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admire it
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snail-like
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arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel
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what a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted .
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is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance
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is the central flaw of the film
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frustrating ` tweener '
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's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater
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bitter end
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saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles ,
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astonishingly skillful and moving
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the ideas tie together beautifully
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inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone
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before the plot kicks into gear
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steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic .
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the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .
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the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt
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loud , silly , stupid and pointless
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congrats disney on a job well done
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blind to the silliness
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nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me
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his rental car
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'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away
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schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs
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of a great one
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is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .
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detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world
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this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .
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do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark
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there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie
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a wild ride
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movie gauge
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accomplishment
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will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories
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christian-themed fun
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any film more challenging or depressing
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suspense , intriguing characters
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fully endear itself to american art house audiences
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it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .
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the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart
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that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film
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creeping in others
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it 's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so
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got a place in your heart for smokey robinson
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quite fun
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bad clive barker movie
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predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters
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as the synergistic impulse that created it
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there 's ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin .
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a great
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like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .
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a movie with a bigger , fatter heart
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's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires
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a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome
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what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions
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a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .
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` ick '
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an inventive
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to stop watching
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will find millions of eager fans .
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one key problem with these ardently christian storylines
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his best screen
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've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out
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the year 's most enjoyable releases
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the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .
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deeper every time
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is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood .
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falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .
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tribute
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nothing new
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exactly what it wants to be
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been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up
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unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .
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gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense
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wishy-washy
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because they 're clueless and inept
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, claustrophobic
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complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out
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a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy
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added clout
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seen it all before
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a playful iranian parable
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cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.
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psychologically
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that will keep them guessing
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here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud .
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fairly trite narrative
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it 's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile .
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's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .
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characters ramble
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enjoyable documentary .
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puts the ` ick ' in ` classic .
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rooted
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a fiercely clever and subtle film ,
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bother thinking it all through
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creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters .
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sure mainstream audiences will be baffled
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stuffy , full of itself ,
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as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered
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