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i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't
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angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .
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feels five hours long
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takes its central idea way too seriously
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scum
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rather frightening
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a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design
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milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title
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deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell
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a treat
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a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack
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irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere
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sumptuous ocean visuals
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than this hastily dubbed disaster
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if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek )
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layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work
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the most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .
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strong voices
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... familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc .
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to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster
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a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni
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an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .
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this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs
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sluggish pace and lack
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too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain
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spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
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length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue
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bears out as your typical junkie opera
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getting into too many pointless situations
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elegant wit and artifice
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the milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch
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most good-hearted yet sensual
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a lack
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this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .
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making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers
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takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers
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starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches .
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too ludicrous and borderline insulting
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at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .
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this unique and entertaining twist
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this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged
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though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ...
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alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous
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are as subtle and as enigmatic
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pleasant piece
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too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .
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it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches
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90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed
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touching good sense
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a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick ,
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drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category
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those prone to indignation need not apply
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, honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama
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the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .
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manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk
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all too predictable and far too cliched
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crossing-over
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strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth
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retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie
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should see it as soon as possible
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are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all
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excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries
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what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery
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frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .
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engrossing portrait
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plodding teen remake
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magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults
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perfection
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rejected x-files episode
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fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster
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that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project
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overcome bad hair design
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to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that
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a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic
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a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding
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engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary
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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work
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was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon
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more than merely a holocaust movie
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good fight
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posey
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a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '
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is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure
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the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid .
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rather leaden and dull
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, like mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .
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to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving
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such message-mongering moralism
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a perfect family film
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are funny
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are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence
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almost as offensive as `` freddy
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a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad
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both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .
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at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --
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much about the film is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .
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i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .
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engrossing
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the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice
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do you
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