 this is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few . |
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670 the movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens . |
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671 a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances . |
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672 an impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent . |
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673 do n't waste your money . |
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674 it 's a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements . |
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675 the movie 's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values gives it an honest , lived-in glow . |
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676 too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless . |
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677 marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film . |
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678 i tried to read the time on my watch . |
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679 but based on cq , i 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project . |
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680 i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . |
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681 occasionally , in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new . |
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682 her delivery and timing are flawless . |
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683 but buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking , freundlich has made just another safe movie . |
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684 gee , a second assassin shot kennedy ? |
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685 a charming romantic comedy that is by far the lightest dogme film and among the most enjoyable . |
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686 every bit as bogus as most disney live action family movies are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point . |
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687 a whole lot foul , freaky and funny . |
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688 could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes fatal attraction look like a classic by comparison ? |
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689 the cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed . |
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690 the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess . |
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691 reggio 's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . |
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692 the more kevin costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tossed at them . |
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693 director benoit jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with tosca , conveys the heaving passion of puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation . |
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694 it 's a film that hinges on its casting , and glover really does n't fit the part . |
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695 the film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry . |
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696 i love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off . |
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697 imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you 've imagined the ring . |
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698 if we do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose , we deserve the trash that we get . |
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699 a generation x artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely can not last . |
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700 bad company leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script . |
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701 when a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . |
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702 as green-guts monster movies go , it 's a beaut . |
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703 still , i thought it could have been more . |
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704 it 's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests . |
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705 good actress . |
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706 evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good . |
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707 still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . |
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708 renner 's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . |
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709 marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess . |
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710 complex , affecting and uniquely almodóvar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong . |
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711 it 's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet russia . |
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712 a compendium of solondz 's own worst instincts in under 90 minutes . |
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713 presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it . |
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714 about as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local drive through . |
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715 dreary , highly annoying ... ` some body ' will appeal to no one . |
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716 sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film . |
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717 the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences . |
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718 one of those rare , exhilarating cinematic delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind . |
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719 i like frank the pug , though . |
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720 instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart 's war , like the st. louis rams in the super bowl , waits until after halftime to get started . |
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721 if it 's possible for a sequel to outshine the original , then sl2 does just that . |
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722 divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances . |
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723 tsai ming-liang has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point . |
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724 those who would follow haneke on his creepy explorations ... are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from huppert and magimel . |
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725 what could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters . |
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726 ( schweiger is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists . |
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727 dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter . |
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728 for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer . |
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729 credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment . |
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730 a frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favor the audience . |
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731 in its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the movie works . |
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732 this is a great subject for a movie , but hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director john woo has built his career on . |
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733 a compelling journey ... and `` his best friend remembers '' is up there with the finest of specials . |
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734 this film was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions . |
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735 meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . |
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736 an often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach |
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737 watching haneke 's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . |
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738 an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job ... |
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739 considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well . |
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740 there is a kind of attentive concern that hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is time for their first public recital . |
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741 this cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap . |
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742 the story is naturally poignant , but first-time screenwriter paul pender overloads it with sugary bits of business . |
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743 the tenderness of the piece is still intact . |
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744 a simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them . |
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745 it has fun being grown up . |
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746 ( newton ) wanders through charlie completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality . |
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747 an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . |
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748 a psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention to detail . |
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749 a great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . |
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750 i do n't think i 've been as entranced and appalled by an asian film since shinya tsukamoto 's iron man . |
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751 too close to phantom menace for comfort . |
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752 this film looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience . |
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753 he 's super spy ! |
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754 the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary . |
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755 choose your reaction : a. ) that sure is funny ! |
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756 not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' i once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad . |
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757 we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas . |
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758 a byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido . |
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759 the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity . |
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760 its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . |
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761 like its two predecessors , 1983 's koyaanisqatsi and 1988 's powaqqatsi , the cinematic collage naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever . |
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762 the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giants ' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed . |
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763 a masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . |
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764 a truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort . |
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765 it 's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old . |
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766 just a bloody mess . |
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767 schmaltzy and unfunny , adam sandler 's cartoon about hanukkah is numbingly bad , little nicky bad , 10 worst list bad . |
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768 offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication . |
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769 fans of behan 's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by borstal boy . |
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770 ... a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life . |
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771 i found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic . |
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772 the film 's real appeal wo n't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers . |
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773 ( wendigo is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind . |
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774 it is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish . |
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775 the whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by . |
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776 she must have a very strong back . |
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777 compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . |
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778 better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine . |
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779 this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed . |
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780 jirí hubac 's script is a gem . |
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781 this is n't a `` friday '' worth waiting for . |
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782 de niro looks bored , murphy recycles murphy , and you mentally add showtime to the pile of hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal . |
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783 the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . |
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784 still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different . |
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785 almost everything else is wan . |
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786 just because it really happened to you , honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else . |
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787 there has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes . |
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788 an enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside st. petersburg 's hermitage museum . |
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789 choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy . |
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790 it 's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that hollywood too rarely provides . |
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791 much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . |
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792 the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected . |
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793 nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera . |
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794 any one episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes . |
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795 needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey . |
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796 de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli . |
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797 if this movie were a book , it would be a page-turner , you ca n't wait to see what happens next . |
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798 watching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good . |
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799 most of crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness . |
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800 there 's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . |
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801 what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . |
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802 so routine , familiar and predictable , it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated final draft computer program . |
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803 denis and co-writer michele petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . |
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804 a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect . |
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805 as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them . |
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806 if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch . |
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807 i hated every minute of it . |
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808 even if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro '' correctly , you 'll appreciate much of vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries . |
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809 ... always remains movingly genuine . |
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810 creepy but ultimately unsatisfying thriller . |
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811 there is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production . |
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812 ( broomfield ) uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue . |
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813 at times , however , dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . |
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814 what happened with pluto nash ? |
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815 there is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them . |
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816 edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery . |
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817 ( howard ) so good as leon barlow ... that he hardly seems to be acting . |
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818 another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances |
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819 a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence . |
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820 lanie 's professional success means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and does n't know how to have fun . |
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821 it 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high . |
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822 this miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through . |
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823 you might not want to hang out with samantha , but you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story . |
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824 hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic . |
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825 rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief . |
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826 this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format . |
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827 the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . |
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828 when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4ever . |
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829 the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is . |
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830 the stories here suffer from the chosen format . |
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831 a graceless , witless attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwii espionage thriller . |
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832 without a strong script and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos . |
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833 its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the man in the iron mask and the musketeer . |
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834 stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd . |
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835 ridiculous . |
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836 the vampire thriller blade ii starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun -- toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout . |
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837 most impressive , though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds . |
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838 succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the touched by an angel school of non-god spiritual-uplift movies . |
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839 this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring |
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840 call me a wimp , but i cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film . |
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841 eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler 's many talents . |
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842 both deeply weird and charmingly dear . |
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843 tom green just gives them a bad odor . |
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844 despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like ( seinfeld 's ) revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . |
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845 the year 's happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way . |
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846 as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . |
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847 if i spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it 's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . |
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848 nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them . |
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849 this is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary ! |
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850 it 's rather like a lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable . |
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851 i like the new footage and still love the old stuff . |
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852 collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 / 11 , an antique , in the end . |
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853 it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance |
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854 while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , `` in the bedroom , '' moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations |
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855 gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . |
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856 a great idea becomes a not-great movie . |
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857 you 'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . |
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858 farrell ... thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis 's world-weary colonel . |
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859 the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . |
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860 the invincible werner herzog is alive and well and living in la |
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861 this time kaufman 's imagination has failed him . |
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862 ... this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core . |
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863 arnold 's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces . |
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864 the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it 's extremely well played and often very funny . |
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865 ... a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . |
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866 even when foreign directors ... borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting . |
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867 though the controversial korean filmmaker 's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding . |
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868 even die-hard fans of japanese animation ... will find this one a challenge . |
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869 the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . |
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870 the reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies . |
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871 this may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other holocaust films , but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there . |
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872 i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr. holland 's class for the music , or to robin williams 's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . |
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873 fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . |
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874 the result is something quite fresh and delightful . |
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875 birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it . |
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876 it might be tempting to regard mr. andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr. earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists . |
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877 although it 's a bit smug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do . |
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878 might have been better off as a documentary , with less of mr. eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage . |
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879 focuses on joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century torture device . |
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880 although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke . |
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881 as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame . |
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882 the story 's so preposterous that i did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved . |
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883 it 's absolutely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice . |
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884 it almost plays like solaris , but with guns and jokes . |
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885 an intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort . |
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886 the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay . |
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887 no reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either . |
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888 all ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click . |
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889 leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago . |
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890 calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it 's more like entertainment for trolls . |
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891 it 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss . |
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892 fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life . |
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893 never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful . |
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894 to the film 's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment . |
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895 a compelling portrait of moral emptiness |
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896 beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines ... there just is n't much to laugh at . |
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897 the unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession . |
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898 a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy 's well-honed prima donna shtick . |
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899 lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i could n't help being captivated by it . |
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900 a frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality . |
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901 do n't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches ... |
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902 ranks among willams ' best screen work . |
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903 despite the authenticity of the trappings , the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style . |
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904 it 's both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary ... |
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905 well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special . |
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906 for caine lovers only . |
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907 maybe i found the proceedings a little bit too conventional . |
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908 as lo-fi as the special effects are , the folks who cobbled nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that george lucas has long forgotten . |
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909 frenetic but not really funny . |
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910 as your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart . |
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911 a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino . |
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912 at its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers . |
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913 sturdy , entertaining period drama ... both caine and fraser have their moments . |
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914 rain is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic . |
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915 ... hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves . |
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916 an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone . |
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917 ... in this incarnation its fizz is infectious . |
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918 a hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face . |
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919 watching beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it . |
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920 smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers . |
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921 a refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale . |
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922 whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment . |
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923 there are touching moments in etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject . |
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924 too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise . |
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925 a wildly funny prison caper . |
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926 the story feels more like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing sayles dialogue . |
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927 a cop story that understands the medium amazingly well . |
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928 andy garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and mick jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , performance . |
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929 abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . |
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930 bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description . |
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931 the overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes . |
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932 this is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever . |
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933 the premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them . |
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934 where last time jokes flowed out of cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines . |
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935 it uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie my big fat greek wedding . |
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936 as ( the characters ) get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound . |
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937 it 's laughing at us . |
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938 intended to be a comedy about relationships , this wretched work falls flat in just about every conceivable area . |
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939 in his debut as a film director , denzel washington delivers a lean and engaging work . |
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940 mr. wedge and mr. saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . |
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941 an intriguing and entertaining introduction to johnson . |
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942 i did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot . |
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943 what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved . |
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944 ... ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion . |
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945 my response to the film is best described as lukewarm . |
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946 not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it 's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare . |
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947 denzel washington 's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony . |
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948 i wish i could say `` thank god it 's friday '' , but the truth of the matter is i was glad when it was over . |
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949 the pleasures of super troopers may be fleeting , but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor . |
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950 what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level . |
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951 everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids . |
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952 it 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . |
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953 ethan hawke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the beatnik generation and it 's all over his chelsea walls . |
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954 the film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off . |
