unique way shainberg


so perfect


one of the best ensemble casts of the year


make paid in full worth seeing .


an admirable rigor


done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation


's no good answer to that one .


devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu ,


woven together handsomely


balances both traditional or modern stories


the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point


a little scattered


see who can out-bad-act the other


is his best film yet ...


this movie got me grinning .


... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .


on a group of extremely talented musicians


sentimentalizing it


the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations


as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and


this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior ) , but


a romance this smart


yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling


bad taste


's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe


takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope :


the leanest and meanest of solondz 's misanthropic comedies .


sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .


is highly pleasurable .


really unclear


shooting


is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain


does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is


evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun


moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy .


seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .


featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore .


good yarn-spinner


uncommonly moving


warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .


flimsy


emphasizes every line and sag


personal self-discovery


wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal


that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark


the evocative imagery and


lucks


can actually feel good


visually flashy


manipulative


( carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark .


cliched dialogue and


bawdy


smack of a hallmark hall of fame


a higher plateau


short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty


for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex


trust laughs


well-put-together piece


the thornier aspects


impeccable throughout


's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .


, chilling and heart-warming


highly-praised


without a map


seagal


weak and


powerful and telling story


it 's great for the kids


demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted


just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy


i 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen .


conservative christian parents


be shallow


makes one thing abundantly clear .


really wrong with this ricture


to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned


a british cast


why it works as well as it does


make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment


as brave and challenging


hypnotically dull .


emphasising her plight and isolation


busts out of its comfy little cell


personal velocity


to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle


so often end up on cinema screens


makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow


of run-of-the-mill profanity


the rotting underbelly


turning in some delightful work on indie projects


the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film .


the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t.


, funny humor


alas , getting there is not even half the interest .


feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .


marvelous documentary touches


stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere


it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem


laugh their *** off


nudity


just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit


a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers


the pacing is deadly


intensely


the filmmaker would disagree


tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life


of funny situations and honest observations


so freely


skip this dreck


as timely as tomorrow


perfect material


a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad .


where story is almost an afterthought


please eastwood 's loyal fans


i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes .


lost and desolate


none-too-original premise


peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth


'' never cuts corners .


're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two


often food-spittingly


if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular .


engaging mix


the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice


its exquisite acting


is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot .


dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated


as the mediterranean sparkles


of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery


keeps this pretty watchable , and


vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen


feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority .


the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen


affection for its characters


in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating


too dark to be decipherable


more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat


grant is certainly amusing


knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade


is it as smart


transcendence


, lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .


have a reasonably good time with the salton sea


is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .


an mtv , sugar hysteria


that woman 's doubts


has turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .


does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .


it finds a nice rhythm .


whatever complaints i might have


the worst sense of the expression


remains brightly optimistic ,


stretched out to feature


rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results .


, and better


the memorable character creations


a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships .


a juicy soap opera


is a must for genre fans .


lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story


awkward interplay and utter lack


a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal


it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


is consistently


the best comedy concert movie


, smoky and inviting


wears out its limited welcome


is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...


sentimental chick-flicks


going to be something really good


with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( crane ) becomes more specimen than character


white 's intermittently wise script


a bunch of talented thesps slumming it


'' starts out like a typical bible killer story


unsubtle


bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension


chilling advantage


boisterous , heartfelt comedy .


the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .


sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long


, the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .


makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty


the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché


this new zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything .


that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed


beautifully shot , but


tiresome jargon


given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece


hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired .


is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material .


can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .


turn out to be delightfully compatible here


denouement


is n't .


enough said , except : film overboard !


as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west


a complete waste of time


find it uninteresting


perfect family film


an energizing


sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .


as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and


a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .


smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise


from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also


accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


such a good job of it


in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short


a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy


sweeping , dramatic ,


take an entirely stale concept and


at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and


unappealing


will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea


sly , sophisticated and surprising .


makes it to the boiling point


it 's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .


he does this so well


this bold move works


the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film


drudgery .


has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing


chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back


to be passionate and truthful


absurdist


it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored


most depressing movie-going experiences


a bad taste in your mouth and questions


little emotional resonance


a serious exploration


bittersweet comedy/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable italian guys .


, the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .


fish-out-of-water formula


will not be for much longer


dave barry 's popular book


propulsive


care


the poor quality


it is very difficult to care about the character , and


everett remains a perfect wildean actor ,


is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics .


boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances


a computer-generated cold fish


, the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .


strikingly devious


to the point of nausea


involved ,


of eager fans


opened it up for all of us to understand


embodies the transformation of his character


children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .


could have been crisper and punchier , but


rick


coen brothers


i did n't laugh .


believe that resident evil is not it .


the insanity


try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching


worked against the maker 's minimalist intent


has something interesting to say


try to avoid


more trifle than triumph


a good video game movie


the power of love


a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative


first


made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters


natural , even-flowing tone


a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism


in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .


spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch


tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


crafted but


distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine .


misanthropic stuff


, the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .


a better short story


sweet , even delectable


feel cheated


laugh-a-minute


fan to appreciate scratch


while the story goes nowhere


message resonate


slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption


so awful


the marvelous verdu


as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times


farm melodrama .


lee 's achievement


a feel movie


, bad , bad movie


, slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .


retread story


exceptional performances


a sense of real magic , perhaps .


the script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair .


does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories


means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .


there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .


is robotically italicized


this a high water mark for this genre


which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant


spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels


peevish


we all lose track of ourselves by trying


a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii


a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story


fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget .


's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling


its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm


his film overwhelmed


... cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .


being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams


it 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense .


of passion , grief and fear


eats up the screen


lacks it


yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective


display an original talent


uneven action comedy


a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .


a jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game


offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future


disreputable


top-notch british actor


p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible


comedy special


schneider 's performance is so fine


, it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .


makes the clothes


what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .


awfully entertaining


bourgeois french society


walked out


, no such thing is a fascinating little tale .


has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and


form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .


thumbs up


none of this is meaningful or memorable , but


the journey does n't really go anywhere .


a ploddingly melodramatic structure


trip tripe


best part ' of the movie


, revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling


with their fathers


a light , fun cheese puff


so stupid


, actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable .


congrats disney on a job well done


argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect


its own cuteness


has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet


revelation


thumbs up to paxton


old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment


decent draft


the french director has turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .


is just such an achievement .


feel good about


flashy editing style


dreadfully short


chilling , and affecting


the cast is top-notch


action-packed an experience as a ringside seat


to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget


that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans


an artistry


grand locations


be oblivious to the existence of this film


a gloriously goofy way


is an amicable endeavor .


represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream


fresh territory


from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients


a dud


loquacious and dreary piece


like kubrick , soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .


find it diverting


worst


actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


fast-paced


this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style


is just sooooo tired


empty , fetishistic violence


not number 1


may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


never catches fire


the plot holes


remains undiminished


these women 's


the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life .


lives up


is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell .


thought that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food .


reprehensible


from any movie with a `` 2 ''


a huge amount of the credit for the film


are so well


as ` wayne


's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow


a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category :


pretentious endeavor


ms. shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .


most oddly honest hollywood document


loud , chaotic and


's an adventure story and history lesson all in one


too dry and too placid


, insight and humor


... liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .


scuzzy underbelly


a pretty listless collection


this film 's impressive performances and


comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild


to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .


peace is possible


it is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


worked so much better dealing in only one reality


a ripping good yarn is told .


old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one


a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy .


with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .


terrific to read about


not that funny


help but engage an audience


originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller .


of irreparable damage


buy is an accomplished actress ,


funny


sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation


, the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining


kind of special


the less charitable might describe as a castrated


incongruous summer playoff


journey into a philosophical void .


kooky and overeager


is a new treasure of the hermitage .


of tradition and warmth


which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues


gut-wrenching


choppy and sloppy


slap


goofy pleasure


attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one


also wanted a little alien as a friend !


for insights


, what an idea , what a thrill ride .


moulin rouge


the filmmakers ' eye for detail and


the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing


trivializing it


unholy hokum


, they 're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .


a lot of energy


great monster movie


is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye


eclipses


quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism


bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs


sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals


a snore and


dismissed as mindless


that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while


the piano teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control .


made him bitter and less mature


at once visceral and spiritual ,


insipid


at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .


an intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives .


real star


earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding .


dreadful romance


lush scenery


of continuity errors


a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell


french cinema at its best


charming but slight comedy


it 's in danger of going wrong


the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm


cast in impossibly contrived situations


feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake


a solid , psychological action film from hong kong


rewarded


has a flair for dialogue comedy


circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .


prettiest


buy this stuff


convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers


in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type


... even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .


does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .


is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory


could have been crisper and punchier


look as though they are having so much fun


this gentle comedy


lucy liu never comes together


a slick , engrossing melodrama .


mug shots


, davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air


, unmemorable filler .


good fun


to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable


whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle


is one of the year 's best .


is a big letdown


funny , puzzling movie


's not too much of anything .


the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''


wrong with performances here


a gobbler like this


which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing


like the best 60 minutes exposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .


damaged-goods


communicates something


stakes out the emotional heart of happy .


mumbles his way through the movie


that fails on so many levels


does n't match his ambition


to pack raw dough in my ears


astonishingly pivotal


the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess .


is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists


one-dimensional characters


, this nervy oddity , like modern art should .


the feat with aplomb


tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality .


there are entertaining and audacious moments


new age


peaked about three years ago


to ignite sparks


is more fully


its face


would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris .


one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .


is grisly .


constructs


vibrant with originality


, natural acting


worn-out material


respects the material


just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and


's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess


cell phones , guns , and


the flaws


the power of strong voices


an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary .


, gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .


the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout


sight gags


the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances


but fun


has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star


sappy dialogue


oddballs


eight crazy nights is a total misfire .


as boring


pointless , tasteless and idiotic


delicious pulpiness


to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief


give a second look


alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous


uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest


( sometimes hilarious )


has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness


roman coppola 's brief pretentious period


have gone straight to video .


dull effects


more recent successes


a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible


a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee


's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something .


killer


aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .


jumps around with little logic or continuity


you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix


intricately structured and well-realized


the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .


most ravaging


neatly and effectively


episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight .


made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid


mattei so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money .


the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances


see it twice


the way home


lacks it .


a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional .


creates an impeccable sense of place ,


to make a big splash


fully developed story


critical


the first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year !


so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money .


french malapropisms


these things


a bad movie that happened to good actors .


irony


a rumor of angels should dispel it .


fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .


we never feel anything for these characters ,


's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor


allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard ,


this is n't exactly profound cinema ,


illogic


the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,


the ordeal of sitting through it


's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet ? ''


so cold and dead


funny and light


a poem of art , music and metaphor


strictly a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .


strike a chord with anyone who 's ever


one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace


the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .


a backstage must-see for true fans


mariah carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls .


brightly optimistic


lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life


pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience


a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian


valuable messages


an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing


to the energetic and always surprising performance


a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --


this movie makes one thing perfectly clear


afghan tragedies


it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .


rather cold-blooded comedy


something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers


's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt


us love it , too .


a weird fizzle


failed jokes , twitchy acting , and


found in almost all of his previous works


well-meaning


call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace


career-best


there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction


maybe leblanc thought , `` hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''


comic barbs


ca n't 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 .


of the film 's problems


a marvel


takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading


scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug


marks an encouraging new direction for la salle


's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously


the hurried , badly cobbled look


with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars


vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse


most sincere


are all more than competent


the bizarre is credible


they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .


splash without the jokes


exploitative


will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals


mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .


still committed to growth in his ninth decade


the most repugnant adaptation


cliche-ridden


moving documentary


little cleavage


the inspiration


're in luck .


just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract


the concentration


aggravating and tedious .


is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death .


is truly gorgeous to behold .


comes off as a long


uneven


therefore i know better than to rush to the theater for this one


bad animation and


except for the fine star performances


as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care


tired retread


thurman


fleshed-out enough to build any interest


simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .


a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over


the cliché-riddled genre can offer


behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense


your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california


see a devastating comic impersonation


seem tiresomely simpleminded


the film is a fierce dance of destruction .


enjoyable family


of strictly a-list players


endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison


antic spirits


despite terrific special effects and funnier gags


lucratively


big-hearted


becomes simply a monster chase film


a not-so-bright mother and daughter


is far from disappointing


open-hearted film


thoroughly awful


that proceeds


for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism .


lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy


maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout


a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film


refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy .


grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments


too much norma rae


written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .


overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste .


the first hour is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .


a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction


offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us


should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie


you 'll enjoy the hot chick .


all the wiggling energy


artificial and opaque


fabulous


utterly delightful .


terrible movie


'' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .


get back to your car in the parking lot


if occasionally flawed ,


their largest-ever historical canvas


there surrender $ 9


inexcusable


for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure


's a great american adventure and a wonderful film to bring to imax .


