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leaky freighter
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the filmmakers have gone for broke
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At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . Yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .
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bored or frustrated by the film
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do n't deserve any Oscars
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ilk
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family , governance
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morose
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Eerily accurate depiction of depression
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provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play
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It is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another .
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is not easy .
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beautiful and haunting examination
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step back
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naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated
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much of the cast has charm -- especially Allodi and Nolden --
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Gambling
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A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you .
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Danilo Donati 's witty designs and
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a durable part
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we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .
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high-profile name
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legendary actor Michel Serrault , the film
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, uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy
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assassin 's
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an interesting topic ,
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best he
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both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex
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Japanese director Hideo Nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it
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the star power
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has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue
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in conveying its social message
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ours in a world of meaningless activity
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chemistry
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messy , murky
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memorable zingers
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exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .
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True Events
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one Oscar nomination
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the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions
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blown up
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is n't really one of resources
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( Cho 's face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .
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most thoughtful films
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shenanigans and slapstick
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stunning new young talent
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a difficult time
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's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness
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frantic by half
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be classified as one of those ` alternate reality '
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of past and present
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begins to yield some interesting results
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Kennedy 's assassination
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hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage
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and not worth
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The episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . But the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .
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rare , exhilarating cinematic
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turned out to be a one-trick pony
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sucks the humanity from the film ,
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once again dazzle and delight us
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less concerned with cultural and political issues
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n't possibly fictionalize and be believed
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the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and
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It might not be 1970s animation ,
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the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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exploits
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offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and
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is truth
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benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .
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handguns ,
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bad mannered
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could bond while watching A Walk To Remember
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matinee brain
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sandra
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honest working man John Q. Archibald , on a pedestal ,
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bristles with passion and energy
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The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness
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porous action set
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Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine
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one for you
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ruinous legacy
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bored with A Christmas Carol
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you 're a WWF fan , or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .
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Has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be .
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is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \ \/ 11 , an antique , in the end . As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness .
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's Friday
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uncomplicated
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in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience
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injects freshness and spirit
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terrifically entertaining specimen
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Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger
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the success
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filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope
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only so-so
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, The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .
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American Chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an Indian-American would recognize . And the lesson , in the end , is nothing new
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wintry New York City
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how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in Chinese society
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one of the characters
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an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed
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