offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes .


are reflected in almost every scene .


an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .


is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .


sumptuous


undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates


inane and


one of the finest films of the year


, dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .


has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .


can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .


could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls .


the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again


, it 's just grating


spicy


laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .


that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower


are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely


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


the most original american productions


, it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .


rank frustration from those in the


becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters


a waste


laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling


might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc .


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


is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans .


can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .


hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications .


bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .


plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air .


that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing


this tale has been told and retold


that this bold move works


ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story


often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration


, you still have to see this !


that provide its thrills and extreme emotions


full of detail


should drop everything and run to ichi .


are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project


is haunting ... ( it 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .


it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead


work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse


it 's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .


it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad


filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration , but


winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .


is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .


make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .


damon/bourne or his predicament


a feel-good movie


there 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way


you 'll forget about it by monday , though ,


an intimate feeling ,


softheaded metaphysical claptrap


do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch


berling and béart ... continue to impress , and


of the greatest date movies in years


rewarding


that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness


the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen


emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen


you 'll love this movie .


it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland .


the town has kind of an authentic feel ,


ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .


the leanest and meanest of solondz 's misanthropic comedies .


about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


low , very low , very


much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep .


can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial .


a charming but slight comedy


does so without compromising that complexity .


, also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end


fantastic


gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ... a curiously constricted epic


a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected


are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .


is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors


the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .


of hell


its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor


a cruelly funny twist


it 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior


the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded


layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and


the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati


most thoughtful


into a lyrical and celebratory vision


the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while


so intimate and


funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work


wholesome


offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people


it belongs on the big screen


weird


tremendous


the four feathers is definitely horse feathers ,


engaging comedy


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


is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate


such confidence


has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism .


lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .


a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure


an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening


, the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .


sometimes is a brilliant movie .


generic drama


amélie 's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest


in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality


's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries .


brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life


, considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .


painfully forced


a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions


spectacularly


silliness


begin with


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


makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty


come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


long and relentlessly saccharine film


awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters


have to see it


funny in a sick , twisted sort of way .


see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting ''


a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action


passionate


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


that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second


a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film


is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice .


it appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up .


sluggish


's not a fresh idea


what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective


make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book


is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish


will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .


kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast ,


could have been crisper and punchier


does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is


an engrossing entertainment


a few laughs


popcorn thriller


is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects


yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling .


mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and


we never feel anything for these characters ,


's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness


, tedious


, it still works .


as delicately calibrated in tone


insultingly


actually improves upon the original hit movie


is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out


if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us


a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters


the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .


dismiss


is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .


phony imagery or music


the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .


banal dialogue


crafted picture


beauty


waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense .


is still good fun .


in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity


would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi


is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .


an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving


depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable


mordantly funny and


as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year


the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable


the brawn , but not the brains


all the annals


that the material is so second-rate .


there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .


in all its strange quirks


, it 's a pale imitation .


gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .


a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that


particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents


romantic comedy


a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ...


's supposed to be a romantic comedy


a must-see


both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .


is fantastic .


eloquent film


in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers


the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed


holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families


lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo .


of boring


heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear


eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .


when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .


is that it avoids the obvious with humor and lightness


both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good


as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with


finely written


beautiful ,


's the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .


do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages


would seem to be surefire casting


makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks


a fresh point


superficial treatment


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


with the fast , funny , and even touching story


that rare movie that works on any number of levels --


is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .


this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here


is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .


once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand


an ugly , revolting movie


all the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost .


is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .


's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive


an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .


plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .


a mishmash


he 's the best brush in the business


is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .


a timid , soggy near miss


was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention .


of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / marine/legal mystery ,


the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive .


is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for


it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .


the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ;


trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain --


, the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .


clueless


he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .


to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment


beneath it


corny television


exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute


there 's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .


the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short


lacks the spirit of the previous two


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


takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience


while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one


pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys


a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale


the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea


enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play


, possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .


) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated


, revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling


revelatory


the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron .


begging for attention


the `` a '' range


silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .


sucked


is not a bad movie , just mediocre .


lousy one


tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images .


far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat


important film


snide and prejudice


cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .


nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one


such a vibrant , colorful world


seeing things from new sides ,


to newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood


reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others


comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .


some outrageously creative action in the transporter


is ultimately quite unengaging .


