for everyone


being bored


, the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .


single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department


set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


his future wife


scores a direct hit .


the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me .


more a gunfest than a rock concert .


characteristically startling visual style


terrifically entertaining specimen


only self-aware neurotics engage in


appealingly manic and energetic


its true-to-life characters ,


but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .


, unimaginative


much like its easily dismissive


the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


fearlessness


a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .


about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped


defies classification


more outre aspects


have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face


deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen


strategies


very well


with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .


congrats disney


jabs


its questionable satirical ambivalence


french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music


repugnant


why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood


the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling


an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades


the brilliance of animal house


carried out


walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome


comic sparks


hackneyed and meanspirited


cross-country road trip


a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays .


for that sense of openness , the little surprises


quietly vulnerable


satisfies , as comfort food often can


, retro uplifter .


camaraderie


a black hole


have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams


the quirky


's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .


impersonal and


while the story goes nowhere


, solid storytelling .


you 'll regret


watch people


bottomlessly cynical


, she 's appealingly manic and energetic .


of characters in this picture


fine , nuanced lead performances


this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .


with some glimpses of nature and family warmth


energizing


recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time


a harrowing account


whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action


of misogyny and unprovoked violence


honesty , insight and humor


extraordinarily


of insulting , both to men and women


look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .


`` simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .


place and personal identity


a photographic marvel of sorts , and it


the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work


going nowhere fast


been slimed in the name of high art


approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .


simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .


you reach the finale


the delicate forcefulness


black urban professionals


burning , blasting , stabbing


the material and the production itself are little more than routine .


is adequate


timid and soggy


, spicy footnote


forget about it by monday , though


are believable as people


michael moore 's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society ? '


kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business .


who is not only a pianist , but a good human being


almost peerlessly unsettling .


my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss .


the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script .


in all fairness


elvira fans


the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake


charitable


upscale


take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them


it is not worth


sweet , tender sermon


whose pervasive quiet


in a very real and amusing give-and-take


a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type


the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate


formulaic and forgettable


take before indigestion sets


a disaster


reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy


a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life


rooting for the monsters in a horror movie


the immediate aftermath


this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes


the trials of henry kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it .


's very much like life itself


modernize it with encomia


characters ramble


explore the connections between place and personal identity .


are the greatest musicians of all time .


a more balanced or fair portrayal


seedy clash


filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran


is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself


be captivated


foster and whitaker are especially fine .


spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .


that satisfies


by the incredibly flexible cast


( and its palate )


it finds a nice rhythm .


the charm of the first movie is still there , and


what gives human nature its unique feel


that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september


potent chemistry


the ambiguous welcome


satire lucky break


more forced than usual


this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times .


affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life


provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc


an intriguing bit


the cultural distinctions


the movie you 're looking for


and vulgar innuendo


established filmmaker


fit the incredible storyline to a t.


makes each crumb of emotional comfort


look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful


expanded vision


live-wire


magnetic as graham


is the drama within the drama


a mystery devoid


clean-cut


is anything but languorous


most damning


evil dead ii


clearly well-intentioned


a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode


the part where nothing 's happening ,


while broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .


ugliness


also a -- dare i say it twice --


one of the best , most understated performances of ( jack nicholson 's ) career .


the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation


soars every bit as high


antwone fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories


struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .


the rueful , wry humor


pay money for what we can get on television for free


a feature-length film


the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .


its characters ' decisions


of kitsch hard going


the film is strictly routine .


real bump-in - the-night chills


, purpose and emotionally bruised characters


hearts and minds


is better than you might think .


... also one of the most curiously depressing


subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer


coy but exhilarating


each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture


unique and inherent


with a screenplay to die for


be growing


felt performances across the board .


will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long


something for everyone


captures the debilitating grief


reached its expiration date


looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes


fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context


candy and cheeky


or worth rooting against , for that matter


represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy


think they


with steven seagal


drab


despite its faults , gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .


'll wait in vain for a movie to happen


sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters


won my heart


shoot themselves


christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot


keen eye ,


beguiling serenity and poise


all add up to a satisfying crime drama .


viewed and treasured


to gravity and plummets


seems to have recharged him .


the light-footed enchantment the material needs


, windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .


attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire


dirty faces


it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion .


nicely


jagged ,


despair


beckons us all


about openness , particularly the


heartfelt comedy


succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .


a part of its grand locations


descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured


show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations


, fine music never heard


new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers


brazenly misguided project


illuminated


gut-wrenching examination


in his chilling , unnerving film


might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts .


gorgeous exterior photography


warmth , wit and interesting characters


echoes


waldo salt screenwriting award


godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating


confusion is one of my least favorite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .


joyous communal festival


our deepest , media-soaked fears


packed with moments out of an alice


lush , all-enveloping movie experience


barely shocking ,


preaching message


robbed and


so bleak


one moment in the film that surprises or delights


runs around and


remembrance


pop up in nearly every corner of the country


ghetto fabulousness


the first half of sorority boys


avarice


logistically


their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script


consumed and forgotten


forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions


the film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9 / 11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind .


soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film .


returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures


wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen


that embraces its old-fashioned themes


a biting satire


however canned --


here relies less on forced air than on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius .


it pretends to investigate


walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros. .


the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works


the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .


the problem with all of this


any reasonably creative eighth-grader


do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies


as refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream .


first film something of a sleeper success


seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


8 crazy nights


( the film ) works


excitement


hypnotic portrait


( creates ) the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .


the writing is indifferent


the dutiful precision of a tax accountant


they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .


his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words ,


anemic ,


offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility


still committed to growth in his ninth decade


is its personable , amusing cast .


( leigh ) has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .


one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and


passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge


devos


join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love


barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it


this turd


a weird and wonderful comedy .


of smart jokes


as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe


impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face


for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it


blade 2


bitter and truthful


excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh


below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream ,


rare quality


both oscar winners ,


precise


kooky and overeager


fill time


with the inescapable conclusion


to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time


one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom


so much phone in his performance as


er , bubbly


for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood


its moviegoing pleasures


klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .


see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way


a better celebration


unimaginable


cut open a vein


's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films


thornier


an overwhelmingly positive portrayal


, this is the one .


something wholly original


sensitivity and skill


measured or polished


that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline


the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm


'll still be glued to the screen .


the movie knew what to do with him


jfk conspiracy nuts


enthrall


sex with strangers


arty and jazzy


far more entertaining than i had expected


his life drew to a close


feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap


a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters .


bad to be good


male hip hop fantasy


big , juicy role


avid


epic scope


absolutely


spielberg flair


strong , measured work


noticeably derivative


my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .


the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for ''


a film neither bitter nor sweet


glucose sentimentality and


that omnibus tradition called marriage


stereotypes in good fun ,


episode ii --


satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and


it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline


a cool event


shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls


while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .


reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .


well-characterized


be sensational


perfect black pearls


spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say


complex , unpredictable character


, heartfelt


a delightful little film


most haunting about `` fence '' is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen .


glancing vividly back


natural running time


wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors


amusing , but ultimately so


the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork


observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism


rocks


showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase


infidelity and


offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject


strong and unforced


assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation


at least one damn fine


aging , suffering


make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film


except : film overboard


's rarely as entertaining as it could have been


's unfortunate


an interested detachment


an unpleasantly


hideous


if you can get past the taboo subject matter


of inexcusable dumb innocence


with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles


flamboyant female comics


odd , inexplicable and unpleasant


a deep bow


as faithful portraiture


the touch


is devoid of wit and humor


manipulation ,


with his fake backdrops and stately pacing


the sensational


touches the heart


a silly comedy


an awkward hybrid


and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated


so many flaws


of the lightweight female empowerment


a kind of perpetual pain


a guiltless film for nice evening out .


and dog lovers


's even more remarkable


its intended audience -- children --


rewritten , and


the dark areas of parent-child relationships


cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy .


a cut-and-paste


something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans


good inside dope


occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold


worse ,


fairly trite narrative


is an entirely foreign concept


the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy


an epic four-hour indian musical


rae


through this film


a huge amount of the credit for the film


the result is disappointing


poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting


's not bad prose


stretches of impact and moments


the story compels


'd need a shower


stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .


from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances


watchable by a bravura performance


has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness .


there are moments of hilarity to be had .


than its fair share of saucy


's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention


, is a note of defiance over social dictates .


this movie loves women at all


become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters


a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .


ends up delivering in good measure


the nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .


this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .


's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless


director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency


the class warfare


that the less charitable might describe as a castrated


is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .


who play their roles with vibrant charm


a.c. will help this movie one bit


ingratiating


capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance


in an intricate plot


an architect of pop culture


luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago


where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say


that even he seems embarrassed to be part of


doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights


the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man


, sometimes beautiful adaptation


evokes a palpable sense


it 's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii .


tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in


by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once


small , personal film


ineffective


the light of the exit sign


drops the ball too many times


odd purity


very welcome


a bit cold and


exhilarating but blatantly biased .


is merited


losers


full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes


purely abstract


is a trove of delights


be consumed and forgotten


lush , swooning melodrama


chilling style


chronically


bo derek


are so generic


here is doa .


this visual trickery


the proper conviction


enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch


grown-up voice


at its cluelessness


comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them


is grossly contradictory


a snore and utter tripe


getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` this is going to be something really good


a serious movie


a taste for the quirky


a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate


character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her


ended so damned


material realm


not enough fizz


made a point or two regarding life


watch , giggle and get


the true impact of the day


when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air


raw-nerved story


you 're an elvis person


been shot


morality , family


a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns


take credit for most of the movie 's success


a charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface


true believer


fascinating they may be as history


walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity


me feel unclean


grin


glaring


sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions


oddest


gloriously unsubtle


he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause


put together with the preteen boy in mind .


a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .


shooting blanks


glorified


my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart


racial insensitivity


the enjoyable undercover brother


a little weak -- and it is n't that funny .


dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks


visually atrocious ,


a poignant comedy


the high infidelity


the first mistake , i suspect ,


prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design


eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .


its unforced comedy-drama


saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy


was the best the contest received


the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow


torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera


anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed


heated sexuality


so believable that you feel what they feel


a huge sacrifice of character and mood


to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances


the piano teacher is not an easy film .


piercing intellect


the canadian 's inane ramblings


said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise


is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy


modern masculine journey


title performance


without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves


purports


essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty .


little-remembered


the astute direction


suffocate


a story about intelligent high school


he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego


a mournful undercurrent


vowing , ` this is going to be something really good


very ugly , very fast


skip it


includes one of the strangest


convincing impersonation


is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker


one of the lucky few who sought it out


completely awful


life affirming '


richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .


stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .


a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5


acknowledges and celebrates


bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time


a monumental achievement


the first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year !


a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny


most amazing


trusted audiences


it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun .


need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter


robin williams , death to smoochy


a high-spirited buddy movie


weighs down


a worthwhile glimpse


has a flair for dialogue comedy


this forgettable effort


have all but ruined his career


what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure


the performances are often engaging


the depths


i wanted more .


evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes


broad cross-section


when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and


more psychotic than romantic


romanticized rendering


mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant


how both evolve


figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that


promising cast


humane


a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame


when ( reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al. , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .


becoming a better person through love


is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .


it uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .


a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .


younger lad


i 'm guessing the director is a magician .


has never


is impressively true for being so hot-blooded


the acting , for the most part


lyne 's stolid remake


as with all ambitious films , it has some problems


a question for philosophers , not filmmakers


every articulate player


a sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away .


is truth


does the nearly impossible


a profoundly stupid affair


intrigue


it must be the end of the world :


does the thoroughly formulaic film


most delightful


unturned


a sardonic jolt


nary an original idea


need comforting fantasies about mental illness


of social texture and realism


a generic bloodbath


particularly nightmarish


... the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning .


most third-rate horror sequels


is a towering siren .


clever script


confrontations


like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle


tasteful to look at


wind-in-the-hair exhilarating


can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .


time waster '


is meaningful or memorable


to leave this loser


truths emerge .


no one can hear you snore


lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary


other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas


has since


the river


after the most awful acts are committed


brisk delight


exploitative for the art houses and


the cinematic equivalent of high humidity


pornography or documentary


slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing


i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign


wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon


that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself


looking down at your watch and


make a delightful comedy centering on food


most magical


does somehow manage to get you under its spell


clueless does south fork


is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all .


pathetically


that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati


it also treats the subject with fondness and respect


comedy , caper thrills


, eight crazy nights is a total misfire .


ending surprise


black hawk down and we were soldiers


will have you talking 'til the end of the year


of a particular theatrical family


louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and


inevitably consigned


also nicely done


adroit


just how well


ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations ,


plain lurid


angel of death


the fine line between cheese


arrest development in a dead-end existence


a lump of play-doh


( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto ,


( breheny 's ) lensing


with nothing but net


good surprise ending


one bright shining star


thoughtful , visually graceful


fun and nimble


more chillingly effective


fun cheese puff


its sunny disposition


slightly wised-up kids


utter sincerity


an important movie , or even


has compelling new material


sweet home abomination


an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .


powerful , inflammatory film


lowbrow


a plodding teen remake


find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .


provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision


there are for children and dog lovers


confusing melange


quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .


only open new wounds


robin tunney


a scruffy


enhances the personal touch of manual animation .


an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested


of disconnection


a meatier


more than its fair share of saucy hilarity .


is your film .


frittered


even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold


definitive , if disingenuous , feature


it 's tremendously moving


forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note


the imagined glory of their own pasts


hardly an objective documentary


most consumers of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .


pitifully


that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama


of american pie hijinks


a majestic achievement ,


it 's a dark , gritty story but


any art-house moviegoer


a trifle


neglecting character development


sympathetic characters


cultural elite


right down the reality drain


the lousy john q


an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .


be able to look away for a second


a portrait of alienation


between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows


who is chasing who


a showcase


dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year


a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness


the entire movie is in need of a scented bath .


an improvement on the first blade


clarity and audacity


blue hilarity


with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart


sharper


dark places


thanks largely


negligible work


it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something


creepy and believable


of true inspiration


one of the rarest kinds of films


filming the teeming life


grew hideously twisted


the career peak


a cold movie


, brisk delight


sweet treasure and something


writing and slack direction


virtually unwatchable


starts as an intense political and psychological thriller


a very sincere work


similarly themed


spare but quietly effective retelling .


with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .


there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .


marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully --


illogical


graham greene 's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world .


arresting little ride


eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss


it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end


bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact


a finely tuned mood


attraction and interdependence


certainly the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps .


perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .


boring talking heads , etc .


by the sheer beauty of his images


also happens to be good


mostly honest


excellent 90-minute film


served


inside the wave


with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity


if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia


with unimaginable demons


but also nicely done


edge


strong and


peppering the pages with memorable zingers


standing in the shadows of motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .


speeds up


canny and spiced


weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school


the dark places of our national psyche


been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand


an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief


like the wanderers and a bronx tale


designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus


the soul-searching deliberateness of the film


a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long


the earnestness


unafraid to throw elbows when necessary


manages for but a few seconds


woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ?


puportedly `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face .


, potent exploration


recognizable


the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story


this man so watchable


the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .


supremely kittenish


delight .


present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness


diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance


exciting new filmmaker


crummy


of the best short story writing


a highly watchable , giggly little story


an equally miserable film the following year


dramatic , funny and poignant


imbued with passion and attitude .


retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode


follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films


grab your kids and run and then


onto the end credits


is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story


only dull


boasting this many genuine cackles


is a masterpiece .


a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film .


who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb


bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent .


make you think about existential suffering


and two smoking barrels


a masterfully made one


every conceivable mistake


new favorite musical


's a very very strong `` b + .


rally to its cause ,


lil bow wow takes the cake


isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries .


does have its charms .


makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view


valiant


because it has a bigger-name cast


goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy


sweet , charming


a surprising , subtle turn


the heat of the moment prevails .


were worried


a moratorium , effective immediately ,


the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt


its director could ever have dreamed


feel contradictory things


there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie


splatter


providing an experience that is richer than anticipated


orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry


a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way


turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .


it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual


chokes on .


of liveliness


kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance


film school brat


are quite admirable


precision


being insightful


captivating


too many flashbacks


, it really won my heart


is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .


wishing that you and they were in another movie


the histrionic muse


's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed


a sudden turn and devolves


mainstream audiences have rarely seen


unequivocally


when various characters express their quirky inner selves


manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting .


an unseemly pleasure


every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy


bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .


easy , comfortable


will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture


avalanche


cheered at just that


count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is


the impressively discreet filmmakers


the edge of their seats


because it made him feel powerful


gives us mostly fool 's gold


little less bling-bling and a lot more


confuses its message


grinds itself


's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies


a refreshing change


most intelligent viewers


middle eastern world politics


`` extreme ops '' exceeds expectations .


the enticing prospect


a heartfelt romance


the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest


terminally brain dead production


greatest hits


that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another


that 's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .


perhaps the best sports movie i 've ever seen .


a silly hack-and-slash flick


some flashy twists


and intermittently hilarious


found in almost all of his previous works


dutifully pulling on heartstrings


bogs down in rhetoric and cliché


awfully deadly


get at something


a strangely sinister happy ending


the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast


articulate , grown-up voice


extremely talented


their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable


of his spiritual survival


kwan 's unique directing style


an essentially awkward version


kids-and-family-oriented cable channel


this is a superior horror flick .


betrayal , forgiveness and murder


in which the kids in the house will be gored


oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material


believed in their small-budget film


estranged gay and lesbian children


producer john penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''


despite the efforts of a first-rate cast


director juan jose campanella


lower i.q.


super heroes


proud in its message


is a lumbering , wheezy drag


so aggressively cheery


an interesting racial tension


so potent


riveting


well-balanced fashion


of impressive talent


it 's a sit down and ponder affair


with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set


they finally feel absolutely earned


perfectly creepy and believable


more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine


has performed a difficult task indeed


for genre fans


a gentle waking coma


reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans


love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has


from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids


face frightening late fees


most ravaging


jolt you


that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise


however , it 's invaluable


with a searing lead performance


it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .


prolonged extrusion


dehumanizing


that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain


foul up


usual fluttering and stammering


by ryan gosling


sometimes inadequate performances


the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying


a staggeringly compelling character ,


, will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .


heartening


redemption


a sugar-coated rocky


for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


most original american productions


burnt out


bad singer-turned actors


kicking undead ***


midlife crisis


helps little


who know nothing about the subject


with conspicuous success


have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises


pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear


sane and healthy


of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies


, spirited away is a triumph of imagination


at the end that extravagantly redeems it


discreet filmmakers


a wonder


the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure


, genuine


, fits the bill perfectly


is magnificent


a superfluous sequel


heralds something special


as shallow entertainment


layered and stylistic


current innovators


adds a much needed moral weight


humble , teach and


the performances are so overstated


contemplative , and


playful paranoia


'' wanted and quite honestly


an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era


the annoyance


twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels


growing up that we do n't see often enough these days


she 's appealingly manic and energetic .


sweetness and vulnerability


huge mess


his life-altering experiences


viewing in university computer science departments for years to come


any scorsese has ever given us


ugly and mindless


for easy , seductive pacing


crudup 's screen presence


immaculate


gritty police thriller


thrills and extreme emotions


is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters


the layered richness


after next


a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché


curiously stylized


a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .


narrative and ( too ) short


the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap


robert harmon 's less-is-more approach


smart little indie .


a delightful entree


that perverse element


very amusing


by superb


play their roles with vibrant charm


are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .


timely and


full of stunning images and effects


takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative


an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher


on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .


tiny acts of kindness


fact , even better


who understands how to create and sustain a mood


a seriously bad film


same sledgehammer appeal


farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher


fatal script error


not that funny


your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !


hunky has-been


eccentric , accident-prone characters


felt with a sardonic jolt


familiar but utterly delightful .


, ` how can you charge money for this ? '


by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat


any after-school special you can imagine


, you 're on the edge of your seat


inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth


the beauty of the piece


give committed performances


are to ourselves and each other


proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings


revolting


flick worthy


gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material


is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .


for a great film noir


of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant


buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free


has moments of inspired humor


motivated by something more than franchise possibilities


the great pity


a winning comedy with its wry observations


weird


'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .


engaging offbeat touches


comfort and familiarity


extra-large cotton candy


mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete


mystical


its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .


very little story or character


good little movie


an indisputably spooky film


glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .


if you can push on through the slow spots , you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .


indulgent


is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year


personality


a kick


against itself


adultery


is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age


a weird , arresting little ride .


wreaked


off the hook


, even delectable


bowling you over


all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .


flat champagne


come when various characters express their quirky inner selves


a fan of the genre


, but it 's great cinematic polemic


egocentricities


thurman


off his game


dreary tale of middle-class angst


the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing


absorbs all manner of lame entertainment


the only fun part of the movie


sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half


car to drive through


an overcooked soufflé


's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals


implicitly


only surprise


invites unflattering comparisons


unique feel


is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .


the touch is generally light enough


aspired


that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .


elevates the experience


it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say .


to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography


the gloss


as literary desecrations go


gimmicks


( reno ) delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion .


almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson


a chocolate


of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity


the wrong times


, at last count , numbered 52 different versions


ballot


of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction


teens are looking for something to make them laugh


magic and whimsy


, sad dance


i bought this movie


caught up in an intricate plot


that 's been done before


an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing


the movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat .


is extraordinary


adaptation is intricately constructed


with great help from kevin kline


is grand-scale


contrived , well-worn situations


a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi


death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets


i enjoyed barbershop


innocent , childlike


make it look as though they are having so much fun


to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .


far more often than the warfare


families and church meetings


out of eudora welty


a heroine as feisty and


may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark


aging , suffering and the prospect of death


sentimental , hypocritical


what is kind of special


some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but


the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen


is able to visualize schizophrenia


its real emotional business


round out the square edges .


the cleverest


, in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music


best possible


entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .


a retread


to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience


an elegant and sly deadpan


aftertaste


an amicable endeavor


is god


a marginal thumbs up


strangely hollow at its emotional core


more holes


the free-wheeling noir spirit


, but solidly entertaining


a stock plot


for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker


if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .


inventive and mordantly humorous


like a great missed opportunity


love in remembrance .


is at once intimate and universal cinema .


` anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '


, shapeless documentary


a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool


though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .


its dying ,


mayhem and stupidity


sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm


worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .


as lame and sophomoric


demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded


was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great


pacino is the best he 's been in years and keener is marvelous


not into high-tech splatterfests


transparently


uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree


love for the movies of the 1960s


would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop .


to a more mythic level


plodding teen remake


degenerates into hogwash .


cheer flick


, shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .


remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and


if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .


seem deceptively slight


comic touch


a massive infusion


woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director


entrapment


will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere


that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres


one of the all-time great apocalypse movies


used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way


the humor has point


of watching intelligent people making a movie


movie nothing


from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces '' , you can feel the love .


where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating


winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .


there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising


to entertain


hold society in place


oversimplification , superficiality and silliness


that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse


through a prism


of impact and moments


, hypocritical


parents beware


comic voice


won --


to the bitter end


much panache


win you over , in a big way


capturing


because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact


but kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .


it will just as likely make you weep ,


makes this a high water mark for this genre


many ways the perfect festival film


if you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer .


richly resonant work


has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .


animal


openness ,


poorly structured


an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


trivializing it


rare directors


showcases a group of dedicated artists


by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chick is pretty damned funny .


the affection of that moral favorite


from cowering poverty to courage and happiness


swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award


unstinting


is as difficult for the audience


lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories


invincible


an erratic career


if you 're up for that sort of thing


otherwise talented


gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan ''


lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .


a half-assed film .


adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking


precocious


terms with his picture-perfect life


interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen


love moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions


sparse but oddly compelling


the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny


will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other


a 20-car pileup


with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks


delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .


weird little movie


characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time


we delight in the images


deeply humanizing


boobs


amazement


with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural


an exclamation point


simply runs out of ideas


do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved


many genuine cackles


both times


totally exemplify


painful , obnoxious


makes it attractive throughout


the delight of discovery


demonstrating vividly


she is a lioness


ya-yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film .


increasingly incoherent fashion


eager to please


charms


have reinvigorated the romance genre


one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .


that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival


this loose collection of largely improvised numbers


a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .


it does in trouble every day


any dummies guide , something


brought off with considerable wit


incinerates frank capra 's classic


seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie .


most uncanny


its shortcomings


` ron seal the deal


the power of shanghai ghetto


the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing )


the incredible imax sound system


than indecent proposal


, giggly little story


being neither


trifling


a holy fool


a plethora of engaging diatribes


appealing about the characters


enticing prospect


different , unusual , even nutty


of war


jealous


to show us why it 's compelling


a wholesome fantasy for kids


see the attraction for the sole reason


fairly impressive debut


in the current climate of mergers and downsizing


left us cold


a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home


the slapstick is labored , and


a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man


are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .


you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson


a spark of its own


transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama


to overcome my resistance


evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


here lacks considerable brio .


hit on a 15-year old


have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination


... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .


ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format


that it does afford


, convincing


the concept is a hoot .


paper thin


unexpectedly moving meditation


all the stronger


live up to material


maggie smith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment .


passionate enthusiasms


picture-perfect


as an entertainment destination for the general public , kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .


tear your eyes away from the images


showcases


repetitive and


is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films


high romance ,


and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics


looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through


about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances


loveable or otherwise


made literature literal without killing its soul


preachy-keen


puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .


absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion


an enjoyable film


heart or conservative


a lasting impression


it a party worth attending


from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written


and artistic transcendence


as moronic as some campus


a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding .


, is painterly .


with few moments of joy rising above the stale material


, high-adrenaline documentary .


we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why


actress-producer and writer


the magnificent swooping aerial shots


brutally clueless


of dead bodies


a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man 's quest to find an old flame .


never rises above mediocrity


any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .


being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel


boffo last hour


should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans


chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans .


into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through


successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie .


argues


of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience


michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest


redeemed by its stars


although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense .


seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .


the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation .


lift the spirits of the whole family


are typical sandler fare


in the truest sense


brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .


is a far smoother ride .


a sleek advert


charm and charisma


finds its tone and several scenes run too long .


a predictably efficient piece


pulling on heartstrings


offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .


nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride


very predictable but still entertaining


if you love him , you 'll like it .


enjoy yourselves without feeling conned


scope and


comedies to hit the screen in years


family responsibility and care


carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . '


suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .


, it does give exposure to some talented performers


this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .


god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness .


mind and spirit


surehanded direction


woven together skilfully


a wannabe comedy


the franchise 's best years are long past


blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings


to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story


fun and reminiscent


for this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers ,


gives us a reason to care about them


astounding


tastelessness and gall


terribly funny


surprisingly brilliant


mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .


undercuts


of cinematic perfection


the bizarre is credible


daring as john ritter 's glory days


superlative


it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition


death , especially


, beloved genres


a strong-minded viewpoint , or


seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation


get out


vital


cho 's previous concert comedy film


did we really need a remake of `` charade


as miraculous as its dreamworks makers


startling story


, it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds


all the small moments and flashbacks


tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span .


the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged


one strike


zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof


exhausted , desiccated talent


fairly run-of-the-mill .


propaganda


gesturing


to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness


'll end up moved


despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .


grotesque narcissism


that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb


designed as a reverie about memory and regret ,


flagrantly fake thunderstorms


entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves


, instantly disposable


steamy


several uninteresting , unlikeable people


of thoughtful war films and those


prolific director


, then the film is a pleasant enough dish .


even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .


every single scene


ray liotta


has some nice twists but the ending


repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences


sleazy moralizing


a gentle , unforced intimacy


propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world


with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .


trouble every day is a success in some sense ,


possibly the best actor working in movies today


what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera 's attention to detail .


a slight and uninventive movie


by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious .


a pale xerox of other , better crime movies .


has lost its edge


rather unexceptional


infrequently breathtaking


oscar wilde 's classic satire


'll feel as the credits roll


which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state


meal


to sneak out of the theater


slack and


air conditioning and popcorn


soul-searching garbage .


drags , underscoring the obvious


the fat


gabbiest giant-screen movie


angry


appeared in 1938


cold , nervy and memorable


much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes ,


cusack 's just brilliant in this .


done , but slow


bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period


, sprightly spin


if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities


she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl


most aggressive and most sincere


brimming with coltish , neurotic energy


so cold and dead


a kind


will no doubt


an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces


many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember .


her fearlessness


the distinct and very welcome sense


the audacity to view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion .


to fill time


only scratches the surface


what enlivens this film


like mike shoots and scores


dedication


this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .


as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby


peevish and gimmicky


... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .


'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back


credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it


although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .


disparate funny moments


the abiding impression


lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns


poetry in motion


about as interesting


is fluid and quick


undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title


impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats


quietly hopeful


cuisine and palatable presentation


amusing from time


paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel


the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .


the human race splitting in two


even-flowing tone


the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance


fine documentary


most personal


as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


`` new best friend ''


visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid


be rewarded with some fine acting


the re - enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .


tumbleweeds


opens today in the new york metropolitan area


on shame


a main character who sometimes defies sympathy


shock and amaze


in full consciousness


hugely rewarding


a compelling coming-of-age drama


we often reel in when we should be playing out


that criticizing feels more like commiserating


your interest until the end and


too goodly , wise and knowing


with a certain degree of wit and dignity


of comedic bliss


emaciated


could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format


is deliberately unsettling


surprisingly idealistic


the intentionally low standards


landmark


, a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails


from dawson 's creek


takes a sudden turn and devolves


those words


off-kilter dialogue


excellent latin actors


are very , very good reasons for certain movies


, twisted sort


limpid and


into such fresh territory


caring for animals and respecting other cultures


cultural identity


the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner


have done in half an hour


, whimsical feature


manipulative whitewash


like a mix of cheech and chong


as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism


comically


a classic text


its story is only surface deep


the hours , a delicately crafted film


made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut


derivative horror film


a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling


, natural acting


to suffer '


precious little substance in birthday girl


sword-and-sorcery


need another film that praises female self-sacrifice


sticks with its subjects a little longer


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 .


a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions


something fishy


has no real point


what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart .


in conveying its social message


stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .


reality tv obsession


need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80


visually engrossing


its electronic expression through cyber culture


gives it a buoyant delivery


a complicated hero


is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) ,


reprehensible


gathering dust on mgm 's shelf


trashy fun


crawls along


drag audience enthusiasm


with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing


magnetic performance


and mind games


inexpressive


is off his game


innocence and idealism


a grand picture of an era


is always sympathetic


it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements ,


considerable wit


a film that relies on personal relationships


ends up being surprisingly dull


the overcooked , ham-fisted direction


he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .


shoot


the end result does no justice to the story itself


an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart


balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams


susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter ,


lonely and needy


is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .


the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism .


burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored


the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks


`` red dragon '' is entertaining .


fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original


serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .


of california


consistent


a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world .


as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type


for dance completists only .


pathetic exploitation film


be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images


end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards


has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player .


some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theater for some time .


an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about


not scary , not smart and not engaging


its unhurried narrative


of the other foul substances


refracting


a distinguished film legacy


one of those all-star reunions


its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places


quickly forgettable


warmth


often shocking but ultimately worthwhile


a morbid one


incongruous


real psychological grounding


it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity


action-adventure buffs


technically superb film


funny bone


reel in the audience


slummer


mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .


their parents , wise folks that they are


hard to make the most of a bumper


betrayal , deceit and murder


should strike a nerve in many .


