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in classic disaffected-indie-film mode
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some ( out-of-field )
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well-acted clunker
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touches
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with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style .
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or buddy movie
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is scary .
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is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone
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is so charmless and vacant
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If you love Motown music
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a performance of sustained intelligence from Stanford and another of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth
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'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .
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It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .
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immensely appealing
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we have n't seen before from Murphy
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Jones has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .
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that in a good way
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so gracefully
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, miserable and smug . This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .
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, mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place
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spectacularly
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The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .
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skates blithely from one implausible situation to another
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The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .
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juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks
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learn at the center of a kids ' story
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Ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers
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a preachy parable stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .
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would probably be duking it out with The Queen of the Damned for the honor
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takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read .
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manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .
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for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose
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with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present
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be-bop
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all-time great apocalypse movies
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pissed off
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provoke adventurous adults
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that it is being dubbed
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be fleeting
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Good
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enough to keep us
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a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl
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chimney
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the most jaded cinema audiences
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the most impossibly dry account
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long tourist spot
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's hard to understand
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it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker
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find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination
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's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure
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with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult
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between Jolie and Burns
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make it human
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overly melodramatic ...
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Wobbly
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is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included )
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to enjoy for a lifetime
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to stay afloat in hollywood
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laughed a hell of a lot
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funny , harmless and
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's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty
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seeing , talking and
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are hostages to fortune ,
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, hope and despair
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accounting a terrible true story
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it ultimately delivers
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lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho
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your nerves just ca n't take it any more
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that U . S .
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rental
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Skulls
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much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace
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Frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled
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of a shaggy dog story
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is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie
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this exact same movie
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Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! ''
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a unique culture
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by a terrific performance
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except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life .
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the members of this group ,
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Shiner 's organizing
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On the evidence before us
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The characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .
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, ' then Cinderella II proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .
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and a sobering rumination
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they do
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before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category
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that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture
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of the funniest jokes of any movie
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Eddie Murphy deploys two
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Williams sink into melancholia
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lips
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inhabit their roles
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funny ( sometimes hilarious )
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A simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them .
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's very little sense to what 's going on here
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are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience .
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a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy
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frighten and disturb
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