's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .


never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier


reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al .


chilling


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


the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly


's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience


by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss


bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor


spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it ,


there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but `` elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases


more valuable


a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game ,


( toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ...


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


is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises .


on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee


may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .


its storytelling prowess and


if it is generally amusing from time to time


is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .


succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


telling a fascinating character 's story


clarke-williams 's


the film is insightful about kissinger 's background and history .


the best silly horror movies


ever so gracefully


, i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .


in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad


emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers


somewhat short


uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong


putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . '


max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ...


modestly


intelligent and deeply


for the best


transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .


pure hollywood


a fun , no-frills ride


is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots


it thankfully goes easy on the reel/real world dichotomy that ( jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in venice/venice .


marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight


has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .


get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company


than to rush to the theater for this one


wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller ,


can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art


is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .


to decide what annoyed me most about god is great


ludicrous and contrived plot


the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves


skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults .


is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures


been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle


immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before


more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and


's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror .


is icily brilliant .


fairly uneventful and


ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie


to enjoy


loved this film .


each story is built on a potentially interesting idea


there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .


lisa rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension


a re-hash


one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities ,


is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents


often-funny drama


celebratory


it 's fun


's not very good either .


is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory


all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .


stay away .


speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .


is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and


aimless , arduous , and arbitrary


modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare


though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy


go-for-broke


has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written ,


and more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .


excruciatingly


'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard .


satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey ,


few good ideas


a smart


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


our most flamboyant female comics


affected child acting


psychologically savvy


gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar


plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .


's that painful


if you only had a week to live


has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .


is funny


would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days


watch the movie


there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight ,


pushiness and decibel


recommend big bad love


hazy


because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet


finding their way to joy


attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one


are what makes it worth the trip to the theater .


often hilarious


miraculous movie


is definitely a cut above the rest .


wholly unnecessary addition


meandering , low on energy ,


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms


the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .


wild comedy


elegantly


remarkably alluring film


most audacious , outrageous ,


shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors


left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else


remarkably well


competent


... a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .


, all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .


funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality


is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .


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


a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped


, but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel


the most part a useless movie ,


might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .


inspiring


's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny


pale xerox of other , better crime movies .


director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries


it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .


film that will enthrall the whole family


emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .


failed jokes ,


illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .


on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy


in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row


who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --


is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer .


, it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts .


skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd


is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk


turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .


's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix


will want to see over and over again


finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson .


spontaneous creativity


with heart


it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides


, but it is a refreshingly forthright one .


might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead .


should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake


most pleasurable movies


an all-around good time at the movies this summer


that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed


a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy


with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' , who needs enemies


the sorriest and


none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either ,


that 's not saying much


to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen


a spark of new inspiration in it ,


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


from the writing and direction to the soggy performances


it 's so not-at-all-good


that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature


is an interesting movie !


... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920


is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .


talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark .


a cheap cliché


a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .


magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death ,


richly detailed , deftly executed and


the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .


warmth and gentle


is pure , exciting moviemaking .


feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .


, the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .


piles layer upon layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work


change hackneyed concepts


about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh


loses its ability to shock and amaze


cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances


wannabe


( reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair


another best of the year selection


of animation enthusiasts of all ages


the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note :


the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .


is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .


gets under your skin and , some plot blips


watchable


visual charm


's why sex and lucia is so alluring


before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia


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


e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone .


is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows


by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him


designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .


if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular .


're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera


animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers


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


enough to sit through crap like this


come with the warning


feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy


a flat script


paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe


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


one-of-a-kind


trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead


benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness --


dehumanizing and ego-destroying process


grating


the charm of the first movie is still there , and


both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations


is intriguing , provocative stuff .


surprisingly decent


in auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance


'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser


peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us ,


so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks


give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy


simplistic , silly and tedious


like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with


turn on many people to opera


are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry


cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and


like this movie a lot


, this movie just goes on and on and on and on


realism , crisp storytelling and radiant


short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty


by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense


mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear


like a promising work-in-progress


from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified


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


pity


is actually quite entertaining .


muddy


nicole holofcener 's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style .


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


the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness


each scene drags , underscoring the obvious ,


grant is certainly amusing ,


idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and


appealing blend


's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud


is that it 's far too sentimental .


genteel and unsurprising


to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago


contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom


celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity ,


written , flatly , by david kendall


such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .


a superior horror flick


crisp framing , edgy camera work ,


incoherence and


the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem


from such a great one


it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles ,


fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... well


lively songs


, you 'll still have a good time . ''


caffeinated , sloppy


for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2


contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .


should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn


, there 's much to recommend the film .


check it out


been there done that .


makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything


on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film .


between two gifted performers


the film shatters you in waves .


fuzzy


figures prominently in this movie ,


on a wal-mart budget


a stylistic


makes you feel like a chump


true emotional connection or identification frustratingly


otherwise excellent


thoughtful and


a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp


one of the most savagely hilarious social critics


you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .


delightfully charming


populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes


deep or


enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle .


if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright


i 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but real women have curves truly is life affirming .


this likable movie


( and lovely )


like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting


there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending


mind crappy movies as much


forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year -


is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .


, indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .


flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror


realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject


grandness


so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation


an elegant and sly deadpan comedy .


is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film


is a fragmented film


can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school


care


hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie


like i already mentioned ... it 's robert duvall !


is a gem


sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .


hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny


's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film


is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel


that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm


is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals


ill-conceived and expensive


there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why


is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists


slow and


explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children .


looks


an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be


a winning piece


's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids


warmth to go around , with music and laughter and


an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular


is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .


a lack


it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .


escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real ,


violent and mindless


smart ,


a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama


ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity


a thriller , and the performances


's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary .


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


boring talking heads ,


humorless


considerable punch


comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow .


ridiculous dialog


wo n't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...


a smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire


is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be


the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan .


transcends


the film delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .


is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless


's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease


a pleasant distraction


spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .


, amusing and unpredictable


the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story


a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time ,


the story is lacking any real emotional impact ,


no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised .


an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller


a role of almost bergmanesque intensity


a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to


are odd and pixilated and


, unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope


godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .


includes too much obvious padding .


few ` cool ' actors


the sexy razzle-dazzle


treasure


boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect .


hero performances


this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body


troubling


silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller


proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny


wilco fans will have a great time ,


aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats


's lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.


the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise , ...


so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits


come to life


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


swept away by the sheer beauty of his images


is wondrously creative


a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day


populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .


is careless and unfocused .


enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little


thrill you


moving performance


has little insight into the historical period and its artists ,


the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .


( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence ,


is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining .


jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette ,


the writing is indifferent


to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo


the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities


for us


will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience


made the full monty a smashing success ...


have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .


conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking


trying to sneak out of the theater


a slick , engrossing melodrama .


no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive


is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio .


bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .


despite its flaws , crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .


supremely hopeful cautionary tale


it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .


gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls


very sluggish


is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in


it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not


's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .


but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity


in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise


has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy


it 's a funny no-brainer


is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all


very original


a relationship that is worthy of our respect


winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .


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


affectionately goofy


is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .


seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd .


such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .


a solid , unassuming drama


to the awfulness of the movie


enormous packages


wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson


as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful


a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .


a terrific performance


's a terrible movie in every regard ,


traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity


valuable


lightweight but appealing


pure disney


for kids or their parents


, but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity


releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults ,


fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .


toilet humor ,


hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .


reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls


real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve


genuinely unnerving .


is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that 's hard to resist


the rarest kinds of films


shrewd


warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .


take before indigestion sets in


you should be able to find better entertainment .


is more than a movie


with imagination


paints an absurdly simplistic picture .


distinctive


by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .


a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance ,


makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty


is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .


has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope


wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams .


candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take


can take the grandkids or the grandparents


the funnier movies


think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity


domestic tension and unhappiness


exploitative for the art houses and too cynical ,


witty


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


it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .


a true adaptation


most romantic comedies


otherwise appalling , and downright creepy ,


are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug .


pokes , provokes


there 's no real sense of suspense ,


through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes


is silly but strangely believable .


franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but


worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .


laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser


photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .


laughs aplenty


goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures ,


though they are having so much fun


bitter taste


wisely


that years and years of costly analysis could never fix


impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant


, you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .


's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely


a surprisingly funny movie


best movie work


find little new


can enjoy as mild escapism


, rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings


has a lot of charm


has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics


is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .


's as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself


visually bland


an admirably dark first script by brent hanley


think , zzzzzzzzz


in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers


that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker


a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera .


finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .


it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with


without a glimmer of intelligence or invention


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


manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it


fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard


is a children 's film in the truest sense .


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


bittersweet


, alone , should scare any sane person away .


the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing


a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and


appropriately cynical social commentary


is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion


uneven


find compelling


of emotional desperation


to death


consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay


find it more than capable of rewarding them


it makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens


move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel


ambitious


be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme


a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains


well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises


the formula feel fresh


showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again .


i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed .


could use a little more humanity ,


imaginative filmmaker


of awe


equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .


eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights


is all over the place , really


landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs


very ugly ,


, comedy and romance


defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .


impressive


new , or inventive ,


truly excellent sequences


of the most exciting action films


captivating .


is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low


walt becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .


has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and


because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks


skillful


walk away


far less sophisticated


will please eastwood 's loyal fans --


who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely


funniest


morally bankrupt


if the film is well-crafted and this one is


fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film ,


high-minded appeal


generates little narrative momentum ,


a great way to spend 4 units of your day


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


lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .


i have a new favorite musical --


gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior .


steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good


darkly funny


on expressing itself in every way imaginable


's stylishly directed with verve ...


reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining


fails


puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .


create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time


so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be


knows everything and answers all questions ,


gentle , lapping rhythms


's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor


last walked out on a movie


, ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .


is interesting


is one of the year 's best


speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .


uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters


talented people


pretentious mess


the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .


is too bad


falls back


soulful ,


is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema


believability


there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck


loosely connected


our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender


an enjoyable


released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions .


intoxicating show


could have given audiences the time 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 .


an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode


is rather unexceptional


talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .


provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen .


attracting audiences


take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .


the spirit


creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic .


's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .


accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .


it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie


s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle , but


young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig ,


there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .


pull his head out of his butt


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


noble endeavor


that the new film is a lame kiddie flick


it 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .


all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen


`` abandon ''


irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .


is on full , irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot .


oscar-caliber


mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense ,


it familiar and insufficiently cathartic


compassionately


puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .


must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .


a markedly inactive film


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


confident filmmaking


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


loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness


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


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


delightful , well-crafted family film


a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ;


spare dialogue and


that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo


about as humorous


no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror


evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .


skip the film


is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start


it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .


like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal


jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs ,


feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .


clumsy cliché


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


not as good as the full monty , but a really strong second effort .


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


is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .


in a class by itself


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


perfect material


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


bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time


amused


what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera


a comic fan


gutsy and


impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon


a crowd-pleaser


's a talking head documentary , but a great one .


was utterly charming


's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni .


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


because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin


is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia


worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles


is just a little bit hard to love .


layered


forget its absurdity


expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time


this amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers ...


yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction


pompous


directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story


easy to watch


his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon


a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy


could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice


the fetid underbelly of fame


, then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea .


whimsicality


it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab


the filmmakers know how to please the eye ,


it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless


it 's crafty , energetic and smart


broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .


also will win you over , in a big way


honest , and enjoyable


is this so boring


create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead ***


is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent .


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


loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them .


do well to cram earplugs in their ears


breathes more


banal


the love


first-timer


beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ...


epic


tasteless and


will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime


cruel


... portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .


a lovely film


such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and


starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill


unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear


being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something


bland


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


relentlessly depressing


that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest


( clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined


does little here but point at things that explode into flame


hollywood expects people to pay to see it


of enthralling drama


a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point


make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe


a vivid


handsome


of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images


stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .


been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference


can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell .


... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .


storytelling ability


is a step down for director gary fleder


silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


some serious suspense


was so endlessly , grotesquely ,


's as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy


kinda dumb


courageous


have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for .


a keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters


among the best films of the year


of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep


leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute .


takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .


something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern


is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .


this nervy oddity , like modern art should .


liked a lot of the smaller scenes


stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable


is a genuinely bone-chilling tale


forced drama in this wildly uneven movie


strangely


an admirable


abject


is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .


least favorite


knows , and very likely


refreshed and


has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .


little action


i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and


to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .


will likely prefer to keep on watching .


schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins


hard to like a film so cold and dead


's most substantial feature for some time


smarter


the laborious pacing


a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy


a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort .


relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form


spectacularly ugly-looking broad


valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view


, occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film


shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people .


look ill at ease sharing the same scene


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


farts , urine , feces ,


a glorified sitcom


though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and


its elegantly colorful look and


awfully


lifeless execution


's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart


it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11


charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election


of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance


an engaging mystery


wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt


full-bodied


the story has its redundancies ,


is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes


allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced


its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals


there 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent .


is not the director at his most sparkling


is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer


as the original


serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history ,


the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself ,


constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .


because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before


make it worth watching


puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman


it 's a bargain-basement european pickup .


jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe


a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy


get the same love story and


safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen


is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .


's refreshing


but no sense of pride or shame


a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium


that likely


comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .


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


find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for


put away the guitar , sell the amp ,


's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers


make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous


a small movie with a big heart .


handily


infectious


surprise us with plot twists


modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance


we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .


is a career-defining revelation


reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled


'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action ...


is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .


twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record .


a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie ,


nervy and


halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course


a good time with this one too


, the movie is in a class by itself


see what he could make with a decent budget


is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling .


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


is virtually unwatchable


offering fine acting moments and


worth a look


men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance --


the princess seem smug and cartoonish


's as good as you remember


knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest .


flawless


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


leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love


masterpiece


seem to match the power of their surroundings


profound


marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .


insanely hilarious


make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom


a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world


show-stoppingly hilarious ,


grievous but obscure


the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves .


makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing


mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady


has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references .


one-dimensional


a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside ,


'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie


a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid


is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...


one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny


the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated


is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt


is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience


horrifyingly


are immaculate


's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen .


of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen


will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face


reliable


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


a cinematic corpse


a cold blanket


sweet , even delectable


smart , sassy and


monotonous


always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .


its surprises


of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick


it 's true


is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime


a rather brilliant little cult item


is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .


, festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .


ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film


has a pleasing way with a metaphor .


will probably be a talky bore .


a rather tired exercise in nostalgia .


were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is


a rare window on an artistic collaboration


stirring tribute


gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


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


the recording sessions are intriguing


irresistible package


memorable film


is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds


provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable .


, i love it ... hell , i dunno .


reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding


alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life .


` dumb


does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple


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


wickedly funny , visually engrossing


're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


is a lumbering , wheezy drag


with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat


hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .


about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family


breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill .


loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .


is that her confidence in her material is merited


catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images ,


that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence


could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy


twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style


watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself


lots of effort and intelligence are on display


's a very very strong `` b + .


dazzling , remarkably unpretentious


lead a group of talented friends


sparkling


south korea 's


robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills --


's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments


is the best star trek movie in a long time


innocent


does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds


be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble


does n't really believe in it


so many red herrings


girls , who learns that believing in something does matter


enjoyed it just as much


the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure


topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs


albeit a visually compelling one ,


there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but


with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .


of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life


a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in


a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .


i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless


one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout ,


unpleasant excuse


this dreck


directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory .


under-rehearsed and


wit and interesting characters


interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking )


tell you


slick and


a better celebration


from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting


based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal


be a total washout


of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme


an effective portrait of a life in stasis --


a disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax trip .


's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out


religion that dares to question an ancient faith ,


( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism


the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun


the three leads produce adequate performances , but


high-minded snoozer .


beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet


quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it


all movie


a changing world


animation back 30 years ,


has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ...


clever


satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time


there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but


even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve ,


the young actors , not very experienced ,


the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings


with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie .


is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .


most devastating


succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .


were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor


spirit is a visual treat , and


's the perfect star vehicle for grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .


-- definitely a step in the right direction


the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans ' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality


fast-paced


as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter


remains prominent


is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )


lavish


add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff .


they have a tendency to slip into hokum


touching melodrama


thumbs down


and more entertaining , too .


behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense


ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors


remake sleepless in seattle again and again


succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .


sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry


, more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .


to the edge of their seats


humorous


j.k. rowling 's marvelous series


gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .


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


perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .


its own making


adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances ,


could easily be called the best korean film of 2002


a dull , dumb and derivative horror


interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity


because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks


illustrated by a winning family story .


offers rare insight into the structure of relationships


seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .


that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor


make a clear point


above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm


war


makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .


goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner laurence coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage


holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin


consistently amusing


is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .


has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year


a handful of virtuosic set pieces


be depressing


's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn


it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose


soap-opera


watch these two together


will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .


a real winner


terrible


is a hoot


is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .


zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups


manages to accomplish what few sequels can


super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid


the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe


makes it all the more compelling .


bill plympton , the animation master ,


most disappointing


are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma


suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it


a thought-provoking and often-funny drama


is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell


whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three


's plenty to impress about e.t.


keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .


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


seriously dumb characters


the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .


they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas


has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors


to be bored by as your abc 's


charming


the pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life .


the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film .


cold


a great piece of filmmaking


like a wet burlap sack of gloom


's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .


mysterious ,


has been overexposed ,


a gem of a movie .


deserves to be seen everywhere


amusing


watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through


scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics ,


an entertainment


it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life


her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic


impeccable comic timing


super


a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this


all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .


that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .


a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others


the cat 's meow


triumphant


historic


's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .


it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel ,


reaction


together ( time out and human resources ) establish mr. cantet as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .


sense is a movie that deserves recommendation


thought it was going to be


choppy and sloppy


instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy


it makes up for with its heart .


offers no new insight on the matter ,


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


most important and exhilarating


rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks


emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .


as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room


, repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .


right-wing , propriety-obsessed family


degrading and


a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it


is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half


's probably not accurate to call it a movie


an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients


old-fashioned themes


is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller


as tiresome as 9


retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie


combined with stunning animation


affirms


point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover


that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously


's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey


darling


is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit .


the movie is silly beyond comprehension


arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation


from a bad clive barker movie


a few nice twists in a standard plot and


swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus


imponderably stilted


contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .


her welcome in her most charmless performance


a quaint , romanticized rendering .


grows up


but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .


a vivid , sometimes surreal


jaw-dropping action sequences ,


gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script


none of the plot ` surprises '


a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock


his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival


's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context


every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --


change the channel


bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .


a classical dramatic animated feature


there are laughs aplenty ,


will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers


crowdpleaser


a grating


's an excellent 90-minute film here


engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay


was , by its moods , and by its subtly


the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i


go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .


is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .


is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous


but quietly effective


saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek )


not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but


's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .


's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre


was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...


the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director phillip ) noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .


transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games .


horrors !


adorably


is perfectly creepy and believable


intimidated by both her subject matter


stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and


the actors are simply too good ,


has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so


one carried by a strong sense of humanism


is that it 's too close to real life to make sense .


is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while


has value can not be denied


is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .


burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue ,


, accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


thinking about going to see this movie


is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish


nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year


paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''


an awful movie


with clever dialogue and likeable characters


be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain


largely flat and uncreative moments


is why film criticism can be considered work .


a movie full of grace


as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped


notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness


all-star


make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience


this little $ 1.8 million charmer


a beautifully


treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody .


marvelous


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


the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness


that it 's also one of the smartest


is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .


some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something ,


the film has a problem


achingly honest and


the ultimate imax trip


she 's pretty and she can act --


nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie


waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one ,


return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing


fans will undoubtedly enjoy it ,


aggravating and tedious .


to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society


sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that


becomes a sermon for most of its running time


the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half


are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .


a huge disappointment coming , as it does


often watchable , though goofy and lurid ,


i walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .


, the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .


deeply biased


book-on-tape


the road


less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and


is a deeply unpleasant experience


's definitely an improvement on the first blade ,


a return to form for director peter bogdanovich


marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain


a beautiful paean to a time long past .


besotted and obvious drama


are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .


truly larger-than-life


bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon


rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting


a complete waste of time


human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard


every joke is repeated at least --