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a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements
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White has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .
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with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy
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Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ...
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moments of genuine insight into the urban heart
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in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing
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An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving
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that misses the summer blockbusters
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has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight
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daytime
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with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations
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has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? )
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qualities essential to both movie
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this funny film
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's far too tragic
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befallen
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like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible
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a mesmerizing poetry
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sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche
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imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and
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fast-paced action
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cut-and-paste job
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allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill
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It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable
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gorgeous , witty , seductive movie
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that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life
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some modest amusements
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very solid , very watchable
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even all that dumb
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their underwritten roles
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spirals downward
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read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself
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Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .
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been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog
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puerile
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false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings
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comes from the heart
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Comes ... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of The Bicycle Thief .
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Predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell .
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These self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation
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pointed personalities
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, we do n't feel much for Damon\/Bourne or his predicament
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too-conscientious adaptation
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to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '
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through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people
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star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life
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something needed to balance out the violence
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violates the letter of Behan 's book , but missing
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as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this
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seems hopelessly juvenile .
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's nothing to gain from watching They
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plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit .
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the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority
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fabulously
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Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and
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in an impossible spot
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just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style
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the problems
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very well-made , funny and entertaining
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summery
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I will be .
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: It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .
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A listless sci-fi comedy in which Eddie Murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect .
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Let 's hope -- shall we ? -- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier and
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vicious hangover
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it 's a pale imitation
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smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .
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is worse
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A minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through .
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's icky .
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A very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .
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It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not
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to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness
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It 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .
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shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
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wo n't stand the test of time
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miraculous as its DreamWorks makers
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a weird fizzle
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something as splendid-looking as this particular film
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my two hours better watching
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it does go on forever .
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Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is .
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gone awry
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authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless
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you must shoot it in the head
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'm not quite sure what the point is
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This re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .
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lousy John Q
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with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .
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fine music never heard
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fairly uneventful
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on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid
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female sexuality
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despite the efforts of a first-rate cast
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's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .
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repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers
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exist for hushed lines
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like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary
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clever and
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plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried
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