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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 it is drab |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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1 and educational |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 big mistake |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 big mistake |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 family fare |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 it is drab |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 rewarding |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 and educational |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 rewarding |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 a true delight |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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1 and educational |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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1 zoom |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 a true delight |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 zoom |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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1 a true delight |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 and educational |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 big mistake |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 rewarding |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 it is drab |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 and educational |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 big mistake |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 zoom |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 family fare |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 a true delight |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 rewarding |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 and educational |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 and educational |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 zoom |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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0 big mistake |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 a muted freak out |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 family fare |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 family fare |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 just not campy enough |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 big mistake |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 a true delight |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 rewarding |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 a true delight |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 family fare |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 a true delight |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 and educational |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 rewarding |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 zoom |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 big mistake |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 big mistake |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 it is drab |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 zoom |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 zoom |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 and educational |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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1 rewarding |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 family fare |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 big mistake |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 big mistake |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 big mistake |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 rewarding |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 big mistake |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 zoom |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 it is drab |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 it is drab |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 a true delight |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 and educational |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 zoom |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 it is drab |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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1 family fare |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 rewarding |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 and educational |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 rewarding |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 zoom |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 and educational |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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1 rewarding |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 a true delight |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 rewarding |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 and educational |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 zoom |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 family fare |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 a true delight |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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1 zoom |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 family fare |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 big mistake |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 zoom |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 family fare |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 it is drab |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 a true delight |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 big mistake |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 just not campy enough |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 just not campy enough |
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1 a true delight |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 and educational |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 zoom |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 a true delight |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 a true blue delight |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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1 try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for smokey robinson this movie will worm its way there |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 nothing short of a masterpiece and a challenging one |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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0 a muted freak out |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 a true delight |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 zoom |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 zoom |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 a true delight |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 family fare |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 a true delight |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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1 rewarding |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 and educational |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 a tour de force of modern cinema |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 big mistake |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 polished well structured film |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 a true delight |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 using a stock plot about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable minutes in a movie theater |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 fear permeates the whole of stortelling todd solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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1 the script is smart not cloying |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 insufferably naive |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 zoom |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 sad to say it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self destructiveness of many young people |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 though jackson does nt always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 rewarding |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 the film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when carvey is saturday night live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 a funny triumphant and moving documentary |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 a muted freak out |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 big mistake |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 west coast rap wars this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 a true delight |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 it can be safely recommended as a video dvd babysitter |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 i just saw this movie well it is probably not accurate to call it a movie |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 a muted freak out |
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1 rewarding |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 the only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 routine harmless diversion and little else |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 zoom |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 rewarding |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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0 i could nt help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 during the tuxedo is minutes of screen time there is nt one true chan moment |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 if it is not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 disjointed parody |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 big mistake |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 a true delight |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 insufferably naive |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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0 movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 rewarding |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 a true delight |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 it is a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self conscious seams in places but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 the movie does nt think much of its characters its protagonist or of us |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 rewarding |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 big mistake |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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1 and educational |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 just not campy enough |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 not as good as the full monty but a really strong second effort |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 it is a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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0 we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they ll wind up together and michele is spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious minded concerns of other year end movies |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 amazingly lame |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 a huge box office hit in korea shiri is a must for genre fans |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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1 and educational |
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0 wewannour money back actually |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 the film is all over the place really |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 a true delight |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you |
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0 deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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0 big mistake |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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0 almost as offensive as freddy got fingered |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 it made me want to get made up and go see this movie with my sisters |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 a timid soggy near miss |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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1 a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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1 rewarding |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 director andrew niccol demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 dull a road trip movie that is surprisingly short of both adventure and song |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 about schmidt belongs to nicholson |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 knows how to make our imagination wonder |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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1 the cat is meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 rewarding |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 rewarding |