bilked


real magic ,


, this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .


able


not everything


it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie


life-affirming message


a chilling tale of one


blimp


the story 's undeniably hard to follow


ou 've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane .


that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up


finest films


for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance


that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment


paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel


is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .


manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation


called freddy gets molested by a dog


most breezy movie


transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama


once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent


in its yearning for the days


very real and amusing give-and-take


to cheap manipulation or corny conventions


prefer this new version


press the delete key


confection that 's pure entertainment .


sick and evil woman


plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has .


attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


does little that is actually funny with the material


is reasonably entertaining ,


delete key


came up with a treasure chest of material


but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us


a quirky comedy


gone a tad less for grit and a lot more


freakish


the first 2/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...


murder by numbers just does n't add up .


the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals


solid '


crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script


an interesting topic , some intriguing characters


the comic opportunities richly rewarded


the film 's creepy


will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss .


it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .


rock and stolid anthony hopkins


fluffy and disposible .


as pure composition and form --


little more than a well-mounted history lesson .


is n't talking a talk that appeals to me


that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer


stale and clichéd to a fault


a humorless journey into a philosophical void .


both hugely entertaining and uplifting


feel the screenwriter at every moment


setting distracts


asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country


the milieu is wholly unconvincing


satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .


in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing


little more than a well-mounted history lesson


a solid base


is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones


are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones


so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun


why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good


oral storytelling frozen onto film


a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord .


sadly --


wisdom and humor


remarkable and novel


rejected x-files episode


keenly


that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar


( t ) oo many of these gross out scenes ...


dreamy and


is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine


is an absolute delight for all audiences


the wonderful cinematography


conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective .


to the outstanding soundtrack


sincere , and just


a kilt


mostly martha is mostly unsurprising


who is chasing who


screen magic


is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way


they fall to pieces


is delicately


what makes this film special is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context .


who paid to see it


a lot of fun , with an undeniable energy


a collage of clichés and a dim


that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right


's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .


worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames


a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and


's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .


life-embracing


of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself


for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .


the redeeming feature of chan 's films


holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin


uzumaki 's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse ...


the concept is a hoot .


none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either


's also one of the smartest


sweet cinderella story


nice change


, delicate treatment


's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal


, the stories are quietly moving .


is insightful about kissinger 's background and history


to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year


make italian for beginners worth the journey


the way chekhov is funny


falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .


simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .


be me : fighting off the urge to doze


escape story


great story


a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised .


there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all


cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy


that 's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .


ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong


a sentimental hybrid


dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick


well worth watching


the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .


allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc


is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull


its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .


a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing


the film 's needlessly opaque intro


it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .


it looks good , sonny


yes , ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .


moments of hilarity to be had


excellent use


kitschy goodwill


goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots


than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy


feel like time fillers between surf shots


attributable to a movie like this


from a television monitor


a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone


's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting


brutally honest


broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and


if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director


enchanting


great rewards


sitting through dahmer 's two hours


banter-filled comedy


another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke


worth catching


hate myself most mornings


humble , teach and ultimately


of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances


the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .


of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times


offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .


wickedly funny


gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers


horrible '' and `` terrible


works beautifully


into a laugh-free lecture


formidable


cutesy romantic tale


a distinct rarity , and


playful


the flowering of the south korean cinema


cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


do n't think so


truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together


the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood


a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .


see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue


it too is a bomb .


leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,


drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .


the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection


fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes


celebratory


jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except ,


a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with .


outdoes its spectacle .


a crowd-pleaser ,


high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time


recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


brings this unknown slice of history affectingly


the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man


of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i


conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle


three splendid actors


suited


emphatic


its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks


fear and paranoia


mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage .


sexual relationship


it is n't merely offensive


light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy


in this flat effort


see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity


a grating ,


concocted


speeds up


nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness


might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service


small delights


the result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .


an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty


to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth


it 's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective .


it 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .


sensitive acting


such clarity


`` frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .


a severe case of hollywood-itis


remarkable yet shockingly


the film certainly does n't disappoint .


pitch-perfect holden


dumb and cheesy


moved to the edge of their seats


uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated


the overall fabric is hypnotic , and


nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming


exceptional film


whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone


contemplation


utter sincerity


is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .


unfunny tricks


cheap manipulation or corny conventions


satisfyingly odd and intriguing


the most part a useless movie ,


an auspicious feature debut


this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .


necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy


immensely entertaining


rather choppy


as it turns out , you can go home again .


two fine actors ,


canadian filmmaker gary burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city .


offers a ray of hope


echoes


shockingly bad


whole thing


of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace


seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable


value or merit


formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement


heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius .


see two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


of genuine insight into the urban heart


that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast


of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes


try and evade


flirts with propaganda


in this remarkable and memorable film


has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness


pointed personalities


and engaging examination


to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem


take you places you have n't been , and also places you have


are still looking for a common through-line


bargain-basement european pickup


the concept of loss


adults , other than the parents ...


( stephen ) earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have .


that may not always work


unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades


make for a bad film


was more melodramatic


appeal to women


it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ;


venture forth


phlegmatic bore


fraction


the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing


who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep


a long shot


yet unforgivingly inconsistent


refuses to spell things out for viewers


giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies


an arcane area of popular culture


she gets to fulfill her dreams


nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


a con artist and


some very good comedic songs


kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go


to some truly excellent sequences


; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend


distasteful and downright creepy


attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say


excels in spectacle and pacing


pseudo-philosophic


more re-creations of all those famous moments


seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil .


not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers


miracle


it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .


compassionately


sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards


shaking your head


ungainly movie


's a rock-solid little genre picture


will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely


the payoff


been lost in the translation this time


takes you somewhere


flat ,


mindless action


( a ) stale retread of the '53 original


as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .


does n't deliver a great story ,


he seems embarrassed to be part of


they ca n't go wrong .


a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life


hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat


amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film


ultimately delivers


cleverness , wit or


rush to the theater


be madcap farce


frustrating and


you feel like running out screaming


murky


skip this dreck ,


that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life


translate well to the screen


may not add up to the sum of its parts


a dependable concept


thanks to great performances


a genre-curling crime story


an odd drama


is one of this year 's very best pictures .


enough sentimental


a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free


bring their characters to life .


, one hour photo lives down to its title .


on a potentially interesting idea


is an inspirational love story ,


each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but


it may not be a great piece of filmmaking ,


to a satisfying destination


maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor


as bad as you think


that feels dusty and leatherbound


a physique to match


very good


of an impression


you 're almost dozing


of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics


, the director 's experiment is a successful one .


through worn-out material


its apparent glee


tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment


... most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned . ''


an acidic all-male all about eve


is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life


oscar


ick '


the power of the huston performance ,


sweeping


you second-guess your affection for the original


some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares .


in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances


laborious


seeking christian-themed fun


shapeless


feature-length


toss it at the screen in frustration


futility


lots of cute animals and clumsy people


become annoying and artificial


lavish


a dream


promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish .


easy sanctimony


humorless , self-conscious art drivel


, much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing .


permits laughter


a promise nor


satisfyingly scarifying


what we call the ` wow ' factor


can take credit for most of the movie 's success


the holes in this film remain agape --


the heart soar


more grueling and time-consuming


come even easier .


a sequel you can refuse


hip-hop indie snipes


have all but ruined his career


the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her


nothing special


with a sure and measured hand


save everyone the misery


makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly


a surprisingly funny movie


are natural and lovely


an unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood .


splendid-looking as this particular film


( herzog 's ) personal policy


frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! ''


between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows


have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .


would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant 's woman . '


lumbering , wheezy


, so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ?


enough , but nothing new


hollywood confection


would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway


'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away


puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula


where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity


so-so , made-for-tv


anemic ,


is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate


lumps of coal


fast-edit , hopped-up fashion


an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless


of shakespeare 's better known tragedies


seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .


goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling


stupid americans


a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .


this amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers ...


american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place


seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony .


who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia


medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt .


... stylistically , the movie is a disaster .


this wedding


most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise


lousy script


the surprisingly somber conclusion


scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv


a fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending .


should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come


drumline is its energy


... one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave ' .


so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .


could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population


a big box of consolation candy


derivative and hammily acted .


scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv


illuminated


left a few crucial things out ,


gives this aging series a much needed kick , making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years


talking a talk that appeals to me


of honest poetry


book report


stands for milder is n't better .


an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .


do n't work in concert


of nonsense


thoughtful , emotional movie experience


steals so freely from other movies and


than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films


with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit


ice age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up


is as conventional as can be


plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .


large cast


kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .


goose-pimple


, you 're a jet all the way


the source material movie


the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is


a porno flick


catches dramatic fire


halfwit plot


lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns


pretentious ,


big bloody stew


cool


the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .


remember it .


preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor


it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


should drop everything and run to ichi .


amusing and unexpectedly insightful


will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart .


crummy .


worshipful


into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films


about one of cinema 's directorial giants


drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine


slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .


should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .


a longtime tolkien fan


an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending


anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold


one of the worst movies of one year


kids-and-family-oriented


the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ...


expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy


is repeated at least four times .


intimate and intelligent


are so generic


it would be better to wait for the video .


the most important and exhilarating forms


adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book .


has moments of inspired humor ,


, few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .


despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed .


the honor


who loves both dance and cinema


sulky teen drama


is grand-scale


, any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile .


( a ) thoughtful , visually graceful


professional


it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor


relies on more than special effects


its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful


to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored


grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun


, the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .


ugly behavior


it does n't give a damn


starts out


particularly joyless , and


in the service of the lovers who inhabit it


he just slopped ` em together here


who die hideously


it does n't make for great cinema ,


could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment


's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal


inane


to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach


'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon )


me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire


, it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .


take center screen


lightly entertaining


with originality , humor and pathos


cannon 's confidence and


the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative


never comes together


something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life


one of those so-so films that could have been much better .


a documentary and more propaganda


as beautiful


that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation


pretty funny


's also pretty funny


having a real writer plot


to do that is really funny


relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end


a crowd-pleaser , but then ,


there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms is n't it .


to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop


a strong thumbs


a lumbering , wheezy drag


( toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material


had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny


of every bad action-movie line in history


sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one


makes it seem


a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance


surprise family


too much to do , too little time to do it in


even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory


rashomon-for-dipsticks


they could have been in a more ambitious movie


` hip '


to refresh our souls


that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be


the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin


to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be


be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already


it gets the details of its time frame right


the movie is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot .


filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .


make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous


the irwins ' scenes are fascinating


championship


technically and artistically inept


's `


grossly contradictory


this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker


has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story


drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story .


it 's not just a feel-good movie


curves


cable channel


are all direct-to-video stuff


uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .


family-friendly


evelyn comes from the heart .


best possible


be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act


i still want my money back .


limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or


what you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height .


being bored


so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey


engaging


miss congeniality


support the premise other than fling gags at it


whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation


clearly well-intentioned


this nervy oddity , like modern art


it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies


o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually ,


under-rehearsed and


it was particularly funny


the flawed support structure


monotone


intriguing


far more stylish and


brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors


shot two years ago


's drab .


puts the sting back into the con


decrepit freaks


failing to find a spark of its own


exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor


well established


the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen ,


been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe


inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence


half the fun of college football games


the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


for the most part , the film does hold up pretty well .


's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .


this stuck pig


dark , intelligent warning cry


enjoy yourselves


to match the power of their surroundings


a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite


to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,


for nearly three hours


great past


meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import


charming 2000 debut shanghai noon


unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .


when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant


flawless film , ( wang ) emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .


things fall apart


, a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .


unimaginative


is too impressed with its own solemn insights


starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .


try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching .


telling


horrible .


wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating


a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore


a perfect family film


demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking


angel


a ` direct-to-video ' release


the problem with the bread , my sweet


triumph


director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about drumline is its energy


liked it


smarter offerings


fun and funny in the middle


if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse


esteemed


a thriller without a lot of thrills .


a lovely and beautifully


something to be fully forgotten


is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven .


soars every bit as high


- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and


mired in stasis


a four star performance


proper respect


dicey


world trade center tragedy


really has no place to go since simone is not real


hip hop beat


had some success with documentaries


the music makes a nice album


've grown tired of going where no man has gone before


as it is instructive


eloquently


superior


has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . '


is a great film .


devolves into a laugh-free lecture


blithe exchanges


was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo .


a penetrating , potent exploration


the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .


is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish


ca n't stand


filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim


another classic for the company


the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure ,


is quite a vision .


the wal-mart checkout line


study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .


on an inferior level


mistake .


the , yes , snail-like pacing


ugly and mindless


does n't bode well for the rest of it


this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare 's macbeth


intelligence or invention


to jimmy 's relentless anger


it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s .


have n't laughed that hard in years !


