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in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism | 1 |
, witless mess | 0 |
gives it a buoyant delivery | 1 |
than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema | 0 |
is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still | 0 |
... is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality . | 1 |
a marginal thumbs | 1 |
neither revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored . | 0 |
its greatest play | 1 |
it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is | 1 |
has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net | 1 |
is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip | 1 |
is too heady for children , and too preachy | 0 |
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . | 1 |
feast | 1 |
does n't really believe in it | 0 |
important political documentary | 1 |
may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences | 0 |
a good deal funnier than his original | 1 |
is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue | 1 |
with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( crane ) becomes more specimen than character | 0 |
is a plodding mess | 0 |
and intermittently hilarious | 1 |
the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché | 0 |
will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious | 0 |
to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy | 0 |
ennui-hobbled | 0 |
middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics | 0 |
to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's | 0 |
as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody | 1 |
touchingly | 1 |
if there 's no art here , it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days . | 1 |
and even touching | 1 |
this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy . | 0 |
an energy to y tu mamá también | 1 |
, salvation and good intentions | 1 |
video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all | 0 |
fairly enjoyable | 1 |
incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except | 0 |
the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats | 1 |
's not that funny -- | 0 |
contrived , awkward and | 0 |
imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama | 1 |
a disaster | 0 |
a marvel of production design | 1 |
a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout | 1 |
slump | 0 |
to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo | 0 |
her inventive director | 1 |
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - | 0 |
too much to do , too little time to do it in | 0 |
entertaining and moving | 1 |
satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7 . | 0 |
poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . | 0 |
subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer | 0 |
a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography | 0 |
gets off with a good natured warning | 1 |
off-puttingly cold | 0 |
of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids | 0 |
a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . | 0 |
something as splendid-looking as this particular film | 1 |
their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes . | 0 |
generally insulting | 0 |
's never dull and always looks good . | 1 |
it reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it . | 0 |
a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects | 1 |
the town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial . | 0 |
the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem | 1 |
bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining | 1 |
not good | 0 |
... visually striking and slickly staged | 1 |
jump-in-your-seat moment | 1 |
's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance . | 0 |
not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general . | 0 |
grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces | 0 |
on a cutting room floor somewhere lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire . | 0 |
over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while | 1 |
, and enjoyable | 1 |
jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery | 0 |
particularly memorable | 1 |
references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit | 1 |
generally smart | 1 |
too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) | 1 |
kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk | 0 |
a reality-snubbing hodgepodge . | 0 |
to make absurdist observations | 0 |
's not only dull because we 've seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed | 0 |
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . | 0 |
is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable | 0 |
is funny , touching , smart and complicated | 1 |
great help from kevin kline | 1 |
easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films | 0 |
a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 | 1 |
higher level | 1 |
a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur | 1 |
and more entertaining , too | 1 |
i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ? | 0 |
be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general | 0 |
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process | 1 |
a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images . | 1 |
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