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0 enough is not a bad movie just mediocre |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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0 hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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0 guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 and educational |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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0 big mistake |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 impostor ca nt think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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0 some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 if you re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film you ll need a stronger stomach than us |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 a bright inventive thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 it is drab |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 i do nt mind having my heartstrings pulled but do nt treat me like a fool |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 rifkin is references are impeccable throughout |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 and educational |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 michael gerbosi is script is economically packed with telling scenes |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 zoom |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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0 just not campy enough |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics are nt likely to enter the theater |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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1 vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 infidelity drama is nicely shot well edited and features a standout performance by diane lane |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead but they bring a fresh quirky charm to the formula |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 most consumers of lo mein and general tso is chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it so hopefully this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters foibles a timeless and unique perspective |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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1 zoom |
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1 a true delight |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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0 it could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director clare peploe is misunderstanding of marivaux is rhythms and mira sorvino is limitations as a classical actress |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 gay or straight kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 in fact it is quite fun in places |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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0 a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 predictably soulless techno tripe |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary |
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1 we ve seen it all before in one form or another but director hoffman with great help from kevin kline makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world is greatest teacher |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 a poignant artfully crafted meditation on mortality |
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0 utter mush conceited pap |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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0 big mistake |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 a battle between bug eye theatre and dead eye matinee |
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1 even if you do nt know the band or the album is songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the st century |
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0 shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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1 polished well structured film |
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0 the entire movie is about a boring sad man being boring and sad |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an th grade boy delving into required reading |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 the problem with the mayhem in formula is not that it is offensive but that it is boring |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters |
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0 this director is cut which adds minutes takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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0 nothing but an episode of smackdown |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 i did nt smile |
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1 it is a familiar story but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 amazingly lame |
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1 though its story is only surface deep the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look see |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 fun and nimble |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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1 if you love the music and i do its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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0 starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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1 and educational |
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0 for each chuckle there are at least complete misses many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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0 much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad |
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1 rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle |
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1 a naturally funny film home movie makes you crave chris smith is next movie |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 this movie is so bad that it is almost worth seeing because it is so bad |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 in the era of the sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed |
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1 washington overcomes the script is flaws and envelops the audience in his character is anguish anger and frustration |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 watching this gentle mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time you barely realize your mind is being blown |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 taken as a whole the tuxedo does nt add up to a whole lot |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot |
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1 well acted well directed and for all its moodiness not too pretentious |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 off the hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director adam watstein with finishing it at all |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects |
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0 seagal ran out of movies years ago and this is just the proof |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story is promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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0 despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow the weight of water is oppressively heavy |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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1 there is just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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0 fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care |
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1 a giggle a minute |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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1 it is a technically superb film shining with all the usual spielberg flair expertly utilizing the talents of his top notch creative team |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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0 too bad none of it is funny |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh is rise up the social ladder |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 rewarding |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah is despair in all its agonizing catch glory even if they spend years trying to comprehend it |
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1 one of the year is most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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1 remarkable for its intelligence and intensity |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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0 it is tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance it is the sci fi comedy spectacle as whiffle ball epic |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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1 i do nt know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a list director but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he is made at least one damn fine horror movie |
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0 pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy tale conclusion |
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1 fun and nimble |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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0 a bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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0 you can taste it but there is no fizz |
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1 translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya ya |
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1 it is a fine focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism |
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1 reggio is continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought provoking |
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1 and educational |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 there is a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up when the explosions start they fall to pieces |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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1 the film is hard to dismiss moody thoughtful and lit by flashes of mordant humor |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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0 it is played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues |
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0 the movie directed by mick jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience |
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0 a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations |
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1 a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 it is one pussy ass world when even killer thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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0 the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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1 at its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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1 his work with actors is particularly impressive |
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1 uplifting funny and wise |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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0 and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea |
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1 more concerned with overall feelings broader ideas and open ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers soderbergh is solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 a film with a great premise but only a great premise |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 as a girl meets girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious |
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0 manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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0 has about th the fun of its spry predecessor but it is a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 the rich performances by friel and especially williams an american actress who becomes fully english round out the square edges |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 in the end the film is less the cheap thriller you d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters damaged goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 the entire cast is extraordinarily good |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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1 as it turns out you can go home again |
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1 it is a wonderful sobering heart felt drama |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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0 every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here |
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0 for all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film the sum of all fears starring ben affleck seem downright hitchcockian |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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0 a depressingly retrograde post feminist romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 just not campy enough |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 this is nt exactly profound cinema but it is good natured and sometimes quite funny |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline |
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1 a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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0 at the very least if you do nt know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you wo nt know much more when you leave |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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0 burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 a sentimental mess that never rings true |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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1 blisteringly rude scarily funny sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys the film has in kieran culkin a pitch perfect holden |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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0 the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 matthew lillard is born to play shaggy |