( danny huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .


whimsy


to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world


it 's a compelling and horrifying story


, hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .


as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs


it 's insanely violent and very graphic


by the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .


one of the worst films of 2002 .


a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists


are they like humans , only hairier


retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching


, imaginative


safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .


live-wire


despite the surface attractions -- conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .


the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this


no rest period ,


pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance .


world war ii


coordinated his own dv poetry


fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film ,


emerging in world cinema


aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once


smeary and blurry ,


this year 's razzie


any of these despicable characters


they crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .


, the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .


the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .


totally unexpected directions


major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee


shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait


one of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced .


some unnecessary parts


still-raw emotions


the universal themes ,


shrill , simple and soapy .


filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another


maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies


does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad


one thing 's for sure -- if george romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head


its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and


life 's harshness


filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances ,


's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly . ''


ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience


sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , ( ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .


an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas


's a pretty woman


soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence


but toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .


make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore


able to pull it back on course


, accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects


quite tasty and


be pleasant in spite of its predictability


a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .


different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


its unique feel


hate it because it 's lousy .


who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --


the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film


this man so watchable


got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length .


becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are .


less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series .


this is not a jackie chan movie .


certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .


, original


an engaging story


as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do


is too long with too little going on .


jim carrey


all this emotional misery


ambitious failure


but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script


what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material


good movie


to skip it


devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable


japanese director shohei imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .


best short story writing


into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto


most amazing


with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump


with solid performances and eerie atmosphere


he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .


starting


of these young women


certainly the performances are worthwhile .


creepy


turns a blind eye


almost saccharine domestic interludes


crawl up your own ***


the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound


considerably less ambitious


reminiscent of alfred hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` signs '


the best ensemble casts of the year


that no wise men will be following after it


a first-rate cast


create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows


including a knockout of a closing line )


's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable .


mind crappy movies


successfully


padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation


poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures .


of wit or charm


it 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .


have given this movie a rating of zero .


it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


charming and evoking little ditty


girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre


a true star


horrors !


, 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 .


a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study


'' winner


with an inauspicious


intoxicating documentary


interesting


no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2


close to being exciting


bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .


to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved


hard to like a film so cold and dead


are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing


brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination


in the film that surprises or delights


bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon .


jagjit


vaunted empathy


you wish you had n't seen


asian neo-realist treasure .


does n't work


to be a bit of a cheat in the end


is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role .


new zealand coming-of-age movie


an interesting movie


this distinguished actor would stoop so low


the waste


sappy


simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance


it is unwavering and arresting


is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year


of jaglom 's own profession


's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .


's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .


every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .


nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ... it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break .


have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again


to be a new yorker


derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone


without reeking of research library dust


strong finish


to enter and accept another world


bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults


an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere


psychological and philosophical


a stylistic


fairly slow paced


transvestite comedy


brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography


that are quite touching


this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and


's nice to see piscopo again after all these years


is interesting


a new treasure of the hermitage


brutal honesty and respect


will wind up as glum as mr. de niro


a heady , biting , be-bop


to do with imagination than market research


, but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances


one of the most splendid


all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn


it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm


cheapening it


understands the workings of its spirit


killer soundtrack


seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain


compellingly watchable .


of hackery


lawrence should stick to his day job .


the dream world of teen life


that 's good


have to admit that i am baffled by jason x.


a fresh point of view


the importance of being earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''


a really good premise


the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication


is too optimistic a title .


rather brilliant little cult item


this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior )


putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank


coherent rhythm


a wild comedy


those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one


fresh again


that suck the audience in


severe flaws


it 's fun


that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement


to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .


an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling


out-bad-act the other


bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers ,


, ` how can you charge money for this ? '


is brilliant


like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema


a doa


truly annoying pitch


one of the best looking and stylish


angry and


a visual delight and


spotty


in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution


barely shocking , barely interesting


often surprising twists


make paid in full worth seeing


founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .


one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed


possible argentine american beauty reeks


peerlessly


that 's neither original nor terribly funny


lackluster thriller `` new best friend ''


must shoot it in the head


an 88-minute highlight reel


unexpectedly insightful


mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .


, vibrant introduction


see the movie


some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences


clear point


it 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and


terrible


dutifully pulling on heartstrings


if pointless excursion


never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad


chaos


bungle their way through the narrative


loves its characters and communicates something


teeth-clenching gusto


great fun ,


wildly alive


the solid filmmaking


is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was .


it is worth searching out .


75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie


recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out


a good music documentary , probably one of the best since the last waltz


's so successful at lodging itself in the brain


sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and


adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special


in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts


make a huge action sequence


add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb


's not enough substance here


the biggest problem


finally , the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .


guilty


emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen


dodge this one


merchant ivory productions


quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls


the punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one .


of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears


is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition


snoozer .


who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable


... a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .


their quirky inner selves


to admit i walked out of runteldat


dismally dull sci-fi comedy .


the adjective ` gentle ' applies


astonishingly condescending attitude


the small screen


has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest


of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form


is a riot


second , what 's with all the shooting ?


marvelous first 101 minutes


who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix


smart


of faith


absolutely not .


his self-inflicted retaliation


buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free


, ugly , irritating


is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city


politically audacious


unwatchable


the pleasure


so spot on


an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages


director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .


watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .


totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe


striking


be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated


a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16


most romantic


feel-good family comedy


willing to have fun with it


scam


that miss


is validated by the changing composition of the nation


big stars and


, it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .


me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story .


with the titillating material


the problem with `` xxx ''


demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .


this listless feature


mib ii '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .


smart , sassy and


sweet and sexy film


but dull and ankle-deep ` epic


is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation


the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past


the biggest problem with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything .


become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one


of the wondrous beats


grand tour


grant is certainly amusing ,


carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .


terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid


due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment


for something entertaining


sucks you in and dares you not to believe it


is worth searching out .


its elbows sticking out where the knees should be


angry


is rigid and evasive in ways


, manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .


a serious movie with serious ideas .


's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins .


with wit and originality


sentiment and withholds delivery


in a light-hearted way the romantic problems


something fishy


the film is a good one


sad but


from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing


a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence


stylish but steady , and


does n't quite get there


somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles


sulky


garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out


, hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .


completely satisfying


dates


, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness


is doa .


guy ritchie 's lock ,


dramatic snapshot


kill michael myers for good


rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance


will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again


by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality


with a fresh point of view


, the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .


hate to tear your eyes away from the images


, the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady 's direction is prosaic .


is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way


a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side


completely wreaked


every joke is repeated at least --


tries to seem sincere , and just


's not too fast and not too slow .


steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .


this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye


terrifically entertaining specimen


it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights


for its sheer audacity and openness


cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge


is nonexistent .


, and even touching


to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary


the worst


gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar


as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west .


cute alien


they sometimes still can be made


hatosy ... portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .


of pointless mayhem


a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor


about the filmmaker 's characteristic style


this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .


characters are both overplayed and exaggerated


'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point .


the con


up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars


two hours of junk .


that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life


's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context


, `` ballistic : ecks vs. sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .


this overlong infomercial


turn on many people to opera ,


, singing , and unforgettable characters


that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again


emotionally distant piece


to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers


nearly impossible


you 're in a slap-happy mood


musical numbers


the action looks fake


's fun , wispy ,


stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .


as it stands i


's hard to like a film so cold and dead


hack nick davies


slick production values


like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy .


please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .


lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .


present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight


a long , unfunny one at that


, evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat .


a touching , transcendent love story


misanthropy


i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays .


the plot twists give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed .


taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions


maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .


eye-popping visuals


much funnier film


is haunting ... ( it 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction


forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year -


how inept is serving sara ?


by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .


sexist


rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop


silly fluff


it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .


with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect


professional


its courage , ideas


tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier


you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots


sinks into by-the-numbers territory .


the wonderful cinematography and


pleasurable expressions


phony humility


acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending


rock-solid


's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics


made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .


best-sustained


reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al .


the best irish sense


sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .


drop


good qualities


a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies


to adopt as a generational signpost


it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill


sirk


gets tiresome


making a vanity project with nothing new


mumbo jumbo


a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to


have been astronomically bad


potentially interesting


all the loss


... also one of the most curiously depressing


unmistakable , easy


unique and


enjoyable undercover brother


with flailing bodily movements


reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race


one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material


an ounce of honest poetry


( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and


are beautiful


emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking


manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .


hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...


the comic effects of jealousy


an honest , sensitive story


of exceptional honesty


ca n't compare friday after next to them


is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .


kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .


've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world


are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable


like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids


cleansing


, it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence


a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out


some of it is honestly affecting


's black hawk down with more heart .