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An earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .
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simple and heart-warming
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really really high notes
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an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement
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that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh
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goes downhill .
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covering all the drama
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Sit through this one ,
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In the wake of Saving Private Ryan , Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine .
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ground that has long passed the point of being fertile
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're watching a 76-minute commercial
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thin writing proves its undoing
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have earned a 50-year friendship
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all the values of a straight-to-video movie
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This time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part .
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is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew
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Starts off witty and sophisticated
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we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic
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Another wholly unnecessary addition
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worse than you can imagine
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The story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on .
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An EXIT sign , that is .
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dumb entertainment
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on its visual merits .
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excel
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freshly
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's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows
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the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest
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's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller
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wild hoot
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, stylized humor throughout
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will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination
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's soulful and unslick
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Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny
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looks fake
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Leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .
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, the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .
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P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance and
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as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work
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a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed
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partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success --
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like its hero
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An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .
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would have a universal product code instead of a title
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its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale
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delightful surprise
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you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet
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's secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours
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that is beyond playing fair with the audience
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As literary desecrations go
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would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes
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fake , dishonest
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irresponsible Sandlerian
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is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times .
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fascist past
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A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study ,
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lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .
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visual hideousness
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inimitable Walken especially
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Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . What Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery
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puts a human face on Derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .
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Sorvino
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some worthwhile themes
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an extended cheap
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its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting
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the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone
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triumphs
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acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him
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real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires
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this movie is 90 minutes long , and
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stop-and-start pacing
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daring and surprising
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rapt spell
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first major studio production
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weaknesses
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would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast
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Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .
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Anemic , pretentious .
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with style and even some depth
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for its excellent storytelling , its economical
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Meeting , even exceeding expectations
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the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil
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Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea
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( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be ,
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has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity
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Makes 98 minutes feel like three hours .
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another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled
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insightful moments
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dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie
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cable channel
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A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and
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Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .
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it 'd be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way
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Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude
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, spiteful idiots
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self-indulgent and maddening
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artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon
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paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script
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On the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but
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