into the complexities of the middle east struggle and


superbly acted offbeat thriller


, unfussily poetic


, this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian .


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you :


's quite diverting nonsense


perfect in their roles


lookin ' for sin , american-style ?


positive ( if tragic ) note


churlish


action man cliché


a hugely enjoyable film


trapped


repetitive


bitter and less mature


the outstanding thrillers


earned my indignant , preemptive departure


paper-thin characterizations


it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .


fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .


elegant technology for the masses --


to reel in the audience


more successful


it 's a brazenly misguided project


dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .


from firing on all cylinders


dark pit


one problem with the movie ,


two surefire , beloved genres


loses its fire midway ,


remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift


entertaining british hybrid


what once was conviction


thumbs friggin ' down


painful as the grey zone


a dramatic comedy as pleasantly


soothe and break


profound characterizations


burdened by the actor


often surprising twists


and , through it all , human


, 84 minutes is short


manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly


the pushiness and decibel volume


genial than ingenious


a new , self-deprecating level


rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy .


the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .


or maybe `` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''


oddly humorous


) gorgeous


the only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .


anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime


bear the laughter


have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat


missed the point


a lumbering load


make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable


viscerally exciting


remarkably alluring film


aged


what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but


as he was about inner consciousness


roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph


that make williams sink into melancholia


loved on first sight and , even more important


all the usual spielberg flair


the feel of poetic tragedy


gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense ,


rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes


you never know where changing lanes is going to take you


substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite


surprising winner


degraded things


chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries


cuts corners


good yarn-spinner


a feature debut


a triumph of imagination


this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .


one arresting image


the impressive stagings of hardware


fantasti


just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart


titillating


, brutally clueless


scott 's convincing portrayal


built for controversy


an epic of astonishing grandeur


cold light


you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards


a climactic hero 's


smashing success


by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss


it 's a very very strong `` b + . ''


are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes


a satisfying crime drama


be occupied for 72 minutes


the problematic characters and


that satisfies , as comfort food often can


good action , good acting ,


that these brats will ever be anything more than losers


triple x marks the spot .


for the most part , credible


lasting traces of charlotte 's web


i found myself howling more than cringing


tries its best


lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit


with guardian hack nick davies


celebrate


some people march to the beat of a different drum


very tasteful


heartily sick


feminist empowerment tale thinly


artificial and soulless


tv


are also some startling , surrealistic moments


-- a straight guy has to dress up in drag --


so poorly plotted and scripted .


milks drama when she should be building suspense


lucratively


most slyly exquisite


famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer .


calculating fiend


gimmicky


those who are drying out from spring break


flinching


these days are about nothing


new age


of the great crimes


suited to a quiet evening on pbs


emotionally vapid


fun for kids of any age


amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it .


period-perfect


left slightly unfulfilled


its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before .


this one feels like a life sentence


... tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here ...


, something is rotten in the state of california


commercialism all in the same movie


exalted


reunion


rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 .


( depending upon where you live )


, the movie looks genuinely pretty .


honest working man john q. archibald ,


of its lurid fiction


will leave fans clamoring for another ride


journalistically dubious ,


have rarely seen


appealing enough


the natural affability that has made tucker a star


fashioned an absorbing look


works on no level whatsoever for me .


a portrait of alienation so perfect


to engross even the most antsy youngsters


your first instinct


the precious trappings


i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill


very distinctive


informative , intriguing , observant


be an attempt at hardass american


it holds itself


totally unexpected directions


the war of the roses , '


makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose


after an uncertain start


like a room stacked with pungent flowers


's fairly lame


sneaks up on you and


impish divertissement


sometimes both


cram earplugs


banality and hypocrisy


on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script


did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting


an extraordinary poignancy , and the story


attracting audiences to unfaithful


of pure misogynist evil


continues .


legendary


wise and knowing


it has a bigger-name cast


it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art


weird , wonderful


hoped i would -- with moist eyes


huston performance


advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day


hip-hop indie snipes


a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation


the right b-movie frame of mind


, generosity and diplomacy


nubile young actors


although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .


refresh


shine


seem tired


's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


through the constraints of its source


by storm


who deserve but rarely receive it


remains prominent


's far from a frothy piece


to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense


surrounded by open windows


has settled for a lugubrious romance


illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters


having an old friend for dinner '


inventive cinematic tricks and


it is definitely worth seeing .


can relate


true to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .


nonjudgmental kind


threatens


the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago


though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here ,


than a worthwhile effort


a study in schoolgirl obsession


its uncanny tale


its one good idea


highly predictable


amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but


romantic crime comedy


frank capra 's classic


worked against the maker 's minimalist intent


, memory , resistance and artistic transcendence


, funny and poignant


can trust


christmas spirit


the phenomenal , water-born cinematography


of intergalactic friendship


epiphany


beyond its formula


taking the easy hollywood road


ago


is a little tired


wittier


, interest can not be revived .


pick up new admirers


recognizable and true


winning portrayal


you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory ... but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools .


guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling


warped


, enveloping affection


yong kang


foreign culture only


for people who like their romances to have that french realism


the notion of deleting emotion from people


of the creative act


manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time


an intelligent flick


tawdry b-movie scum


a wild ride


lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,


evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .


statements and dime-store ruminations


never lacks in eye-popping visuals


do in this marvelous film


playwriting 101 premise


visual appeal


perfect medium


even if the ring has a familiar ring , it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror .


unrecoverable life


demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , but


the movie rising above similar fare


lackluster thriller `` new best friend ''


a minimalist beauty


whiny and defensive


eyeballs


greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary .


you thought would leave you cold


extremely imaginative through out


produce another smash


what begins brightly


pizazz


has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favor of an altogether darker side


a flimsy excuse


are all in the performances , from foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster .


a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities .


cranked out on an assembly line


margarita happy hour


a striking style


the most part a useless movie ,


thirteen conversations about one thing , for all its generosity and optimism ,


completely awful iranian drama ...


be careful what you wish for


everything is off .


may be more genial than ingenious , but


should be poignant


those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi .


without bludgeoning the audience over the head


is a former film editor


takes the most unexpected material


crudup 's anchoring performance


a funny and touching film


a fullness


visualize schizophrenia


grisly


but enjoyable documentary .


with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around


some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options


this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears


most likeable


most appealing movies


more enjoyable than its predecessor .


vile , incoherent


ugly digital video


feel-good territory


geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity


match his ambition


unusually crafty and intelligent


some serious soul


everywhere


fabuleux


catching solely on its visual merits


piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art


more mindless drivel


influential


of animal house


there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .


the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding


ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired


this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .


almost seems like a documentary in the way


makes the move from pleasing


an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers


one long


struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones


finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality


a bonus


give credit to everyone from robinson


to break free of her old life


be an honest and loving one


a cartoon ?


kitschy goodwill


a cinematic disaster


keener is marvelous


weirdly likable


hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .


its most glaring


old college try


piecing the story together frustrating difficult


is a commanding screen presence


the small screen


a hallmark film


the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion


of genuine excitement


whose achievements -- and complexities --


some delightful work on indie projects


it looks neat


this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .


unnerving suspense


a blast


any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve


a direct hit


takes a look at 5 alternative housing options


rarity


the name of high art


powerhouse


quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie ,


absorbing characters


the edge of your seat


positive impression


lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .


should share screenwriting credit


a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess


goofiest


witty feature


traditional layers of awakening and ripening and


little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting


a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .


grow into a movie career


emerge with unimpeachable clarity


modest , crowd-pleasing goals


the concentration


voyeuristic spectacle


, it is clearly a good thing .


that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny


a chilling movie without oppressive gore .


's also somewhat clumsy


about the general absurdity of modern life


find it fascinating


lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .


your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute


a crowd-pleaser , but then , so


brings the proper conviction


( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )


better actor


some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen


challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .


place for a great film noir


shiri is a must for genre fans .


gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record


this region and


merchant ivory productions


the dreams of youth


a mischievous visual style


funny no-brainer


such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play


finely tuned


that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar


seems as deflated as he does


unsatisfied


sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .


with few respites


` swept away '


with a grand whimper


being simpleminded


the film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .


shot like a postcard


delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids


take this film at face value


offers a guilt-free trip


a talky bore


low rate annie


competence


sacrificing the integrity of the opera


great credit


an overly sillified plot and


jolts the laughs


a classic movie franchise


well-made but mush-hearted .


loneliness and desperate grandiosity


( macdowell ) ventures beyond her abilities


a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles .


privy to


than their funny accents


ke


contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .


most enchanting


for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters


its chosen topic


shockers since the evil dead


fascinating study


helped change a nation


easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen .


even dies .


they 're struggling to create .


brisk


to screen with considerable appeal intact


a frightening and compelling ` what if


the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .


its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome


compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy


, accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way .


the guys still feels counterproductive


a film without surprise


once intimate and universal cinema


the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled .


found it weirdly appealing


nebrida


always surprising


a fragment of an underdone potato


black indomitability


its premise is smart ,


an auspicious feature debut


's incredible the number of stories


willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists


of nearly epic proportions


a radiant character portrait


horrified


the movie is without intent .


has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .


somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .


mostly martha is mostly unsurprising


even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage .


irrelevancy


this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged


to its proper home


elegant visual sense


sandbox


in the middle of hopeful


to a superior crime movie


major acting lessons and


the terrifying message


fu


air of gentle longing


a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn


short of profound characterizations


but still entertaining


of obligatory cheap


valley of the dolls


was immensely enjoyable


turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film


been cobbled together onscreen


the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .


about full frontal


cannibal lust above the ordinary


legally blonde and sweet home abomination


is off-putting


vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics


independent-community


, quirky , original


a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation


the cast is impressive


is a movie you can trust .


of dishonesty


paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here


forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?


a social injustice , at least


take notice


accused of being a bit undisciplined


a choppy , surface-effect feeling


bright shining star


their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary


a remake by the numbers


of the unsung heroes of 20th century


pathetic junk


of happy


real-life hollywood fairy-tale


of effecting change and inspiring hope


seem odd bedfellows


the grandness of romance


there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and


spare dialogue and


its music or


zone '' episode


some modest amusements


well-crafted psychological study


another useless recycling


it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and


a throwback war movie


aground


secondhand ,


the richness of characterization


takes a hat-in-hand approach


he 's afraid of his best-known creation


is , in a word , brilliant


on an intoxicating show