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955 a very average science fiction film . |
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956 if you 're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . |
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957 ... watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . |
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958 foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling . |
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959 they felt like the same movie to me . |
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960 it 's just a silly black genre spoof . |
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961 kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night matthew was killed . |
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962 with the film 's striking ending , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved . |
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963 still , i 'm not quite sure what the point is ... |
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964 it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world . |
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965 we need ( moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we need his shticks , we need his stones . |
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966 for anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out . |
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967 neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn . |
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968 ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting , personal velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum . |
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969 a dreary rip-off of goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for hispanic americans . |
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970 a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect . |
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971 the movie takes itself too seriously and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun . |
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972 it 's painful . |
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973 flavorful and romantic , you could call this how martha got her groove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with . |
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974 for a good chunk of its running time , trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller . |
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975 it 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre . |
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976 the kooky yet shadowy vision clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive . |
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977 this is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable . |
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978 it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like hatfield and hicks . |
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979 but this time there 's some mold on the gold . |
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980 this ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film teaches good ethics while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family |
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981 fans of nijinsky will savor every minute of cox 's work . |
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982 the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . |
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983 clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie . |
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984 if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg . |
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985 somewhat blurred , but kinnear 's performance is razor sharp . |
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986 what 's next ? |
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987 attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . |
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988 all these developments and challenges facing santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility . |
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989 the movie will reach far beyond its core demographic . |
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990 ... too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film . |
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991 this is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another . |
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992 it 's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make just a kiss seem minty fresh . |
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993 for the first time in several years , mr. allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the hollywood empress of ms. leoni 's ellie . |
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994 fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . |
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995 what it lacks in originality it makes up for in intelligence and b-grade stylishness . |
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996 the acting alone is worth the price of admission . |
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997 it 's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental . |
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998 the only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team . |
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999 ... a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason . |
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1000 there are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises . |
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1001 a grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level . |
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1002 it could change america , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment . |
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1003 a sour , nasty offering . |
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1004 it never fails to engage us . |
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1005 for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no less subservient to bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero . |
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1006 the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers . |
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1007 mr. parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . |
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1008 an intelligent , moving and invigorating film . |
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1009 ( but it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser . |
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1010 a turgid little history lesson , humourless and dull . |
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1011 a cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man . |
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1012 succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the police academy series . |
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1013 as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace . |
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1014 adam sandler is to gary cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse . |
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1015 a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man 's tortured soul . |
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1016 looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination . |
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1017 an unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story . |
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1018 this limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982 's tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh . |
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1019 this is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man . |
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1020 ... ( a ) strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense . |
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1021 the picture , scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety . |
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1022 ( gai ) comes closer to any actress i can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form . |
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1023 daring , mesmerizing and exceedingly hard to forget . |
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1024 a solidly seaworthy chiller . |
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1025 a somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing , he becomes an enemy to his own race . |
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1026 rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual . |
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1027 with a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door . |
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1028 reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes . |
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1029 i hate this movie |
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1030 you might not buy the ideas . |
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1031 it 's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru . |
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1032 but the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored . |
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1033 cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent 's days |
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1034 kwan makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action . |
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1035 ... surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs . |
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1036 it 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor . |
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1037 the overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the star trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction . |
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1038 despite a story predictable enough to make the sound of music play like a nail-biting thriller , its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it . |
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1039 one of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory . |
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1040 finds a way to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original . |
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1041 a moody horror/thriller elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship . |
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1042 a map of the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice drawn with a master 's steady stroke . |
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1043 the plot is very clever , but boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of . |
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1044 i do n't know precisely what to make of steven soderbergh 's full frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it . |
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1045 city by the sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes . |
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1046 it 's ( ricci 's ) best work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will . |
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1047 you 'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . |
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1048 a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale ... a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more . |
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1049 escapism in its purest form . |
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1050 gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife . |
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1051 an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . |
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1052 cliches are as thick as the cigarette smoke . |
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1053 an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the italian masterpiece . |
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1054 it 's like a poem . |
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1055 bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that . |
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1056 as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms. vardalos ' memories and insights . |
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1057 shadyac shoots his film like an m. night shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace ; he just forgot to add any genuine tension . |
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1058 there 's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career . |
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1059 schindler 's list it ai n't . |
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1060 like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert , john q. is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause . |
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1061 serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . |
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1062 a carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling -- but unquestionably alive . |
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1063 de niro and mcdormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest . |
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1064 a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat . |
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1065 the movie gets muted and routine . |
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1066 desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats . |
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1067 for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . |
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1068 one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade . |
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1069 obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of hey arnold ! |
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1070 lead provocatuers testud and parmentier give superlative performances |
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1071 watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . |
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1072 murderous maids may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth . |
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1073 ... the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs . |
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1074 it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future . |
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1075 there 's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable . |
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1076 the talents of the actors helps `` moonlight mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing . |
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1077 murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie - of-the-week films clumsily stuck together . |
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1078 glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism . |
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1079 as an entertainment , the movie keeps you diverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting . |
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1080 for a film about two mismatched buddies , crystal and de niro share little screen time and even less chemistry . |
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1081 a woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect . |
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1082 is n't quite the equal of woo 's best earlier work , but it 's easily his finest american film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . |
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1083 pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film . |
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1084 westfeldt and juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing . |
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1085 windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live . |
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1086 there is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false . |
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1087 marries the amateurishness of the blair witch project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie . |
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1088 if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they 'd come up with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler . |
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1089 ( villeneuve ) seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death . |
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1090 madonna still ca n't act a lick . |
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1091 little more than a frothy vanity project . |
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1092 as written by michael berg and michael j. wilson from a story by wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . |
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1093 involving at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd . |
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1094 a long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been . |
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1095 an eccentric little comic/thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality . |
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1096 the title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is . |
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1097 hugh grant and sandra bullock are two such likeable actors . |
