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spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .
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holes and completely lacking in chills
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, flat dialogue
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perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny
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one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else
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washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him
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thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .
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what 's really sad 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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it fascinating
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as tiresome as 9
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form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life
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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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seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain
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banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be
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, do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?
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a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience
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went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is
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i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché
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touching ,
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are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since sept. 11 )
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a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in
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the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .
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joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy
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in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .
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pleasure
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rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .
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, sordid universe
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very good
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a delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life
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the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .
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weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism
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gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre
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gently political
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the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed
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virtually no understanding of it
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smoother
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this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism
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a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain
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was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz
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would benigni 's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster
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a source of high hilarity
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starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar .
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disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances .
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falling short
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turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing
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's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it
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its brilliant touches
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you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor .
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, it 's badder than bad .
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sweet , funny , charming , and
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an undeniably gorgeous , terminally
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, it 's not too bad .
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a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many
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the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit
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this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family ,
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clever and unflinching
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appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and
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the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .
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a unique , well-crafted psychological study
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to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine
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as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .
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has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .
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a strong sense of humanism
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often funny way
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the treat
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things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films
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good intentions
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be prescribed 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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a compelling coming-of-age drama
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bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .
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, 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 .
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assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties
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stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable
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look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy
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is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
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a masterful work of art of their own
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sobering and powerful documentary
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touching , small-scale story
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if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular
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its story about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream
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, multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation
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always hilarious
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, so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .
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it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '
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, very enjoyable ...
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stealing harvard 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 .
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constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas
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, amusing , tender and heart-wrenching
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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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meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced ,
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this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .
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misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece
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tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic
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, not scarier
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heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart
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routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny
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too obviously
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a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout
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after all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .
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most important and exhilarating forms
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