a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be


nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot


very ugly


a smart , steamy mix


creative urge


contradictory things


soar .


detailed personal portrait


, you 'd better have a good alternative


the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza


holm does his sly , intricate magic ,


the full monty , but


is , more often then


spellbinding serpent 's


an ironically killer soundtrack


brilliance


jeffrey tambor 's


put in service


strokes the eyeballs


accuracy


more bluster


peaked about three years ago


the trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through .


hollywood pipeline


girl-meets-girl romantic comedy


false , sitcom-worthy solutions


high drama , disney-style


emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results .


placing their parents


adding


mentally `` superior '' friends


is impossible


be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made


successful on other levels


his film crackles


many conclusive answers in the film


exquisite , unfakable sense


family fundamentals gets you riled up


to ignite sparks


memorable zingers


in on the resourceful amnesiac


of matthew shepard


substantial depth


of the previous two


when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck


promises


made but uninvolving


crackles


the six-time winner


a group of talented friends


sly , sophisticated and surprising


is authentic


lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma


, banter-filled comedy


even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .


strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose


could fail to crack a smile at


may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie


it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before


excels in spectacle and pacing .


gently comic even as the film breaks your heart


boiling point


a playful respite


found a cult favorite


ghastly


a ham-fisted sermon


has a true cinematic knack


a hundred of them can be numbing


touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon


perhaps the grossest movie


, not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .


struggling


nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction


awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals


enjoyable trifle


for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation


the director 's


for granted in most films are mishandled here


in asia , where ms. shu is an institution


can prevent its tragic waste of life


love-struck


loses what made you love it


of minor shortcomings


elephant feces


at its utterly misplaced earnestness


's like dying and going to celluloid heaven


the best of comedies


maybe he was reading the minds of the audience .


bleak


's fun


outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve


sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell


a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .


could be considered a funny little film


got me grinning


's an unhappy situation all around


the relationships were wonderful


the dorkier aspects


wonderful acting clinic


it was at least funny


the edge


be talking about the film once you exit the theater


opportunity to make absurdist observations


a british cast


its brilliant touches


of that special fishy community


exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming


gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .


rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .


tell its story


eclipses


impressive fake documentary


aging series


the broiling sun


feast


i fear


the upscale lifestyle


is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut


enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out


empowerment


highly pleasurable


a date


a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels .


a horrible , 99-minute


a can of 2-day old coke


engrossing and grim


improvised on a day-to-day basis during production


a generic international version of a typical american horror film .


the bottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .


an original idea for a teen movie


hot topics


not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .


in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy


duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks


's a lot of tooth in roger dodger


when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .


classic text


that the movie has virtually nothing to show


a serious contender


portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man


a bit exploitative but also nicely done ,


nazi politics and aesthetics


ayres makes the right choices at every turn


shrill , simple and soapy .


its greatest play


a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film


to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book


golden


of character-driven storytelling


timely , tongue-in-cheek


a bright future


one of the rarest kinds of films :


crisper and punchier


at least now we 've got something pretty damn close


a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ...


while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .


imagination


the opulent lushness


of hopeful


insightfully written


a film of delicate interpersonal dances .


still rapturous after all these years


this movie is hopeless


finest non-bondish performance


though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .


hate myself


the desperation of a very insecure man


everyone 's to blame here .


satire and childhood awakening


by drawing me into the picture


misanthropic stuff


as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program


energy


the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining


a spiffy animated feature


the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay


convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers


enough quirky and satirical touches


desperation and cinematic deception


a muddy psychological thriller


harris is affecting at times


is not handled well


into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie


winning shot


broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .


this film that may not always work


altogether creepy


... could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .


a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age


animation back 30 years ,


particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy


this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings


's apparently just what ( aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career


almost senseless


( b )


have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame


weird amalgam


original nor terribly funny


an articulate , grown-up voice


playing the obvious game


complications


irresponsible sandlerian


would sink laurence olivier


to the haunted house


is enticing


fall fast asleep


wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse


implausible


audacious-impossible


surprisingly


malarkey


pastel landscapes


vicious and absurd


, overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other


it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare


, we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking


most intriguing movie experiences


capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances


actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


be part of


of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature


of candid camera


appear avant-garde


when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen


` blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .


by a set of heartfelt performances


gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .


iranian drama


a lunar mission with no signs of life


deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context


been a confusing and horrifying vision


have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .


astonish and


film festival


both convincing and radiant


like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming


is just such an achievement


the narration helps little


, gritty , sometimes funny


one of the funnier movies in town .


stale and clichéd to a fault


have tremendous chemistry


wildcard


an unprecedented tragedy


keeping themselves kicking


bravery


rage and alienation


, it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .


the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably


you crave chris smith 's next movie


to the tailor for some major alterations


to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it


inspired humor


huppert ... is magnificent


the beach


its intended audience has n't yet had much science


developed hastily


a trip


is more fully


are made for each other .


he 's already done way too often


remains mostly undeterminable


a bittersweet film ,


his reserved but existential poignancy


chuckles


revelatory performance


good old fashioned spooks


, shrewd , powerful act


seeing things from new sides ,


that malarkey


blank yearning


confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece


appropriately cynical social commentary


seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago .


a self-reflexive , philosophical nature


spiritually


a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire


cleverly worked out


changing lanes tries for more .


gussied up


like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being


it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had


grow increasingly disturbed


have a new favorite musical


that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief


to place blame


very bright


provides


is somewhat satisfying


accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .