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1098 ( drumline ) is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do . |
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1099 it 's still worth a look . |
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1100 an utterly compelling ` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question . |
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1101 a thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film . |
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1102 ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible . |
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1103 credit must be given to harland williams , michael rosenbaum and barry watson , who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves |
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1104 if this is satire , it 's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook . |
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1105 the stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002 's first quarter . |
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1106 like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . |
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1107 the timing in nearly every scene seems a half beat off . |
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1108 high crimes miscasts nearly every leading character . |
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1109 must be seen to be believed . |
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1110 a recipe for cinematic disaster ... part quentin tarantino , part guy ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof , it 's all bad . |
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1111 zany , exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure . |
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1112 though it is by no means his best work , laissez-passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them . |
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1113 a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats . |
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1114 the director 's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . |
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1115 and forget about any attempt at a plot ! |
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1116 showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant `` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome . |
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1117 sandra nettelbeck beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed martha as her heart begins to open . |
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1118 spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama . |
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1119 while it would be easy to give crush the new title of two weddings and a funeral , it 's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of hugh grant whimsy . |
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1120 despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy . |
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1121 it 's as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works . |
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1122 while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing . |
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1123 a sophomoric exploration of ` life problems ' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about . |
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1124 but i was n't . |
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1125 throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another . |
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1126 a pleasant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors . |
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1127 as a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire ... ( sex and lucía ) makes for an arousing good time . |
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1128 the movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense . |
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1129 an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that derrida would doubtless give his blessing to . |
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1130 quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ? |
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1131 maguire is a surprisingly effective peter/spider-man . |
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1132 what might have been a predictably heartwarming tale is suffused with complexity . |
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1133 this road movie gives you emotional whiplash , and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride . |
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1134 scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism . |
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1135 makes s&m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight . |
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1136 sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudly in execution . |
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1137 the film is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . |
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1138 a bit of an unwieldy mess . |
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1139 mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun . |
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1140 extremely confusing . |
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1141 it 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . |
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1142 hilarious , acidic brit comedy . |
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1143 a worthwhile way to spend two hours . |
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1144 culkin , who 's in virtually every scene , shines as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield . |
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1145 tuck everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth . |
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1146 a droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits of feeling . |
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1147 shot perhaps ` artistically ' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . |
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1148 ( director peter ) jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not . |
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1149 one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce . |
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1150 does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively . |
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1151 offers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude . |
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1152 the hours is what movies are supposed to be ... |
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1153 it 's a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic . |
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1154 an impossible romance , but we root for the patronized iranian lad . |
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1155 as expected , sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . |
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1156 dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny . |
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1157 happily for mr. chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match . |
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1158 if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions . |
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1159 the picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn . |
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1160 chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution . |
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1161 a fascinating and fun film . |
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1162 some actors have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book . |
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1163 if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title . |
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1164 a chaotic panorama that 's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags . |
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1165 a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original . |
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1166 the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act . |
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1167 ice cube holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance ... |
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1168 a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with ... it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . |
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1169 so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . |
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1170 bears is bad . |
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1171 consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept . |
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1172 cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing . |
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1173 a very funny look at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage . |
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1174 romanek keeps the film constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score . |
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1175 let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested . |
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1176 as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . |
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1177 well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons . |
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1178 murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous . |
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1179 this is one of polanski 's best films . |
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1180 like those to rome , all roads in the banger sisters inevitably lead to a joke about hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them . |
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1181 the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun . |
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1182 ... an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work . |
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1183 the movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark . |
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1184 this formulaic chiller will do little to boost stallone 's career . |
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1185 its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops . |
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1186 some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations . |
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1187 it 's a movie forged in the fires of chick flick hell . |
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1188 droll caper-comedy remake of `` big deal on madonna street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` bellini '' begins to look like a `` real kaputschnik . '' |
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1189 he 'd create a movie better than this . |
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1190 it smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original . |
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1191 notorious c.h.o. has oodles of vulgar highlights . |
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1192 `` collateral damage '' goes by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment -- until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief |
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1193 even the imaginative gore ca n't hide the musty scent of todd farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship . |
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1194 rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . |
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1195 i was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness . |
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1196 ... just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise . |
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1197 as shaky as the plot is , kaufman 's script is still memorable for some great one-liners . |
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1198 at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ... |
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1199 this is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters . |
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1200 there 's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . |
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1201 highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . |
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1202 it 's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school . |
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1203 no , it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences . |
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1204 scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . |
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1205 just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos . |
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1206 sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . |
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1207 the problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . |
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1208 director nalin pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . |
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1209 a work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense . |
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1210 all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . |
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1211 the subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one . |
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1212 occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . |
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1213 the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates . |
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1214 the ending is a cop-out . |
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1215 one groan-inducing familiarity begets another . |
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1216 it 's a sly wink to the others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic . |
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1217 being author wells ' great-grandson , you 'd think filmmaker simon wells would have more reverence for the material . |
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1218 the values that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure . |
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1219 it is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ) . |
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1220 a gentle blend of present day testimonials , surviving footage of burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills . |
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1221 ... a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway . |
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1222 while undercover brother is definitely one for the masses , it 's also full of sharp , smart satire . |
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1223 this self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy stealing harvard , but he 's the most obvious one . |
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1224 leaves you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness . |
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1225 a simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within . |
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1226 not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen . |
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1227 a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan . |
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1228 earnest falls short of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material . |
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1229 an excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind . |
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1230 after seeing swept away , i feel sorry for madonna . |
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1231 there 's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about . |
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1232 a compelling , moving film that respects its audience and its source material . |
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1233 ... if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games . |
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1234 it 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth . |
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1235 the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix . |
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1236 while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim . |
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1237 nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . |
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1238 credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter . |
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1239 it 's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time . |
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1240 the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor . |
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1241 i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . |
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1242 still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental . |
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1243 shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic . |
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1244 it should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . |
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1245 flaunts its quirky excesses like a new year 's eve drunk sporting a paper party hat . |
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1246 there 's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent . |
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1247 there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . |
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1248 sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwick , it 's a sitcom without the snap-crackle . |
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1249 it 's so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of ana 's future . |
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1250 it 's fairly self-aware in its dumbness . |
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1251 remarkably accessible and affecting . |
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1252 a smart , sweet and playful romantic comedy . |
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1253 as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel `` the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn |
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1254 though avary has done his best to make something out of ellis ' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth following . |
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1255 topkapi this is not . |
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1256 no . . |
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1257 the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . |
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1258 it wo n't be long before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you . |
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1259 it 's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . |
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1260 a potent allegorical love story . |
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1261 if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch . |
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1262 not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . |
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1263 blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . |
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1264 it 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u.s. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in french ( well , mostly ) with english subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that . |
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1265 tailored to entertain ! |
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1266 at the bottom rung of the series ' entries . |
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1267 as a singular character study , it 's perfect . |
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1268 gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible ! |
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1269 tim story 's not there yet - but ` barbershop ' shows he 's on his way . |
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1270 my goodness , queen latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . |
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1271 all in all , there 's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone . |
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1272 but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . |
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1273 but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person . |
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1274 as teen movies go , `` orange county '' is a refreshing change |
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1275 shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption . |
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1276 its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces ... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half . |
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1277 the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment . |
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1278 the master of disaster - it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy . |
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1279 nothing about it fits . |
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1280 it 's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelsea hotel ... |
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1281 it does n't do the original any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality . |
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1282 acting , particularly by tambor , almost makes `` never again '' worthwhile , but ( writer/director ) schaeffer should follow his titular advice |
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1283 daughter from danang is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war . |
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1284 a deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy . |
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1285 more a load of enjoyable , conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the mummy pictures represent . |
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1286 the only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare . |
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1287 the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no. 1 , but falls apart long before the end . |
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1288 it 's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies chris rock , garry shandling and colin quinn . |
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1289 sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna does n't suck as an actress . |
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1290 the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly ... alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . |
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1291 although based on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours . |
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1292 superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line . |
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1293 a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe . |
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1294 it 's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood . |
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1295 diane lane shines in unfaithful . |
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1296 a perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy . |
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1297 narc may not get an ` a ' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . |
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1298 scotland , pa. is a strangely drab romp . |
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1299 the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor . |
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1300 when the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you 're in trouble . |
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1301 the tone is balanced , reflective and reasonable . |
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1302 in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century ... takes kurys ' career to a whole new level . |
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1303 the story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence . |
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1304 feels like one of those contrived , only-in - hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating oscar talk . |
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1305 ( an ) hilarious romantic comedy . |
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1306 its direction , its script , and weaver 's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that 's what you 're in the mood for . |
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1307 a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience . |
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1308 an incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy |
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1309 the principals in this cast are all fine , but bishop and stevenson are standouts . |
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1310 unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me . |
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1311 if this is the resurrection of the halloween franchise , it would have been better off dead . |
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1312 a mixed bag of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out of this world . |
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1313 given that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same , we need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster ; this time , there is n't much . |
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1314 as the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . |
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1315 even as lame horror flicks go , this is lame . |
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1316 the two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath ... |
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1317 screenwriters scott abbott and michael petroni have turned rice 's complex akasha into a cartoon monster . |
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1318 all the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure . |
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1319 funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director george hickenlooper all takes place in pasadena , `` a city where people still read . '' |
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1320 though everything might be literate and smart , it never took off and always seemed static . |
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1321 ( plays ) in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy . |
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1322 francophiles will snicker knowingly and you 'll want to slap them . |
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1323 resourceful and ingenious entertainment . |
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1324 ... blade ii is more enjoyable than the original . |
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1325 but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing . |
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1326 a wonderful character-based comedy . |
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1327 or some damn thing . |
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1328 a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty . |
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1329 unfortunately , heartbreak hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit . |
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1330 works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren . |
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1331 flat , but with a revelatory performance by michelle williams . |
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1332 the movie 's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension . |
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1333 when a film is created solely because it 's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . |
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1334 while the film misfires at every level , the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy . |
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1335 the film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next . |
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1336 this romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s . |
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1337 earnest but earthbound ... a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast . |
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1338 the tone shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy . |
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1339 can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going . |
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1340 b. ) that sure is pathetic ! |
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1341 impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises . |
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1342 a film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not . |
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1343 it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . |
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1344 despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it . |
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1345 helmer devito ... attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' tv and revenge . |
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1346 a dreadful live-action movie . |
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1347 day is not a great bond movie , but it is a good bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knock-offs . |
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1348 even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for disney . |
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1349 ... too dull to enjoy . |
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1350 a waste of good performances . |
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1351 rates an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring . |
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1352 the fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious . |
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1353 what could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent . |
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1354 disturbing and brilliant documentary . |
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1355 it 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . |
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1356 there is no entry portal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . |
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1357 dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding . |
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1358 ... an inviting piece of film . |
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1359 it 's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between morgan and redgrave . |
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1360 it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . |
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1361 exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven ... ( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce . |
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1362 harsh , effective documentary on life in the israeli-occupied palestinian territories . |
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1363 it 's hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story . |
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1364 a long-winded , predictable scenario . |
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1365 a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable . |
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1366 from the big giant titles of the opening credits to elmer bernstein 's perfectly melodic score , haynes gets just about everything right . |
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1367 taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as much as they promise . |
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1368 huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack . |
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1369 this one 's weaker than most . |
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1370 most of the supporting characters in eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . |
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1371 everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones . |
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1372 enough similarities to gymkata and howie long 's firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs . |
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1373 compelling revenge thriller , though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady . |
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1374 a very bad sign . |
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1375 in adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns . |
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1376 the reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone . |
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1377 the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap . |
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1378 punish the vehicle to adore the star . |
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1379 instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film 's more determined to become the next texas chainsaw massacre . |
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1380 steve irwin 's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume . |
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1381 far from perfect , but its heart is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning . |
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1382 much of what is meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting ' is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset . |
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1383 as weber and weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create . |
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1384 there are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranian specialty . |
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1385 so young , so smart , such talent , such a wise *** . |
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1386 soul is what 's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself . |
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1387 it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well . |
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1388 energetic and boldly provocative . |
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1389 trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere . |
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1390 had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago . |
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1391 having never been a huge fan of dickens ' 800-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath 's version . |
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1392 go see it and enjoy . |
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1393 the film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . |
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1394 a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy . |
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1395 ... too slow , too boring , and occasionally annoying . |
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1396 message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular ? |
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1397 together , tok and o orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . |
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1398 is this progress ? |
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1399 pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . |
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1400 this is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all . |
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1401 dolgin and franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-american girl with a brand new name in southern tennessee . |
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1402 it 's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more . |
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1403 an enchanting spectacular for potter fans anxious to ride the hogwarts express toward a new year of magic and mischief . |
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1404 the film seems a dead weight . |
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1405 ( i ) f you 've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you 've already seen this kind of thing . |
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1406 an overstuffed compendium of teen-catholic-movie dogma . |
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1407 the movie makes absolutely no sense . |
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1408 when it 's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper . |
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1409 her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . |
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1410 the scope of the silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . . |
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1411 guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled . |
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1412 those who managed to avoid the deconstructionist theorizing of french philosopher jacques derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary derrida . |
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1413 whatever eyre 's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place . |
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1414 stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies . |
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1415 he just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . |
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1416 jolie 's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips . |
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1417 a strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half . |
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1418 once you get into its rhythm ... the movie becomes a heady experience . |
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1419 but in imax 3-d , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography . |
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1420 a sweet-natured reconsideration of one of san francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads . |
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1421 a little too pat for its own good . |
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1422 even if britney spears is really cute , her movie is really bad . |
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1423 while benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time , he might be alone in that . |
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1424 the new guy does have a heart . |
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1425 led by griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material . |
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1426 this is as powerful a set of evidence as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives . |
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1427 guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens . |
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1428 about as cutting-edge as pet rock : the movie . |
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1429 this idea has lost its originality ... and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture . |
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1430 a miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out |
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1431 the wwii drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear . |
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1432 it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come . |
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1433 cho 's fans are sure to be entertained ; it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- i 'm not one of them . |
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1434 here 's a self-congratulatory 3d imax rah-rah . |
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1435 this is pretty dicey material . |
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1436 it will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days . |
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1437 a blessed gift to film geeks and historians . |
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1438 that rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind . |
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1439 never quite transcends jokester status ... and the punchline does n't live up to barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery . |
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1440 remember when bond had more glamour than clamor ? |
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1441 an uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously . |
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1442 leave these flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine . |
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1443 my oh my , is this an invigorating , electric movie . |
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1444 audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit . |
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1445 almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . |
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1446 the story may not be new , but australian director john polson , making his american feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly . |
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1447 k-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy saving private ryanovich . |
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1448 the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . |
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1449 so lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun . |
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1450 unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such ` have-yourself-a-happy-little-holocaust ' movies as life is beautiful and jakob the liar , the grey zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in auschwitz . |
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1451 drags along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the - past numbness . |
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1452 britney has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway . |
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1453 this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age . |
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1454 steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges ; it 's so clever you want to hate it . |
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1455 it extends the writings of jean genet and john rechy , the films of fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of goya . |
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1456 julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan . |
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1457 extremely dumb . |
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1458 the production values are up there . |
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1459 perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions . |
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1460 i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is always possible . |
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1461 a movie that , rather than skip along the seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek . |
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1462 an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood . |
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1463 it 's also the year 's sweetest movie . |
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1464 jagger the actor is someone you want to see again . |
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1465 the ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch . |
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1466 when the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility . |
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1467 ray liotta and jason patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled : nobody deserves any prizes here . |
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1468 for a shoot - 'em - up , ballistic is oddly lifeless . |
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1469 all i can say is fuhgeddaboutit . |
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1470 the film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles . |
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1471 a bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of philip glass . |
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1472 although life or something like it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director stephen herek 's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . |
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1473 ( anderson ) uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense . |
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1474 anyone who can count to five ( the film 's target market ? ) |
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1475 an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in music video . |
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1476 sadly , hewitt 's forte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks . |
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1477 this version incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire . |
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1478 the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes . |
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1479 but in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing . |
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1480 some of seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . |
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1481 time changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets |
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1482 a triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction ! |
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1483 the movie has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects . |
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1484 not everything works , but the average is higher than in mary and most other recent comedies . |
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1485 though ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention . |
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1486 a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it . |
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1487 the result is solemn and horrifying , yet strangely detached . |
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1488 not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it . |
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1489 for me , this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings . |
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1490 chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement . |
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1491 this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first . |
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1492 excellent acting and direction . |
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1493 say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue . |
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1494 we get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of americana that hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed . |
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1495 if your senses have n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests , if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket . |
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1496 ( a ) hollywood sheen bedevils the film from the very beginning ... ( but ) lohman 's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer ... |
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1497 a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at . |
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1498 when ( de palma 's ) bad , he 's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . |
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1499 as are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness . |
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1500 it is also , at times , curiously moving . |
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1501 an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world . |
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1502 is n't it great ? |
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1503 think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . |
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1504 a worthy entry into a very difficult genre . |
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1505 subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius . |
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1506 flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey . |
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1507 and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy . |
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1508 i 'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes . |
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1509 a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia 's film history . |
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1510 truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before . |
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1511 branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit . |
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1512 all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull . |
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1513 splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings . |
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1514 an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash . |
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1515 may be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today . |
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1516 this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is . |
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1517 this series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last james bond movie . |
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1518 an original gem about an obsession with time . |
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1519 obstacles are too easily overcome and there is n't much in the way of character development in the script . |
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1520 suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video . |
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1521 we are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting . |
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1522 katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself |
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1523 much monkeyfun for all . |
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1524 there 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter . |
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1525 all the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi . |
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1526 in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale . |
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1527 if you 're not the target demographic ... this movie is one long chick-flick slog . |
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1528 this is a very fine movie -- go see it . |
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1529 half of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial . |
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1530 filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . |
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1531 like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia , it 's significant without being overstated . |
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1532 i loved looking at this movie . |
