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have an intermittently good time
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flawed
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a very charming and funny movie .
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cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds .
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of virtually plotless meanderings
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see it as soon as possible
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surprising highs , sorrowful lows and
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than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama
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pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .
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there 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery .
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to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb
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treat
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naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation
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one fantastic ( and educational )
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feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks .
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when a movie has stuck around for this long
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are quietly moving
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good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat .
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naomi watts is terrific as rachel ;
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absolute delight
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a powerful , chilling , and affecting study
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that crawls along at a snail 's pace
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low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes
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its ludicrous and contrived plot
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is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction
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a perfectly rendered period piece
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little less bling-bling
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develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times
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letdown
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make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '
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a fascinating part
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director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place .
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starts making water torture seem appealing
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unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow .
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wildly inventive
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a lovely and beautifully photographed romance .
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is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy
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as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --
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an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound
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too shallow for an older one .
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's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair
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relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message
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this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon
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appalling as any ` comedy '
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works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller
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you will enjoy seeing how both evolve
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is to 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
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a flawed but engrossing thriller
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, it 's the best sequel since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .
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the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films
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is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .
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a pretentious mess ...
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the stomach-turning violence
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feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .
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is n't a new idea
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, smoky and inviting
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to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films
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no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it
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a huge box-office hit in korea
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awkward
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fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix .
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than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating
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than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms
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contrived plot points
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great past
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of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion
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a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking
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's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion
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what saves it ... and makes it
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will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .
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pretty funny
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the sexual politics too smug
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a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh
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, it has a genuine dramatic impact
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and sickening product placement
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be low , very low , very very low ,
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blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew .
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and powerful documentary
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helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats
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the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact
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as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day
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fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat
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a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ;
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a bland
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a powerful look
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turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny
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the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming
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thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy
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emerge with unimpeachable clarity
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motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover
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will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other
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forgets to make it entertaining
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bloated
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took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and
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not scary , not smart and not engaging
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that stealing harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure
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elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world
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, their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .
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is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends
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david spade as citizen kane ?
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