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dishonest and pat
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as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .
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is somewhat satisfying
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engaging and moving portrait
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so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .
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absolutely no idea
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a wonderful tale
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but how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery .
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a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history
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this dumas adaptation entertains
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tootsie
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another shameless attempt
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too clichéd
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the finest films
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the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film .
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, beloved genres
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hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire
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is phenomenal , especially the women .
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's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest
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the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things
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that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country
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goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner laurence coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage .
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'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't
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it 's supposed to feel funny and light
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suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer
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a minimalist beauty and
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a bonus
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is small and shriveled
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back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .
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i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone .
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look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction
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, they succeed
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we 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .
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the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences
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stranded
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dreary , humorless soap opera
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they threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .
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a characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie .
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that led to their notorious rise to infamy
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the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .
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held my interest precisely because it did n't try to
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, this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .
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intense political and psychological thriller
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kids will love its fantasy and adventure ,
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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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is astonishing .
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a perfectly rendered period piece
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a glib but bouncy bit
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the ending feels at odds with the rest of the film .
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wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama
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an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101
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quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout
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few sleepless hours
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has considerable charm .
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, they ca n't go wrong .
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the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so
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an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out
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seems inconceivable
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moderately successful but
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's quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . '
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affection for its characters
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wannabe-hip
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a nightmare
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a glimmer
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its invitingly upbeat overture
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's a talking head documentary , but a great one
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die-hard french film connoisseurs
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visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .
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predictability is the only winner
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, barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .
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proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo
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because he gives the story some soul
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is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .
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acquire the fast-paced contemporary society
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will probably be a talky bore
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at your neighbor 's garage sale
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one arresting image
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its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered
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is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period .
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like a precious and finely cut diamond , magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .
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american and
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when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .
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fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .
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provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche
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something entertaining
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hit that may strain adult credibility .
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seagal
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it 's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .
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offers few surprises
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makes a better short story than it does a film
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a portrait of alienation so perfect
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rolling over
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utterly pointless
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a boring , pretentious waste
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right ways
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of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own
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nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion
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did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up
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very well shot or composed or edited
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written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .
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