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1533 the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama . |
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1534 as hugh grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , ` lovely ! |
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1535 a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages . |
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1536 the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy . |
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1537 this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wan na have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment . |
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1538 fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . |
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1539 it 's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the american people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech . |
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1540 this film is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay . |
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1541 nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about . |
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1542 the problem is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball . |
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1543 it 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . |
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1544 writer/director john mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable . |
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1545 the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next . |
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1546 newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . |
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1547 i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone . |
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1548 but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance . |
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1549 birot 's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honoré ) is n't so much bad as it is bland . |
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1550 this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics . |
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1551 in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . |
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1552 despite the premise of a good story ... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . |
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1553 boring we did n't . |
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1554 children may not understand everything that happens -- i 'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted . |
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1555 a captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners . |
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1556 director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a french poodle . |
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1557 the movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs . |
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1558 the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsive . |
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1559 absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way . |
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1560 sorry , charlie |
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1561 the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt . |
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1562 while super troopers is above academy standards , its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling . |
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1563 cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone . |
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1564 with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives . |
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1565 a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities . |
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1566 feel bad for king , who 's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot . |
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1567 this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences . |
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1568 a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . |
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1569 quite funny for the type of movie it is ... |
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1570 despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions . |
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1571 before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . |
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1572 münch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable . |
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1573 this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese 's best in more than a decade . |
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1574 undercover brother does n't go far enough . |
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1575 maudlin and melodramatic we expected . |
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1576 everytime you think undercover brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse . |
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1577 lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . |
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1578 this time out , ( sade ) is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested . |
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1579 too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century . |
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1580 a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness . |
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1581 the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting . |
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1582 the impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day . |
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1583 the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days . |
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1584 do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor . |
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1585 human nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal . |
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1586 you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting . |
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1587 what 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class . |
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1588 anchored by a terrific performance by abbass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides . |
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1589 awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . |
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1590 though howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this southern gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter . |
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1591 a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars . ' |
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1592 a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through . |
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1593 just like hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination . |
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1594 lauren ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist . |
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1595 the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . |
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1596 sucking all the ` classic ' out of robert louis stevenson 's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fied adolescent angst ... |
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1597 an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment . |
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1598 it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . |
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1599 an imaginative comedy/thriller . |
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1600 audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school . |
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1601 this version 's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful . |
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1602 outrageousness is all plympton seemed to be going for this time . |
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1603 bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability . |
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1604 it 's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun . |
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1605 in the second half of the film , frei 's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwey for self-analysis . |
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1606 s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results . |
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1607 the bourne identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups . |
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1608 thirty years ago , it would have been groundbreaking . |
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1609 run , do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen . |
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1610 it 's really yet another anemic and formulaic lethal weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness . |
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1611 opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between . |
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1612 nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity ... |
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1613 no more . |
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1614 one of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever . |
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1615 the acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan 's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year . |
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1616 the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women . |
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1617 it 's a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene . |
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1618 the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie . |
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1619 moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance . |
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1620 static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! |
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1621 it 's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . |
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1622 what parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial . |
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1623 an enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids . |
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1624 a film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . |
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1625 moore 's complex and important film is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a david and goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out . |
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1626 she lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs . |
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1627 what really surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . |
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1628 too bad the former murphy brown does n't pop reese back . |
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1629 you can practically smell the patchouli oil . |
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1630 shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme . |
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1631 it dares to be a little different , and that shading is what makes it worthwhile . |
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1632 a slick , skillful little horror film . |
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1633 would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year . |
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1634 about nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the american dream . |
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1635 hey , who else needs a shower ? |
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1636 never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . |
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1637 expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially seven , which director william malone slavishly copies . |
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1638 nearly surreal , dabbling in french , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . |
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1639 the fact that the rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays . |
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1640 what you would end up with if you took orwell , bradbury , kafka , george lucas and the wachowski brothers and threw them into a blender . |
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1641 windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop . |
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1642 smith profiles five extraordinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities . |
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1643 proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . |
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1644 imagine a really bad community theater production of west side story without the songs . |
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1645 guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things . |
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1646 despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break ! '' |
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1647 pray 's film works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism . |
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1648 the best movie of its kind since ` brazil . ' |
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1649 roger michell , who did an appealing job directing persuasion and notting hill in england , gets too artsy in his american debut . |
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1650 makmalbaf follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the kurdish refugees of iran 's borderlands . |
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1651 ... a roller-coaster ride of a movie |
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1652 the film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are . |
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1653 began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one , of course . |
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1654 disney 's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem . |
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1655 audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones . |
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1656 looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was due . |
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1657 it 's obviously struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world . |
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1658 rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always get me down . |
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1659 ... breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ' |
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1660 it is ridiculous , of course ... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness . |
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1661 for the most part , i spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies . |
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1662 it 's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world . |
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1663 a yarn that respects the marvel version without becoming ensnared by it . |
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1664 an atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding . |
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1665 the actors do n't inhabit their roles -- they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes . |
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1666 these spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining . |
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1667 extremely boring . |
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1668 but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck 's film from coming together . |
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1669 a masterpiece four years in the making . |
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1670 visits spy-movie territory like a novel you ca n't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last . |
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1671 a silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker . |
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1672 rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding . |
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1673 its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing . |
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1674 it 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit . |
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1675 for all its serious sense of purpose ... ( it ) finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor . |
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1676 the only thing in pauline and paulette that you have n't seen before is a scene featuring a football field-sized oriental rug crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers . |
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1677 divertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy . |
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1678 the title trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller . |
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1679 as a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions . |
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1680 frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music . |
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1681 the plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness . |
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1682 the animated subplot keenly depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense . |
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1683 the editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden . |
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1684 i admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending . |
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1685 the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud . |
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1686 a comic gem with some serious sparkles . |
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1687 not a bad journey at all . |
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1688 unfortunately , they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo 's life imaginable . |
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1689 extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it . |
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1690 unfortunately , as a writer , mr. montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor . |
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1691 must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . |
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1692 like old myths and wonder tales spun afresh . |
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1693 a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world . |
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1694 life is a crock -- or something like it . |
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1695 imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with footage from behind enemy lines and set to jersey shore techno . |
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1696 it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more . |
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1697 it 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational , and yet it 's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff . |
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1698 ... there are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen . |
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1699 it 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins . |
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1700 now it 's just tired . |
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1701 ( u ) nrelentingly stupid . |
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1702 a work of astonishing delicacy and force . |
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1703 ... as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement . |
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1704 a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation . |
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1705 the film is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low . |
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1706 the film meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing . |
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1707 offers that rare combination of entertainment and education . |
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1708 one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know was being taken . |
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1709 an unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection . |
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1710 if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror . |
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1711 it does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism . |
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1712 going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film . |
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1713 if this dud had been made in the '70s , it would have been called the hills have antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins . |
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1714 morton is , as usual , brilliant . |
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1715 an earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . |
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1716 christians sensitive to a reductionist view of their lord as a luv-spreading dr. feelgood or omnipotent slacker will feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise god for delivering such an instant camp classic . |
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1717 but like bruce springsteen 's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . |
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1718 with a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of los angeles , where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , the dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same path . |
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1719 more honest about alzheimer 's disease , i think , than iris . |
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1720 maybe it 's asking too much , but if a movie is truly going to inspire me , i want a little more than this . |
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1721 none of these characters resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter . |
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1722 just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . |
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1723 but some unexpected zigs and zags help . |
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1724 by presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world , pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so . |
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1725 but it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast . |
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1726 a movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lil ' bow wow . |
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1727 skip work to see it at the first opportunity . |
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1728 there are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting . |
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1729 safe conduct , however ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye . |
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1730 the way coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art -- is giddily entertaining . |
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1731 the latest installment in the pokemon canon , pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace . |
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1732 a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to . |
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1733 these are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future . |
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1734 ... with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . |
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1735 it might as well have been problem child iv . |
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1736 all the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , all or nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit . |
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1737 his characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . |
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1738 national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion |
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1739 ( it 's ) a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jones , but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy . |
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1740 an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected . |
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1741 mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness . |
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1742 liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . |
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1743 two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama . |
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1744 hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film . |
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1745 and in this regard , on guard delivers . |
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1746 thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings . |
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1747 these are lives worth watching , paths worth following . |
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1748 the 3d images only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen . |
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1749 a slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered . |
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1750 a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy . |
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1751 but here 's the real damn : it is n't funny , either . |
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1752 its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper . |
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1753 ... has virtually no script at all ... |
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1754 behind the snow games and lovable siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart . |
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1755 roman coppola may never become the filmmaker his dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will . |
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1756 the movie 's eventual success should be credited to dennis quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor |
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1757 the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . |
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1758 a gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing . |
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1759 here , adrian lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get . |
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1760 a tv episode inflated past its natural length . |
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1761 why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me . |
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1762 begins as a promising meditation on one of america 's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt . |
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1763 it took 19 predecessors to get this ? |
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1764 binoche and magimel are perfect in these roles . |
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1765 the diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time . |
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1766 a romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions . |
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1767 at heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance . |
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1768 feels like six different movies fighting each other for attention . |
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1769 director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama . |
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1770 a movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess . |
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1771 too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances , it 's not a total loss . |
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1772 ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance |
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1773 fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water . |
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1774 the movie is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes . |
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1775 rare is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie . |
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1776 it 's also stupider . |
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1777 that zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered . |
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1778 reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film . |
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1779 we can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer . |
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1780 the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat . |
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1781 a pleasant romantic comedy . |
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1782 the perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide . |
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1783 a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ... a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . |
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1784 full frontal is the antidote for soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two oscar nominated films in 2000 |
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1785 son of the bride may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness . |
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1786 technically , the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial . |
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1787 well , it does go on forever . |
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1788 a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . |
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1789 there 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity . |
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1790 ` dragonfly ' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck . |
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1791 there are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them . |
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1792 the actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus . |
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1793 when she speaks , her creepy egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music . |
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1794 a soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title . |
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1795 i saw knockaround guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the spanish-american war ... it 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink . |
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1796 there 's plenty of style in guillermo del toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes . |
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1797 the unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right . |
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1798 vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love . |
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1799 ihops do n't pile on this much syrup . |
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1800 what kids will discover is a new collectible . |
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1801 when it really counts ... bloody sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language . |
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1802 windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself . |
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1803 ... a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism . |
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1804 the saturation bombing of reggio 's images and glass ' evocative music ... ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning . |
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1805 there 's not enough to sustain the comedy . |
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1806 formula 51 is so trite that even yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor . |
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1807 despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum . |
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1808 unless you are in dire need of a diesel fix , there is no real reason to see it . |
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1809 i kept thinking over and over again , ' i should be enjoying this . ' |
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1810 the transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb |
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1811 a real clunker . |
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1812 the pivotal narrative point is so ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky . |
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1813 it 's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family . |
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1814 legendary irish writer brendan behan 's memoir , borstal boy , has been given a loving screen transferral . |
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1815 the problem , it is with most of these things , is the script . |
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1816 it risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise . |
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1817 take care of my cat offers a refreshingly different slice of asian cinema . |
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1818 davis has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces . |
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1819 it represents better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience . |
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1820 dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver . |
