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the talk alone is enough to keep us
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humbuggery ...
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the film starts promisingly , but
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please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies
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returning director rob minkoff ... and screenwriter bruce joel rubin ... have done a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age .
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marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .
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is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings
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imagine acting that could be any flatter
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all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings
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must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him
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may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother
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the best thing i can say about this film
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watered-down it almost loses what made you love it
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realism , crisp storytelling and
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a charmer
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ok for a movie
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's why sex and lucia is so alluring
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it '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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as well-conceived as either of those films
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harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style
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tiresome jokes
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, soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .
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gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing
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a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at
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dramatic things happen to people
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the most politically audacious films of recent decades
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endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer
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flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .
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bored by as your abc 's
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dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation
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waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense .
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tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances .
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going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud
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markedly inactive
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service of of others
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die
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guarantee that no wise men will be following after it
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pathetic , endearing
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, purposeless
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a medium-grade network sitcom --
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result in a movie that works against itself
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griffin & co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous .
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a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( evans ) had , lost , and got back
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must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .
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appalling
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a winning comedy
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a zombie movie in every sense
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its sunny disposition
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ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution . '
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make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster
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perfectly entertaining
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writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction
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it squanders chan 's uniqueness ;
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the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear
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the insipid script
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the most original american productions
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comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions .
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, overblown enterprise
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drab wannabe
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treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody
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plot conceits
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, cliche-ridden
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a strong thumbs
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a delicious crime drama
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does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue
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of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone
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released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd
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a mystery devoid
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has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances
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likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat
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an epic rather than
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spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but
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a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza
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( maybe twice )
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a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .
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we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story
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i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake
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are based on stock clichés
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attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing
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an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages
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is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach
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the hardy spirit
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first major studio production
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her life half-asleep
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while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .
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works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely
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for its overwhelming creepiness
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skilfully
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so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey
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art-house to the core , read my lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema .
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their perceptiveness about their own situations
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human nature should be ingratiating
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a stylish thriller .
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a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple
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crisp , unaffected style
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is wise
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winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel
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for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters
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the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .
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this listless feature
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