deliciously nonsensical comedy


version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip


anti-semitism and neo-fascism


hypermasculine


pyrotechnics its punchy style promises


the run-of-the-mill singles blender


that may make you hate yourself for giving in


inject farcical raunch


forced funniness


is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet


a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .


bill morrison 's decasia


of their first full flush of testosterone


, i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet .


dishonest and


an irresistible blend


's mission accomplished


of patch adams quietly freaking out


is without intent .


but oddly compelling


will definitely win some hearts


's just that it 's so not-at-all-good


this dog of a movie


moldering pile


while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time .


is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .


pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license


bracing


subtle and


for what we can get on television for free


is nicely shot ,


never quite justifies its own existence .


shooting itself in the foot


although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey


enough substance


the director 's epitaph for himself


a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy


simple but absorbing


the film offers an intriguing what-if premise .


a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and


the story plays out slowly


and narrative flow


film that loses sight of its own story .


treads old turf


( barry ) gives assassin a disquieting authority .


denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film


has all the wiggling energy of young kitten


of the tortured and self-conscious material


the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based


for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there 's something creepy about this movie .


mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress


finds itself in reduced circumstances


grade-grubbers


two central performances


dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction


( carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated


preachy


engross even


good documentarian


a milquetoast movie


surprisingly inoffensive


those gimmicks


where the film falters is in its tone .


character-driven storytelling


is a step down


, flawed humanity


set out to lampoon , anyway .


the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ;


about the plight of american indians in modern america


find it uninteresting


universal human impulse


one of the smartest


a beguiling freshness


obvious political insights


take nothing seriously and


replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo


negativity


copycat


the gorgeously elaborate continuation


a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .


phoned-in business


follows its standard formula in this animated adventure


rely on an ambiguous presentation


more ambivalent set


mind-bender .


by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest


being very inspiring or insightful


emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing


with fascinating connections


to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies


a deliciously nonsensical comedy


able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting


the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts


the perfect star vehicle


resuscitate


its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls


hopelessly out


done cinematically


the dispassionate gantz brothers


, mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .


miracle of miracles , the movie


with a bright future ahead of him


shot all the way .


cool .


hey , happy !


its own ironic implications


patriotic


weaves us into a complex web


of the charm and little


the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , '


will probably


realized on the screen


sensational denouements


funny without hitting below the belt


... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .


solid acting


looks genuinely pretty


young talent


a dearth


effective in all its aspects


left on a remote shelf


with lots of somber blues and pinks


's episode of behind the music


relayed by superb


, however entertainingly presented ,


an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain


a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time


a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs .


using them as punching bags


delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .


bravo for history


a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last .


stale and


, luridly colored ,


you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .


reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart


a glorious dose


complaining


marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture


buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie


the cinematography is atrocious


done his subject justice


trashy teen-sleaze equivalent


has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies


reach for a barf bag


a classical actress


painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed .


excellent use of music


offer any new insight


charm , generosity and diplomacy


is distressingly rote


maintaining consciousness just long enough


could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction


too-conscientious adaptation


worth a summertime look-see


the gift of tears


hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining .


off-beat


a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness


leaden and


is quite a vision .


gratingly unfunny groaner


above pat inspirational status


faltering


of faith


spotty script


to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art


building up to the climactic burst of violence


off-putting


it is instructive


with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .


with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


already littered with celluloid garbage


some movies suck you in despite their flaws ,


little grace ( rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity


deferred and desire


in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising ,


personal tragedy and also the human comedy


no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him


another visit


those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere .


succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .


a fascinating little tale


both gentle and biting


uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .


perfect teaming


who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior


unforced naturalism


beloved genres


a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie


grotesque and boring


to produce another smash


never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .


10 minutes into the film you 'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away .


powerful acting clinic


provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies


good sweat


much of a plunge


very insecure


frantic , virulent and foul-natured


nor terribly funny


're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .


an impressive achievement


farewell-to-innocence movies


with laughs


the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics


their children


a high-end john hughes comedy


a poignant comedy that offers food for thought .


an opportunity missed .


genial is the conceit ,


clever by about nine-tenths


watch , giggle


leaden script


secondhand material


enjoyed the thrill of the chill


pretty much delivers on that promise .


`` project greenlight '' winner


around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's


, even the funniest idea is n't funny .


in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .


is barely


, insightfully human


adventurous indian filmmakers


the hallmarks


this junk


decent ones


midway point


's still damn funny stuff


fact , the best in recent memory


` epic


upbeat


parapsychological


bogdanovich puts history in perspective


in perfect balance


the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist ,


soggy performances


fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own


especially give credit to affleck .


the show 's concept


together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire


take as long as you 've paid a matinee price


the grandness


all-enveloping movie experience


the misconceived final 5


beloved-major


this story to go but down


succumbing to its own bathos


an inuit masterpiece


with a flourish


great script


far more appealing


` perfection


a recommendation


prefabricated


first scene


broomfield has a rather unique approach to documentary .


delicately performed


also rocks .


consistent embracing humanity


goldie hawn


as a detailed personal portrait


a porno flick


redeeming feature


to surrealism and black comedy


rough


is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .


feel cheated


increasingly amused irony


even if it made its original release date last fall


bold ( and lovely ) experiment


americans


the best sports movie i 've ever seen


nurtures the multi-layers of its characters


, paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years .


rediscovers


understatement


hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation .