'' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .


hanging


a tedious picture


aimless ,


, humorous , illuminating study


is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and


of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation


sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations .


is an all-time low for kevin costner


particularly memorable effect


the dialogue is cumbersome


babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot


stuffy


will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .


aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .


film that suffers because of its many excesses


would have a hard time sitting through this one


an effective portrait


of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself


surgeon mends


enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over .


be a breath of fresh air


might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .


boring and meandering .


may as well be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie .


a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy


continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio .


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


is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn


keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .


like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok


enervating determination


forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense


rare film


two fatal ailments


holds the screen like a true star .


engaging and intimate


actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen


as disney 's 1937 breakthrough


executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity


will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .


for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension


, it has some problems


finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore


is so thoughtlessly assembled .


this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece


a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and


delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for


the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan


got it right


aloof


loud , bang-the-drum


've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .


the murder


the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure


chore


is intelligently accomplished


of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion


a superficial way , while never sure


something of the ultimate scorsese film


girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre .


( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and


how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and


it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense .


makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison


's black hawk down with more heart


in such a gloriously goofy way


is more in love with strangeness than excellence


captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics


it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .


warmth


has become the master of innuendo


an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention


've completely lowered your entertainment standards


the most pitiful directing


's no energy


transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor


the perfect material


unabashedly romantic


sentimental journey


with grace and humor and


this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature


mr. deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly --


an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion .


those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .


you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet


crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .


compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity


issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .


easy , seductive pacing


his most daring , and complicated , performances


that never quite gel


where its recent predecessor miserably


the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny ,


creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .


irredeemably awful .


- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and


is often preachy


is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles


is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen


clichés , depression and


of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family


a historically significant , and personal , episode


is left slightly unfulfilled


embarrassment and


memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp


, despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .


by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior


it can be safely recommended as a video/dvd babysitter .


can seem tiresomely simpleminded .


partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success --


modern-day royals


caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty .


makes you crave chris smith 's next movie


the film 's hero is a bore


dreamy and


the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you wo n't be disappointed


should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing


is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year .


pleasant


is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message ,


to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers


terrific computer graphics ,


being able to creep the living hell out of you


stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece


feel alive - which is what they did


pinheads who talk throughout the show .


has its rewards


medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt .


a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism .


oo many of these gross out scenes


the pairing does sound promising in theory ... but their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners .


are sometimes bracing


powerfully evocative


even the hastily and amateurishly


( soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .


a tour de force of modern cinema


may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen


hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out


knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying


neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief


, madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .


the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood .


the rich performances by friel


love the robust middle of this picture


for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap


viva le resistance


paints a grand picture of an era and


runs out of steam after a half hour


find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating


a weird and wonderful comedy


the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers


you 're in for a painful ride .


wise-beyond-her-years teen


uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels


just as endearing and easy to watch


dies .


an uneasy mix


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


there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff


a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically ,


grace this deeply touching melodrama


is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .


superficially written characters ramble


as dahmer


that is sure to win viewers ' hearts


the promise of digital filmmaking


it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .


informative


i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .


is both stimulating and demanding .


a question for philosophers , not filmmakers ;


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


the movie is amateurish ,


be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002


hugely imaginative and successful


respects the material without sentimentalizing it


, gut-clutching piece


manage to be spectacularly outrageous


romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows


both the scenic splendor


almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .


amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario ,


can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .


a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place


the remarkable ensemble cast


drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst


might just be the movie you 're looking for .


idiotic


but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary .


which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing


a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse


seems timely and important


the plot weaves us into a complex web .


lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features


thoroughly engrossing


a literary detective story is still a detective story


everlasting


it 's not a motion picture ; it 's an utterly static picture


found writer-director mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going


familiar and predictable ,


works on any number of levels


a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made


buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block


comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter


stale and clichéd to a fault


in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


very well


good humor


ranks as the most original in years .


beautiful to watch and


driven by a natural sense for what works


of genuine insight into the urban heart


that calvin jr. 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side


such a perfect medium for children


mostly believable


handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter


was vile enough


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


b.s.


the unique way shainberg


( and probably should have )


the charm of satin rouge


's the very definition of epic adventure


figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm


upbeat ending


succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory


dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut


a tremendous piece


in the broiling sun for a good three days


the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film


fabulous


confection that 's pure entertainment


the journey is such a mesmerizing one


technically sumptuous but


tender hug


insanely dysfunctional


with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers


a wild ride


with no unified whole


meandering and confusing


invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets


is he has no character , loveable or otherwise


does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal .


feeble


the unmentionable


coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro


thinking someone made off with your wallet


make ` cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie


of knucklehead swill


she is a lioness


enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .


is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction


you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her


remotely probing or penetrating .


are far more alienating than involving


sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .


from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal


stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter


of superficiality


you liked the previous movies in the series


blockbuster


as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro


's already a joke in the united states .


a 20-car pileup


the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .


, i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop


somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard


, hollywood is sordid and disgusting .


in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape


more playful


are terribly wasted


is a plodding mess


shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams


keen


otherwise bleak


for two movies


, ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .


had a lot of problems with this movie


it does cathartic truth telling


slick production values and


, and totally disorientated


right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies


restrained and subtle


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


of your eyes


the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why .


's exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making


with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves


is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction


weirdly beautiful


manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish


a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .


on par with the first one


the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth


opening up ' the play more has partly closed it down .


fine , focused piece


, the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama


thriller junk .


deserve a passing grade


outdoes its spectacle .


the best movie


is a verbal duel between two gifted performers


( i ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be .


deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history


a crisp psychological drama ( and ) a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode


make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again


, romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program .


to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky


finds a nice rhythm


about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller


let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best


is its reliance on formula


probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems


a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes


help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact


add


for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


with passion and energy


truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy


makes 98 minutes feel like three hours .


ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .


one level


, sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .


high drama


what makes it worth a recommendation


the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .


the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack


most frantic , virulent and foul-natured


that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty


is as difficult for the audience to take as it


an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence


a disaster


grows on you --


almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --


by men of marginal intelligence


successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters


the poor and


becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on


hackneyed and meanspirited


offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience


repetitive


, spirited away is a triumph of imagination


amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship ,


to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with


those prone to indignation need not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up .


an established filmmaker


fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people


an uncomfortable experience ,


audacious-impossible yet compelling ...


is still a cinematic touchstone


that is part biography , part entertainment and part history


the benefit of being able to give full performances


a funny moment or two


'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter ... '


drop dead gorgeous


pseudo-philosophic twaddle


sensual


of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone


in formal settings with motionless characters


what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance


high-adrenaline documentary .


, esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .


's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .


flamboyant


a mediocre one


( the film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all


of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs


the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr. mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy


itself is far from disappointing , offering an original


a personal low for everyone


's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .


flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up .


knows how to tell us about people .


many clichés


a smart , compelling drama


is polanski 's best film


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


moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction


is workmanlike in the extreme .


about in thick clouds of denial


could young romantics out on a date


costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops ,


going at a rapid pace ,


should catch this imax offering


left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation .


admire


as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )


for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .


is gorgeously


to make a big splash


quite a vision


a treasure chest


up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched


extraordinary debut from josh koury .


a touching love story


for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance


is ( cattaneo ) sophomore slump


neglects to add the magic that made it all work


a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound


` unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .


the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers ,


has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half .


one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace


the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught .


a more measured or polished production ever could


be consumed and forgotten


an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities


jolly


a staggeringly compelling character ,


then the film is a pleasant enough dish .


light the candles , bring out the cake


are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze .


has some unnecessary parts


of his top-notch creative team


made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby .


leguizamo 's best movie work so far


was kind of terrific once


of the darkest variety


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


piercing


an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts .


seem so real in small doses


efficient


you know there 's something there .


picture-perfect


overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love


deserving of its critical backlash and more


the lively intelligence of the artists


so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking


nothing wrong with performances here


with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage


shallow and


it is very difficult to care about the character ,


, dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell .


with no good inside dope , and no particular bite


that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time


at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability


be seen as hip , winking social commentary


with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free


tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries


by this tired retread


at last


that the less charitable might describe as a castrated


with an enormous amount of affection


( the film ) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end


a disaster of a story


is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love


is nearly impossible to look at or understand


think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star .


emerges a radiant character portrait


snide and


an artistry


falling into the hollywood trap


the characters move with grace and panache


, with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .


are so believable that you feel what they feel


one of the great films about movie love


most inventive


a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given .


insightful moments


just about the best straight-up ,


for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose


can render it anything but laughable


the most highly-praised disappointments i


damaged-goods


uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .


that try too hard to be mythic


collapses


left a few crucial things out


nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film


farce


sillier , cuter ,


is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost


unblinkingly pure


none of this sounds promising and


sham actor workshops


martha enormously endearing


its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay


this film : honest


crappy movies


is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .


is its utter sincerity


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


, thoughtful , unapologetically raw


before indigestion sets


embraces it , energizes it and


good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace


her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game


hold dear about cinema


provide insight


have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997


law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed


a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna


an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .


subtly kinky bedside vigils and


comes across as lame and sophomoric


proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .


be ( assayas ' ) homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality


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 .


the movie 's seams may show ...


you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots


love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899


directed and convincingly acted


an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations


complex and quirky , but


an important movie , or even a good one


see over and over again


that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated


a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything


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


is delightful in the central role


, like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .


encouraging effort


made the first film so special


is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade


, there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .


and narrative grace


of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups


satisfies


, it 's also cold , gray , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .


, ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .


equals the sum of its pretensions


between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .


is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half


take me back to a time before i saw this movie


have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup ,


the edge of sanity


can easily be considered career-best performances


like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .


sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things


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


catches dramatic fire


is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .


sharp comedy ,


some like it


making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years


is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family


presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet


a beautifully sung holiday carol


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


does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .


make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment


a preposterous , prurient whodunit


by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery


, but with material this rich it does n't need it


swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .


original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .


a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese


a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo


so lovely toward the end


contrived , unmotivated ,


a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .


share no chemistry or engaging charisma .


when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve .


on subtle ironies and visual devices


may lack the pungent bite of its title ,


to do that is really funny


's surprisingly decent , particularly


to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments


undeniably moving film


the film 's plot may be shallow ,


exceptional


lightweight


enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem


a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency


-- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing .


an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more


as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible


profane and exploitative as the most offensive action


that made a walk to remember a niche hit


a painful ride


best films


it falls far short of poetry


captive by mediocrity


the feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .


captivates


new energy


is worth your time ,


do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .


funny ,


is a pleasant enough dish


is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .


than sucking you in ... and making you sweat


has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .


if this is cinema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .


creates sheerly cinematic appeal


shooting itself


reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds


particularly joyless ,


lost in the translation this time


inadequately


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


a sour taste


useless


menace


run for your lives


the slow parade of human frailty fascinates


could n't someone take rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person


gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done


confusing and horrifying vision


where santa gives gifts to grownups


should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor .


of predictable narrative rhythms


a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow


sustains


it had a sense of humor


cute alien creature


wanted to leave .


would go back and choose to skip it


, the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .


the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie


is turning in some delightful work on indie projects


for the wan , thinly sketched story


've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic


you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored


carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .


come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .


suspenseful


nothing happens ,


the worst films of 2002


less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is


highly watchable , giggly little story


visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid


keeps this pretty watchable ,


as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller


great past


is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often


have carved their own comfortable niche in the world


shines on all the characters


was n't all that great to begin with


have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film


extremely talented


a deceptively casual ode


a retread story


is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel


a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation


is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .


sweet , genuine


you expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup .


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


crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .


perfected


you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment


is better than you might think .


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


is serene , the humor wry and sprightly


as history


of attraction and interdependence


a concept doofus


splendor


a brilliant college student


will talk about for hours


gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense


heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated


more charming than in about a boy


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


is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .


so sloppily written


some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan


the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .


powerful drama


a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent


watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs


a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather


masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad


the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story ,


so that the human story is pushed to one side


wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture


provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .


are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .


drag an audience


for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film


energetic frontman


despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places


is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .


will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .


cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and


really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions


stitched together from stock situations and characters


as mindless


a puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks


hypnotically dull ,


you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes


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


even fans of sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting


as the scruffy sands of its titular community


moving and not infrequently breathtaking film


this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .


can feel the love .


fascination ,


for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .


for no better reason


's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins .


in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee


plodding , peevish and gimmicky


illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity


is familiar but enjoyable .


canny , meditative


's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance


resolutely unamusing


am baffled by jason x.


's always enthralling


pedro


dark , intelligent warning cry


dreadful day


the first mistake


with enough negatives


shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high


clearly evident poverty and hardship


perfectly rendered period piece


dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy


a truly annoying pitch


refreshingly unhibited


though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story


acidic all-male


weighs down the tale with bogus profundities


has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran . '


a complex psychological drama


are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting


but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .


of the smarter offerings the horror genre


elevates the material above pat inspirational status


may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done


's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .


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


there 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ...


while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo


carried out by men of marginal intelligence ,


skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor


does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and


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


conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year --


majestic


an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing


one of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies


grossest movie


is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .


terrific special effects and funnier gags


carries us effortlessly


benefits


, the director 's experiment is a successful one .


a few tasty morsels under your belt


as sexy


when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but


has a handful of smart jokes


something of a stiff --


delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away


porno


can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them


sandler is losing his touch


grinds itself


it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor


look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten


sappy dialogue


predictably efficient


an energetic , extreme-sports adventure


shining


nonsensical and


's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness


makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans


, the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens


( other than the very sluggish pace )


has really found his groove these days


whose engaging manner and flamboyant style


would have saved this film a world of hurt


in the right direction


the rollicking dark humor so necessary


an extraordinary poignancy


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


what 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .


happens that tells you there is no sense


it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes


throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` look at this !


he has something significant to say


ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous .


, i hated myself in the morning .


of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other


knucklehead


to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times


an unforced , rapid-fire delivery


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


mature


the film is not only a love song to the movies


a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds


is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything


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


pleasurable


the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times


trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable


letdown .


has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and


is more fun than conan the barbarian


a true cinematic knack


while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold .


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


after the clever credits roll


was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy


does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history


one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels


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


without chills


's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue


a fascinating glimpse


leave it


ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon .


putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a pandora 's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest


hastily and


dead-end


lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s .


inexcusable dumb


a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences


somber pacing and lack


incompetent ,


worse ,


needed so badly but what is virtually absent


has worked wonders with the material .


tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy .


in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .


is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers


's also disappointing to a certain degree .


of b-movie excitement


a grand tour


lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .


is something of a triumph


long and eventful spiritual journey


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


there to scare while we delight in the images


is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family


more graceful way


drudgery


grave for youngsters


with promise


feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .


it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress .


a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new


's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .


that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers


tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence


the slapstick is labored ,


has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection


a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences .


the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks


the man


arresting image


singularly off-putting romantic comedy .


this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .


a treat


you feel what they feel


loud and thoroughly


an empty exercise


is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .


a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago


birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters .


are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .


like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .


is the opposite of a truly magical movie


talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing


hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own


takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .


over with


that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches


the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they 'll get plenty ) fills me with revulsion .


if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


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


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


she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair


a brilliant movie


the movie 's messages are quite admirable


's still a sweet , even delectable diversion


it is handled with intelligence and care


a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood


may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work .


is a must for genre fans .


a courageous scottish lady


charisma and


that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature


ignite


to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting


is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films


feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .


may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 .


that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer


is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies


simply a re-hash of the other seven films


by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion


suspenseful enough for older kids but not


cold , pretentious ,


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 .


holland lets things peter out midway ,


epic treatment of a nationwide blight


sweeping


hoary dialogue , fluxing accents


wit and compassion


a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams


semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .


its characters and its audience


sleek


new favorite musical


what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining


, action-packed chiller


sinuously plotted


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


, it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role .


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


: the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .


collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .


shimmering cinematography


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


spontaneity in its execution


if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master


to the outstanding soundtrack


ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered


the , yes , snail-like pacing


's easy to like


the resourceful amnesiac


is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn


acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover


all awkward ,


sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams


well-acted


its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care


does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that


shines like a lonely beacon


the same blueprint


the result , however well-intentioned ,


i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies


should not be missed .


do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold


the best sports movie i 've ever seen .


of the most unpleasant things the studio


estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro


while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit


pale imitation


most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors


prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences


i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered


, wan na watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?


the film has ( its ) moments , but


wide-smiling reception


constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas


have made vittorio de sica proud


singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn .


makes your teeth hurt


add up to a biting satire that has no teeth


like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story


a wickedly undramatic central theme


results is the best performance from either in years


bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points .


( a ) stale retread of the '53 original


that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it


's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .


's an energy to y tu mamá también .


coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements


to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude


what ( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film


from the brave , uninhibited performances


the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .


best script


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


generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters


times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp


a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination


have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant


which somehow snagged an oscar nomination


, k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low .


perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die


is nothing short of a great one


that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food


is its personable , amusing cast


, this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .


comes off like a hallmark commercial


where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace


of moronic stunts


combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream .


went astray


have a whale of a good time


to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater


the positive change


with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy


at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting


is in his element


have n't laughed that hard in years !


best actor


is a wonderful thing


casting call


a little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .


the problematic characters


most edgy piece


wondrously


'd rather watch them on the animal planet .


offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life


inconsequential


swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm


an art


snappy


'll keep watching the skies for his next project


the dimming of a certain ambition


wal-mart checkout line


to care about


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


schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs


totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe


an appealing couple


asia , where ms. shu is an institution


get out


wrong things


boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up


is a big , juicy role


is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .


is more interesting


as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .


is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another


some soul


is tenderly observant of his characters


makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever


's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more


the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability .


us all


zippy jazzy score


a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action


a fine ,


retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .


a stirring tribute


there 's no place for this story to go but down


wide-awake all the way


effecting change


toward the light -- the light of the exit sign


utter mush


notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .


a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast


arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .


artificiality


of purpose and even-handedness


's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one


of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film


puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .


will linger long after this film has ended


a generic international version of a typical american horror film


eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons


romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here .


bland hollywood romance


self-consciously


intermittently good


are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack


again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent


lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .


a flashy editing style


how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm


of more appealing holiday-season product


left off the film 's predictable denouement


we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before


while the last metro ) was more melodramatic , confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history .


, the film certainly does n't disappoint .


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


characteristically engorged and


trying to create something original


it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .


the joy the characters take in this creed


, imaginative


gives everyone


` realistic '


... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus


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


interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots .


of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree


goofiest stuff


derived from a lobotomy


... built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids .


rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .


`` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time


a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music


found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent


it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted ,


the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile


mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls


graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .


reasonably creative eighth-grader


a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but


visually striking and viscerally repellent .


certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .


low , smoky and inviting


admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .


to the phrase ` fatal script error


richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material ,


's definitely worth taking a look


most exciting


gore for suspense


relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .


high hilarity


introspective portrait


revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate


, virulent and foul-natured


an overexposed waste of film


sexy slip


fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill


loss and denial and life-at-arm 's -


the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter


is flat


of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up


does its predecessors proud


not a classic


biggest


, why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?


a shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait


hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming


sympathizing


it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers


has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .


has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults


exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters


, and


infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .


an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising


sad but


offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor .


an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


is an earnest study in despair


his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence


most offensive thing


comfortable


the courageous molly craig


some terrific setpieces


did n't convince me that calvin jr. 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side .


rise above its disgusting source material


'm giving it a strong thumbs up


marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .


hate


must be a serious contender for the title .


comes off winningly


an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 ,


has turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing


an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type


best little


superior moral tone


if good-hearted , movie .


much of jonah simply , and gratefully ,


... an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...


, mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .


is sadly


's a lousy one at that


grating and tedious .


looking for a return ticket


surprising emotional depth


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


-- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king .


broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and


, the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .


the same mistake as the music industry


laughably


a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933


of a travesty of a transvestite comedy


you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards .


disappoint the action


gag two or three times


in a big corner office in hell


crap


crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies


includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick


succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing


on all levels


digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .


provide any conflict


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


` masterpiece ' and ` triumph '


it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .


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


vapid


the overcooked , ham-fisted direction


well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie


the obnoxious special effects


the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line


the film 's creepy


a superfluous sequel


the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor


's coherent , well shot ,


be shaking your head all the way to the credits


been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson


with scenes so true and heartbreaking


, but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .


photographed and beautifully recorded


is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .


is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .


a huge disappointment coming


its magic


well-rounded


make this an eminently engrossing film


to my great pleasure ,


some startling , surrealistic moments


's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started


some cynical creeps


do anything


be building suspense


the story plays out slowly


anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes


on a high note


inept filmmaking


the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes


an intelligent weepy


is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd


's really wrong with this ricture !


handsome widescreen photography


eerily accurate depiction of depression .


to enjoy good trash every now and then


ploddingly sociological


a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point


alienating most


this seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done .


you to give it a millisecond of thought


are totally estranged from reality


that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone


superb performances


it 's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile .


might have required genuine acting from ms. spears


a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise


commands attention


goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab


little visible talent


completely creatively stillborn and


blushing to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '


flat , plodding picture


has nothing


abysmally


like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood .


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


... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .


realized through clever makeup design


it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but olympia , wash. , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting


spiritual


to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life


its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary .


it would still be beyond comprehension


perfectly pitched


incurably


remains vividly in memory long


if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine


it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema


favor


boredom to the point of collapse


sulky teen drama


beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , one hour photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .


some real vitality and


( a ) crushing disappointment .


it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end


tediously


dry humor and jarring shocks


a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more


does a great combination act


scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation


's so bad


old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment


often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .


nice piece of work


masochistic moviegoers


the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey


captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience .


is never especially clever and


it provides a fresh view of an old type


recommend it for its originality alone


that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog


peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments .


racism


transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest


there is one word that best describes this film : honest .


hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity .


makes these lives count


young romantics


jarring , new-agey tone


suspense or believable tension


ayurveda does the field no favors


for a thirteen-year-old 's book report


much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature


, old-fashioned-movie movie


a small gem from belgium .


animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50


two directors with far less endearing disabilities


a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds


well done , but slow


it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .


humanize


the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie


packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film


would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special


puzzle whose pieces do not fit .


it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ;


's a lot of tooth in roger dodger


as darkly funny ,


stretches of impact and moments


dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .


rude and


press the delete key


full of cheesy dialogue


is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them


'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow


the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air


nicely


in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids


pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .


to inject farcical raunch


vibrantly colored and


endearing and


parents beware


a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical limit .


lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing


new york locales and sharp writing


the misery


newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style


are canny and spiced with irony .


maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .


cutting-edge indie filmmaking


very strong


is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music


, the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .


will be lulled into a coma .


's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to lau .


a freshly painted rembrandt


enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals


ozpetek offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves .


thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change


freshman


is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .


full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature


engage


as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work


a little more special


who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot


that kind of impact on me these days


a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight ,


shining with all the usual spielberg flair


offers opportunities for occasional smiles


full-bodied characterizations


soft-core twaddle


sheridan had a wonderful account to work from


, it is clearly a good thing .


is one helluva singer


eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .


surehanded direction


good action


each one of these people stand out and


davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships


that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one


the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis


are too cute


meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws


wishy-washy


red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .


, the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions .


seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times .


make it unexpectedly rewarding


the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .


an uplifting


own cuteness


mundane


all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain


has the disadvantage of also looking cheap


adam sandler assault


in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .


contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen


to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it


a rather bland


is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer


a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most


'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve


give credit to affleck


imaginatively mixed


feels at odds with the rest of the film .


, amusing , sad and reflective


more successful


evocative


as a tarantula , helga


makes all the difference .


best short story writing


its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and


vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm


is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .


lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human


not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers


a very well-meaning movie , and


happiness


the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies --


i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie


fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies ,


of adolescent sturm und drang


ripe recipe , inspiring


cult favorite


this engaging film


will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever


the most creative mayhem


the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product


taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff


as generic as its title


what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever .


should strike a nerve in many


the historical , philosophical , and


her pure fantasy character ,


who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings


failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs


, dumb action movie


the ups and downs of friendships


makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here


superficial and


is worth the price of admission


it 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking .


by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing


george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks


is even lazier and far less enjoyable


like real life


most politically audacious


sparse but oddly compelling .


finely crafted , finely written


most savagely hilarious


its courage , ideas , technical proficiency


is ) a fascinating character ,


even more important


debuts by an esteemed writer-actor


fall dreadfully short


, margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .


incoherent


i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but


, ( goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .


struggle tragically


as much fun


works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .


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


fantastically vital


funny ( sometimes hilarious )


be smarter and more diabolical


so appealing about the characters


has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances


would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest


be engaging


fine actors


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


in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage


should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .


nair 's attention to detail


if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy


slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .


that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging


dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting


engross even the most antsy youngsters


tits


surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .


crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance


the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles


his most personal


ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh


at odds with the rest of the film


spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune ,


even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .


as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball


rock and stolid anthony hopkins


screen been so aggressively anti-erotic


groaners


is of brian de palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .


this unrelenting bleak insistence


naiveté and sophistication


a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director


the story is predictable


is way , way off .


high production values


to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum


naturalistic


that this film 's cast is uniformly superb


has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series


of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life


from being a total rehash


caught but the audience gets pure escapism


each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time


indie of the year , so far


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


to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made


overflows with wisdom and emotion .


of becoming a better person through love


trouble every day is a success in some sense


an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries


there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence


impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture


enduring


it 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins .


k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .


won --


out-of-kilter character


you 're not a fan


, in a better movie , you might not have noticed .


has some of the best special effects ever


this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole


what makes the movie special


that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling


feel-good


a very distinctive sensibility


simply


play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking


impressive style


be much funnier than anything


a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity .


that it stinks


is one word that best describes this film : honest


rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative


, insight and humor


brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life


have put together a bold biographical fantasia


these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently


the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation


other , better crime movies


is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination .


makes its message resonate


but ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .


is a big time stinker


, irrational , long-suffering but cruel


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


this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs


little less bling-bling and a lot more


awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .


have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy


an exercise in chilling style


that already knows it 's won


spirited


surprisingly charming


her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation


j. lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl .


you barely realize your mind is being blown .


convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking


it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad


( an ) absorbing documentary


very amusing


realize , much to our dismay


a low-budget hybrid


, there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .


your disgust


' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .


might not seem like the proper cup of tea


bang-up


really quite funny


a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .


astoundingly rich


for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent


a low-rent retread of the alien


it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly .


for its success on a patient viewer


a fairy tale


tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .


to forget that they are actually movie folk


, there is n't much to it .


cliched and


is just sooooo tired .


might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .


guilt-free


a great film noir


we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity


has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .


it 's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .


a popcorn film , not a must-own ,


swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .


like a cold old man going through the motions .


when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant


some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences


when various characters express their quirky inner selves


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


full of surprises


is worth searching out .


by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .


a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition .


a faulty premise


a collage of clichés and a dim echo of allusions to other films .


... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences .


spectacular


the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and


is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels


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


every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .


paint-by-numbers


but a little too smugly superior


achieve


are moments of hilarity to be had


the unmistakable stamp of authority


much dramatic impact


degenerates into hogwash


through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special


is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing


is simply brilliant


-- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --


has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )


, film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation .


so impersonal or


a hunky has-been


it 's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out


a diverse and astonishingly articulate


human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart .


a pathetically inane and unimaginative


of the lovable-loser protagonist


wobbly premise work


succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .


trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish


in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm


defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks


's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction


piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes ,


manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material


entirely witless


shyamalan 's gifts


talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires


heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind


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


a party political broadcast


disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and


it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate .


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


it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster


why , for instance , good things happen to bad people


worth the concentration


, and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script


took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long


of its epic scope


the wise , wizened visitor


i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material


for finding meaning in relationships or work


charm or


the toilet and scores a direct hit


the audience gets pure escapism


is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .


a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil


similarly ill-timed antitrust


a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .


tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .


, you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .


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


bland hotels , highways , parking lots


it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness


a film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness


proves you wrong on both counts


definitive account


infuses the movie with much of its slender


satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago


one of the funnier movies in town


less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters


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


yet depressing


who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act


is recognizably plympton


it 's sweet .


will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective


in their cheap , b movie way


that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads


completely forgettable


is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .


reveals itself slowly , intelligently


nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts --


, daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope


hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u.s. --


mishandled here


a hole in your head


waters it down


the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm


very depressing movie


if it were any more of a turkey


below is well below expectations .


to see how far herzog has fallen


aggressively silly


a very good film


courage and


as plain and pedestrian as catsup --


is a filmmaker of impressive talent .


endearing about it .


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


an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist


meditative and lyrical


more enjoyable than its predecessor .


jealous


of john c. walsh 's pipe dream


said , except : film overboard !


scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .


is going to be something really good


can be viewed as pure composition and form --


the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose .


vital comic ingredient


is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his


guide a loose , poorly structured film


a thriller


put together with the preteen boy in mind .


`` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses


is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is


all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another


an avid interest in the subject


is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .


i liked about schmidt a lot ,


images you wish you had n't seen


to find a place among the studio 's animated classics


the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart


much of it is funny


there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking


of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled


fairly enjoyable


it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it


no one can hear you snore


in an irresistible junior-high way ,


reach satisfying conclusions


the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .


as an exceptional thriller


the fantastic


runteldat is something of a triumph .


the punch lines


it is n't very good


irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what


ungainly


likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies


can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .


its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois


chillingly


such a clever adaptation


a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days


, it has a genuine dramatic impact


well-done film


carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''


benefits from serendipity


that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing


` ick '


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


's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination .


incredibly irritating


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


not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense .


though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .


that miss


salton sea surprisingly engrossing


gracious


, you 're a jet all the way


rigid and evasive in ways


director lee has a true cinematic knack ,


is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .


a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop


the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar


a shoddy male hip hop fantasy


entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal


compassion , good-natured


pays earnest homage to turntablists


all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders ,