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seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business
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is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .
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time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .
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the director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .
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hoffman 's performance is authentic to the core of his being .
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reach for a barf bag
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confidently
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how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''
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the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .
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like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and )
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even better
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a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .
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seems as if each watered down the version of the one before
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pointed personalities
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either 11 times too many or else too few
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, sexist
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mystical
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how low brow it is
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his greatest triumph
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a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities
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even witty
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allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier
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moving experience
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original fantasy film
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a breezy blend
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comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited
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add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale
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several cliched movie structures : the road movie
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a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up
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repeated
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credit director ramsay
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innovators
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obviously has its merits
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a high enough level of invention
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is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .
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the most entertaining monster movies in ages
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that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming
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that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything
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is both gripping and compelling
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is no denying the power of polanski 's film ...
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that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting
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genres that just does n't work
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endearing and easy
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's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything
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strain
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lacks the inspiration of the original and
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fascinating film
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that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier
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, you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .
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visually flashy
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worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film .
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heart-pounding
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though clearly well-intentioned
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remains a chilly , clinical lab report
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self-discovery handled with such sensitivity
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do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time
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surprisingly flat
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to love the piano teacher
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as faithful portraiture
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good-natured and sometimes quite funny
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in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie
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of social texture and realism
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comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . '
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challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .
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for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while
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who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )
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capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance
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hollywood movie
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, hole-ridden plotting
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exceptionally good
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like a fragment of an underdone potato
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that the new film is a lame kiddie flick
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fresh air now and then
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delivers a surprising
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by the time it 's done with us ,
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dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks
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a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .
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masterpiece
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scratching your head than hiding under your seat
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witty , improbable romantic comedy
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is somewhat satisfying
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a smart , steamy mix
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are too cute
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his future wife
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remarkably dull with only caine
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that made the first film so special
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is intelligently accomplished
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truth-in-advertising hounds
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here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and
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's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .
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i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :
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attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire
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a straight-ahead thriller that
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respectable
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birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while
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deadpan cool , wry humor
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so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it
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the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ...
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excels
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kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script
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