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0 it just goes to show an intelligent person is nt necessarily an admirable storyteller |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 what sets ms birot is film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents and particularly the fateful fathers in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents |
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0 sunk by way too much indulgence of scene chewing teeth gnashing actorliness |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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1 the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 it is one heck of a character study not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie is lock stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod he is unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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0 that the true story by which all the queen is men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what is been cobbled together onscreen |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters |
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0 if you re not fans of the adventues of steve and terri you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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1 the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 jonathan parker is bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films |
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0 once again director chris columbus takes a hat in hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours |
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0 shallow noisy and pretentious |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate if somewhat flawed treatment |
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0 almost peerlessly unsettling |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 munch is screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters |
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0 just not campy enough |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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1 another love story in is remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre |
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1 take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 world traveler might not go anywhere new or arrive anyplace special but it is certainly an honest attempt to get at something |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons |
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0 really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length |
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1 boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy kinky fun |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 a cutesy romantic tale with a twist |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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1 it is both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary pasty lumpen |
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1 with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity everett remains a perfect wildean actor and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages this cinderella story does nt have a single surprise up its sleeve |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 a true delight |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 in the end the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived as if we re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose tinted glasses |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 we know the plot is a little crazy but it held my interest from start to finish |
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1 it might be easier to watch on video at home but that should nt stop die hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big screen experience |
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1 you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject |
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1 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness |
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1 it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise |
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1 the film has several strong performances |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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0 novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama |
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0 comes across as a fairly weak retooling |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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0 a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium |
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0 neither revelatory nor truly edgy merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 land people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 cremaster is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 a collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films |
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0 no cute factor here not that i mind ugly the problem is he has no character loveable or otherwise |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 a searing epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be horrifyingly ever on the rise |
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1 young hanks and fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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0 despite auteuil is performance it is a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug |
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1 delia greta and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year |
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0 just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience |
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0 spreads itself too thin leaving these actors as well as the members of the commune short of profound characterizations |
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0 the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump |
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0 much like robin williams death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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0 an unintentionally surreal kid is picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter species parody of a vh behind the music episode |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 like the rugrats movies the wild thornberrys movie does nt offer much more than the series but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome |
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1 romantic comedy and dogme filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here |
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1 khouri manages with terrific flair to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood curdling family intensity on one continuum |
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1 metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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0 the film is maudlin focus on the young woman is infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart string plucking |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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0 there is got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease |
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1 if you can push on through the slow spots you ll be rewarded with some fine acting |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 a true delight |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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0 includes too much obvious padding |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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0 it is always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to or offer any new insight into its chosen topic |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 the film aims to be funny uplifting and moving sometimes all at once |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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0 the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head |
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1 this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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0 my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery |
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1 this is human comedy at its most amusing interesting and confirming |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 it is a drag how nettelbeck sees working women or at least this working woman for whom she shows little understanding |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 suspend your disbelief here and now or you ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 in the book on tape market the film of the kid stays in the picture would be an abridged edition |
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0 more tiring than anything |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 time out is as serious as a pink slip |
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0 the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death if the poor quality of pokemon ever is any indication |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 in other words it is badder than bad |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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0 a documentary to make the stones weep as shameful as it is scary |
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1 i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows but hey arnold |
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0 quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film |
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0 a sequel that is much too big for its britches |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 intensely romantic thought provoking and even an engaging mystery |
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1 like all great films about a life you never knew existed it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame |
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1 there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it is going to be a trip |
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0 has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children is home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as year olds find it diverting |
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0 most viewers will wish there had been more of the queen and less of the damned |
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1 upsetting and thought provoking the film has an odd purity that does nt bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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1 if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing |
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1 strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild |
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0 one of the more glaring signs of this movie is servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms spears |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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0 it is a visual rorschach test and i must have failed |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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1 a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed but it could have been more |
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0 contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom |
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1 this surreal gilliam esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes |
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0 a movie that quite simply should nt have been made |
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1 the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand and they ve told a nice little story in the process |
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1 filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does nt always jell with sean penn is monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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1 it is fairly solid not to mention well edited so that it certainly does nt feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark |
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0 i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great i m not and then i realized that i just did nt care |
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0 a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 you do nt need to be a hip hop fan to appreciate scratch and that is the mark of a documentary that works |
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0 in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song |
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0 so we got ten little indians meets friday the th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter is the thing and loaded with actors you re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat |
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0 it is so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead |
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1 writer director david jacobson and his star jeremy renner have made a remarkable film that explores the monster is psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted |
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1 de niro is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around |
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1 it is a clear eyed portrait of an intensely lived time filled with nervous energy moral ambiguity and great uncertainties |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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0 it does nt flinch from its unsettling prognosis namely that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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1 uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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1 as relationships shift director robert j siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc |
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1 if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising it is still a sweet even delectable diversion |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 a must for fans of british cinema if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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1 not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works but coppola along with his sister sofia is a real filmmaker |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde is classic satire |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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1 a sloppy amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise |
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1 a new film from bill plympton the animation master is always welcome |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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1 very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience |
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0 confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart |
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0 an ugly pointless stupid movie |
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1 neil burger here succeeded in making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present |
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0 a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca nt act only echoes of jordan and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school |
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0 borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy |
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1 i could nt recommend this film more |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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1 and there is no way you wo nt be talking about the film once you exit the theater |
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1 it proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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1 there is enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages |
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1 the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy |
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0 as plain and pedestrian as catsup |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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1 but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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1 chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans |
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1 and more than that it is an observant unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation |
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1 the stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny |
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1 a true delight |
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1 the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon |
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1 it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 a processed comedy chop suey |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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0 slap me i saw this movie |
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1 this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood |
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1 jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs ideally capturing the opera is drama and lyricism |
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0 if you re looking for a story do nt bother |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication |
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0 but it could have been worse |
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1 an ambitious what if |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 parents beware this is downright movie penance |
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0 as inept as big screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west |
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1 it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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0 the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it |
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0 two bit potboiler |
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0 the x potion gives the quickly named blossom bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately do nt enable them to discern flimsy screenplays |
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1 for all its problems the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience |
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0 thoroughly awful |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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1 while we no longer possess the lack of attention span that we did at seventeen we had no trouble sitting for blade ii |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 a science fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left |
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1 what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment spy kids looks as if it were made by a highly gifted year old instead of a grown man |
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1 a moving story of determination and the human spirit |
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0 violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining |
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1 assayas ambitious sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne is novel |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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1 an entertaining if ultimately minor thriller |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 for those of an indulgent slightly sunbaked and summery mind sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough |
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0 turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film is publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film is characters |
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1 more good than great but freeman and judd make it work |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film is predictable denouement |
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1 and your reward will be a thoughtful emotional movie experience |
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1 an entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans |
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0 collapses under its own meager weight |
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0 the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction |
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1 zoom |
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0 i m sorry to say that this should seal the deal arnold is not nor will he be back |
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1 the story is inspiring ironic and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money oriented the record industry really is |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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0 no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 but the cinematography is cloudy the picture making becalmed |
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0 that is because relatively nothing happens |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 a muted freak out |
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0 for a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 more mature than fatal attraction more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than weeks unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera is attention to detail |
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0 nothing too deep or substantial |
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1 in between the icy stunts the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and just letting the mountain tell you what to do |
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1 though it runs minutes safe conduct is anything but languorous |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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1 an unusually dry eyed even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture |
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0 you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see simone and consider a dvd rental instead |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 with mcconaughey in an entirely irony free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there is not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd |
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0 as pedestrian as they come |
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0 it is provocative stuff but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor is cartoonish performance and the film is ill considered notion that hitler is destiny was shaped by the most random of chances |
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0 their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for minutes |
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1 at once subtle and visceral the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future |
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0 like a fish that is lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places |
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0 an average b movie with no aspirations to be anything more |
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0 you leave the same way you came a few tasty morsels under your belt but no new friends |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost do nt notice the minute running time |
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0 there is only one way to kill michael myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies |
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0 the young stars are too cute the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative the message is too blatant the resolutions are too convenient |
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0 just a kiss is a just a waste |
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0 a well intentioned effort that is still too burdened by the actor is offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility |
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1 overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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0 the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love lust and sin could nt keep my attention |
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0 when your subject is illusion versus reality should nt the reality seem at least passably real |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 a live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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0 the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game |
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0 its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious and schneider is performance is so fine it is a real shame that so much of the movie again as in the animal is a slapdash mess |
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1 just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing |
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1 pure cinematic intoxication a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama tastelessness and swooning elegance |
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1 while somewhat less than it might have been the film is a good one and you ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 there is no good answer to that one |
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1 a gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching |
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0 it can not be enjoyed even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick primarily because it is dull |
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0 i did nt smile |
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0 when the film ended i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world |
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0 it is an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise |
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0 the premise of abandon holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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0 it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them |
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0 it is difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 allen is underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal |
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1 tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world is great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances |
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0 you leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing |
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1 macdowell gives give a solid anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she is ever done |
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1 reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others |
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1 skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids in peril theatrics but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults |
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1 a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian themed fun |
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0 starts out with tremendous promise introducing an intriguing and alluring premise only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 barney is ideas about creation and identity do nt really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour is worth of actual material |
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1 passions obsessions and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone |
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0 it is too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic |
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0 one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact |
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1 the very definition of the small movie but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher |
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1 it haunts you you ca nt forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it |
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0 a complete waste of time |
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1 k the widowmaker is a great yarn |
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0 to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr freud |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 the acting costumes music cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production is austere locales |
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0 a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman |
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1 a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france is most inventive directors |
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1 surprisingly the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it |
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1 brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex generous and subversive artworks of the last decade |
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0 forget the psychology study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo nt seem like such a bore |
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0 in any case i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since is forget paris |
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0 the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill advised and poorly executed idea |
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0 if you go pack your knitting needles |
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1 davis candid archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort |
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1 i ve yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese but at least now we ve got something pretty damn close |
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1 rewarding |
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1 a solid cast assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony |
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1 from the opening strains of the average white band is pick up the pieces you can feel the love |
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1 it is an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part |
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0 despite the fact that this film was nt as bad as i thought it was going to be it is still not a good movie |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 the journey to the secret is eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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0 it is just merely very bad |
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0 disjointed parody |
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1 a college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing |
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0 big mistake |
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0 in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy washy |
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0 though clearly well intentioned this cross cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted |
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0 simplistic silly and tedious |
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1 the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance and the writing is tight and truthful full of funny situations and honest observations |
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0 big mistake |
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0 it looks good but it is essentially empty |
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1 isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol is most intense psychological mysteries |
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0 hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction and even then his tone retains a genteel prep school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound |
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0 but if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie |
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0 it is too bad that this likable movie is nt more accomplished |
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1 read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love |
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0 without any redeeming value whatsoever |
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0 van wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest |
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0 a muted freak out |
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0 the only question is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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1 a story we have nt seen on the big screen before and it is a story that we as americans and human beings should know |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 they crush each other under cars throw each other out windows electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness |
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1 norton is magnetic as graham |
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1 the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film is problems |
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0 a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore |
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1 tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother |
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0 it is the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful |
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1 a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy |
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0 starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 and educational |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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0 hard core slasher aficionados will find things to like but overall the halloween series has lost its edge |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude s throwback |
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1 a light yet engrossing piece |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 scores no points for originality wit or intelligence |
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1 you feel good you feel sad you feel pissed off but in the end you feel alive which is what they did |
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1 on that score the film certainly does nt disappoint |
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1 unpretentious charming quirky original |
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0 a zippy minutes of mediocre special effects hoary dialogue fluxing accents and worst of all silly looking morlocks |
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1 further proof that the epicenter of cool beautiful thought provoking foreign cinema is smack dab in the middle of dubya is axis of evil |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string |
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1 the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who is ever had family trauma |
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0 plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on the simpsons has |
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1 the overall fabric is hypnotic and mr mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy |
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1 as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming |
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1 uneven but a lot of fun |
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1 a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us |
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0 what soured me on the santa clause was that santa bumps up against st century reality so hard it is icky |
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1 one of the most slyly exquisite anti adult movies ever made |
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1 sly sophisticated and surprising |
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0 there is an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm |
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1 delivers the sexy razzle dazzle that everyone especially movie musical fans has been hoping for |
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1 though the film is static its writer director is heart is in the right place his plea for democracy and civic action laudable |
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1 just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little known perspective |
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0 due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director is brother the film trails off into inconsequentiality |
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1 the story is a rather simplistic one grief drives her love drives him and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place it struck a chord in me |
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0 low rent from frame one |
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0 as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice the movie makes two hours feel like four |
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1 it is a masterpiece |
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1 may take its sweet time to get wherever it is going but if you have the patience for it you wo nt feel like it is wasted yours |
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1 rewarding |
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1 the film has the high buffed gloss and high octane jolts you expect of de palma but what makes it transporting is that it is also one of the smartest most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years |
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1 brash intelligent and erotically perplexing haneke is portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt |
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1 like its bizarre heroine it irrigates our souls |
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0 not exactly the bees knees |
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1 thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods |
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1 a movie that will surely be profane politically charged music to the ears of cho is fans |
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1 a true blue delight |
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0 cassavetes thinks he is making dog day afternoon with a cause but all he is done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill didactic cartoon |
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0 it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling |
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0 if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn |
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1 an elegant work food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing |
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0 adrift bentley and hudson stare and sniffle respectively as ledger attempts in vain to prove that movie star intensity can overcome bad hair design |
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1 there is enough originality in life to distance it from the pack of paint by number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens |
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1 hugh grant who has a good line in charm has never been more charming than in about a boy |
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0 this picture is mostly a lump of run of the mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office or trying to win over a probation officer |
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1 i can easily imagine benigni is pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial |
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1 a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture |
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1 a real audience pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who is ever waited in a doctor is office emergency room hospital bed or insurance company office |
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0 an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be |
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0 complete lack of originality cleverness or even visible effort |
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0 the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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0 rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic |
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1 a deepl |
